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Position:Home>Genealogy> Is robinson or has it ever been a jewish name ?Question: Is robinson or has it ever been a jewish name ?havefound german family in london in the 1800s working as a tailor , need help thank you Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Robinson This interesting surname is a patronymic form of the medieval male given name "Robin", itself a diminutive of Robert, from the short form "Rob", plus the hypocoristic suffix "-in". Robert comes from the Old German "hrodebert", originally a combination of "hrothi", and "berhta", meaning "fame-bright", and appears in the Domesday Book of 1086. Robin despite its very English connotations is French, and the name was made popular by Robin Goodfellow, whose mischievous tricks are described in Shakespeare's, "Midsummer Night's Dream", and by Robin of Locksley otherwise known as Robin Hood, who it is said (without too much evidence) stole from the rich to give to the poor. The surname was first recorded in the latter half of the 13th Century (see below), and one Margaret Robines appeared in the Hundred Rolls of Cambridgeshire, dated 1279. In the modern idiom, the surname can be found recorded as Robyns, Robins, Robens, Robbings, Robinson and Robens. Recordings from London Church Registers include: the marriage of Helen Robinson and Thomas Grene on October 1st 1548, at St. Leonard's, Eastcheap, and the marriage of Christopher Robinson and Jone Millman on November 4th 1565, at St. Mary Abchurch, London. An early settler in the New World Colonies was John Robinson, aged 26, who sailed from London on the "Peter Bonaventure", bound for the 'Barbadoes' in April 1635. The Coat of Arms most associated with the name is a green shield charged with a gold chevron between three gold bucks standing at gaze. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Dera Robins, which was dated 1273, in the "Hundred Rolls of Cambridgeshire", during the reign of King Edward 1, known as "The Hammer of the Scots", 1272 - 1307. |