Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Robinson, Douglas March 24, 1824 - 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Robinson, Douglas, Warren, was born in Lancashire, Scotland, March 24, 1824, a 
son of William Rose and Mary (Douglas) Robinson.  The subject of our sketch 
was eduated in Edinboro University, and in 1841 he came to this country and 
engaged in business in New York City.  He married on November 14, 1850, Fanny 
Monroe, who was born in New York City, a daughter of James and Elizabeth Mary 
(Douglas) Monroe.  Her grandfather, Andrew Monroe, was a brother of President 
Monroe, and served in the Revolutionary war.  He was captured by the enemy, 
but managed to escape, and finally died on his estate in Westmoreland, Va.  
his ancestor was Andrew Monroe, a cavalier, who came from Scotland in 1642 and 
settled on a grant of land from Charles II.  Andrew Monroe married Fanny 
Garnett, and they had two children, James and Augustin.  James Monroe was born 
in Virginia, September 7, 1779, and graduated from West Point in 1816.  He 
served in various wars, and was a member of Congress two terms and of the New 
York Assembly.  He married in 1822 a daughter of George and Margaret Douglas, 
born in New York City in 1779, and settled in New York City.  Of his six 
children three survived, William, Elizabeth M. and Fanny.  The Henderson 
House -- The patentt was James Henderson of Scotland, who married Letitia 
Benson, and had six daughters, one of whom, Letitia, married Captain Corne, 
and her daughter, Margaret married George Douglas of Scotland, and has six 
children:  Elizabeth, Margaret, Harriet, George, William and Mary.  Harriet 
inherited from her mother the Henderson property, and married Henry Cruger, a 
lawyer, and died childless, and her niece, Mrs. Douglas Robinson, inherited 
the property.  She was a daughter of James Monroe, of Virginia, who was a 
nephew of President Monroe.

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source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of 
its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.

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