This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hAC.2ACE/1205.1 Message Board Post: This is what I have. Descendants of Francis (Frank) Robins who was possibly the son of William Robins FIRST GENERATION 1. Francis (Frank) Robins was born about 1790. He appeared in the census Pg.183/Ln.665 in 1830 in Gloucester Co., VA. He appeared in the census Pg.356/Ln.243 in 1840 in Gloucester Co., VA. He died about 1841 in Gloucester Co., VA. ? ? was born between 1790 and 1800. Francis (Frank) Robins and ? ? had the following children: +2 i. John William Robins. Sarah Blassingham was born in 1796. She appeared in the census Pg.356/Ln.243 in 1840 in Gloucester Co., VA. She appeared in the census #252 in 1850 in Gloucester Co., VA. She was listed at age 49. She appeared in the census #308 in 1860 in Gloucester Co., VA. She was listed at age 64. Francis (Frank) Robins and Sarah Blassingham had the following children: +3 i. Ann Maria Robins. SECOND GENERATION 2. John William Robins was born on 24 Aug 1822. He appeared in the census Pg.183/Ln.665 in 1830 in Gloucester Co., VA. He appeared in the census Pg.356/Ln.243 in 1840 in Gloucester Co., VA. He appeared in the census #295 in 1850 in Gloucester Co., VA. He appeared in the census #313 in 1860 in Gloucester Co., VA. He enlisted in the CSA 26th Va. Inf., Co. A on 20 Apr 1861 in Gloucester Co., VA. He was detailed as a carpenter twice. He returned to faith on September 13, 1863. He was captured near Petersburg on June 15, 1864. He was carried first to Pt. Lookout, MD and then to Elmira, NY where he died of diarrhea on March 7, 1865. He died on 7 Mar 1865 in Elmira, NY. Mary Maria Moore (daughter of Absolam Moore and Annie R. ?) was born on 17 Sep 1820. She appeared in the census #313 in 1860 in Gloucester Co., VA. She appeared in the census #W571 in 1870 in Gloucester Co., VA. She appeared in the census #WW003 in 1880 in Gloucester Co., VA. She died on 7 Sep 1905. John William Robins and Mary Maria Moore had the following children: +4 i. William Francis Robins. +5 ii. Thadius Morgan Robins. +6 iii. John Henry Robins. 7 iv. Mary Robins. +8 v. Zachariah Jackson Robins. +9 vi. Sarah A. L. Robins. +10 vii. Henrietta Morgan (Ann) Robins. 3. Ann Maria Robins was born in 1842. She appeared in the census #252 in 1850 in Gloucester Co., VA. She appeared in the census #308 in 1860 in Gloucester Co., VA. She appeared in the census #WW677 in 1880 in Gloucester Co., VA. She was married to Thomas F. Wilkins (son of Nathan Wilkins and Nancy (Ann) ?) on 16 May 1865 in Gloucester Co., VA. Thomas F. Wilkins was born in 1818. He appeared in the census #229 in 1860 in Gloucester Co., VA. She was married to Beverly Dunston (son of John Dunston and Martha Waddle) on 2 Nov 1871 in Gloucester Co., VA. Beverly Dunston was born in 1825. He appeared in the census #829 in 1850 in Gloucester Co., VA. He appeared in the census #309 in 1860 in Gloucester Co., VA. He appeared in the census #W39 in 1870 in Gloucester Co., VA. He appeared in the census #WW677 in 1880 in Gloucester Co., VA. He died on 24 Aug 1888 in Gloucester Co., VA. Ann Maria Robins and Beverly Dunston had the following children: 11 i. Alice Dunston. 12 ii. Beverly E. Dunston. 13 iii. Missoura Dunston. 14 iv. James W. Dunston. 15 v. Molessa Dunston.