A child named Israel was born to Isaac Robinson and bapt. Oct. 5, 1651 by Rev. John Lothrop in Barnstable, Mass. For the next 19 years the name Israel Robinson is not found in any extant record concerning the Robinson family.
The first purchase of land that became the Town of Tisbury on Martha's Vineyard, now Dukes County, Mass., occurred prior to June 1669. At the time Martha's Vineyard was part of the Province of New York. In Nov. 1669, Isaac Robinson and his wife named Mary sold their homestead property in Falmouth, Mass. and moved to the island of Martha's Vineyard. There Isaac is named in a document dated May 20, 1671 as one of the first resident proprietors of the new town of Tisbury.
On June 17, 1670 and again on Jan. 31, 1671/2, an Israel Robinson, by his mark, witnessed separate Indian deeds for the expansion of Tisbury's land. The mark Israel used is the same, albeit rotated 90 degrees, as the cattle mark used by Isaac Robinson's son John at Falmouth, Mass. It is historically well-known that Thomas Mayhew, patriarch of the Mayhew family and in 1670 the holder of the exclusive proprietorship to all of Martha's Vineyard, was a staunch defender of Native American rights and their land on the vineyard. If Isaac Robinson's son Israel witnessed the two deeds, he did so as a minor child under English Law and the deeds were susceptible to challenge as not lawfully witnessed. Following the above two deeds, the name Israel is not heard of again for 24 years in any record concerning the Robinson family. That is, not until the birth of Isaac Robinson's grandson Israel in 1695 in Tisbury, the eldest s. of Isaac's son Peter.
In 1860 Amos Otis claimed Isaac Robinson changed the name of his son Israel to Isaac following the 1668 drowning death of his first adult son named Isaac. Then this newly named second son Isaac is not mentioned for close to 30 years until he married at Tisbury in about 1699. Unfortunately, Amos Otis fell into the trap of believing that Isaac Robinson's second wife, the mother of Israel, was one and the same as the wife named Mary in the 1669 deed at Falmouth, Mass., which deed Otis was apparently not aware of when he published his work. There is no record of when and where the elder Robinson m. his second wife or even what her name was. There also is no family document or the hint in any known document that Isaac Robinson's son Israel changed his name to Isaac after the death of his older half-brother Isaac in 1668.
On the other hand, the writer believes that i) Israel, son of Isaac Robinson, either died as an infant or unmarried after January 1672, for which no records exists this was the case, or ii), it was actually Isaac Robinson by the alias of Israel Robinson, who witnessed the two Indian deeds at Tisbury. The latter seems the more probable circumstance given that Isaac Robinson was named a proprietor of Tisbury prior to the date of the second deed. The writer also believes that Isaac Robinson's second son named Isaac, who married and died at Tisbury, Mass. in 1728, was the child of Isaac's last known wife named Mary.
Edited 11/17/2016
The first purchase of land that became the Town of Tisbury on Martha's Vineyard, now Dukes County, Mass., occurred prior to June 1669. At the time Martha's Vineyard was part of the Province of New York. In Nov. 1669, Isaac Robinson and his wife named Mary sold their homestead property in Falmouth, Mass. and moved to the island of Martha's Vineyard. There Isaac is named in a document dated May 20, 1671 as one of the first resident proprietors of the new town of Tisbury.
On June 17, 1670 and again on Jan. 31, 1671/2, an Israel Robinson, by his mark, witnessed separate Indian deeds for the expansion of Tisbury's land. The mark Israel used is the same, albeit rotated 90 degrees, as the cattle mark used by Isaac Robinson's son John at Falmouth, Mass. It is historically well-known that Thomas Mayhew, patriarch of the Mayhew family and in 1670 the holder of the exclusive proprietorship to all of Martha's Vineyard, was a staunch defender of Native American rights and their land on the vineyard. If Isaac Robinson's son Israel witnessed the two deeds, he did so as a minor child under English Law and the deeds were susceptible to challenge as not lawfully witnessed. Following the above two deeds, the name Israel is not heard of again for 24 years in any record concerning the Robinson family. That is, not until the birth of Isaac Robinson's grandson Israel in 1695 in Tisbury, the eldest s. of Isaac's son Peter.
In 1860 Amos Otis claimed Isaac Robinson changed the name of his son Israel to Isaac following the 1668 drowning death of his first adult son named Isaac. Then this newly named second son Isaac is not mentioned for close to 30 years until he married at Tisbury in about 1699. Unfortunately, Amos Otis fell into the trap of believing that Isaac Robinson's second wife, the mother of Israel, was one and the same as the wife named Mary in the 1669 deed at Falmouth, Mass., which deed Otis was apparently not aware of when he published his work. There is no record of when and where the elder Robinson m. his second wife or even what her name was. There also is no family document or the hint in any known document that Isaac Robinson's son Israel changed his name to Isaac after the death of his older half-brother Isaac in 1668.
On the other hand, the writer believes that i) Israel, son of Isaac Robinson, either died as an infant or unmarried after January 1672, for which no records exists this was the case, or ii), it was actually Isaac Robinson by the alias of Israel Robinson, who witnessed the two Indian deeds at Tisbury. The latter seems the more probable circumstance given that Isaac Robinson was named a proprietor of Tisbury prior to the date of the second deed. The writer also believes that Isaac Robinson's second son named Isaac, who married and died at Tisbury, Mass. in 1728, was the child of Isaac's last known wife named Mary.
