When Robinson was born on 17 June 1782, in Scotland, Windham, Connecticut, United States, his father, Abner Robinson, was 44 and his mother, Mehetabel Palmer, was 42. He died on 17 June 1782, in Connecticut, United States, at the age of 0, and was buried in Scotland, Windham, Connecticut, United States.
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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).
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