I JO HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



so commanded the corps called the 'Guides' and 'Pioneers.' Of the 

 former or the loyal Americans, his son Beverly was Lieutenant-Colonel, 

 and Thomas Barclay, Major. Besides his active duty in the field. 

 Colonel Robinson was employed to conduct several matters of con- 

 sequence, and he figures conspicuously in cases of defection from the 

 Wilis; cause. 



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Col. Beverly Robinson. 



Colonel Robinson at the peace, with a part of his family, went to Eng- 

 land. 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 in- 

 cluded in the confiscation act of New York, and the whole estate de- 

 rived 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 un- 

 happy, 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 1816, at New York while on a visit to his two sons, 

 Beverly and Morris, who still continue to reside in that city), Col. Morris 

 Robinson of the British army, and Col. John Robinson, speaker of the 

 House of Assembly in New Brunswick. a 



a Sabere's Hist, of the Loyalist. 



