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Family/Spouse: Reta BARKER. Reta and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Donald KOTCHAPAW
2. Colin KOTCHAPAW

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• _UID: A756899A54A24DE9ACFCE5F258B12D787984
• 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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• _UID: 770C0F5F47744289A3B7FD3BCBAF46C89139
• Alt. Birth: 1862

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• _UID: BD185F1642F049D281F139C11CE8B007BE75

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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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• _UID: 29786157750E49FCB942AF466A79560650F0

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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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• _UID: 733FEE6922204EA6A0678FA29F7957371D35

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

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• _UID: EE5BBE0DB55347B0962FADCB5EFEC036A26B

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(Research):Johannes Kotchapaw was born on 16 Aug 1786 in Rensselaer County, New York. He was baptized at the Gilead Lutheran Church, Brunswick, New York in 1786.

He married Deborah Way in 1815 in Brunswick, New York. Deborah's parents had settled in the Centre Brunswick area sometime in about 1785.

John and Deborah had about ten children were born to them while they farmed in Rensselaer County.


Brunswick is a town in Rensselaer County, New York, United States that was originally settled in the early 18th century. The source of the town's name is not certain, though some claim it comes from the source of its first inhabitants i.e. the province of Brunswick-L

John married Deborah WAY in 1815 in Brunswick, Rensselaer, New York, USA. Deborah was born on 28 Jul 1793 in Brunswick, Rensselaer, New York, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 4BE4BC3F61A54ED4861034B2E520B836C196

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(Research):
Deborah Way was born 23 Jul 1793 in Brunswick, New York. She married Johannes Kotchapaw in 1815 in Brunswick, New York. About ten children were born to them there.

Then about 1826, John, Deborah and some of their children moved to a place near Belleville, Ontario. Deborah's brother, Reuben Bedell Way, and his family and Johannes' brother George Kotchapaw emigrated with them.

They likely chose to come to Prince Edward County because they had relatives there. Jacob Ketchabaw, John's brother had moved to Hastings County in about 1813. Also, Deborah's Uncle, Daniel Way, and his sons Samuel, James and Benjamin had settled there in 1789 as United Empire Loyalists after the War of Independence.

Although Deborah's grandfather had fought as a patriot during the War of Independence, his son Daniel and Daniel's three sons chose to adhere to the crown. Likely for this reason, Francis disinherited Daniel leaving him only a token amount of money

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• _UID: 9A4426DD207341B6916B2504EABD2BC022A6
• Residence: Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; Lot 17 & 18 Con 2 West of Green Point
• Order in Council - UEL Land Grant: 13 Feb 1816
• Property: 11 Jun 1821, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; Lot 17 Con 2 West of Green Point
• Property: 13 Jul 1846, Beckwith Twp, Ontario, Canada; South 1/2 of Lot 19 Con 7
• Property: 12 Sep 1852, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; Lot 16 Con 2 West of Green Point
• Occupation: 1861, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; Lumber Manufacturer
• Residence: 1861, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
• Alt. Death: 31 Jul 1878, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada

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Roblin's Mills at Sophiasburgh had one of the best mill sites in the County. Five mills operated within a half mile. The water was diverted from mill wheel to mill wheel by sluices. There was a mill at the edge of the cliff, below it stood the original Roblin mill called the Cooperage. Further down were two mills run off the same wheel-one for sawing and one for grinding. The waters from this mill were carried by overhead sluice to the last mill which stood near the bay. This one is known as Levi Roblin's Mill. Levi built his home on the dock because he loved the water. His mill was run by the pouring water from the sluice over a paddle wheel and it, in turn, worked an arm which turned a flywheel. The Roblin mills were adjacent to the shipyards. - from

Order in Council - UEL Land Grant:
Granted 200 Acres

Property:
Purchased from Samuel & Mary TAYLOR 11 Jun 1821 East 1/2 100 acres
Sold to son James P on Oct 1 1849 50 acres
Sold to son Walter on Mar 3 1851 East 1/2 100 acres
Life lease to Levi from Walter and James on Mar 3 1851
James P & Wife sell to Walter West 1/2 100 acres Sep 23 1852
Walter & Wife sell to James P East 1/2 100 acres Sep 23 1852
26 Feb 1873 Levi to sons James and Walter (gives up life lease?)
Will of Walter Roblin 21 Jun 1899 West 1/2 100 acres to Walter B Roblin


Property:
Archives of Ontario Microfilm MS 658 Reel 30
Document 608- 610

Died:
Aged 84 years 8 Months

Levi drowned himself in the muddy pond behind the big red barn that can be seen from his tombstone at Fish Lake. Apparently, in his old age, he and his second wife Elizabeth Osbourne had no "means" to live on. But his sons by his first wife would not support their step-mother. So the old folks were separated and one of her girls took Elizabeth Osbourne Roblin in. But old Levi was lonesome without her and committed suicide.

Levi married Mary SHORTT on 31 Jan 1815 in Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Adam SHORTT and ODELL) was born about Jan 1791 in New Jersey, USA; died in May 1828 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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• _UID: 693FB2FF603142E69E1B6F2E24AFE41938E0

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Died:
Aged 37 years 5 months