The History Of The Robeson Family

I have information on the Robeson Family

starting with Andrew Robeson,Jr (11 generations) to the present day(2018).

this family ties in with the Cummings family through the marriage

of Mary Alice Evans to Carl Epps Cummings (my mother and father).

Descendants of Andrew Robeson, Jr

1. ANDREW3 ROBESON, JR (ROBESON2, ROBESON1) was born 1654 in Scotland,

and died February 19, 1719/20 in Douglassville,Pa. He married MARY

SPENCER 1685. She was born 1666, and died November 12, 1716 in Philadelphia,Pa.

Notes for MARY SPENCER: of Stuart descent.

Children of ANDREW ROBESON and MARY SPENCER are:

i. ANDREW4 ROBESON III, b. 1686; d. 1740; m. MAGDALEN RUDMAN.

ii. ISRAEL ROBESON, b. 1688; d. 1774.

iii. JONATHAN ROBESON, b. 1690; d. 1766; m. ELIZABETH MORRIS.

2. iv. MAGDALEN ROBESON, b. 1693, Gloucester County,New Jersey,; d. June 1764.

v. DAVID ROBESON, b. 1697; d. 1764; m. ELINOR LANE.

3. vi. THOMAS ROBESON, b. 1698, Greenwich Township,Gloucester County,New Jersey;

d. November 13, 1773, Bladen County, NC.

vii. SAMUEL ROBESON, b. 1699; m. HANNAH LANE.

viii. ELINOR ROBESON, b. 1703; m. CAPT JACOB LEECH.

ix. MARY ROBESON, b. 1705; d. 1736; m. MICHAEL HULINGS.

x. PETER ROBESON, b. 1707; m. SARAH FARMER.

xi. MARGARET ROBESON, b. 1710; d. 1742; m. THOMAS YORKE.

Generation No. 2

2. MAGDALEN4 ROBESON (ANDREW3, ROBESON2, ROBESON1) was born 1693

in Gloucester County,New Jersey,, and died June 1764. She

married THOMAS POTTS 1718. He was born 1680 in Wales, and

died January 1751/52 in Colebrookdale,Pa.

Children of MAGDALEN ROBESON and THOMAS POTTS are:

i. MARTHA5 POTTS, b. 1718; d. 1739; m. THOMAS YORKE.

4. ii. THOMAS POTTS, b. 1720, Pa; d. April 21, 1762,

Colebrookdale,Pa.

iii. DAVID POTTS, b. 1722; d. 1752; m. REBECCA RUTTER.

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3. THOMAS4 ROBESON (ANDREW3, ROBESON2, ROBESON1) was born 1698

in Greenwich Township,Gloucester County,New Jersey, and died

November 13, 1773 in Bladen County, NC. He married SARAH

SINGLETARY 1736. She died November 05, 1775.

Children of THOMAS ROBESON and SARAH SINGLETARY are:

5. i. COL THOMAS5 ROBESON, JR, b. January 11, 1739/40,

Bladen County, NC; d. May 02, 1785, NC.

6. ii. MARY ROBESON, b. 1745, Walnut Grove, Bladen

County, NC.

7. iii. PETER ROBESON, b. 1749, Bladen County,NC;

d. 1794, Bladen County,NC.

Generation No. 3

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