From The Settlement of Prince Edward County by Nick and Helma Mika. Transcribed here by Linda Herman

Pioneers of Prince Edward County 
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

HUGH ROBISON

Settled in Hillier Township - 1806-1807. 

The Robison family settled in Hillier Township in 1806 or 1807. Hugh Robison was born in Tyrone, Ireland in 1766. In 1792 he and his wife, Rebecca Dougall, emigrated from Ireland with their infant son Hugh. They settled in New Brunswick where six more children were born into the family. They lived in New Brunswick for about fourteen years. Reports of better opportunities and inexpensive fertile land led the growing family to Prince Edward County. Robison purchased 100 acres in Hillier, and shortly afterwards, he bought an additional 100 acres.

Hugh Robison spent the remaining years of his life in Hillier Township. He died at the age of seventy-six and was buried on the family homestead at Robison's Point. Rebecca Robison died in 1852, about a decade after her husband had died. The pioneer couple was survived by many of their children and grandchildren. Their nine children were Hugh, John, Nancy, Rebecca, William, Samuel, Elizabeth, Jane and Eleanor.

Hugh Robison Jr., married Abigail Bull. The couple settled in Percy and raised twelve children: Phoebe, Jane, Martha, Fanny, Mary A., Rebecca, Nancy, Sarah, Emily, Charles, John and Samuel.

John Robison, the second child born to the pioneers, settled in Hillier and married twice. He and his first wife, Elizabeth Hawley, were the parents of seven children: Anna, Ellen, Thomas, Elizabeth, Margaret, Mary and David. John Robison and his second wife, Susanna Kimmerly, raised eight more Robisons: James H., John, William, Frank, Mathew, Sarah E., Nancy J., and Jacob.

Nancy Robison and her husband, Thomas Young, settled in Hillier and raised ten children: Mary, Samuel, Jane, Rebecca, Sarah, Catharine, Eliza, Benjamin, John and Robison .

Rebecca Robison was named in honour of her mother. Rebecca and her husband, Obed Simpson, became the parents of seven children: William, Hugh, Samuel, Benjamin, Nancy J., James H., and Charles O. The family lived in Hillier Township.

William Robison was the ;fifth child born to Hugh and Rebecca Robison. He and his younger brother, Samuel, fought to stop the Mackenzie Rebellion of 1837. William and his wife, Mary Butler, settled in Hillier and became the parents of eight children: Annie, William E., Jennie, Mary L., Edward, Hattie, Gussie, and Rosie.

Samuel also settled in Hillier with his wife Jane Arthur. Their eight children were Eliza E., Sarah A., William A., George, Matthew, Samuel J., Nancy J., and Margaret V. The seventh child born to the pioneer Robisons was Elizaberh. She and her husband, George Arthur, raised their children, William, Margaret J., Samuel J., Elizabeth, Victoria and Albert, in Hillier Township.

Hugh and Rebecca Robison's eighth child was Jane. She died at the age of five years.

The last of the pioneer's children was Eleanor Robison. She and her husband, James Patterson, settled in Hillier and raised their children James, Charles, Albert, John, William and Obed.

Hugh Robison, the pioneer, had two sisters who also travelled from Ireland to live eventually in Prince Edward County. Mary A. Robsion settled in Demorestville with her husband, whose last name was either Farman or Fairman. They had two children, Thomas and Mary A. The second sister, Catharine, married into the Moran family and settled on Big Island.

The father of the pioneer, Rebecca Dougall Robison, also came to Prince Edward County. He was a doctor who moved from Ireland to the United States, where he married his second wife, a Miss Weir. They moved to Prince Edward County, and Dr. Dougall practised medicine in Picton.