Isaac Robinson, Jr., second son of Isaac Robinson by his first wife Margaret Hanford, bapt. by Rev. John Lothrop at Barnstable, Mass. Aug. 7, 1642.
Amos Otis in his 1860 "Genealogical Notes on Barnstable Families" claimed Isaac Robinson Jr'.s only known child was baptized on Mar. 6, 1665/6. There is no such record of baptism. Rather, on Mar. 6, 1665/6 Isaac Robinson Jr. was initially fined £10 by the Plymouth Colony Court for having fathered a child born too early after marriage; i.e., conceived after the contract to marry but before actual marriage. Three months later in June 1666 Isaac Jr. appears in the colony's treasury accounts fined only £5 for the same reason.
The child in question was son Thomas, who would become Ens. Thomas Robinson of East Haddam, CT. Unfortunately, the identity of Isaac's wife, the mother of Thomas, remains a mystery. She was not Elizabeth, daughter of John Faunce and Priscilla Morton, as claimed by multiple authors. John Faunce's daughter Elizabeth, b. of record at Plymouth, Mass. Mar. 23, 1647/8, also d. of record in infancy Mar. 3, 1649/50. No daughter Elizabeth was subsequently born to John Faunce before or after his own death at Plymouth Nov. 29, 1653.
On Oct. 6, 1668 Isaac Robinson, Jr. drowned in a duck pond at Falmouth, Mass., his death accompanied by an inquest on record in the Plymouth Colony Court records.
Amos Otis in his 1860 "Genealogical Notes on Barnstable Families" claimed Isaac Robinson Jr'.s only known child was baptized on Mar. 6, 1665/6. There is no such record of baptism. Rather, on Mar. 6, 1665/6 Isaac Robinson Jr. was initially fined £10 by the Plymouth Colony Court for having fathered a child born too early after marriage; i.e., conceived after the contract to marry but before actual marriage. Three months later in June 1666 Isaac Jr. appears in the colony's treasury accounts fined only £5 for the same reason.
The child in question was son Thomas, who would become Ens. Thomas Robinson of East Haddam, CT. Unfortunately, the identity of Isaac's wife, the mother of Thomas, remains a mystery. She was not Elizabeth, daughter of John Faunce and Priscilla Morton, as claimed by multiple authors. John Faunce's daughter Elizabeth, b. of record at Plymouth, Mass. Mar. 23, 1647/8, also d. of record in infancy Mar. 3, 1649/50. No daughter Elizabeth was subsequently born to John Faunce before or after his own death at Plymouth Nov. 29, 1653.
On Oct. 6, 1668 Isaac Robinson, Jr. drowned in a duck pond at Falmouth, Mass., his death accompanied by an inquest on record in the Plymouth Colony Court records.
Isaac Robinson, Jr., second son of Isaac Robinson by his first wife Margaret Hanford, bapt. by Rev. John Lothrop at Barnstable, Mass. Aug. 7, 1642.
Amos Otis in his 1860 "Genealogical Notes on Barnstable Families" claimed Isaac Robinson Jr'.s only known child was baptized on Mar. 6, 1665/6. There is no such record of baptism. Rather, on Mar. 6, 1665/6 Isaac Robinson Jr. was initially fined £10 by the Plymouth Colony Court for having fathered a child born too early after marriage; i.e., conceived after the contract to marry but before actual marriage. Three months later in June 1666 Isaac Jr. appears in the colony's treasury accounts fined only £5 for the same reason.
The child in question was son Thomas, who would become Ens. Thomas Robinson of East Haddam, CT. Unfortunately, the identity of Isaac's wife, the mother of Thomas, remains a mystery. She was not Elizabeth, daughter of John Faunce and Priscilla Morton, as claimed by multiple authors. John Faunce's daughter Elizabeth, b. of record at Plymouth, Mass. Mar. 23, 1647/8, also d. of record in infancy Mar. 3, 1649/50. No daughter Elizabeth was subsequently born to John Faunce before or after his own death at Plymouth Nov. 29, 1653.
On Oct. 6, 1668 Isaac Robinson, Jr. drowned in a duck pond at Falmouth, Mass., his death accompanied by an inquest on record in the Plymouth Colony Court records.
Amos Otis in his 1860 "Genealogical Notes on Barnstable Families" claimed Isaac Robinson Jr'.s only known child was baptized on Mar. 6, 1665/6. There is no such record of baptism. Rather, on Mar. 6, 1665/6 Isaac Robinson Jr. was initially fined £10 by the Plymouth Colony Court for having fathered a child born too early after marriage; i.e., conceived after the contract to marry but before actual marriage. Three months later in June 1666 Isaac Jr. appears in the colony's treasury accounts fined only £5 for the same reason.
The child in question was son Thomas, who would become Ens. Thomas Robinson of East Haddam, CT. Unfortunately, the identity of Isaac's wife, the mother of Thomas, remains a mystery. She was not Elizabeth, daughter of John Faunce and Priscilla Morton, as claimed by multiple authors. John Faunce's daughter Elizabeth, b. of record at Plymouth, Mass. Mar. 23, 1647/8, also d. of record in infancy Mar. 3, 1649/50. No daughter Elizabeth was subsequently born to John Faunce before or after his own death at Plymouth Nov. 29, 1653.
On Oct. 6, 1668 Isaac Robinson, Jr. drowned in a duck pond at Falmouth, Mass., his death accompanied by an inquest on record in the Plymouth Colony Court records.
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