Jonas ROBERTSON

Generation: 1

Jonas ROBERTSON was born 1760, Chesterfield, Virginia (son of Nathaniel ROBERTSON and Winnie CAIN); died 1819, Virginia.

Jonas married Anne HILL Abt 1780, Virginia. Anne was born 12 Feb 1761, Virginia; was buried 1792, Chesterfield, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Children:

Mary Polly ROBERTSON was born 1782, Chesterfield, Virginia; died 13 Nov 1854, Giles, Tennessee; was buried Wilkinson Cemetery, Giles, Tennessee.

Generation: 2

2.	Nathaniel ROBERTSON was born 23 May 1734, Henrico, Virginia (son of George ROBERTSON and Mildred BERNARD); died 1770, Virginia. Nathaniel married Winnie CAIN 1760, Virginia. Winnie was born 1740, Virginia; died 1770, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

3.
Winnie CAIN was born 1740, Virginia; died 1770, Virginia.
Children:

1. Jonas ROBERTSON was born 1760, Chesterfield, Virginia; died 1819, Virginia.

Generation: 3

George ROBERTSON was born 21 Jun 1713, Henrico, Virginia (son of Jeffrey ROBERTSON and Elizabeth BOWMAN); died 1783, Chesterfield, Virginia.

Notes:

Will dated March 5, 1775 in Chesterfield, Virginia. (Will Book 3, p. 394)

In 1762 William Gates sold 100 acres on Skinquarter Creek to George Robertson, his likely brother-in-law. The Virginia Genealogist, V.46 #2, p.140

Upon his death, George willed the 100 acres on Skinquarter Creek to his son James Robertson, plus 125 acres to son George, and 200 acres to son Lodewick.

George — Mildred BERNARD. Mildred was born 1712, Henrico, Virginia; died 1737, Chesterfield, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Mildred BERNARD was born 1712, Henrico, Virginia; died 1737, Chesterfield, Virginia.

Notes:

For additional confirmation of this line, follow the ancestry of Mary Polly Robertson, taken from a completely unrelated Ancestry.com tree. This lineage identified for us the surname of George Robertson's first wife Mildred.

The Descendants of Jeffrey Robertson 16__- 1734 of Henrico County, Virginia states that George Robertson married Mildred _____ and they had a son Nathaniel Robertson b.1734 prior to his marriage to Jane Gates.

Children:

2. Nathaniel ROBERTSON was born 23 May 1734, Henrico, Virginia; died 1770, Virginia.
James ROBERTSON was born 1734 -1736, Henrico, Virginia; died Abt 1822, Madison, Kentucky.

Generation: 4

Jeffrey ROBERTSON was born Abt 1654, Edinburgh, Scotland (son of John ROBERTSON and Elizabeth SCOTT); died 21 Oct 1734, Skinquarter Creek, Henrico, Virginia.

Notes:

Occupation: Planter. Jeffrey was a man of means and influence. He was educated in Scotland and visited there on occasion. He owned a very large amount of land in a well populated section of Virginia. Angus P. Robinson

Emigrated in 1698 to Jamestown on ship The Blessing.

Jeffrey bought 250 acres on both sides of Skinquarter Creek where it joins the Appomattox River from a relative, Gilbert Bowman, in 1731. It was there where he died.

Jeffrey married Elizabeth BOWMAN Abt 1698. Elizabeth was born Henrico, Virginia; died 1739, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Elizabeth BOWMAN was born Henrico, Virginia; died 1739, Virginia.

Children:

William ROBERTSON was born Abt 1700, Henrico, Virginia; died Jun 1764, Chesterfield, VIrginia.
Richard ROBERTSON was born Abt 1703, Henrico, Virginia; died Abt 1775, Hecklenburg, Virginia.
Anne ROBERTSON was born Abt 1704, Henrico, Virginia; died Bef 1786.
Thomas ROBERTSON was born Abt 1706, Henrico, Virginia; died Oct 1795, Franklin, Virginia.
Jeffrey ROBERTSON, Jr. was born 1709, Henrico, Virginia; died 1784, Chesterfield, Virginia.
4. George ROBERTSON was born 21 Jun 1713, Henrico, Virginia; died 1783, Chesterfield, Virginia.
Martha ROBERTSON was born Abt 1718, Henrico, Virginia.
John ROBERTSON was born Abt 1722, Henrico, Virginia; died Abt 1790.