Edited 11/17/2016
A child named Israel was born to Isaac Robinson and bapt. Oct. 5, 1651 by Rev. John Lothrop in Barnstable, Mass. For the next 19 years the name Israel Robinson is not found in any extant record concerning the Robinson family.
The first purchase of land that became the Town of Tisbury on Martha's Vineyard, now Dukes County, Mass., occurred prior to June 1669. At the time Martha's Vineyard was part of the Province of New York. In Nov. 1669, Isaac Robinson and his wife named Mary sold their homestead property in Falmouth, Mass. and moved to the island of Martha's Vineyard. There Isaac is named in a document dated May 20, 1671 as one of the first resident proprietors of the new town of Tisbury.
On June 17, 1670 and again on Jan. 31, 1671/2, an Israel Robinson, by his mark, witnessed separate Indian deeds for the expansion of Tisbury's land. The mark Israel used is the same, albeit rotated 90 degrees, as the cattle mark used by Isaac Robinson's son John at Falmouth, Mass. It is historically well-known that Thomas Mayhew, patriarch of the Mayhew family and in 1670 the holder of the exclusive proprietorship to all of Martha's Vineyard, was a staunch defender of Native American rights and their land on the vineyard. If Isaac Robinson's son Israel witnessed the two deeds, he did so as a minor child under English Law and the deeds were susceptible to challenge as not lawfully witnessed. Following the above two deeds, the name Israel is not heard of again for 24 years in any record concerning the Robinson family. That is, not until the birth of Isaac Robinson's grandson Israel in 1695 in Tisbury, the eldest s. of Isaac's son Peter.
In 1860 Amos Otis claimed Isaac Robinson changed the name of his son Israel to Isaac following the 1668 drowning death of his first adult son named Isaac. Then this newly named second son Isaac is not mentioned for close to 30 years until he married at Tisbury in about 1699. Unfortunately, Amos Otis fell into the trap of believing that Isaac Robinson's second wife, the mother of Israel, was one and the same as the wife named Mary in the 1669 deed at Falmouth, Mass., which deed Otis was apparently not aware of when he published his work. There is no record of when and where the elder Robinson m. his second wife or even what her name was. There also is no family document or the hint in any known document that Isaac Robinson's son Israel changed his name to Isaac after the death of his older half-brother Isaac in 1668.
On the other hand, the writer believes that i) Israel, son of Isaac Robinson, either died as an infant or unmarried after January 1672, for which no records exists this was the case, or ii), it was actually Isaac Robinson by the alias of Israel Robinson, who witnessed the two Indian deeds at Tisbury. The latter seems the more probable circumstance given that Isaac Robinson was named a proprietor of Tisbury prior to the date of the second deed. The writer also believes that Isaac Robinson's second son named Isaac, who married and died at Tisbury, Mass. in 1728, was the child of Isaac's last known wife named Mary.
Edited 11/17/2016
The first purchase of land that became the Town of Tisbury on Martha's Vineyard, now Dukes County, Mass., occurred prior to June 1669. At the time Martha's Vineyard was part of the Province of New York. In Nov. 1669, Isaac Robinson and his wife named Mary sold their homestead property in Falmouth, Mass. and moved to the island of Martha's Vineyard. There Isaac is named in a document dated May 20, 1671 as one of the first resident proprietors of the new town of Tisbury.
On June 17, 1670 and again on Jan. 31, 1671/2, an Israel Robinson, by his mark, witnessed separate Indian deeds for the expansion of Tisbury's land. The mark Israel used is the same, albeit rotated 90 degrees, as the cattle mark used by Isaac Robinson's son John at Falmouth, Mass. It is historically well-known that Thomas Mayhew, patriarch of the Mayhew family and in 1670 the holder of the exclusive proprietorship to all of Martha's Vineyard, was a staunch defender of Native American rights and their land on the vineyard. If Isaac Robinson's son Israel witnessed the two deeds, he did so as a minor child under English Law and the deeds were susceptible to challenge as not lawfully witnessed. Following the above two deeds, the name Israel is not heard of again for 24 years in any record concerning the Robinson family. That is, not until the birth of Isaac Robinson's grandson Israel in 1695 in Tisbury, the eldest s. of Isaac's son Peter.
In 1860 Amos Otis claimed Isaac Robinson changed the name of his son Israel to Isaac following the 1668 drowning death of his first adult son named Isaac. Then this newly named second son Isaac is not mentioned for close to 30 years until he married at Tisbury in about 1699. Unfortunately, Amos Otis fell into the trap of believing that Isaac Robinson's second wife, the mother of Israel, was one and the same as the wife named Mary in the 1669 deed at Falmouth, Mass., which deed Otis was apparently not aware of when he published his work. There is no record of when and where the elder Robinson m. his second wife or even what her name was. There also is no family document or the hint in any known document that Isaac Robinson's son Israel changed his name to Isaac after the death of his older half-brother Isaac in 1668.
On the other hand, the writer believes that i) Israel, son of Isaac Robinson, either died as an infant or unmarried after January 1672, for which no records exists this was the case, or ii), it was actually Isaac Robinson by the alias of Israel Robinson, who witnessed the two Indian deeds at Tisbury. The latter seems the more probable circumstance given that Isaac Robinson was named a proprietor of Tisbury prior to the date of the second deed. The writer also believes that Isaac Robinson's second son named Isaac, who married and died at Tisbury, Mass. in 1728, was the child of Isaac's last known wife named Mary.
Edited 11/17/2016
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