The Robinsons and their kin folk . lin Robinson, there is a watchwhich was once carried by John Robinson. On the back of itscover his name is engraved with the figure of three deers trippantin the center. Surrounding this is a collection of military andmusical instruments. This watch was in the possession of I. Robinson, a son of Samuel6, some thirty-five yearsago. On the death of Hosea, it passed into the hands of his |OHN ROBINSON. younger brother George1, who lived but a Pew years afterHoseas death. The watch then came into the possession of acousin, Mrs. Henry Kox (Mary7 C. Robin
The Robinsons and their kin folk . lin Robinson, there is a watchwhich was once carried by John Robinson. On the back of itscover his name is engraved with the figure of three deers trippantin the center. Surrounding this is a collection of military andmusical instruments. This watch was in the possession of I. Robinson, a son of Samuel6, some thirty-five yearsago. On the death of Hosea, it passed into the hands of his |OHN ROBINSON. younger brother George1, who lived but a Pew years afterHoseas death. The watch then came into the possession of acousin, Mrs. Henry Kox (Mary7 C. Robinson) a daughter ofCaptain Ebenezer8 Robinson, who, shortly before her death,gave the watch to Mr. Franklin1 Robinson of Portland, with theremark that the deers trippant was the Robinson Coat of lust owner of the watch was, without doubt, John4 Robin-son, whose name was engraved thereon; then his son, Samuel5,who married Elizabeth Emery; and from Samuel5 to his sonSamuel6, who married Harriet Ilsley and were the parents of. john robinsons watch. Hosea7, from whom the watch passed to his brother George, andfrom him to his cousin, Mrs. Fox, and from her to FranklinRobinson as above outlined. The statement regarding the coatof arms, led the writer to take the watch to the rooms of theHistorical and Genealogical Society in Boston, to establish, ifpossible, if it was the Robinson Coat of Arms. No satisfactionwhatever was obtained from those in charge of the HeraldryDepartment. But from The Robinsons and their Kin Folkwe find confirmation of the statement. In gathering the data contained in this paper, the writer isindebted to Miss Mary E., a daughter of Albion K. P. Robinson,whose personal assistance was valuable in the researches were always most kindly received by those interviewed. A SYNOPSIS OF THE LIFE OF JOHN , OF WILKES-BARRE. PA. By Gkorgk R. Wright, Esq. LARGE proportion of all history is founded upontradition ; a larger proportion of biographical
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