William Robinson

1614 - 1668  (54 years)

• Name	William Robinson
  	to New England
  Birth	9 Jan 1614	Canterbury, Kent, England   [3]
  Married	say 1635 (20 years)  [1]
  He first married Prudence ______ Children: 1. Samuel Robinson (1640-____) 2. Increase Robinson (1642-____) 3. Prudence Robinson (1643-____) 4. Waiting Robinson (1646-____)
  Residence	1636 (21 years)	Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [1, 6]
  In 1636, he was living in Dorchester, Massachusetts.
  Religion	1638 (23 years)	Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [1]
  In 1638 he joined the Dorchester Church.
  Freeman	27 Dec 1642 (28 years)  [5, 6]
  On 27 December 1642 he was admitted as a freeman.
  Military	1643 (28 years)	Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [1, 6]
  In 1643 he was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company.
  Travel	From 1644 to 1645 (29 years)  [1]
  From 1644 to 1645 he traveled to England and back.
  Married	say 1647 (32 years)  [1, 5, 7]
  He married secondly Margaret ______. She was living in 1664.
  Death	5 or 6 Jul 1668	Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [3, 4]
  Burial	Aft 6 Jul 1668	Dorchester North Burying Ground, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Dorchester North Burying Ground,  Dorchester, Massachusetts   [3]
  	Gravestone of William Robinson
  Probate/Proved	31 Jul 1668 (54 years)  [5]
  On 31 July 1668 his will was proved.
  Person ID, Branch	I24720
  Last Modified	26 Jul 2025

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Ursula Adams,   c. 19 Jul 1619, Barton St David, Somersetshire, England d. 20 Feb 1679 (Age ~ 59 years)  Other Partners: Stephen Streeter  m. 21 Mar 1652;   Samuel Hosier  m. 13 Oct 1657;   Lt. Griffin Crafts  m. 15 Jul 1673
  Marriage	Yes, date unknown  [1, 2, 4, 5, 7]
  Family ID	F8893	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Oct 2021

  
  

• Pedigree

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• Event Map		Birth - 9 Jan 1614 - Canterbury, Kent, England Residence - 1636 - Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Religion - 1638 - Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Military - 1643 - Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Death - 5 or 6 Jul 1668 - Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Burial - Aft 6 Jul 1668 - Dorchester North Burying Ground, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S1621] Antiquarian, Dorchester & Historical Society. History of the Town of Dorchester, Massachusetts, (Boston: Ebenezer Clapp Jr., 1859). [S463] Bond, Henry. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts including Waltham and Weston, (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1860). [S14] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current® http://findagrave.com, (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Memorial ID 11266694 William Robinson. [S2116] Harris, Edward Doubleday. "Some Account of the Early Streeters of Massachusetts", (Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume XXXVI, 1882). [S72] Pope, Charles Henry, The Pioneers of Massachusetts , (Boston: Charles H. Pope, 1900). [S808] Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May 1692 on the Basis of Farmer's Register, volume III, (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1861). [S91] Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriage Prior to 1700, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985). [S84] Wyman, Thomas Bellows. The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, Massachusetts 1629-1818 , (Boston: David Clapp & Son, 1879).