I went through my files this afternoon and found the document "This Family Robinson", written by John E. ROBISON, who wrote that this book is a result of approximately 25 years of research, correspondence, traveling, walking through cemeteries and talking to lots of people. He credits many people with helping him, especially Miss Katherine Reynolds of Houston who wrote "The Robinson Family". He gives permission to copy any or all portions of the book. He wrote that the name Robinson literally means "son of little Robert". The name Robert, from which Robinson derives, comes from the Old High German "bright in fame". The surname Robinson is native to the British Isles. In medieval English records, the name was usually spelled Robynson. In 1324 John and Richard Robynson were entered on the Court Rolls of the Manor of Wakefield in County Yorkshire. Several years later their names appear again on the Subsidy Rolls of neighboring County Lancashire. John Robinson (1617-1681) was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Royalist forces and was made Vice Admiral of North Wales in 1660. Among early emigrants from Britain to America was John Robinson, who was recorded in Virginia in 1662. The Robinson coat of arms has the motto "Propere Et Provide", Quickly and Cautiously". How did Robinson become Robison? The author's grandfather John Elbert Robison, insisted that the correct spelling was Robison, and thus all of his descendants have that name. John E. Robison begins his story with a certain John Robinson who was born about 1694 in the county of Henrico, Virginia. He was probably the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Robinson, and in about 1714 he married Tabitha Scruggs, daughter of Mary Field and Charles Scruggs. There is some question as to whether Tabitha was the daughter of Mary Field and Charles Scruggs or Mary and Edward Jones. Charles Scruggs died in 1718 and Mary later married Edward Jones. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beverly" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 1:43 PM Subject: [LIPFORD] William Robinson/Robertson