Brief Life History of Benjamin
When Benjamin Robinson was born about 1776, in Virginia, United States, his father, McKinney Robinson, was 27 and his mother, Elizabeth Wamsley, was 21. He died in 1846, in Fairfield, Jefferson, Iowa, United States, at the age of 71.
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Parents and Siblings
1750–1812 Male
1756–1841 Female
Siblings (10)
1774–1858 Male
1776–1846 Male
1778– Male
1780– Male
1782–1839 Female
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World Events (8)
1776
Age 0
1780 · Richmond Becomes the Capital
Age 4
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 24
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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