Eleventh Generation

1234. Col. Obedience ROBINS^145,146,147 was born on 16 Apr 1601 in Long Buckby, Northhamptonshire, England. He was baptized on 24 Apr 1601 in Church of England, Long Buckby, Northamptonshire, England.¹⁴⁸
"Obedience son of Richard Robbens et ux bap. xxvi Apr. 1601."
He arrived between 1620 and 1621 in Jamestown, Virginia from England.¹⁴⁹ He died before 30 Dec 1662 in Cheriton, Northhampton County, Virginia. He was buried before 30 Dec 1662 in Accomack, Virginia.
In 1920, an article incorrectly gave the ancestry for Obedience and his brother Edward, stating that "Obedience Robins was born at Brackley, Northamptonshire, England 16 April 1600 and was the son of Thomas and Mary
(Bulkley) Robins of that place". That the family was from Long Buckby and not Brackley is proved in that between 14 Feb 1636/7 and 28 Nov 1637 Edward Robins testified in London regarding the case of David Davidson, Augustine Aldridge, Randall Mainwaring, & Nathanil Hawes vs. John Thierry. In that depostision, Edward Robins was stated to be of St. Dunstan in the East, London, previously of St. Mary Magdalene, Milk Street, London, but born in Buckby, Northants, merchant, and age 34. The Long Buckby parish records and the will of their father Richard Robins provide evidence of the correct ancestry of this family. Additional proof is found in records in relation to the estate of Edward Robins.

Col. Obedience Robins of Robins Neck came to Jamestown, Virginia in 1620.
1632- appointed commander of Accomack Plantation; he was a member of the first Accomak County Court in 1632, one of the commissioners, and a member of the Assembly. He secured an act changing the name of Accomac County to Northampton County, Virginia which appears in the records as early as 1640. He signed a will, undated, in Northamption County, Virginia. He was a brother of Richard Robins III, and Edward, a merchant of Accomack County, Virginia. His name and alliances indicate he was of Puritan stock. He was a "chirurgeon" or doctor. He was six times a member of the House of Burgesses and a member of the Council. Obedience moved to 4 plantations and finally settled on a 950 acre tract he named Cherrystone, northwest of present day Cheriton, in Northampton County, on Virginia's Eastern Shore. His son John inherited it and it remained in the family until 1866. He was married twice; spouses' name unknown first marriage which took place in England; they had Frances Mary. He then married Grace O'Neill Waters, widow of Edward Waters of Bermuda, abt 1634 and they had children, possibly 5.
Col. Obedience ROBINS and unknown were married before 1619 in England. Marriage would most likely have taken place before 1619 in England as first child was Frances Robin, daughter, was born 1619 in England.

1235. Unknown died after 1625 in Virginia or England. Death would have been sometime between 1625 and 1634 either in Virginia or England, as second daughter Margaret is listed as being born 1625 in Northampton County, Virginia. Obedience married for a second time to Grace O'Neill and this marriage is listed as about 1634.
Children were:

617	i.	Frances Mary ROBINS.
	ii.	Margaret ROBINS was born in 1625 in Long Buckby, Northampton, England. Married William Waters.