Time Line for Isaac Robinson:
1610 Born in Leyden, Holland
1631 Came in the ship Lyon at the age of 21 to Scituate, MA. [1]
1633 Made a Freeman. [1]
1633 Taxed in the town of Plymouth [2]
1634 (Feb 20) Sold his estate to John Twisden and removed to Barnstable accompanied by the Rev. John Lathrop. [1]
1634 Lived in Duxbury [2]
1635 [July 14] Sold lands in Plymouth and then moved to the town of Scituate.
1636 Built a house in Scituate. His home lot was the fifth from Colman's Hill, consisting of twelve
acres on which he built a house. [1] It was 29th house built in the town of Scituate and later
sold to Goodman Twisden [2]
1636 (Nov 7) Joined the church at Barnstable, MA. [1]
1637 [Jan 1] He and others had lands granted them by the Plymouth Colony court, lying between
North and South Rivers[2] and in 1637 he built his "new house" which was the 49th in
Scituate. [1&2]
1639 He moved with the pastorate of Mr. Lathrop to Barnstable. His lands were on the north side
of the county road, bounded on the west by Calves Pasture lande. This lot he sold before
1653 to Mr. Thomas Allyn, and removed to a lot about a mile west. [2]
1639 He was a member of the Grand Inquest of the colony[2]
1641 He was on the jury for trials [2]
1645 He was a deputy from Barnstable in the Plymouth Colony Court [2]
1646 He was Receiver of the Excise in the Town of Barnstable [2]
1647 He was Receiver of the Excise in the Town of Barnstable [2]
1648 He was Receiver of the Excise in the Town of Barnstable [2]
1648 He was a member of the Grand Inquest of the colony[2]
1651 He was a deputy from Barnstable in the Plymouth Colony Court [2]
1659 He was asked to attend Quaker meetings to help the Quakers see the error of their ways.
Instead, upon attendance, he felt that the laws that had been enacted against the Quakers
were tyrannical and should be repealed. He wrote a letter to the magistrates stating this.
As a consequence in 1660, the court ordered him stripped of his rights as a freeman, which
lasted for thirteen years. [2]
1663 (About) He removed to Falmouth, MA. [1]
1664 He helped to settled the town of Saconnet (Falmouth), and probably was a tavern keeper there. [2]
1673 Regained his rights as a freeman
1673 He removed to Tisbury on Martha's Vinyard [1] where he was the Recorder and Town clerk
and continued to live there until 1701[2]
1673 He interested himself in the Dutch Rebellion [2]
1678 He was named as a selectman [2]
1680 He was named as a selectman [2]
1684 He was named as a selectman [2]
1701 He sold his land in on the east side of the Old Mill River in West Tisbury to his son, Isaac. [2]
1701 (Nov) He returned to Barnstable where he had retained his church membership and resided with
his daughter Fear, the wife of Samuel Baker until his death in 1704, aged 94. [1]
1704 At his death, he was buried in the Old Common Burying Ground. [2]

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[1] = Robinson Genealogy, page 36, references the ship as "Lion". Richard Morgan <e-mail> says the ship's proper name is "Lyon" as he has a list and other lists on the Internet reference this same ship.

[2] = James Kaufman: History of Martha's Vineyard (C. Banks) Came to New England in 1631 on the ship "Lyon" and settled in Plymouth. He was made a freeman in 1633 and was taxed the following year in the town of Plymouth. He lived in Duxbury in 1634.

July l4, 1635, he sold lands in Plymouth and then moved to the town of Scituate. He built the 29th house in the town in 1636, which he sold to Goodman Twisden and in 1637 built his "new house" which was the forty-ninth.

Jan 1, 1637-8, he and others had lands granted them by the Plymouth Colony court, lying between North and South Rivers. In 1639, he moved with the pastorate of Mr. Lathrop to Barnstable. His lands were on the north side of the county road, bounded on the west by Calves Pasture lande. This lot he sold before 1653 to Mr. Thomas Allyn, and removed to a lot about a mile west.

In 1639 and 1648, he was a member of the Grand Inquest of the colony, in 1641 on the jury for trials, in 1645 and 1651 deputy from Barnstable in the Plymouth Colony Court and in 1646, '47, and '48, Receiver of the Excise in the Town of Barnstable.

