10108.
John Christopher Robinson Rev.
John Robinson (1575-1625) was the pastor of the separatist Pilgrims' church in Leyden, Holland. The leadership and respect he gained as pastor is the primary reason the Pilgrims were so united together and able to overcome hardships that caused other groups in similar positions to fail. Robinson encouraged the Pilgrim church to move to the New World, but when only a minority of his church decided to emigrate at first, he remained behind with the majority of the congregation in Leyden--planning to come later after the Colony was established and more people emigrated. His unexpected death in 1625 put an end to his plans. The last of the church members remaining in Leyden arrived at Plymouth in 1629.
10109.
Bridget White
SOURCE: The Pilgrim Archives, Leiden, Holland
039 reg./ONA541no. 131/28-10-1643 Last Will and Testament
Parties: Bridget Alexander's daugther, widow of John Robinson, Leyden; De Engelse Poort;
Testamentary disposition in which Isaac Robinson, the son who resides in New England, and Bridget and Fear Robinson, daughters of the testatrix, are appointed sole heirs, each for one third share and with the right of substitution. For her son John Robinson, doctor medicinae, who resides in England, a special arrangement is provided. Some pre-legacies and legacies are bequeathed.Pre-legacies of forty guilders each are bequeathed to Isaac and Fear Robinson because their sister Bridget has already received a similar amount from their father's estate. To Fear is bequeathed a silver cup and all the household goods; to Bridget and Fear all the clothes, with the exception of a cloak and a black skirt of broadcloth which are bequeathed to Isaac's wife.Apart from the aforesaid cloak and skirt the following legacies are bequeathed: to John and Mary Robinson, children of John, and to Mary and Martha, children of Bridget, a silver spoon each; to John the Reims Testament [Reference is made to the English translation of The Vulgate; the translation of its New Testament was published in Reims in 1582; the Old Testament translation was published in Douai in 1609/1610].John Robinson is in charge of the property in England. Because this means that he is overendowed he should waive his rights to his mother's estate. If he refuses this then she provides the following, different arrangement: he will then equally share and share alike with his brother and sisters, but the English property will be added to the estate before it is divided.
Witnesses: Stephen Butterfield,fishmonger,John Masterson,say-worker.
11416.
Anthony Annable
Immigrated 1623 on the "Anne" from Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England to P lymouth. Was in Scituate, Massachusetts, 1633 and Barnstable in 1639.