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Anne married Philip ROBLIN on 8 Oct 1749 in Doynton, , Gloucestershire, England. Philip was born about 1725 in Wales, United Kingdom; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: C8E90C3F28EA40B4B090B3B951D2A068D965

Notes:

Christened:
Christ Church

Family/Spouse: Nicholas WESSELS. Nicholas (son of Joseph WESSELLS and Ariaantje) was born about 1778; died in 1852. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 4D4FB818E02A4393A2CF92A37E2028BD7589
• Name: John ROBLIN
• Name: Philip John ROBLIN
• Residence: Abt 1755, Troy, Rensselaer, New York, United States
• Residence: Bef 1769, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA
• Residence: 1769-1772, Monroe, Orange, New York, United States
• Church Attendance: 1774, Warwick, Orange, New York, USA; Members of the Old School Baptist Church
• Event: 1775, Monroe, Orange, New York, United States; Signd a Pledge of Assoication
• Event: 1776, Cornwall, Orange, New York, USA
• Church Attendance: 8 Mar 1777, Warwick, Orange, New York, USA; Warwick Baptist Church
• Inheritance: 1778, Smiths Clove, Orange, New York, USA
• Residence: 1771-1779, Smiths Clove, Orange, New York, USA
• Residence: 1772-1779, Monroe, Orange, New York, United States
• Convicted: Oct 1779, Monroe, Orange, New York, United States
• Event: 1782, Orange County, New York, USA
• Immigration: 1783, Qu
• Residence: 1779-1783, New York, New York, New York, USA
• Residence: 1783, Sorel, , Qu
• Emigration: Sep 1783, New York, New York, New York, USA
• Residence: 19 Nov 1783, Sorel, , Qu
• Muster Roll of Loyalists: 2 Feb 1784
• Residence: 16 Jun 1784, Adolphustown Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada
• Muster Roll of Loyalists: 5 Oct 1784, Adolphustown Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada
• Event: 4 Feb 1788
• Residence: 4 Feb 1788, Adolphustown Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada; Lot 24 Con 3

Notes:

b. say 1745, d. 1788. He was in Orange Co., New York, at the birth of his son Philip about 1771, and the name of Philip Roblin appears in a list somewhat vaguely described as comprising "the individuals who held a town office of some kind ... from 1765 to 1775 ... in Cornwall, Bloominggrove and Monroe," printed in Eager's Outline History of Orange County (1847). The three towns referred to lie in the south-east part of the county, and Cornwall was the home of his father-in-law. The names of Philip Roblin and his presumed brother Owen Roblin appear side-by-side in an undated but contemporary list of refugees "bound for Nova Scotia," his family consisting (besides himself) of one woman and four children. Next, the names of Philip and Owen Roblin appear close together in an undated list, presumed to be from 1784, of Loyalists in "Quebec" (which then included present-day Ontario), Philip being called a carpenter, and his family consisting of one man (himself), one woman, one male child over 12, 2 males 6-12, and 2 females under 6 years (another daughter having evidently been born since the family's arrival in Nova Scotia). His Loyalist petition, presented at Montr

(Research):Stephen Roblin says he was born in New Jersey. Philip Roblin says he is a "native" of America to me this says they were born in the US. We know that Philip came to Orange County from Bergen County. I do not believe that any of them were born in either England or Wales. I have seen nothing that supports that. Our earliest Roblin was in America by 1722 and owned land in PA. He lost his land due to unpaid taxes and disappears by 1727. I believe this Owen Roblin is either the father or grandfather of our Roblin group. There is a baptism in New Jersey of a Catherina Roblin Jun 5, 1741 by Owen and Rebecca Roblin.....this could be the same Owen that was in PA or it could be a son. In addition there is a Peter Roblin who family say came from PA to South Carolina and received a land grant there in 1741. DNA testing about 2 yrs ago indicate that this Peter Roblins is related to the families of both Philip Roblin and Owen Roblin.....though his name has changed over the years to Robling. The land he held in SC was named Roblyn's Neck. I believe that the Owen Roblin of PA and Peter Roblin are related and could be brothers.

Petition for land - Stephen Roblin June 16, 1797...wherein he said he was born in state of New Jersey. Granted 300 acres 24June 1797.

In his claim he says "he was at Sorell in the Fall of '83. Is a native of America Resided in Orange Co. .....

There is a family in Wales that interests me greatly as it has the names of our New Jersey/New York Roblins and the names of Peters family.....his son names his son Lewis, which is a unique name for the Roblin family.


Philip ROBLIN
" WILL: 1663, East walton, Pembroke, Wales
Family 1 : ELIZABETH
1. Alice ROBLIN
2. Lewis ROBLIN
3. Penelope ROBLIN
4. John ROBLIN
5. Henry ROBLIN
6. Peter ROBLIN
7. George ROBLIN
8. Owen ROBLIN
9. Elizabeth ROBLIN

Ann who is suppose to have married Nicholas Wessels was suppose to have been a sister to John and Stephen who came from New Jersey. We have never had any proof that she actually existed. We do know that Nicholas was married to Ann Smith, that we have proof of. So though I have kept Ann Roblin as Nicholas's first wife, there is no proof.

