+---- |1 WILLIAM ROBERTSON 7th Baron of Struan. | = |A DAUGHTER OF CREIGHTON. +---- | | +---- |-|1.1 ROBERT ROBINSON, of Struan, from whom descended the | |Alexander Robertsons, of Struan. | +---- | | +---- +-|1.2 WILLIAM ROBERTSON, who was deprived of his younger |son’s portion by the Earl of Athole. He fled to England, and |settled at Kendal, Westmoreland, in the time of Henry VIII. | = |(?) Wife’s name unknown to me. +---- | | +---- +-|1.2.1 RALPH ROBINSON, settled at Brignall, Yorkshire. | | = | |AGNES PHILIP, eldest dau. and coheiress of James Philip, | |of Brignall, by his wife, -- Bainbrigge. She died 1633. _Vide_ | |Visitation of Yorkshire for curious cursing stones on | |Gatherley Moor, of this family. | +---- | | | | +---- | +-|1.2.1.1 WILLIAM ROBINSON, of London and Brignall. He | |purchased Rokeby, Yorks, from Sir Thomas Rokeby, on June 7, | |1610. He was the first Robinson who lived at Rokeby. He died at | |a great age in 1643. He compounded by fine to avoid knighthood | |at the coronation of Charles I. | | = | |MARY, daughter of Thomas Hill, Esq., of Thornton, Yorks; | |buried, Jan. 21, 1633. | +---- | | | | +---- | +-|1.2.1.1.1 THOMAS ROBINSON, b. 1590; mar. at Rokeby, 1621; , | | |died in a skirmish at Leeds, June, 1643; buried at Leeds, | | |June 21, 1643. He was a barrister of law; raised a troop | | |of horse at his own expense for the Parliamentary army. He | | |was one of the sesquestrators of estates in the North Riding. | | |He left the Parliamentary army to join the King owing to | | |their vehemence. | | | = | | |FRANCES, daughter of Leonard Smelt, Esq., of Kirby | | |Fletham, Yorks. Her mother was an Allanson. | | +---- | | | | | | +---- | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.1 MARY ROBINSON, married at Rokeby, | | | |June 9, 1640. | | | | = | | | |SIR CHRISTOPHER BLENCOWE, son and heir of Sir Henry | | | |Blencowe, of Blencowe in Cumberland; descended from Adam | | | |De Blencowe, standard bearer of Edward III. | | | +---- | | | | | | +---- | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.2 WILLIAM ROBINSON, born at Rokeby, 1624; | | | |m. there in 1644; surnamed “The Justice” from his great | | | |knowledge of law. | | | | = | | | |MARY, eldest dau. and coheiress of Frances Layton, of | | | |Bawdon, Yorks, who was younger brother of John Layton, of | | | |West Layton Hall and Kirkby Hall, Yorks. West Layton Hall | | | |descended to Sir Leonard Robinson, and from him to his son | | | |and grandson. | | | +---- | | | | | | | | +---- | | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.2.1 FRANCES ROBINSON, bap. at Rokeby, | | | | |Jan. 25, 1646; m. April 23, 1667. | | | | | = | | | | |MICHAEL PICKERING, of Thornborough, Yorks.