The Robinsons and their kin folk . e inmany clans. Many familiar surnames have been derived from of Robarts, Roberts, Robertson, Robins, Robison andRobson. Then we have the nick-name of Dob for Robert, fromwhich has come Dobbs, Dobsou, Dobbins, Dobinson, Dobbinson ROBINSONS—EARLY EMIGRANTS TO AMERICA, 97 and Dobynette, and from Hob, another nick-name for Robert,has come Hobbs, Hobson, Hobbins, Hopkins and from the Welsh we have Ap-robert, Ap-robin, Probert andProbyn. Many surnames were derived from the location of the resi-dence of the individual. Thus a family livin
The Robinsons and their kin folk . e inmany clans. Many familiar surnames have been derived from of Robarts, Roberts, Robertson, Robins, Robison andRobson. Then we have the nick-name of Dob for Robert, fromwhich has come Dobbs, Dobsou, Dobbins, Dobinson, Dobbinson ROBINSONS—EARLY EMIGRANTS TO AMERICA, 97 and Dobynette, and from Hob, another nick-name for Robert,has come Hobbs, Hobson, Hobbins, Hopkins and from the Welsh we have Ap-robert, Ap-robin, Probert andProbyn. Many surnames were derived from the location of the resi-dence of the individual. Thus a family living on a hill, whohad previously been known by the name John, would be identi-fied as John on the Hill, which in the course of time wouldbe shortened to John Hill. His children would first be knownas Johns sons, and later on some bright, pushing member ofthe family would adopt the name of John Johnson. In likemanner an individual living near a small stream of water, whowas known by the name of Robert, would be identified as Robert. JOHN ON THE HILL. ROBERT BY THE BROOK. by the brook, or in time as Robert Brook. His first favorite sonmight bear the pet-name Robin which in another generationwould develop into Robinson. Thus we see how impossible it isto tell from what Robert the name of Robinson first came. But who can say that the origin of the name will not someday be known. With all the wonderful researches now beingpushed forward with so much vigor in Egypt, and the astonish-ing finds that are made, may it not be possible to trace ourfamily back even to Adam ? Within the ancient city of Nippur, a considerable portion ofwhose walls have been laid bare, parts of which were built morethan four thousand years before Christ, who knows but what we • >s ROBINSONS EARLY EMIGRANTS TO AMERICA. may road the story on some monument yet to be unearthed whereon is recorded the Story Of Adam and his downfall ; of hisexpulsion from the garden of Kden ; of the mighty wind whichcarried his
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