Elizabeth Edmiston1

d. before 16 December 1817
FatherMoses Edmiston1 d. bef 17 Jun 1806
MotherRachel (?)2 d. 1812
Marriage20 May 1789 Elizabeth Edmiston married John Robinson, son of John Robinson, on 20 May 1789.3 
Land-Buy13 Dec 1805  John Robinson and John Edmiston [probably Elizabeth's brother] purchased 328 acres from Mathew and Leah Kincannon for £1,000 in 1805. The land was part of a larger tract originally surveyed by Mathew Kincannon's father, Francis Kincannon in 1774.4 
Land-Sell18 Jul 1808  Less than 3 years later, in 1808, John and Elizabeth Robinson, and John Edmiston sold the lower 182 acres to Moses Edmiston [probably also Elizabeth's brother] for £500. The deed was witnessed by John Clark, David Robinson and Mitchell Robinson.5 [probably John Robinson's brothers] 
Land-Buy16 Oct 1812  Then on 16 Oct 1812 John Robinson purchased John Edmiston's interest in the northern part of the tract which the two men had continued to own jointly.6 
Deathbefore 16 Dec 1817 Elizabeth died before 16 Dec 1817 at which time John married for a second time. 

Research Comment:

In 1937 Ms Vivian Coletti, as part of a WPA inventory of historical homes, visited brothers M.W.[Moses Walter] Robinson and John Robinson [sons of Ebenezer Alexander Robinson and grandsons of John Robinson III]. They provided Ms Coletti with this list of John Robinson's children: Betsy b. March 6 1790 and married January 1805; Rachel, May 5, 1792, married April 6, 1811; Moses Edmondson, b. Sept. 26, 1794; James, b. Oct. 2, 1796; John R., b. Dec. 20, 1801; Elon R. [believed to be Eleanor], b. April 12, 1804, Ebenezer Alexander b. June 6, 1806; George Edmiston [believed to be Jane Edmiston], b. Jul 1, 1809 and David Robinson b. Sept. 26, 1812.

John's grandsons also stated that John married twice, but had no children by his second wife. John's sons Moses, John, and Ebenezer Alexander remained in the family home; John and Moses did not marry. James married and settled on part of his father's plantation. Ebenezer Alexander married Rebecca Fulton and lived in his father's home until he built a brick home in which his son M.W. lived.7

Related Links and Images:

The Ebenezer Alexander and Rebecca (Fulton) Robinson home on the north side of the Stage Rd., built near the log cabin in which John and Elizabeth Robinson raised their family
See the Glade Spring area maps made in 1821 and 1890. Look for the home labeled "Robinson's" on the 1821 map. The same home was indicated by a square, but not labeled, on the 1890 map. Additional detail is presented in a chart following the maps8
Also see Francis Kincannon Grants on the Old Stage Rd. for plats and a discussion of how John and Elizabeth Robinson came to own part of Francis Kincannon's land

Family

John Robinson b. say 1765, d. 29 Jun 1826
Children
  • Elizabeth Robinson7,9 (6 Mar 1790 - )
  • Rachel Robinson7 (5 May 1792 - )
  • Moses Edmondson Robinson7 (26 Sep 1794 - 3 Aug 1857)
  • James Robinson7 (2 Oct 1796 - 18 Nov 1857)
  • John R. Robinson7 (20 Dec 1801 - 3 Jun 1852)
  • Eleanor Robinson7 (12 Apr 1804 - )
  • Ebenezer Alexander Robinson+7 (Jun 1806 - 3 Sep 1879)
  • Jane Edmiston Robinson7 (1 Jul 1809 - )
  • David Robinson7 (26 Sep 1812 - )
Last Edited25 Sep 2013

Citations

  1. [S617] Moses Edmondson will (recorded 1806), Washington Co., Virginia, Will Bk 3: 11. The will was dated 12 April 1806 and recorded 17 June 1806.
  2. [S617] Rachel Edmiston nuncupative will (1812), Washington Co., Virginia, Will Bk 3: 293.
  3. [S3116] Frances Cooke Chan, Ancestors of Edna Katherine & Pearl May Barlow: allied families of Robinson, Edmiston, Wilcox, Alton, Farwell, Welby, Harwick & Martz, digitized images, Family Search (http://www.familysearch.org/ : accessed March 2013), p. 35. Ms Chan cites death dates fro John Robinson Jr.'s children, marriage dates and wives names to notes copied from a Robinson family Bible by Ruth Richards of Creston IA. The Bible was held by Mahlon Robinson of Washington Co., VA.
  4. [S1707] Washington Co., Virginia Deed Book 3: 424. Mathew Kincannon and Leah, his wife to John Robinson & John Edmiston, 13 Dec. 1805, for £1,000, 328 acres on the waters of the Middle Fork of the Holston River adj George Kincannon, [John] Orr, Henry Jones [James] Dysart.
  5. [S2152] Washington Co., Virginia Deed Book 4: 146. John Robinson and Elizabeth his wife, and John Edmiston to Moses Edmiston, 18 Jul 1808, for £500, 182 acres on the waters of the Middle Fork of the Holston River whereon Moses now lives; recorded 17 Jan 1809.
  6. [S1047] Washington Co., Virginia Deed Book 5: 139. John Edmiston to John Robinson, 16 Oct. 1812, for $1,586.67, one undivided moiety of a certain tract containing 180 ac, it being part of a tract of land purchased by the said John Edmiston and the said John Robinson from Mathew Kincannon and lying on the waters of the Middle Fork of the Holston River.
  7. [S1199] Victoria Gilliam, "M.W. Robinson house", 1937, digital image, Works Progress Administration of Virginia Historical Inventory, Library of Virginia Online, <<http://www.lva.virginia.gov>>: accessed Feb. 2013. Ms Gilliam's primary sources were Mr. M.W. Robinson and Mr. John Robinson. [sons of Ebenezer Alexander Robinson (1806-1879) and grandsons of John Robinson]
  8. [S1376] Image cropped from Washington County Surveyed and Drawn under the Direction of John Wood dated 1821; from the Lib. of VA Digital Collection (digital Board of Public Works Collection) and used with permission. The full map may be viewed online at: http://digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881/R/…
  9. [S2146] Jack Hockett, Washington Co. VA Will Book 14 1856-1859, abstracted, citing Will Bk 14: 184; will of Moses E. Robinson which names sister Elizabeth Kerr.