When Hanna Robinson was christened on 15 December 1734, in Elland, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Nathanael Robinson, was 23 and her mother, Susannah Farra, was 20.
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1715– Female
1732– Male
1734– Female
1738– Female
1740–1799 Female
1741– Female
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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).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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