Clan ROBBINS [Robins]

Please note, due to the many questions about recognition of the ROBBINS/ROBINS surname as a sept of the Clan Mac Gregor - this is still under research- though I have found several references to this association - it is still to be proven by myself; so it is pending.Fifty years of research of the origin of the ROBBINS/ROBINS surname has revealed a very long and interesting history.Clan Mac Gregor affiliationFor many centuries the ROBBINS/ROBINS family was affiliated with many different clans through marriage. The Clan MAC GREGOR claims the ROBBINS/ROBINS familyas a sept or directly affiliated family, entitled to clan rights including the use of the clan tartan shown on this background. The clan first appears in the records of Peebleshire where they were recorded as an ancient Peebleshire family before the year 1100. The notable ROBBINS/ROBINS family is shown in the ancient manuscripts as tracing their ancestry toStrathclyde Briton origin. The most ancient ROBBINS/ROBINS Coat of Arms was recorded between the 12 th and 15 th centuries.
 
NORMAN connection from 1066Research has yet to confirm [if] the origin of its dark beings were in factamong the Vikings and Normans of northern France, as some historical documents infer. Records do show [?] that in 1066; William I, the Conqueror, invaded Britannia - along with a large contingent of gentlemen knights of the Royal Court of France. One of these gentlemen knights name was Ro-Bynes. There is a long and well documented history of the Viking invasion of northernEurope. And, their colonization of the area as they established pockets of Viking influence. One such area was northern France. As result of this invasion and in breeding, it gave rise to the Norman culture.
It has been offered that he [Ro-Bynes] was the originator of the ROBBINS/ROBINSsurname. Apparently he was awarded land for his services during the Norman Invasion of 1066. This surname has since been found with various spellings from at least 1066 to the time of the mass early immigration of the ROBBINS/ROBINS in the 1600-1700's. There are records of much earlier migration of this surname into North America. For example; my gggg-grandfather John ROBBINS was born in 1720 in Gloucester Cty., VA. But, as Ann Robbins notes reveal,they were here much earlier.Additional Scottish connectionsWe also find the ROBBINS/ROBINS surname appearing in the Caledonian District of Scotland, near Edinburgh in the north eastern Lowlands [note map above:locations #19 and #23]. Probable [?] after several generations of inter-marrying with the other Scottish Clans. A distinct Clan appears among the many Scottishclans; that of Clan ROBBINS. Current research indicates that it was a prominent Clan in the Caledonian District with a distinct Tartan [as displayed above]and Clan badge [with a rampant lion].In 1890 the Scots of the Caledonian District, in an effort to renew and instill pride in the Clan's and being Scottish; held the first Highland Games.