Colvin, Robert

   General Notes:

Robert Colvin first appears on tax lists of E. Nottingham Twp., Chester Co. PA in 1756 which may indicate he was about age 16 or over in that year. Subsequently he appears on this tax list in 1768 as a "joyner", on 31 Jan 1770 (for taxes of 3..0.0), and so on through 1780.

On 17 June 1766 he was appointed co-administrator with Elizabeth Colvin of the estate of John Colvin, deceased.

A Chester County PA history lists him as a landowner in E. Nottingham in 1774. His inventory was taken on 13 Nov 1781 by Samuel and Henry Ewing. It was presented to the court by Samuel Ewing on 22 May 1782 and on 23 May 1782,Esther Calvin (sic) and John Henry Calvin (sic) were appointed co-administrators of Robert's estate with Henry and John Ewing as their securities. Bond was witnessed by Robert and George McElheney. On 26 Apr 1792 the heirs of Robert Colvin sold his 131 acres in Chester Co. to John Watt of E. Nottingham Twp. (Book H-2:31) It is presumed, although not proved, that Robert was the son of John Colvin who had resided in Chester Co. as early as 1734 until his death in E. Nottingham Twp. John may have been an emigrant from Scotland as there is a tradition in the family that this line came from Scots ancestry.

SOURCES:
1. Probate, deed and tax records (Chester Co. PA Archives) . Probate - John Colvin, EastNottingham, 1766, intestate, #2271. Robert Colvin, East Nottingham, 1782, intestate #3383.2. The Calvin Families, Claude W. Calvin, 1945: by the compiler, Pasadena, CA (Mostly taxdata as Mr. Calvin did not seem to be privy to some of the records available in Chester Co. PA on this family and assigns several sons to Robert who do not appear to have been Roberts at all - unless they were minors in 17922 and for that reason, not named in the heirship deed of that date.
3. 1790 Census of Lancaster Co., PA.
4. 1800 Tax Lists of Berkeley Co.,VA.
5. Berkeley Co., VA Marriage Records.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:
1.On 4 July 1806 Elizabeth Colvin of the Township of Lower Oxford, Chester County, PA wrote her will. She left her niece a feather bed and bedding, including a new pair of blanketsand a coverlet, a ewe and a lamb. To her granddaughter Janet Snodgrass she left her gold ring and a spinning wheel. She left her granddaughter Elizabeth Snodgrass a heifer and a walnut trunk. She left her granddaughter Mary Colvin a calf. She left her grandson William Colvin her pocket Bible "for his use... when he arrives to that age fit to use it". - Will #5323,
Chester Co., PA Archives document.

This woman is unknown except she may have been the widow of John Henry Colvin, son of Robert and Ester (Ewing) Colvin , who was apparently deceased prior to 1792.

2. History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, by Charles William Heathcoe, 1926. West Chester PA.
Pg. 197: East Nottingham Taxables 1753
Widow Ewing
Widow Calvin
Pg 198: Land-owners 1774 (East Nottingham Twp.
Robt. Calvin
James Calvin
Henry Calvin
Robert Ewing
Thos. Ewing
Matthew Henderson
Pg. 198: West Nottingham Taxables 1753: Sam. Ewing (also appears as land-owner in 1774.






Pg. 198: West Nottingham Taxables

   Events:

1. Occupation. Joyner

   Marriage Information:

Robert married Esther Ewing. (Esther Ewing died after 1782 in Prob. Chester Co. PA.)