Robinson >>> Robertson from Rockcastle County Kentucky
Lucy Tabitha Robertson
Birth: 23 Sep 1877
Laurel, Kentucky
Death: 20 Apr 1961
Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio
Lucy Tabitha Robertson – Robinson Family Tree
9 G Grandparents
David Robertson (1499-1570) and Unknown Innes (1505)
8 G Grandparents
William Robertson (1530-1599) and Isabel Petrie (1530-1593)
7 G Grandparents
William Robertson 1571-1629 and Anna Marie Mitchell (1571-1624) Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland Married 1595
6 G Grandparents
William Robertson (1620-1709) and Eleanor Pitcairn (1634-1708 ) born in Scotland and moved to Virginia
5 G Grandfather
Nicholas Robertson 12 Aug 1665 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland to 12 May 1718, Henrico, Virginia, USA
Spouse: Sarah Marks abt 1675 to Nov 1716 from Charles City, Virginia
Marriage: 1690, Henrico, Virginia, USA
4 G Grandfather
US & International Marriage Record
- Israel Robertson (1698-1760)
Spouse: Sarah Williams (1698 )
Birth: 1698 in VA
Marriage: 1719
3G Grandfather
US & International Marriage Record
- Charles Robertson (1733-1798 )
Spouse: Susannah Nichols (1742-1806)
Father: Israel Robertson
Mother: Sarah Williams
Birth: 24 July 1733 in Bristol Parish, Prince George, Charles City County, VA
Death: October 1798 in Washington, TN
Marriage: 1757
2 G Grandfather
Julius Caesar Robinson (1758-1818 )
Spouse: Sarah Shelton (1755-1810)
Marriage: 1773 Virginia
Great Grandfather
David Robinson (1795-1863)
Spouse: Nancy Carter (1795-1835) aka Cherokee Indian Maiden
Married: Two Indian Maidens (nextdoor neighbors) Nancy Carter 1822 & Nancy Runyon 1838
Grandfather
Adonijah “John” David Robinson (1822-1909)
Spouse: Sarah “Sally” Unk Hazelwood (1815-1887) – Grandmother of second wife Rebecca May
Married: 18 Sep 1844 Laurel, Madison, Kentucky
2 Known Children with Sally Hazelwood:
William (1847-1920)
Sarah Jane (1854- UNK)
2nd Marriage to Rebecca M May (1852-1902)
13 Aug 1889 Lily, Laurel, Kentucky, USA
3rd Marriage to Isabelle France Malicoat
12 Sep 1903, Laurel, Kentucky, USA
Father
William Slaughter Robertson (Born: 1847-abt 1920)
Mother
Sarah Jane Murray (Born: 1854- abt 1920)
Husband
James William “Bill” Metcalf (Born: 1876-1937)
Marriage to James William “Bill” Metcalf
Rockcastle, Kentucky, USA
Description: Metcalf J. W. Lucy T. Robertson 17 Feb 1892
Known Children
Samuel Dalton Metcalf (Born: 1894-1937) Bessie Jane Perry
Martin Luther Metcalf (Born: 1899-1962) Euphemia Horn aka Phemie
James Garfield Metcalf (Born: 1902-1975) Wilma Duck & Surry Johnson
Gertrude “Girtie” Metcalf (Born: 1905-1991) Unk Kelly & Unk Lundrigan
Viola Metcalf (Born: 1909-1981) – never married
Hughie Dale Metcalf (Born: 1912-1983) Laura Christina Sweeney
Leatta Martha S Metcalf (Born: 1916-1986) James Victor Mynhier – no children
* For more information on Samuel Dalton Metcalf and his family. See Metcalf page.
Note: I’m stopping here with these generations. The Robertson – Robinson is repeated throughout one family; some members chose Roberson and another after the war Robison. Lucy’s father William went by Robertson.
Family origin was Robertson. This is not uncommon for families with soundex problems, given the deep Scottish to Virginian and Kentucky accents. Lucy’s children said their mother’s last name was Robinson. But her actual paperwork goes both ways. She went by Robertson. I went back this far just to display the changes.
