Benjamin was a Revolutionary War veteran and made a pension application in 1832 stating he enlisted from Spotsylvania Cty, VA. He married, probably about 1778 or 1779, Mildred Burbridge Ellis, the widow of Hezekiah Ellis, and daughter of Thomas Burbridge (Spotsylvania Cty, VA) (children with Mildred: Polly, James, Benjamin, Charles, Susan O., Nancy, Margaret, John). Benjamin went to Kentucky with the Traveling Church group of 1781; he went first to Crab Orchard, Lincoln County, where he lived on Gilbert's Creek. He moved to the David's Fork area of present-day Fayette Cty about 1785 and was a "moderator" at David's Fork (then Bryan's Station) Church, Fayette Cty, KY. He married Agnes Waller in 1811. Military service: Served with the Virginia Troops as follows: In 1775 he served one year as a Minuteman in the company of Capt. Oliver Towles of Spotsylvania County and in Chow's company, Col. Matthews' regiment (was in a skirmish at Williamsburg); was in Capt. Kincaid's company, Col. Benjamin Logan's regiment, in 1782 for three months; fought against the Indians in the Miami Country and helped to destroy New Chillicothe, Pickway, and other Indian settlements; was in Estill's company, Col. Benjamin Logan's regiment, in 1783. David's Fork Church has been leveled so his grave is not in evidence.
His connection to the family of Christopher Robinson, the immigrant, of Hewick, in Virginia, has not been confirmed. No parents have been documented sufficiently to be deemed definitely his.
His connection to the family of Christopher Robinson, the immigrant, of Hewick, in Virginia, has not been confirmed. No parents have been documented sufficiently to be deemed definitely his.
Benjamin was a Revolutionary War veteran and made a pension application in 1832 stating he enlisted from Spotsylvania Cty, VA. He married, probably about 1778 or 1779, Mildred Burbridge Ellis, the widow of Hezekiah Ellis, and daughter of Thomas Burbridge (Spotsylvania Cty, VA) (children with Mildred: Polly, James, Benjamin, Charles, Susan O., Nancy, Margaret, John). Benjamin went to Kentucky with the Traveling Church group of 1781; he went first to Crab Orchard, Lincoln County, where he lived on Gilbert's Creek. He moved to the David's Fork area of present-day Fayette Cty about 1785 and was a "moderator" at David's Fork (then Bryan's Station) Church, Fayette Cty, KY. He married Agnes Waller in 1811. Military service: Served with the Virginia Troops as follows: In 1775 he served one year as a Minuteman in the company of Capt. Oliver Towles of Spotsylvania County and in Chow's company, Col. Matthews' regiment (was in a skirmish at Williamsburg); was in Capt. Kincaid's company, Col. Benjamin Logan's regiment, in 1782 for three months; fought against the Indians in the Miami Country and helped to destroy New Chillicothe, Pickway, and other Indian settlements; was in Estill's company, Col. Benjamin Logan's regiment, in 1783. David's Fork Church has been leveled so his grave is not in evidence.
His connection to the family of Christopher Robinson, the immigrant, of Hewick, in Virginia, has not been confirmed. No parents have been documented sufficiently to be deemed definitely his.
His connection to the family of Christopher Robinson, the immigrant, of Hewick, in Virginia, has not been confirmed. No parents have been documented sufficiently to be deemed definitely his.
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