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An Account of Sweden - together with an extract of the history of the kingdom

John Robinson, 1694

Published anonymously due to John Robinson's ongoing role as envoy to Sweden. The 1717 edition can be read online. Read more about the remarkable life of John Robinson (1650-1723).

The History and Present State of Virginia - in four parts

Robert Beverley, 1705

It contains several illustrations depicting the lives of the Native American tribes and can be viewed  read online. 

Robert Beverley's sister Katherine (c.1685-1726) married John Robinson (1683 -1749)

Satan's Spawn - Memories of a Medical Man

Geoffrey Waring  Robinson, 1994

Geoffrey Robinson was born in London in 1896. After a long and eventful career in medicine,  and well into his retirement, he bought a word processor and began to write his memoirs. Read an extract

The Women of the House - How a colonial she-merchant built a mansion, a fortune, and a dynasty

Jean Zimmerman, 2006

This books describe the life of Margaret Hardenbroeck Philipse  and those who followed her as the women of the Philipse Manor House. Read more.

An American Loyalist - The Ordeal of Frederick Philipse III

Stephan Bielinski, 1976

Frederick Philipse III was the brother of Susannah Philipse Robinson and brother in law of Beverley Robinson. Read online

Pirates, Merchants, Settlers, and Slaves - Colonial America and the Indo-Atlantic World 

Kevin P. McDonald, 2015 

This book describes the ways American colonists (including the Philipses) traded with pirates to meet the demand for slaves and goods. Read more

Slavery in the Lower Hudson Valley 

Thom Thacker & Michael Lord, 201

This supplement explores the little known past of slavery in New York State through the history of the Philipsburg Manor provisioning plantation.  read online

Wellington's American General:
The Oldest Serving Soldier in the British Army

Nicholas Fogg, 2022

Major General Frederick Robinson (1759-1852) fought as a loyalist in the American Revolutionary War, served against the French in the West Indies, served in the Peninsula from 1813 and in America in the War of 1812. 

Liberty's Exiles - The loss of America and the remaking of the British Empire

Maya Jasanoff, 2011

Detailed account of the American Loyalists who left their homeland in the wake of the American Revolution . Beverley Robinson & family feature prominently. Read more.

The Saga of The Robinsons
1520 - 2011

Phillipa Elmhirst, 2011

The story of the family from its origins in Yorkshire through colonial life in Virginia and the War of Independence and following a line which settled in Canada. Read more.

Our North American Connections 

Morris John Le Fleming, 2009

This self-published work represents the culmination of years of personal research by a descendant of Beverley and Susannah Robinson. More info.

This Robinson Line
1468 - 1938

E. Viola Robinson Long, 1971

Published in Austin, Texas in 1971 this genealogical research was undertaken by a descendant of  John Robinson 1683 -1749, President of the Council of Virginia . More info

Sir John Beverley Robinson:
Bone and Sinew of the Compact

Patrick Bode, 1984

In this biography, early Toronto comes alive through the eyes of a powerful man—firm in his beliefs, attractive to women, respected by his fellows—who sought to mould society to his own ideals. 

Ancestry of Frederick Philipse, First lord and founder of Philipse manor at Yonkers, N. Y.  

Thomas Čapek, 1939

This book is freely available to read online or download at Open Library. 

Journal of Jasper Danckaerts

John Robinson, 1679-80

This is an extraordinary firsthand document of the settling of colonial America, and of an obscure, mostly forgotten episode in the religious history of the New World. He travelled on Margaret Mardenbroeck's ship Charles and describes her in less than flattering terms.  Read the 1913 edition online.