'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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