Brief Life History of Job
When Job Robinson was born in 1732, in Edinburgh, Scotland, his father, Isaac Robinson, was 33 and his mother, Katherine Perkins, was 28. He married Charity Spencer in 1768, in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Lincoln, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years. He died in 1805, in Gaston, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Bethel Church, York, South Carolina, United States.
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- Job Robinson, "United States Census, 1810"
- Job Robinson, "Find A Grave Index"
- Robartson, "North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
North Carolina is the 12th state.
1791
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): patronymic from the Middle English personal name Robin , a pet form of Robert , + -son. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
French: from a pet form of the personal name Robin .
West Indian (including Haiti) and Guyanese: most likely not (only) of English or French origin as in 1 above and 2 above, but also, if not mostly, from the related name of the famous Daniel Defoe's literary character Robinson Crusoe (from a novel first published in 1719).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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