. The Robinsons and their kin folk . Oeorge, Sr., about 1660, which I vis-ited with much interest. I learned that originally the whole broadside of the house opened like a door through which, in winter, a (i^ ROBINSONS—EARLY EMIGRANTS TO AMERICA. yoke of oxen attached to a sled loaded with a large log, wasdriven into the kitchen in front of the open fire place which oc-cupied the entire end of the house, when the log was rolled uponthe fire, making what was known in those days as the backlog of the fire. Through the kindness of Mr. Robinson I obtained some oldwills and deeds, which came from t
. The Robinsons and their kin folk . Oeorge, Sr., about 1660, which I vis-ited with much interest. I learned that originally the whole broadside of the house opened like a door through which, in winter, a (i^ ROBINSONS—EARLY EMIGRANTS TO AMERICA. yoke of oxen attached to a sled loaded with a large log, wasdriven into the kitchen in front of the open fire place which oc-cupied the entire end of the house, when the log was rolled uponthe fire, making what was known in those days as the backlog of the fire. Through the kindness of Mr. Robinson I obtained some oldwills and deeds, which came from the attic of the old house,which were from one hundred to two hundred years old. Oneof the documents dated March 25, 1734, bore the signature ofJohn Robinson who was born on the 29tli November, 1669, a son. MOVING THE BACK LOG FOR THE KITCHEN FIRE. of the first George, and was a deed from him of the old homeplace to his son Jonathan. Another paper bore the signature of Johns brother George,my great-great-great-grandfather, and was a deed 182 years old,of George to John, which bore the date of February 13, 1718. The seals on both of these documents placed opposite thesignatures were in sealing wax and bore the imprint of what issupposed to have been a signet ring upon which had been en-graved a coat of arms which is herewith reproduced from anenlarged 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
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