Robinson, John

John (1575-1625), the English pastor of the Pilgrims. He was born near Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, and was educated at Cambridge for the English priesthood. He was suspended from the Church of England for Puritan views and became pastor of the Scrooby Independent church in 1606. To escape persecution, he removed with his congregation in 1608 to Amsterdam, and a year later to Leyden. In 1620 the younger portion of his congregation, known in history as the Pilgrims, migrated to the New World, settling at Plymouth, Massachusetts. He hoped to follow later, but died in Holland.

Rob Roy (about 1671-1734), a noted Highland chieftain. His real name was Robert McGregor, or Campbell. He was called Rob Roy or Red Rob with reference to a shock of red hair. He was an adherent of the Stuart family. In 1691 he descended on Stirlingshire. When the cause of the Stuarts became hopeless, he pursued the course of a Highland freebooter and was outlawed. He is the subject of Sir Walter Scott's novel Rob Roy.