This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: kdjali1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.robinson/10240.1.1.2.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi! I just wanted to make sure we are referring to the same Christopher Robinson. I have copied and pasted a passage from the book "Tennessee Cousins" by Mr. Caustin. I am descended from this Christopher. CRISTOPHER AND CORNELIUS ROBINSON IN VIRGINIA BY 1640. CHRISTOPHER ROBERTSON and one GEORGE CARTER have their names attached to a patent issued to JOHN EWENS, Jr., in Charles City County, Virginia, November l0, 1642, as headrights. This was three years before the CRISTOPHER ROBINSON, of Middlesex Co., Va. (father of Speaker JOHN ROBINSON) was born in England. So this CHRISTOPHER ROBINSON was an earlier "comer" to the Colony of Virginia than was the later CHRISTOPHER, whose family has been so often "written up" in the Virginia Genealogical annuals. GEORGE CARTER - his companion on the voyage, no doubt, from England, may have been and probably was a kinsman of JOHN CARTER who settled in Lancaster and Northumberland. Anyway, the writer believes this earlier CHRISTOPHER ROBINSON was the father of that person. CORNELIUS ROBINSON who settled in Northumberland County, Virginia, neighbor to the THOMAS and SAUNDERS families, and who in 1652 took the oath of allegiance to thc King. (See Va. Magazine of History & Biog'y, Vol. 49, page 33). Also see Nugent's Cavaliers and Pioneers, p. 139. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.