November 11, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953
about William Robinson
Name: William Robinson
Death Date: 27 Nov 1916
Death Location: Laurel
Residence Location: Laurel
Age: 88
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Birth Date: 25 Jul 1828
Birth Location: North Carolina
Father’s Name: David Robinson
Father’s Birth Location: North Carolina
Mother’s Name: Nancy Carter
Mother’s Birth Location: North Carolina
November 11, 2008 at 1:34 pm
1850 United States Federal Census
about Minerva Robinson
Name: Minerva Robinson
Age: 10
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1840
Birth Place: Kentucky
Gender: Female
Home in 1850: Kentucky, Owsley, Kentucky
Household Members: Name Age
David Robinson 50
Drusilla Robinson 4
Elizabeth Robinson 8
Henry Robinson 6
James Robinson 18
Minerva Robinson 10
Nancy Robinson 45
Polly Robinson 12
Susan Robinson 22
Wm Robinson 22
November 11, 2008 at 2:23 pm
Here is the person I would love to track down. It has always been my theory that this George was related to William Slaughter Robertson father of Lucy Robertson Metcalf. See the names…
Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953
about George Slaughter Robinson
Name: George Slaughter Robinson
Death Date: 27 Aug 1930
Death Location: Jackson
Residence Location: Jackson
Age: 85
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Birth Date: 2 Oct 1844
Birth Location: Owsley, Kentucky
Father’s Name: L Jefferson Robinson
Mother’s Name: Lucy Ann Slaughter
January 16, 2009 at 10:30 am
Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1953
about Drucilla Robertson
Name: Drucilla Robertson
Death Date: 25 Oct 1852
Death Location: Owsley
Residence Location: Owsley
Age: 6
Gender: Female
Birth Date: abt 1846
Birth Location: Owsley
Father’s Name: David Robertson
Mother’s Name: Nancy Robertson
Drusilla Robinson 4
February 6, 2009 at 5:40 pm
hi wanted to give some info to add on hughie d metcalf was my grandfather he married laura christina sweeney they had children named bill metcalf, denzel metcalf, gloria metcalf, Nancy metcalf (my mother) barb metcalf, lynn metcalf, eugene metcalf, and dale metcalf, there are many children and grand children not listed i will get dates feel free to e mail me at ms_randa_g@yahoo.com
March 11, 2009 at 10:31 pm
Your website shows the Rev. William Robertson and Eleanor Pitcairn with the wrong birth and death dates.
These folks did not marry until 1721 and they are the parents of William the Historian of Scotland.
Both died young and are buried at Greyfriars in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Verification for this is found at http://www.scotlandspeople.com, the Official Registry for Scotland.
You should check any persons born in Scotland with this database to avoid errors.
March 12, 2009 at 9:00 am
I do apologize if there is a Genealogy mistake on my blog. At that level its very hard to be 100% accurate. Although, I do try to be as accurate as possible with the documents I find.
I tried the link you’ve posted and it doesn’t work. I tried thru ie and Mozilla, neither worked. So, I Googled it and found a few similar sites. I found this one: http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ I wasn’t very happy with that site after I registered there to see their records, it pulled all of my personal info from my computer. I didn’t need to enter anything other than my name; right down to my email address. No place on the form to add one, I assumed you would add it, in the Profile. Wrong… Everything was filled in for me. Then after I checked my email address for their 2 emails with my password in it. I did sign in an access their site.
The entire experience left a bad taste in my mouth. I did play at the site for a few minutes. A quick search turned up something that could be close, but to get a look it, it was going to cost me six pounds. Not if I wanted to download it, if it was in fact the right document. To tell you the truth, I wasn’t prepared to see if it had grabbed my Visa number as well, to pay for this Close search document. So, I quickly exited the website. I can honestly say, I would not recommend that site to anyone.
I will on the other hand, double check my notes and family information. Nothing here is written is stone. We all make mistakes, and I do make my fair share, as we all do in our Genealogy research.
