'Robinson04'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Robinson of Conway, Robinson of Gwersyllt, Robinson-Lytton of Knebworth, Robinson of Monachdy
Sir William Norris of Cheshire (a 1445) | |||||||||||||||
m. Agnes (dau of Meredydd ap Tudur ap Goronwy, sister of Sir Owen Tudur) | |||||||||||||||
1. | Robin Norris | ||||||||||||||
m. Jane Dutton (dau of Sir Pyers Dutton) | |||||||||||||||
A. | Henry Robinson | ||||||||||||||
m. Elin Stanley (dau of Sir William Stanley of Hooton) | |||||||||||||||
i. | John Robinson of Conway | ||||||||||||||
m. Elin Brickdale (dau of Rev. William Brickdale ap Jenkin ap John ap Ralph Brickdale, of Wirral) | |||||||||||||||
a. | Hugh Robinson of Conway | ||||||||||||||
m. Catherine Salesbury (dau of Thomas ap Robert Salesbury, of Llanrwst) | |||||||||||||||
(1) | Richard Robinson | ||||||||||||||
m. Anne (dau of David Lloyd of Meriadog) | |||||||||||||||
(2) | Elin Robinson | ||||||||||||||
m. Hugh Holland ap William, of Conway | |||||||||||||||
(3) | Dorothy Robinson | ||||||||||||||
m. John Bulkeley of Beaumaris | |||||||||||||||
(4)+ | other issue - Hugh, (Sir) Henry, Catherine | ||||||||||||||
b. | Nicholas Robinson of Monachdy & Gwersyllt, Bishop of Bangor (d 03.02.1584-5) | ||||||||||||||
m. Jane Brereton (dau of Sir Randle Brereton of Malpas, m2. Arthur Price of Faenor) | |||||||||||||||
(1) | William Robinson of Gwersyllt ucha & Monachdy, Sheriff of Denbighshire then Anglesey (bur 03.1644) | ||||||||||||||
m. Jane Price (dau of John Price of Llanfair) | |||||||||||||||
(A) | John Robinson 'of Monachdy & Gwersyllt' (b 1616, d 15.03.1680, Colonel) | ||||||||||||||
Commoners starts with Colonel Robinson, showing him as father of 2 sons: John (m. Elizabeth, dau of Dorothy Lady Jeffreys, by whom he was father of the William who m. Elizabeth Lytton) and William. We follow Griffith. | |||||||||||||||
m1. Sage Lloyd of Bronwydd (dsp) | |||||||||||||||
m2. Margaret Norris (bur 19.09.1694, dau of Edward Norris of Speke) | |||||||||||||||
(i) | William Robinson, Sheriff of Denbighshire (b c1668, d 15.11.1717) | ||||||||||||||
Commoners identifies William's wife as Elizabeth Lytton, niece of Sir William Lytton of Knebworth, but that appears to be in error. Griffith identifies her as ... | |||||||||||||||
m. (08.1685?) Ann Myddleton (bpt 29.03.1668, bur 23.08.1693, dau/heir of Timothy Myddleton of Plas Cadwgan & Pant Iocyn) | |||||||||||||||
(a) | John Robinson (b c1687, d 02.11.1732) | ||||||||||||||
m. (28.08.1706) Elizabeth Jeffreys (b 08.06.1689, bur 08.02.1750-1, dau/heir of Sir Griffith Jeffreys of Acton) | |||||||||||||||
((1)) | William Robinson of Monachdy & Gwersyllt ucha (d 20.06.1739) | ||||||||||||||
m. (10.1733) Elizabeth Robinson-Lytton (dau of William Robinson-Lytton of Knebworth) @@ below | |||||||||||||||
((A))+ | issue - child (d infant), Elizabeth (dsp before 1752) | ||||||||||||||
((2)) | Dorothy Robinson (b 1710) | ||||||||||||||
m. Ellis Yonge of Bryn Iocyn & Acton (dsp) | |||||||||||||||
((3)) | Ann Robinson (bpt 04.09.1711, bur 05.04.1754) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1751) Cawley Humberston Cawley of Gwerstyll | |||||||||||||||
((4))+ | other issue - Frances (bpt 21.02.1725, bur 30.10.1741), Elizabeth (bpt 11.05.1714, bur 11.07.1755), Mary (bpt 29.11..1718, bur 07.10.1741) | ||||||||||||||
(b) | William Robinson, later Robinson-Lytton of Knebworth, Sheriff of Hertfordshire (bpt 12.06.1688, d 18.11.1732) | ||||||||||||||
m. (28.10.1712) Elizabeth Heysham (dau/coheir of Giles Heysham of London and/or Staghenhoe) | |||||||||||||||
((1)) | John Robinson-Lytton of Knebworth (b 1725, dsp 1762) | ||||||||||||||
m. (12.04.1744) Leonora Brereton (d 13.03.1790, dau/heir of Humphrey Brereton of Borras) | |||||||||||||||
((2)) | Elizabeth Robinson-Lytton (b 16.09.1715) | ||||||||||||||
m1. William Robinson of Gwersyllt ucha @@ above | |||||||||||||||
m2. Laurence Williams | |||||||||||||||
((3)) | Barbara Robinson-Lytton of Knebworth (b 25.03.1717, bpt 03.04.1710) | ||||||||||||||
m. William Warburton of Yarrow, Queen's Co. | |||||||||||||||
Their son inherited Knebworth and assumed the name Warburton-Lytton. | |||||||||||||||
((4))+ | other issue - Lytton Robinson (b 14.09.1713, dvp 13.06.1716), William Robinson (b 30.07.1719, dvp 1724), Fanny (d 1730), Anne Jane (b 11.10.1716, a 1733, d unm) | ||||||||||||||
(c) | Frances Robinson (bpt 01.01.1689-90) | ||||||||||||||
(ii) | John Robinson (bpt 21.12.1671, bur 13.07.1693, Captain) | ||||||||||||||
(iii) | Margaret Robinson (bpt 18.07.1686) | ||||||||||||||
m1. (1687) Sir George Strode of Hereford (son of Sir Nicholas by Judith, sister of Sir William Lytton of Knebworth) | |||||||||||||||
Their son inherited Knebworth but dsp after which Knebworth passed to his cousin William above. | |||||||||||||||
m2. Charles Selby Amherst | |||||||||||||||
(iv) | Jane Robinson (bpt 22.04.1673, bur 27.09.1712) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1695-6) John Roydon of Plas Iscoed (b 20.08.1673) | |||||||||||||||
(a) | Jane Roydon (bpt 14.06.1698) | ||||||||||||||
m. (09.09.1721) Robert Hughes of Wrexham | |||||||||||||||
(B) | Nicholas Robinson (Major) | ||||||||||||||
(C) | Jane Robinson | ||||||||||||||
m. _ Pryse (son of Sir Thomas of Gogerddan) | |||||||||||||||
(D) | Elizabeth Robinson | ||||||||||||||
m. James Thelwall | |||||||||||||||
(2) | Pierce Robinson (youngest son) | ||||||||||||||
(A) | Eleanor Robinson (4th dau) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
m. John Maudit (a 1649, rector of Penshurst) | |||||||||||||||
(3) | Margaret Robinson | ||||||||||||||
m. Edward Price of Faenor | |||||||||||||||
(4)+ | other issue - Humphrey, Herbert, Hugh (headmaster of Winchester) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): Griffith's Pedigrees (Monachdy & Gwersyllt, p23) with a little support from BP1934 (Lytton), Commoners (vol I, Lytton of Knebworth)
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