Colonel Robinson was employed to conduct several matters of consequence, and he figures conspicuously in cases of defection from the Whig cause.

Colonel Robinson at the peace, with a part of his family, went to England. The name appears as a member of the first Council of New Brunswick, but he never took his seat at that board. His wife is included in the confiscation act of New York, and the whole estate derived from her father passed from the family. The value of her interest may be estimated from the fact, that the British Government granted her husband the sum of ^17,000 sterling, which, though equal to eighty thousand dollars, was considered only a partial compensation. After going to England, Colonel Robinson lived in retirement. He was unhappy, and did not conceal the sufferings which preyed on his spirits. He resided at Thornbury, near Bath, and there closed his days in 1792, at the age of 69. His sons were, Col, Beverly Robinson of the British army, (who died in i8t6, at New York while on a visit to his two sons, Beverly and Morris, who still continue to reside in that city), Col. Moms Robinson of the British army, and Col. John Robinson, speaker of the House of Assembly in New Brunswick.*

a Sabere's Hist, of the Loyalist.

Col. Beverly Roblnsou.

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We return to the history of the parish. Upon the 23d of March, 1772, it was resolved by the vestry: -- "To go and build Mr. Doty a house -- also to agree with Jercdiah Frost to get the timber, draw the same, (viz : the boards and other materials which he may want for the said house) to do all the carpenter's and joiner's work, and paint and glaze the same for seventy-five pounds."