Robinson

(submitted by Debbie Oxby)

James Robinson (1802–) and his son John had received the rights to Lot 6, Con. 3 NER, Warwick Twp., in 1848. The Robinsons came to Canada as part of the Petworth immigration plan. They settled in the English Settlement in the northwestern part of Warwick Twp.

James Sr. and his wife Sophia (1807–) had seven children: John, Sophia Ann (1826–), both born in England, then James Jr. (1838–), George (1839–), Charles (1842–), Moses Henry (1844–), and Hannah (1845–). The latter children were born in Canada. Sophia Ann married James Wallington and Hannah married George Karr. After James Sr. died, his wife Sophia lived in the home of her son James Jr. After Sophia died, James Jr. lived alone; in the 1901 census he was found living as a boarder in Forest.

John Robinson (–1902) married Mary Ann (Ruddock/Ruddick, –1907). Within a few years of arriving in Canada, John bought the west ½ of Lot 6 and the east ½ of Lot 5, Con. 3 NER, which were clergy reserves. After several other land transactions in Warwick Twp., John and Mary Ann moved to Muskoka, where his sister Ann and her husband James Wallington lived. John and Mary Ann’s children were all born in Warwick Twp. They were: William (1848–), Charles (1851–), Willard (1852–), Sophia Ann (1855–), John (1857–), Mary Jane (1859–), Josephine(1861–), Albert (1863–), Luke (1865–), Ellen M. (1866–), and Martha (1869–).

Chapter 24 of 25 - Robinson Family

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