Vienna, Oneida County, New York Genealogy

This is where the earlies record of Amasa Robinson is found. He is a man of great legacy, born in 1798 in New York, exact birthdate and location unknown at this time, nor are his parents known as of yet. We have no record of siblings at this time, either.

He married a woman of great parents, Miss Mila Gibbons, who was born 3 Oct 1791 in Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts. She died after 1860, presumably in Vienna, Oneida, New York. Amasa and Mila married in 1807, presumably in New York, but again, we have no proof of that.

Amasa left a will, dated just a few days before his death on 15 Jun 1833 in Vienna, Oneida, New York. In his will, he names his wife and children by name and appoints an executor, his son, Jacob Robinson. Although the recorded will has his name spelled incorrectly, as Robertson, we know it is the same Amasa Robinson from the information gleaned within. After his death, his burial was in the Vienna Cemetery. His will is as follows:

Know all men by these presents that I Amasa Robertson of the town of Vienna, County of Oneida and state of New York, do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner following. One. I give and bequeath to my wife Mila Robertson the use of one third of all my real and personal estate during the time she shall remain my widow and no longer. I also give to eldest son Derick Robertson the sum of fifty cents. I also give and bequeath to my second son Jacob B. Robertson and my third son Amasa Robertson Junior the remainder of my real and personal estate on the following condition (vis) they pay to my eldest daughter Mila H. Robertson the sum of twenty dollars when she shall arrive at age twenty one next they shall also pay like sum to my second daughter Marietta Robertson when she shall arrive at age of twenty one years they shall also pay to my third daughter Rhoda Robertson the sum of ten dollars when she shall arrive at the age of twenty one years they shall also provide sufficient food and clothing for Zenanah, Louis, Edmund, Joseph and Eliza Maria being the remainder of my children until they shall severally arrive at the age of fourteen years and they shall also give them severally three months schooling in each year until they arrive at the above written age on their fulfilling above conditions they shall be entitled to the above bequests but if they shall fail or neglect to fulfill they shall forfeit their share in the above bequests. I do also ordain that when my wife Mila Robertson shall either marry or die that her third of the property shall belong to the above named Jacob B. and Amasa Robertson Junior equally I do also nominate constitute and appoint my wife Mila Robertson and my second son Jacob B. Robertson my executors of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all other wills by me heretofore made__ I witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this third day of June in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred thirty three. ____Amasa Robinson L.S.