[{1.2.1.1.1.2.2.2}] William Robinson, of Rokeby; bap. there, Sept. 23, 1675; m. 1698; d. Feb. 24, 1720; buried at Merton Abbey. Seven sons and two daughters.
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Anne, dau. of Robert Walters, of Cundall, North Riding, Yorks. She died in 1730. Her mother was a Stordale, of Belton Park, Yorks. Buried at Merton Abbey.
[{1.2.1.1.1.2.2.2.1}] Anne Robinson, b. York, 1699; m., first Robert Knight, of Barrels, Warwickshire, father of the Earl of Catherlough, by whom she had a son, who died early; secondly, James Cresset, secretary to the Princess Dowager of Wales, and Comptroller of Army Accounts. She died in 1759.
Elizabeth (1st wife), dau. of Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, widow of Nicholas, Lord Lechmere. She died at Bath April 10, and was buried at Rokeby, April 24, 1739. A monument to her and Sir Thomas in Poet’s Corner, Westminster Abbey, with medallion portraits.
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[{1.2.1.1.1.2.2.2.2}] Sir Thomas Robinson, nicknamed “Long Sir T. R.,” Bart. of Great Britain, March 10, 1730–31. b. in 1700; 1727, M.P. for Morpeth. First marriage, Oct. 25, 1728, at Belfreys, Yorks; 1735 to 1742 Commissioner of Excise; Governor of Barbadoes, Jan. 1742–47. Sold Rokeby in 1769 to John Saurey Morritt. It had been 160 years in the family. Died at Prospect House, Chelsea, March 3, 1777.
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Sarah, (2nd wife) dau. of Booth, Esq., of the family of Delaware, and widow of Samuel Salmon, of Barbadoes. She preferred to remain in Barbadoes when her second husband returned to England.
[{1.2.1.1.1.2.2.2.3}] Robert, 2nd son, died, ætat 14.
[{1.2.1.1.1.2.2.2.4}] Sir William Robinson, b. 1702; succeeded to the baronetage in 1777, at the death of his brother, Sir Thomas Robinson; d. 1785. Unmarried.
[{1.2.1.1.1.2.2.2.5}] Henry Robinson, Major in the Army; killed at the attack on Fort Lazare, near Carthagena, 1741–42.
[{1.2.1.1.1.2.2.2.6}] John Robinson, died young, unmarried.
[{1.2.1.1.1.2.2.2.7}] Sir Richard Robinson, Archbishop of Armagh, Primate of all Ireland; b. 1709; educated at Westminster and Christchurch, Oxford; B.A. 1730; M.A. 1733; B.D. and D.D. 1738; chaplain to the Archbishop of York, 1738; Rector of Elton, Prebend of York, and Vicar of Aldborough, Suffolk; Bishop of Killala, Jan. 19, 1752; Bishop of Leighlin and Ferns, 1759; Bishop of Kildare, April 13, 1761; Dean of Christchurch, Dublin, 1761; Primate of Ireland, Jan. 19, 1765; made Baron of Ireland, as 1st Baron Rokeby, Feb. 26, 1777; English baronet in 1785 at his brother William’s death; died at Clifton, Oct. 10, 1794, ætat 86.
[{1.2.1.1.1.2.2.2.8}] Grace Robinson, b. 1718, m. 1739, d. Dec. 28, 1776; left 4 surviving children.
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The Rev. William Freind, succeeded his father, the Rev. Robert Freind, as Rector of Witney, Oxon., in 1739; made Prebend of Westminster, Oct. 17, 1744; also Royal Chaplain, 1747; Rector of Islip; Canon of Christchurch, May 15, 1756; Dean of Canterbury, June 14, 1760. Rebuilt Witney Rectory; built and endowed Hailey Chapel, Witney. He died Nov. 26, 1766.
[{1.2.1.1.1.2.2.2.8.1}] Robert Freind, b. 1740; d. 1780.