I believe there is another sister for Stephen, John and Ann. This is based on the treason charged against Stephen....he is identified in those charges as "Stephen of Harrington Twp, Bergen" May 1783 Maria Roblin of Harrington Twp married Cornelius J. Westervelt. Because they both lived in the same twp and the name Roblin is not common I believe they are siblings. There is also a Catherine Roblin who married Yellis/Giles Mandeville abt 1795 in Wantgo, Sussex Co but I have no idea of how she fits into this. And there is an Abraham Roblin b. 1764 who lived in New York and died Sept 29, 1820, who had a son Edward. Abraham died while in the military when a bridge collapsed in Westmoreland, NH.AS you probably know, Edward the brother of Owen and Philip seems to disappear, no one has traced him. I find it very interesting that Abraham names a son Edward. The story goes that Edward went to Nova Scotia, but I believe that is incorrect. Owen and Philip are on a list of settlers going to Nova Scotia but went to Ontario instead and I think that is where that story comes from. Edward is not on that list with them.

Re Edward, you ask where he is found there are several mentions of him in Orange County records, He was a known member of the Claudius Smith gang and there is an amusing story of him being jailed and talking the jailors daughter into helping him escape. If you simply google Edward Roblin of Orange County New York you will come up with a whole list of articles about him. He has been considered the "bandit" of the Roblin family but Philip too was arrested for his activities, people do not seem to know that.

Sept 1782 List of Refugess bound for Nova Scotia (Loyalists in the American Revolution, Loyalists in the Southern Campaign, Volume III, Refugees - pg 392)
Philip Roblin 1-1-4
Owin Roblin 1-1-4
Richard Smith 1-1-1 (son of Claudius Smith)
George Galloway 1-1-2 (witness for Philip Roblin's land petition)

I am a Wessels descendant, my grandmothers mother was a Wessels. Nicholas Wessels was suppose to have married Ann Roblin. Nicholas's sister, Sarah married John Roblin. Until recently we believed that Sarah died in 1817 or 1821 (can't remember) this is incorrect. It comes from the belief that Sarah left her property in PE Co to Stephen Wessels, this also is incorrect. In 1817 (I think it was registered 1821) she sold the property to Stephen. Sarah went on to remarry and had another child, she did not die until 1840. After her death her husband and her son John Roblin tried to reclaim the property she had sold, which by that time was in the hands of Owen Wessels who helped him develop the property and build a church on it. They were not successful and John Jr died before the case was finished.

It is also believed that Owen Roblin Jr and Elizabeth Roblin were the children of John Roblin and Sarah Wessels, This too is incorrect, I wrote a proof that Owen Roblin was the son of Owen Roblin Sr years ago and I think that is accepted at this point. The fact that Elizabeth is not a child of John and Sarah has not been as widely shared and I am not sure how many people know about this. I have a proof for that as well....the basic fact is that Sarah was not old enough to have been Elizabeth's mother.....there are other things as well that indicate that Elizabeth is the "missing" 4th child of Owen Roblin Sr who came to Ontario with 4 children, two over the age of 10 and 2 under the age of 10. If you have any interest in this I can share that with you.

Well, this has not proved to be such a "quick" response but that is it in a nutshell. I do not support the birth of any of our Roblin's as being from England or Wales. I do believe that they came from Wales but that the parents of our Roblin were here before the birth of our oldest known Ontario settlers.

Will take a look at your poster later, I am presently working on the Stickle family and am in the process of selling my house and arranging to move out of the US.

You say...Based on British records that have recently come online, it does seem more and more like Owen, Ann, Philip, John & Stephen were all siblings and that their father was Philip (bef.1725-aft.1769) with Owen's mother being Grace Meredith, possibly dying in childbirth and the other four's mother Anne Meredith (probably Grace's sister, maybe a twin). Have you info that would put this interpretation into question?

I would be VERY interested in what records you refer to,....I know another Roblin researcher has put together a theory that our Roblins were born in England but I think it is wrong and that he is manipulating what information he has to make it fit his theory and have told him as much and have not heard back from him again.

I have about ten online trees on Ancestry....and do have some of my Roblin information there: 1) Owen Roblin Tree..http://person.ancestry.com/tree/63886267/person/44111206480/facts and 2) John Roblin and Sarah Wessels Tree http://person.ancestry.com/tree/71033516/person/42227975890/facts


Regards,
Linda Herman:

Christened:
There is a disputed christening for Philip of:
25 Mar 1753, Bristol, , Gloucestershire, England
Christ Church
However as per the email from Linda Herman that does not seem to match with the facts at hand.

Residence:
From a 1889 biographical note about Sir Rodmond Roblin: "Family of Welsh Extraction; came to America in 1755 and settled in York State near the now city of Troy"

In 1755 the Manor of Rensellaerswyck covered most of the land around what is now Troy. Perhaps the two young Roblin boys spent a period as indentured servants at the Manor or the newby Livingston Manor.