In 1659, he was asked to attend Quaker meetings to help the Quakers see the error of their ways. Instead, upon attendance, he felt that the laws that had been enacted against the Quakers were tyrannical and should be repealed. He wrote a letter to the magistrates stating this. As a consequence in 1660, the court ordered himstripped of his rights as a freeman, which lasted for
thirteen years.

In 1664, he helped to settled the town of Saconnet (Falmouth), and probably was a tavern keeper there. In 1673, he lived in Tisbury, and continued to live there until 1701 where he was the Recorder and Town clerk. In 1678, 1680 and 1684 he was named as a selectman. In 1673, he interested himself in the Dutch Rebellion In 1701, he sold his land in on the east side of the Old Mill River in West Tisbury to his son, Isaac. In 1702, he moved to Barnstable and lived with his daughter, Fear and her husband. During all of this time he continued to remain a member of the Barnstable Church. At his death, he was buried in the Old Common Burying Ground. (History of Martha's Vineyard, by C. Banks) -- James J. Kaufman

• Married: 27 JUN 1636 in Scituate, Plymouth Co, MA ^{7 8 9 10}

1. John Robinson b: 5 APR 1640 in Barnstable, Barnstable Co., MA
2. Marcye Robinson b: BEF 4 JUL 1647 in Barnstable, Barnstable Co., MA

1. Title: Swayne/Walton/Frazee/Skinner WorldConnect Database
   Author: Rick Swayne
   Publication: WorldConnect Updated: Wed May 22, 2002
   Note: http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rswayne
   http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rswayne
   http://www.gencircles.com/users/rswayne/2/
   Repository:
   Note: Ancestry.com, RootsWeb or GenCircles
   Media: Electronic
   Text: Date of Import: Oct 12, 2002
2. Title: Morman Family History Center
   Note: These records are entered by amateur and professional genealogists and are not reviewed for accuracy.
   Note: Fair to good depending on the person entering the information.
   Repository:
   Note: Morman Church Genealogy Records
   Media: Electronic
   Page: AFN #378Z-ZD
   Text: indicatres born 1610 in Leyden, Holland.
3. Title: Pastor of the Pilgrims: Biography of John Robinson
   Author: Walter H. Burgess
   Repository:
   Media: Book
   Page: Page 349
   Text: says that Isaac was born in 1610.
4. Title: Morman Family History Center
   Note: These records are entered by amateur and professional genealogists and are not reviewed for accuracy.
   Note: Fair to good depending on the person entering the information.
   Repository:
   Note: Morman Church Genealogy Records
   Media: Electronic
   Page: AFN #378Z-ZD
   Text: says Isaac died in 1704 in Barnstable, MA.
5. Title: Robinson Genealogy - Descendants of the Rev. John Robinson Pastor of the Pilgrims
   Author: Charles Edson Robinson
   Publication: The Robinson Geneaogical Society
   Note: This was published about 1920
   Note: Generally acceptable with caution due to lack of referenced data.
   Repository:
   Note: Probably out of print. Privately held copy.
   Media: Book
   Page: Page 34
   Text: says Isaac died in 1704 in Barnstable at the age of 94.
6. Title: History of Martha's Vineyard
   Author: Charles Edward Banks, M.D.
   Publication: Dukes County Historical Society 1966
   Note: Good
   Repository:
   Media: Book
   Text: buried in the Old Common Burying Gound
7. Title: World Family Tree
   Repository:
   Media: Book
   Page: Vol 2; Tree #4313
   Text: gives marriage date of June 27, 1636 in Scituate, MA.
8. Title: Morman Family History Center
   Note: These records are entered by amateur and professional genealogists and are not reviewed for accuracy.
   Note: Fair to good depending on the person entering the information.
   Repository:
   Note: Morman Church Genealogy Records
   Media: Electronic
   Page: AFN #378Z-ZD
   Text: lists marriage date as 6-27-1636 Scituate, Plymouth, MA.
9. Title: Pastor of the Pilgrims: Biography of John Robinson
   Author: Walter H. Burgess
   Repository:
   Media: Book
   Page: Page 349
   Text: gives date of 1636 only.
10. Title: Sherman, W. C.
    Publication: E-mail
    Repository:
    Media: Book
    Text: states that Isaac married Margaret Hanford on 6-27-1636 in Scituate, MA