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VIRGINIA BIOGRAPHY

Roane, William, son of William Roane, ci Essex county, by his wife Sarah Upshaw, was a descendant of Charles Roane and was burgess for Essex in 1769. 1770- 1772, 1772- 1774, and qualified as King's deputy attor- ney in 1768. He was a member of the Essex county committee in 1774. and was colonel of the Essex militia in 1777. He married Elizabeth Ball, daughter of Colonel Spencer Ball, and was father of Judge Spencer Roane, of the Supreme Court of Appeals.

Robertson, Archibald, son of \\illiam Robertson, merchant and baillie of Edin- l)urgh and brother of Arthur Robertson, chamberlain of Glasgow, 1760, migrated to Virginia in 1746 and settled in Prince George county. He married Elizabeth daughter of John Fitzgerald and Elizabeth loythress. his wife. One of his sons was J(jhn Robertson, deputy commissary gen- eral of Virginia in 1781, and another was William Robertson, clerk of the council and father of Lieutenant-Governor Wyndham Robertson.

Robertson, Moses, a minister of the Es- tablished Church, who came to Virginia in 1729, and had charge of a parish in Lower Norfolk county. He married Sus- anna Thruston, daughter of Dr. Edward Thruston. From 1743 till his death in* 1752 he was minister of St. Stephen's parish, Northumberland county. He left three sons Moses, Francis and John Wil- loughby Robertson.

Robertson, William, came to Virginia about 1700. He was a lawyer and served for many years as clerk of the council of Virginia. He died in 1739, leaving an only daughter Elizabeth, who married John Lid- derdale, a merchant of Williamsburg.

Robins, John, son of John Robins, who died on his voyage to \'irginia, settled about 1630 in Elizabeth City county, with his servants. He patented several tracts of land — one of them in 1642 being for 2,000 acres, in Gloucester county, on which he resided the last years of his life, and which is stiil known as Robins' Neck ; burgess for Eliza- beth City in 1646 and 1649, and a justice for that county in 1652.

Robinson, Colonel Beverley, son of John Robinson, president of the Mrginia coun- cil, was born in A'irginia in 1723, and is stated to have gone to New York in 1745 as captain of an independent company from Virginia. He is also stated to have served under Wolfe at the capture of Quebec, in 1759- '^^ married an heiress, Susanna, daughter of Frederick Phillipse. of Philiipse ]\[anor. New York. At the time of the revo- lution he raised the Royal American Regi- ment of Tories, and was appointed its colo- nel. At the conclusion of the war he went to New Brunswick and thence to England, where he resided at Thornsbury, near Bath. He died there in 1793.

Robinson, Christopher, son of Colonel Christopher Robinson, of Middlesex county, Virginia, and nephew of Bishop John Rob- inson of London, was born in 1681 ; ma- triculated at William and Mary College, r.nd was member of the house of burgesses in 1705-1706, 1710-1712. 1712-1714, and died February 20, 1727. He married, in 1703, Judith, daughter of Colonel Christopher Wormeley, and widow of William Bever- ley.

Robinson, Henry, son of John Robinson, president of the council, was born in Mid- dlesex county April 7, 1718. He settled in