Robinsons/Sweden?

[Luke MacGillie]

In the 18th Century, there was a huge trade between Scotland and the Nordic countries. I read a thesis, cant remember if Masters or PHD on the economy of Scotland prior to the 45 and one of the biggest imports was timber for houses. So its perfectly understandable for a Scot to come here from that area. There was an entire Scot's brigade in the low countries, I have ancestors who were Scottish, but came here from Gotland.....

[LKM]

Hopefully you can find some Swedish immigration records and ship lists. A ship list sometime only has name and at other times has name, place of birth, family members and other useful information. If the family immigrated to Sweden before arriving in the US there is most likely a paper trail to find. The name could be from anywhere with Scandinavian influence and there is plenty of Scandinavian influence in parts of England, Scotland, Ireland, and pretty much all of Northern Europe.

These sites show information about Swedish immigration records yet I do not know how good the information is:
https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en...nd_Immigration
https://www.arkivdigital.net/swedish...ship-manifests
https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en...es_and_Indexes

This site is searchable:
https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1189

I have found that there are situations in the 17th through 19th centuries that caused families move from place to place quite often. Normally this appears to have been due to religious persecution or political insurrections in the place the family cane from. Both of these would apply if the family did side with the Jacobites in '45. In these situations the name sometimes changed to match the local spelling in the areas the family would move to. It looks like several people in the 17th and 18th centuries due to religious reasons moved to Sweden, and then in the 18th and 19th centuries where then persecuted. There is a good chance that researching these groups might turn up more family history and the reasons for moving around.

This site talks about non Swedes moving to Sweden in the timeframe:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religi...ian_minorities

[Luke MacGillie]

Let’s not forget that the Empire was won due to the work of Scots merchants just as much as redcoated soldiers.....

[The Q]

and that many of the Jacobite men, joined the Red coats after the rebellions. Where better to hide, get fed and find employment as your clan leader was no longer in charge... that way many also settled round the world..

Meanwhile in Sweden the top ten surnames now, all finish with Son or SSon. A Robinson would not have been out of Place in Sweden or any other Scandanavian country. However the name maybe an Anglisiation of one of the other Son names.