Robinson Chilcoat
| Robinson Chilcoat | |
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| Parents |
John Chilcoat III Margaret Robinson |
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B. F. Chilcoat, Rock Hill, HUntingdon county, Pa., was born July 1, 1829, in Cromwell township, Huntingdon county. He is a son of William M. and Keziah (Long) Chilcoat. The first of the Chilcoat family to come to America was John, who was banished from England in early colonial times for participation in some insurrection of those trubled days. His property in England was confiscated. Soon after his coming to America, he was joined by his brother James. John and James Chilcoat bought from Lord Baltimore tracts of land of 100 acreas each, where the city of Baltimore now stands. John had one son, who bore the same name as himself. John Chilcoat (2) had four songs: Robinson; John; Joshua; and Humphrey. The first named, Robinson Chilcoat, was the great-grandfather of Mr. B. F. Chilcoat. He removed with his family from Maryland to Huntingdon county, Pa., and had their home near Shirleysburg. About the beginning of the Revolution, the Indians in that vicinity became so troublesome that Robinson Chilcoat was obliged to sell his farm, and removed to North Carolina. In the earlier stage of difficulty between the colonies and the mother country, Mr. Chilcoat sympathized with England; but later, becoming thoroughly convinced of the righteousness of the American cause, he gave his life for it. He became one of the "rebels," joining the Continental army; was captured by the British, and died while a prisoner, of camp fever. The sons of Robinson Chilcoat, so far as known, are Nicodemus, who died of paralysis in Huntingdon county; John, the second son, went to Tennessee, reared a family, and died; Hethcoat, died in Licking county, O.; Joshua, settled in Cromwell township, Huntingdon county, and died; Humphrey, also settled in Huntingdon county, and died there; Benjamin, grandfather of B. F. Chilcoat settled in Clay township, same county; and James, died in Cassville, Huntingdon county, about 1838.
Historical Records[edit]
- A "Robeson Chilcoat" is listed in Returns of taxables for the counties of Bedford (1773 to 1784), Huntingdon (1788), Westmoreland (1783, 1786), Fayette ... in 1773, in Dublin Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. He is listed as an inmate.
- Robeson is also listed in [http://www.archive.org/stream/returnsoftaxable00egle#page/71/mode/1up/search/chilcoat
- Robison Chilcot is listed in Pennsylvania in 1780 and in [Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania in 1790
