. The Robinsons and their kin folk . arged photograph of the same. On another deed of John- Robinson to his son Jonathan^,bearing the date of March 10, 1725, was the sealing wax imprintof a stag trippant, which I have also reproduced from an enlargedphotograph, evidently the crest of the coat of arms. The imprint ROBINSONS—EARLY EMIGRANTS TO AMERICA. 67 of this crest also appeared on another deed of John to his sonJonathan, dated Sept. 21, 1737. The finding of these imprints on the seals of these old deedsgo far towards substantiating the claim made by some of thedescendants that George Robins
. The Robinsons and their kin folk . arged photograph of the same. On another deed of John- Robinson to his son Jonathan^,bearing the date of March 10, 1725, was the sealing wax imprintof a stag trippant, which I have also reproduced from an enlargedphotograph, evidently the crest of the coat of arms. The imprint ROBINSONS—EARLY EMIGRANTS TO AMERICA. 67 of this crest also appeared on another deed of John to his sonJonathan, dated Sept. 21, 1737. The finding of these imprints on the seals of these old deedsgo far towards substantiating the claim made by some of thedescendants that George Robinson of Rehoboth, the emigrant,brought over \Yith him from the old country a parchment coat ofarms which was in colors, gold, green, red and black ; that itwas handed down from father to son in the line of PreservedRobinson, (Ezekiel*, Ebenezer^, Samuel-, GeorgeM until unfor-tunately lost some forty or more years ago. Ezekiel* Robinson was the grandfather of the Rev. EzekielGilman Robinson D. D., of Brown Universitv, in whose familv. IMPRINT OF COAT OF ARMS ON DEED OF FEBRUARY 13, I 718. the parchment coat of arms was well remembered by a niece ofhis, \\ho for a time was the custodian of the document, and pro-nounces the device on the seals of the deeds as identical with theparchment coat of arms. The Robinsons of Rehoboth and Attleboro were all patrioticin the Revolution. My great-grandfather, Enoch Robinson wascaptain of a company which marched to Roxbury the evening ofApril 19, 1775, after the news of the battle of Lexington andConcord. My grandfather. Rev. Otis Robinson, was but tenyears of age at the time, and wild to accompany his father, asalso was his brother, Obed, two years his senior. Both of theselads on arriving at the age of fourteen enlisted in the army. My 6B ROBINSONS—EARLY EMIGRANTS TO AMERICA. .-/ /o h ■ ^cuL T> /^^ ■^ 0)/J,_ ^^yf/9^ ;.?S w^-j ^^^V/i^ >^^. /^:^i/, ^^^^/ /^^^ -^S: -^/^ —^
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