Allen Robinette

1632 - 1694  (62 years)  Submit Photo / Document    Has 20 ancestors and 57 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Allen Robinette
  Birth	1632	London, Middlesex, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 Jun 1694	West Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
  Initiatory (LDS)	13 Dec 1996	MTIMP
  FamilySearch ID	L69X-KG3
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  Person ID	I170387	mytree
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	James Robinett,   b. 1600, London, Middlesex, England d. 1660, Bunbury, Cheshire, England (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Dorothy Dykes,   b. 31 May 1618, Bunbury, Cheshire, England d. 1665, Bunbury, Cheshire, England (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	1630	Bunbury, Cheshire, England
  Family ID	F42646	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Symme,   b. 1 Apr 1632, Benenden, Kent, England d. 1694, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	29 Sep 1653	Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury, Middlesex, England
  Children	1. Susannah Robinette,   b. 1656, Bunbury, Cheshire, England d. 6 Feb 1697, Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States (Age 41 years)   2. Allen Robinett, Jr,   b. 19 May 1666, Bunbury, Cheshire, England d. 25 Dec 1718, Conestoga, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 52 years) + 3. Samuel R F Robinett,   b. 11 May 1669, Bunbury, Cheshire, England d. 1 May 1745, Nottingham, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 75 years)   4. Sarah Robinett,   b. 1670, Bunbury, Cheshire, England d. 1732, Nottingham, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F42648	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 May 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1632 - London, Middlesex, England Marriage - 29 Sep 1653 - Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury, Middlesex, England Death - 5 Jun 1694 - West Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States Initiatory (LDS) - 13 Dec 1996 - MTIMP  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Immigrated to America with William Penn's colonists. Came with his wif e , Margaret Symm, and his two younger children, Samuel and Sarah.His tw o o lder children, Allen and Susanna, immigrated to Maryland at an earlie r da te than Allen, Sr. Allen and Margaret are both buried,perhaps on the ir pl antation in Upper Providence Township, or in the nearby Sandy Ban k Gravey ard (Friends', founded in 1690) on Providence Great Road, now i n the Boro ugh of Media, PA. Allen Robinett, the first of his surname t o settle in P A, and the first American ancestor of nearly all the presen t-day people b earing variants of his patronymic in the United States an d Canada. Willia m Robinette Smith: Allen Robinette bought 250 acres of l and from Wm. Pen n in 1681 (21-22Mar deeds of lease and release). Lande d in Philadelphia i n 1682 and settled in Upper Providence Township. Ches ter (now Delaware) C ounty at the site of present day Media, PA. He die d in 1694, according t o a will, left four children. Three common spellin gs: Robinett, Robinett e and Robnett have been found. One branch of the f amily said the e was ad ded to make the name look French. Allen was married on 29 September 1653 to Margaret Symm at the churc h o f St. Mary Aldermanbury in London, England. Allen and his family came to America in 1682 to the Pennsylvania Colony of Wil l iam Penn. Margaret preceded her husband in death, and both are buried either on their plantation o r i n the nearby Sandy Bank (Quaker/Friends) Cemetery founded in 1690 on Providence Great Road whi c h is now in the Borough of Media in Pennsylvania. Allen is neither the first nor the only Robinet t t o migrate to America in the 17th century. There are records of three Robinett’s in the Jamestown Colon y o f Virginia and two in Maryland. However, Allen is the only one who left known descendants in the America ’ s. Mr. James M. Robinett, a former historian for the Robinett Family Association of America suppli e d this information. His uncle, Allin Paul Robinett, the subject of the special dedication above, bega n c ompiling data on Allen and Margaret (Symm) Robinett in 1894. Allin’s work forms the basis of the Ro b inett Family Association. We are deeply grateful and indebted to Allin and James ‘Jim’ for their ma n y years of research on the Robinett/Robinette/Robnett family.