Please do share with us, your alternative parents for Nicholas Robertson, if you have access to this information. I know I would greatly appreciate it, I’m sure the others would as well.
Thank you for your comment,
Sheila J Metcalf
April 9, 2009 at 7:53 pm
FANTASTIC!
April 25, 2009 at 10:05 pm
Sheila ,
Could you please email me , Please ?
I am researching the Robinson’s family that you have listed . I may be connected to the family also .
Thanks, Ann
April 25, 2009 at 10:45 pm
I sure will. We still have a few holes to plug but we are getting there. Thanks for your comment and I will send one right out to you.
May 20, 2009 at 1:42 pm
Please see my Robertson research on ancestry.com – Robertson family and beyond. Ask for an invite!
May 23, 2009 at 6:49 am
I’m sorry, I have searched 100’s of trees and cannot find this tree. Can you give me someone specific to look at that pulls up your tree. Not sure where some of these trees get that Adonijah’s mother was Nancy Young? Will keep searching. Thanks
May 24, 2009 at 6:27 pm
I am very sorry that your experience on scotlandspeople was not a positive one. William Robertson, the eldest son of William Robertson and Eleanor Pitcairn, is well known as the first modern historian and can be verified as such.
Several of my Robertson family have married Midkiffs, which I understand to be a variant of Metcalf. My brother is a participant in the Donnachaidh Ydna project. He has one exact match and about 25 said to be related matches which link us to John Robinson/Robertson who married Mavel East. Their son Jacob is the father of our earliest proven ancestor, Samuel Robertson who married Elizabeth Harris. Thus we have both dna and a paper trail. I am looking for linking Robertson/Robertsons. Any assistance would be appreciated.
May 24, 2009 at 10:15 pm
My husband, Anthony’s lineage goes through William Robertson and Eleanor Pitcairn Robertson’s son Nicholas, we would need an unbroken Robinson/Robertson/Robison male DNA match but Anthony is a Metcalf. So I’m not sure who (male Robertson/Robinson/Robison) I could dig up (tongue in cheek) so to speak to get that DNA but I’m fairly resourceful and I’ll start beating the bushes. I know of one local living male in his mid to late 70’s that could possibly provide the DNA but we have to be 100% positive that none above him; were adopted or father unknown. Let me see who I can ask. Maybe one or two of the local Robinson’s from Miamisburg would be willing to get swabbed. I’ll remind them it is painless. It’s a real shame that when they have them at the hospital as babies they don’t swab them, then. Maybe, we can start a drive? LOL What baby doesn’t drool? LOL
Thanks again for your comments,
Sheila
September 25, 2009 at 5:52 am
you have done so much work!! wow! i admire all that you have done and managed to find. isn’t it just all so fascinating?! i definately caught the fever a couple of years ago, i had found the grave of my grandmothers grandfather, and when i visited the second time, i swear that it almost felt like he knew i was coming and was looking forward to “seeing” me again. i asked him to help me find his ex wife who was the brick wall and the one that i was really wanting to find-i know he wasn’t there, listening, but i eventually had an email that just snowballed and i found the one i was looking for. that kind of makes it all worth while doesn’t it. much love and happy grave hunting! angelia
September 25, 2009 at 8:43 am
Dear Angelia,
I want to thank you for your comment. I do work hard on my research and am trying to read everything I can get my hands on lately. I’ve been on vacation (still working my day jobs). I still have many holes to fill.
I too, feel like they are out there whispering, find me. So I keep tracking them.
I feel like I let my great-great-grandparents down, since the last person who knew where their unmarked-grave was, has now pasted. It’s very sad that we will never know where it is now. No one left to visit it.
I slow-walked… (a term my husband uses for when someone is slothful). I knew he was the only one left and that he was older, but it didn’t seem that urgent to me. When I talked to him, he seemed full of life, so I thought I had plenty of time. I was due to go in June for a family reunion, and could handle it then, but he past away in December. I won’t make that mistake again.
Keep on the trail and let me know of your findings. I’m as excited as you. I love answers.
Thanks again for your comment and Welcome to the Family,
Sheila Jean Adkins Metcalf