Col. Beverley Robinson (1721-1792)

Colonel Beverley Robinson, of the Loyal American Regiment

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Family
Notes / Biography Associated Houses References
Colonel's Robinson's family had been settled at the Hewick Manor Plantation in Virginia since 1663. He was the younger brother of John Robinson (1704-1766), Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses. His wife, Susanna, grew up at Philipse Manor Hall and was heiress to some 40,000 acres in New York. During the American Revolution, he sided with the British and raised the Loyal American Regiment, of which he was the commanding officer. He died in England.

Parents

John Robinson

of "Piscataqua" President of the Governor's Council of Virginia

1683-1749

Catherine (Beverley) Robinson

Mrs Catherine (Beverley) Robinson

1684-1726

Spouse

Susanna (Philipse) Robinson

Mrs Susanna (Philipse) Robinson

1727-1822

Children

Beverley Robinson

Lt.-Colonel Beverley Robinson, Loyalist, of New Brunswick

1754-1816

Morris Robinson

Lt.-Colonel Morris Robinson, of the Loyal American Regiment, New York

1759-1815

John Robinson

Mayor of St. John & Member of H.M.'s Council for New Brunswick

1762-1838

Sir Frederick Philipse Robinson

Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada & Governor of Tobago in the West Indies

1763-1852

Sir William Henry Robinson

Commissary-General for the British Army at Jamaica & Quebec

1766-1836

Associated Houses

Beverley House

Philipstown, New York

Hewick Plantation

Urbanna, Virginia

Categories

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