Holy Bible of Elizabeth [Russell] Robinson

• BS 185.1839.P48
• Williamsburg and Richmond, Virginia

Transcript: Family History

	HOLY BIBLE of Elizabeth [Russell] Robinson Presented by Mrs. Francis W. Upshur, Rich- mond, Virginia, January, 1945.
	[Title Page]
	Family Record. MARRIAGES. Anthony Robinson Elizabeth Russell February 7th, 1799 at Williamsburg Va. Wirt Robinson Rebecca Kime at Reading Pa. Poitiaux Robinson Mary Enders at Richmond Va. William R. Robinson Ella Furt at Petersburg Va. John A. Robinson Mary E. Ashlin December 21st, 1865 at Rivanna Hall Fluvanna Co Va. Wm Russell Robinson son of Wirt Robinson to Eva Cabbell of Buckingham Co Va.
	Family Record. BIRTHS. Anthony Robinson August 12th 1771 Elizabeth Russell January 15 1778 Wirt Robinson Poitiaux Robinson William R Robinson John A Robinson Sept 3d 1819 4 Oclock [AM?] Elizabeth F Robinson Aug 25 1800 10½ [AM?] Ann P Robinson Anthony Robinson August 12 1770 Elizabeth Russell Jany 15 1778 Elizabeth F Robinson Aug 25 1800 on Monday 10½ AM Mary Jane Robinson Feby 5 1803 on Saturday 4 Oclock AM Ann Poitiaux Robinson March 14, 1805 6½ AM Wirt Robinson June 20th 1807 at 3 Oclock AM
	Family Record. BIRTHS. Poitiaux Robinson July 6th 1809 on Thursday between 7 and 8 Oclock AM William Russell Robinson Feby 16th 1814 on Wednesday at 9 Oclock AM John Anthony Robinson Sept 3d 1819 at 4 Oclock AM Jane Robinson October the 24 on Tuesday 1811 Martha Robinson December 2d 1816 Laura Robinson May 1823 Ashlin Robinson son of Jno. A. Robinson was born Monday Aug 17th 1868 at 5 PM My first child was born dead on Monday morning September 9th 1867 at 4.17 A.M. Jno. A Robinson a son Anthony Robinson Third son of John A Robinson and Mary E Ashlin was born on Sunday August 7th 1870 at 6 AM
	Family Record. BIRTHS. Elizabeth Russell Robinson December 3d 1872 8½ PM. First daughter of Jno A and Mary E Robinson.
	Family Record. DEATHS. Anthony Robinson. September 11th 1851 at 9¾ AM Mrs Anthony Robinson. August 5th 1852 at 12 Oclock at night Elizabeth F Robinson. Jany 24th 1861 at 4½ AM Poitiaux Robinson. September 15th 1852 5 Oclock PM Ann P Robinson. July 9th 1858 at 5¾ PM Mary Jane Robinson August 14th 1803 at 2 Oclock PM Jane Robinson April 6th 1816 Martha Robinson August 18th 1817 Laura Robinson In infancy Wirt Robinson William R Robinson Laura Robinson [Novr?] 1823 Aged 6 mo __________ Jno A Robinson & Mary E Robinson Elizabeth Russell Robinson. June 26th 1873. 15 minutes past 12 at night at Greenwood Depot C&O RR. Va.
	Family Record. DEATHS. John Anthony Robinson August 1st 1873, at 10½ P.M.

Notes

• Anthony Robinson, son of Anthony Russell of York County was a lawyer and was assisting William Russell in his official duties as of 1797. After he married Russell’s daughter Elizabeth, the two moved to Richmond where Anthony became assistant to William Wirt, then clerk of the House of Delegates. In 1802–03 they returned to live in Williamsburg where they owned property on Francis St. The family remained in Williamsburg until 1814 when Anthony began working in the office of the Auditor of Public Accounts in Richmond.
• Elizabeth Russell was the daughter of William Russell (ca. 1741–1812) and Elizabeth Farrow Russell (ca. 1760–1785). Elizabeth Farrow was the daughter of Elizabeth and Benjamin Farrow of London and the niece of Margaret Hunter and Jane Hunter Charlton of Williamsburg. William Russell was a prosperous merchant who owned several properties in Williamsburg and held many public offices including Clerk of the Williamsburg Committee of Safety (1775), Clerk of the Williamsburg Hustings Court, 1783–1812 and Clerk of the Districk Court, 1791–1812 (?).
• While the Bible originally belonged to Elizabeth Russell Robinson, at least some of the later entries were made by her son, John Anthony and/or his wife, Mary E. Ashlin Robinson.
• Evelyn Carter Byrd Cabell (1842–1910) was the full name of “Eva Cabbell” who married William Russell Robinson. Financial and legal papers relating to the couple and their children, Wirt and Clifford Cabell Robinson, are part of the Cabell Family Papers, in the Virginia Historical Society.
• Michael Benoit Poitiaux (1771–1854) married Elizabeth Russell Robinson’s sister Jane Russell in 1804. Poitiaux was born in Brussels and became a U.S. citizen soon after he moved to Richmond in 1798. He was a businessman, violinist and artist. That the Robinsons and Poitiauxs were close friends is shown in their naming both a daughter and son Poitiaux.
• John Anthony Robinson left a widow, Mary, and two young sons, Ashlin (age 7) and Anthony (age 3). Ashlin died November 6, 1885 at age 17, while Anthony only survived him by four years, dying in November 1889 at age 19. Both boys died without children which caused a controversy between the widow and her in-laws over the will of John Anthony Robinson.
• Greenwood in western Albemarle County was named Greenwood Depot in the community’s application for a post office in 1853. In 1913 the name was changed to Greenwood. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway runs by it.

Sources

• Hanson, Raus McDill. Virginia Place Names, p. 26.
• Richmond Portraits in an Exhibition of Makers of Richmond 1737–1860. Valentine Museum, 1949.
• The Robinson Family Papers can be found at the Virginia Historical Society.
• Robinson v. Robinson. Reports of Cases in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia. Vol. 89. pp. 916–920. December 8, 1892.
• “Russell, William.” Rockefeller Library’s “Williamsburg Area Residents File.”

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