I was curious about the 'Robinette' in VP Joe Biden's middle name. My great great grandmother is Lucinda (Robinette) Hall who was born in Kentucky, moved to Missouri, and then to Oregon in 1847. So, after researching it with online info, I found out that I am the 6th cousin of the Vice President. Our common ancestor is George Nathan Robinette who was born in 1718. Glenn Beck did an article on Joe's ancestry, and it showed that Joe's ancestors had slaves. I guess what Glenn's aim was to show that those particular people who support Joe AND who support the cancel culture, well - there's a problem.
So, I did the research on my Hall/Robinette line to find out if the same thing happens with my line. I find no slaves with the Thomas and Lucinda (Robinette) Hall family or Lucinda's parents, Joseph and Nancy (Barker) Robinette in 1840 Lafayette Co., MO and 1830 Boone Co., MO. Many of their neighbors in Missouri had slaves, but they did not. Lucinda's grandparents, John and Rebecca Robinette, did have slaves in 1820 and 1810 in Kentucky (Clark and Bourbon Co., respectively). The younger generations did not follow this particular tradition of the older generation.
[Ancestry made a mistake in the 1840 Lafayette Co., MO census by having slaves for Joseph Robinette. I figured the count was off. The backside of the census image has the slaves, but there were no slaves there for Joseph’s family. One can count the free people on the front and the slaves on the back to come up with the correct total, and that is a check against the error from Ancestry].
Some traditions are good, but some are bad and need to be broken. However, history can still be in a museum, enough to remind us of the past. Unfortunately, in Portland, Antifa (or whoever) not only took down the statues but also broke into the nearby Oregon Historical Museum where I had done some of my research. I suppose someone will capture this incident so that those in the future can learn this lesson from history. Fortunately, a quilt created by several African American women was rescued.
Perhaps someone can do further research to find out when Biden’s Maryland Robinette ancestors stopped having slaves. While my ancestor, John Robinette, did have slaves, his children and grand children did not. Those who leave the bad traditions to the past are progressives. Those who deny that progression are Marxists.
Me - Dave Davis
Edward Davis b. 1916 OR
Chester Davis b. 1870 OR
Missouri Hall b. 1849 OR
Lucinda (Robinette) Hall b. 1812 KY
Joseph Robinette b. 1783 VA
John Robinette b. 1755
George Nathan Robinette b. 1718
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. b. 1942
Joseph Robinette Biden Sr. b. 1915 MD
Joseph Harry Biden b. 1893 MD
George Hamilton Robinette b. 1844 MD
Moses Johnson Robinette b. 1819 MD
Jesse Robinette b. 1776 MD
Capt. George Robinette b. 1750
George Nathan Robinette b. 1718
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