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Descendants of Nicholas Robertson

Generation No. 1

1. NICHOLAS⁴ ROBERTSON (WILLIAM³, WILLIAM² ROBERTSONII, WILLIAM¹ ROBERTSON) was born Abt. 1663 in Of Edinburgh Scotland, and died Aft. May 12, 1720 in Henrico,VA.. He married (1) SARAH MARKS in Henrico Counyt VA.. He married (2) SARAH MARKS Bef. 1690 in Virginia Or England, daughter of MATTHEW MARKS. He married (3) JANE TILLMAN Aft. 1702 in Henrico Counyt VA..

Notes for NICHOLAS ROBERTSON:
There may have been more children of Nicholas, as he was 40 years old when John was born. No evidence of other children has been found yet.

From The Baptists of Virginia 1699-1926
by Garnett Ryland
TheVirginia Baptist Board of Missions and Education
Richmond, Virginia
1955

pp. 2ff

"To Go to Virginia"

On May 19, 1714, the General Assembly of the General Baptists of England, in
session in London, undertook to stir up the churches "for Some Assistance for
Robt. Norden and Thos. White who are Appointed and Approved by this Assembly
to go to Virginia to propagate the Gospel of truth."
[Footnote: Minutes of the General Assembly of the General Baptist Churches
in England, edited by W. T. Whitley, I, 125, London, n.d.]
A committee was appointed to "press a Speedy Return of the Money On the
Virginia Acct." and it was "Agreed the persons appointed to go to Virginia
with all Convenient Speed."
[Footnote: Whitley, I, 125. A member of this committee was James
Richardson, who "in his lifetime had been most earnest in promoting a mission
to Virginia, for which four Messengers were chosen, and a subscription of 200
pounds was asked."]

The men thus chosen were of some note among their brethren. Robert Norden
appears in the General Assembly in 1704 as an Elder from Warbleton in Sussex.
At this Assembly he was urged to accept the position of "Messenger" in the
General Baptist body of England--a position of itinerant preaching and general
supervision of very great importance, to which none but the most trusted
brethren were elected. Norden was unwilling to accept the responsibility of
the position, and his brethren were unable to persuade him to accede to their
desires. . . .

On the voyage across the Atlantic, Thomas White died. Norden reached
Virginia and the records of Prince George County show that on June 14, 1715,
"Robert Norden, an Annabaptist preacher appears in Court and takes the Oaths
and Subscribes the Declarations mentioned in the Act of Parliament of the 1st
of William and Mary."
[Footnotes: The term "Anabaptist" was applied to those who rejected infant
baptism and practiced the baptism of believers only.
Order Book, 1714-1720, p. 20. The oath and declaration
are given in Deed Book, No. 1, p. 58. Urner, Clarence H. Early Baptist
Records in Prince George County, Virginia. In the Virginia Magazine, Vol.
XLI. Richmond, Va., 1933.]

On the same day the court records that "Matthew MARKS having petitioned this
court that his house be entered a publick meeting house for those persons
called Annabaptists, it's Ordered the same be done immediately." At the next
session of the Court, July 12, 1715, "On motion of Nicholas ROBERTSON it's
Ordered that his house be recorded a publick meeting house for the Sext of
Annabaptists."
[Footnote: Order Book, 20, 25. Urner, 99. The earliest known mention of
Matthew MARKS is his patent in 1690 for 556 acres on Ward's Run in Martins
Brandon Parish (Virginia Patent Book No. 8, p. 77). In 1691 the Order Book of
Charles City County (from which Prince George was formed in 1703) records that
Matthew MARKS was summoned for not attending the parish church. In 1704 his
holdings were over 1,500 acres (Prince George Quit Rent Rolls, in Virginia
Magazine, Vol. 28, p. 334). Nicholas ROBERTSON recorded his "mark for cattle"
in Charles City County in 1687. A Deed by him in 1718 shows that he lived in
Bristol Parish. The homes of MARKS and ROBERTSON were in different parts of
the county.]

The will of Matthew MARKS, made in August and recorded in October, 1719 [Old
Will Book, 352. Urner, 99.] shows that his house in Martins Brandon Parish
was still a meeting place for the Baptists and that Norden made it his home. .
. .[See text of will.]

Norden was named as executor and presented the will in court.

According to John Anderson Brayton, the author of "The Ancestry of Gen. James Robertson, "Father of Tennessee," addendum to the Complete Ancestry of Tennessee Williams:

"Nicholas Robinson owned land on the Hogg Pen Branch, as well as on the Ashen Branch, connecting him with both Edward and Christopher Robinson, his supposed father and Grandfather...."

This statement originated from Professor Benjamin Holtzclaw's statement that "Nicholas Roberson was probabnly the son of Edward Robinson and wife Ann of Charles City County, VA. But no proof has been found to verify that Edward and Christopher were Nicholas' father and grandfather.

Nicholas Robinson had a second wife, Jane Tillman. This is proven by Wills and Deeds, 1713-28, p. 144, Mrs. Susannah Parram Tillman, also Wills and Deeds, 1713-28, p. 168, Thomas Parram.

Children of NICHOLAS ROBERTSON and SARAH MARKS are:

2.	i.	JOHN⁵ ROBERTSON, b. 1695, Charles City VA.; d. 1774, Granville N.C..
3.	ii.	ISRAEL ROBERTSON, b. 1698.
	iii.	EDWARD ROBERTSON, b. 1699, Charles City VA.; d. Aft. 1745.

Children of NICHOLAS ROBERTSON and SARAH MARKS are:

	iv.	CHRISTOPHER⁵ ROBERTSON, b. Abt. 1690, <Bristal Parish, Charles City, Virginia.
	v.	ROBERT ROBERTSON, b. Abt. 1692, <Bristal Parish, Charles City, Virginia.
	vi.	NICHOLAS ROBERTSON, b. Abt. 1693, <Bristal Parish, Charles City, Virginia.
4.	vii.	JOHN ROBERTSON, b. Abt. 1695, Bristal Parish, Charles City, Virginia; d. Bef. May 1774, Granville Co. North Carolina.
5.	viii.	ISRAEL ROBERTSON, b. 1698, Bristal Parish, Charles City, Virginia; d. Bef. August 12, 1760, Granville, North Carolina.
	ix.	EDWARD ROBERTSON, b. Abt. 1700, Charles City, Virginia; d. Aft. 1745.

Child of NICHOLAS ROBERTSON and JANE TILLMAN is:

ELIZABETH BETSY⁵ ROBERTSON.

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