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• Birth	Abt 1654	Unknown
  Gender	Male
  Died	23 Apr 1734	Old Man's, (Mt Sinai), NY
  Person ID	I0448	Robinson
  Last Modified	12 May 2010
  Family	Jane Jeake Or Jekes,   b. Abt 1654, Unknown ,   d. Aft 23 Apr 1739, source: Huntington Town records Vol. 2 pg 124
  Married	1675
  Children	1. Robert Robinson,   b. Abt 1685, Oyster Bay, Suffolk Co., NY ,   d. Between 7 and 10 May 1762, Pipestove Hollow, Mt Sinai, Suffolk County, LI, NY   2. Joseph Robinson,   b. Abt 1681, Oyster Bay, New York ,   d. Jun 1753, Wading River, Suffolk Co., LI, NY   3. Thomas Robinson,   b. 1685, Oyster Bay, New York ,   d. 1754   4. John Robinson,   b. 1685, Oyster Bay, New York ,   d. 1749   5. Mary Robinson,   b. 1685, Oyster Bay, New York ,   d. 1698
  Family ID	F0111	Group Sheet

• Notes

  He is first mentioned in the Brookhaven records, 11 June 1679. He may have gone from Southampton to New york City where he was a merchant in Oct 1681. In march 1713 he asd his wife Jane were living in Success, in the Town of hempstead, Queens, NY (This is now Lakeville, in the town of North Hempstead, Nassau) he lived at Old Manor, now Mount Sinai and probably died there. The patriarch of the Long Island Robinson clan, John Robinson first appears in recorded history as a witness to a deed on October 2, 1675. He lists his residence as Oyster Bay. Based on later testi ony, he would appear to have been just 21 years of age in 1675, making the year of his birth approximately 1654. It has been offered by several experts that he came to Long Island from either the are a around Lynn, Massachusetts or he may have been an immigrant direct from England. He was referred to as a "joiner" or carpenter in a number of early records. John was granted ten acres at Cold Spring on May 2, 1677. Sometime between then and October 7, 1681 he built a house on the grounds where the State Fish Hatchery would later be located. He was allowed to put up a corn mill and a saw mill on the stream separating Oyster Bay and Huntington townships. John and his family lived on a five acre plot in Oyster Bay from November 26, 1681 until December 17, 1689. This plot was sold on June 11, 1690 and he then described himself as "John Robinson of Great Sucksess in ye bounds of Hempstead in Queens county on Long Island in ye Colony of New Yorke" At the age of 37 he was chosen to represent Queens County in the provincial legislature which met in New York City on April 9, 1691. John and his family appear on the Hempstead Census of 1698. He is first mentioned in the Brookhaven records, 11 June 1679. He may have gone from Southampton to New york City where he was a merchant in Oct 1681. In march 1713 he and his wife Jane were living in Success, in the Town of hempstead, Queens, NY (This is now Lakeville, in the town of North Hempstead, Nassau) he lived at Old Manor, now Mount Sinai and probably died there. He is first mentioned in the Brookhaven records, 11 June 1679.Family is listed on 1698 census of Hempstead, NY