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From: John Robertson <>
Subject: [RBTSN] Re:James Robertson/Robinson
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 05:05:07 -0400
In-Reply-To: <000e01c10e5c$15cb2720$9612f8d1@jmbsik>

The James Robertson, Sr./Jr. listing came from my page. As best I know, it
originated in the work of Edna Robertson Vasher in the 1930s. In my line
this was considered "proven", and it was used as basis for lineage society
membership by the real genealogists in the line.

Since posting this page several years ago, I have learned that "proven"
usually means "further investigation is not welcome". Being more
statistician than genealogist, I found this ancestry "improbable", and have
concluded from 100 years and 1000 miles of migration worth of strong and
consistent circumstantial evidence that our "most probable" ancestry for
James "Horse Shoe" Robertson was David Robertson m. Frances ___, d. 1771
testate SC (will filed in Tryon Co. NC, long story)
Israel Rob*son, Granville Co. SC
Nicholas Rob*son b. c1666 VA
conjectural above that is
Edward Rob*son
Christopher Rob*son, b. England c. 1610

With the great help of several members of this list, we found lots of
evidence for the "new" lineage. Despite searching intently for more than a
year, we found nothing to substantiate the traditional lineage given above.

Along the way, I found several claimants for the hand of Mary
Davies. Hopefully, she is yours. I also encountered a descendant of what
sounds like your line, and she'd never heard of us. All this contributed
to my increasing doubt about the line.

I didn't change the above page for a long time, out of deference to my
mentor and benefactor, until I had time to accumulate contrary evidence. I
sent her about 100 page of material supporting my conclusion. Its been
over a year and I have heard no response. I can only imagine that her
difficulty is that she is a serious conventional genealogist, she told me
much of what I know, and knows that I am an Internet surfing
cousin-collector (true). Changing of the page is overdue, but now awaits
my getting around to revising it. If my mentor were going to respond to my
conclusions, she would have done so by now.

John Robertson


At 08:01 PM 7/16/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>We have an interesting stiuation:
>
>Two lines which have the same people, and children but--different origin
>
>Recently I received on the Robertson rootsweb the following;
>James Rob'son Jr. b ??Edinburgh Scotland m 21 May 1719 in Philadelphia PA
>Mary Davies. James died 1751 Augusta Co VA. children: James III , b
>1720 ;David b 1730; Isaac; Jonathan and (?) Sarah sometimes named Catherine.
>
>IN DIRECT OPPOSITE I HAVE THE FOLLOWING:
>
>James Rob'son (married Robertson)
>b New Castle DEL son of James Robinson and Catherine Howell
>d. 1751 Augusta Co VA Will naming children in Will Bk 1 probated April 9
>1751uses the spelling Robison.
>m Mary Davies in Philadelphia Co. PA May 21 1719
>James and Mary bought 400 acres of land with the Hite group in Augusta Co.VA
>Children:

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