Family/Spouse: Eleanor. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Wilfred married Reta BARKER. Reta and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alt. Birth: 1862

Hiram married Lucetta THORN on 26 Aug 1885. Lucetta (daughter of Herbert THORNE and Margaret CLASP) was born on 25 Jan 1863 in Ontario, Canada; died on 9 Aug 1930 in Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Picton, Hallowell Twp., Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alt. Birth: 1862

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(Research):Reuben Robert Kotchapaw was born on 26 Apr 1827 in Picton, ON.

He married Sarah Roblin on 30 Nov 1851 in Picton, ON. They had seven children.

Reuben farmed in Sophiasburg Township for his entire adult life farming near property owned by Roblins (relatives of his wife) in Demorestville RR 2. The computerized Land Records Index shows that on 3 Oct 1857 there was a CL Deed # 01 C113 for Reuben Ketchipaw Lot 18, concession 2 reference 002 470.

The hamlet of Demorestville, named after Guillaume de Morest, a French Huguenot descendant, was a thriving community in the 1840s, bustling with activity and supporting a population of 400 people. A series of mills were built along the creek from Fish Lake to the Bay of Quinte. In addition to several mills, de Morest built a church which he turned over the Methodist faith.


The 1861 Agricultural Census tells us that the 34 year old Reuben

Reuben married Sarah ROBLIN on 30 Nov 1851 in Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. Sarah (daughter of Levi ROBLIN, UE and Mary SHORTT) was born in 1825 in Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; died on 2 Apr 1913 in Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Roblin Family Cemetery, Near Fish Lake In Sophiasburg. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sarah Roblin married Reuben Kotchapaw and had at least 7 children (John, 1853; Louisa, 1854-1856; Horatio, 1855-1885; Hulda Maria, 1859-1864; Hiram, 1863; Anna Laurie, 1866-1962; Jennie, 1868-1956). The 1881 census finds Sarah widowed and living with her son John, and his wife Sarah, as well her other children Hiram, Annie and Jennie. Sarah Reuben and several of the children are buried in the Roblin Family Cemetery.

(Research):Sarah Roblin was born on 2 Nov 1825 in Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario to Mary and Levi Roblin. Her father owned an operated saw and flour mills.

Sarah was the fifth of six children. Unfortunately, her mother died when she was three. Her father remarried when she was four. Her step-mother and father had five more children.

On 30 Nov 1851, aged 26, Sarah married Reuben Robert Kotchapaw in Sophiasburgh Township. He was a farmer of Lot 18, concession 2 next to Walter Roblin, Sarah's younger brother.

Sarah and Reuben had seven children. Their oldest was John Kotchapaw. Their second child Louisa died in 1856 at the age of two.

The 1861 census shows Reuben with Sarah 34, John 8, Horatio 6, Hulda 2, Charles Facture 13 and Samuel Johnson 19 living in a frame house. It was a sad time for the family when Hulda died in 1864. The 1871 census shows Reuben 44 with Sarah 44, John 18, Horatio 16, Hiram 8 , Annie 5 and Jennie 2.

Reuben died on 1 Nov 1879 aged 57 in Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario. He was buried in the Roblin Family Cemetery, near Fish Lake in Sophiasburgh Township.

The 1881 census shows John Kotchapaw (28) as the head of household which included his wife (24), his mother Sarah (55) and his siblings Hiram (age 18), Annie (14) and Jennie (12). They continued to farm growing rye, wheat, hay and other cereals on he land that his father had farmed. Horatio died in 1885 at the age of thirty.

The 1911 census indicates that Sarah was then living with her son Hiram and his family. Hiram and John seemed to have divided their father's land between them.

Sarah died on 2 Apr 1913 at the age of 88 in Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario. She was buried in the Roblin Family Cemetery, near Fish Lake in Sophiasburgh. She had suffered with chronic Bright's disease (kidney) for 4 years.

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Herbert married Margaret CLASP. Margaret was born in in Ontario, Canada; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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