Residence:
"Philip Roblon" from "Bargain" [Bergen] County, in the province of East N.J. Paid John Belcher 170 pounds in the form of a mortgage on 75 acres. One half portion of Cheesecock Patent Lot 53.

Event:
"To adopt and endeavor to carry into execution whatever measures may be recommended by the Continental Congress and resolved by our Provincial Convention for purpose and preserving our Constitution and opposing the execution of the several Arbitrary Acts of British Parliament, until a reconciliation between Great Britain and America on Constitutional principals (which we most ardently desire) can be obtained and that we will in all things follow the advice of our General Committee respecting the purposes aforesaid, the preservation of peace and good order and the safety of individuals and property."

Event:


Church Attendance:
March 8 1777 listed as church members in a vote to move church to Westmoreland PA. The move was cancelled due to the war and an Indian attack upon the church members who went to view the new location

* Records of Pastor James Benedict


Inheritance:


Residence:
They farmed 150 acres of leased land near what is now the city of Monroe, Orange County, New York. At the time of the Revolutionary War, the area was called Smith's Clove, a clove being a cleft between two mountain ranges.

Residence:
Sold his purchased 75 acres of Lot 53 back to John Belcher for 85 pounds. Leased 150 acres of lot 51 from 1772-1779

Convicted:
Act of Attainder was passed by the New York legislature which provided a legal basis for the seizure of the property of thow who opposed the American Revolution. The Orange County lands of both Philip and his brother Owen were seized and both brothers were impreisoned for months.

Event:
In the "History of Orange County" by E.M.Ruttenber , there is not so flattering account of

Immigration:
He and his brother Owen are listed as being on board the "HOPE" out of New York to Quebec July 4- Aug 18. The "Hope" was a brig of 40 guns accompanying 7 ships of Van Alstine's party


Residence:
Both

Residence:
Over the winter, Philip, Elizabeth, 3 sons and 2 daughters.

Emigration:
To Canada

Residence:
Philip Roblin's name first appears in Canada on an nominal roll of refugee Loyalists who drew clothing at Sorel Quebec on 19 Nov 1783, Philip signing a receipt for the same. At this time his family consisted of a wife, one son over ten years of age, two children under six and two over six.

Muster Roll of Loyalists:
Philip Roblin with a wife, three sons over ten and two daughters under ten.

Residence:
6 000 of the 10 000 disbanded troops and Loyalists who had gathered at Sorel were settled in the western townships along the Saint Lawrence river and in the Bay of Quinte area.

In addition some 900 "Associated" Loyalists who were taken from New York to Quebec were settled at Adolphustown and Kingston. Philip Roblin was an "Associated" Loyalist with Peter Ruttan's company.

Later that summer, the Loyalists drew lots to determine where their new farms were to be found.



Event:
In his statement of claim to the Loyalist Commissioners in Montreal,

Residence:
South Shore of Hay Bay

Buried:
He is likely buried in the "Old Adolphustown Burying Ground" on the 4th concession along the north shore of Hay Bay or in the UEL cemetery at Adolphustown.

Philip married Elizabeth Esther MILLER about 1769 in Orange County, New York, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Garret MILLER and Patience) was born on 10 Aug 1754 in Smiths Clove, Orange, New York, USA; died on 6 Jun 1815 in Cannifton, Hastings, ON, Canada; was buried in Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, , Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: BF43198DD51241D1AF81FCC8D2D1FAED1F74

Notes:

Christened:
Christ Church

John married Sarah WESSELLS about 1776. Sarah (daughter of Joseph WESSELLS and Ariaantje) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: C96383FAD0FA41A38465924BB7BA6695892D

Notes:

Stephen Roblin (1761-1823) was probably not married. Upon his death without a will in 1823, a Letter of Administration for his estate was given to Owen Wessels (son of Sarah Wessels' brother Nicholas) as next-of-kin.

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• _UID: 4F51E44983D54BB2B2EFFE1DDFF136EFD39F

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• _UID: 55A1C3DA817E4039B1A776C9FDAA71EAA4FA
• Alt. Birth: 2 May 1769, Smiths Clove, Orange, New York, USA

Notes:

John Roblin, the eldest son of the Pioneer's family, was among the first converts under Darius Dunham's labours in the province, and became a zealous worker for the Methodist church and a popular local preacher, he could not sit in Parliament. His constituency re-electing him, his seat was again declared vacant by the same party and for the same reason. Returning home, he was elected for the third time; but he died before the next session commenced, and thus evaded that which threatened to become a serious cause of dissatisfaction, if not of disturbance.

Birth:
Some sources suggest 2 May 1774 however that puts him too close to his brother Owen's birth to be reasonable. Also only one son was over the age of 12 in 1783, that would have been John in this case/

John married Mary Elizabeth MOORE in 1789. Mary (daughter of William MOORE and Mary MCLEAN) was born in 1774; died in 1847 in Hay Bay, Adolphustown Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried in Hay Bay, Adolphustown Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: D9E30D423DC244A5A0D355D54B8ECD9DD38D
• Occupation: Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: Phillip and his son Phillip had a complex of mills: saw, grist, flouring, fulling, carding, and a blacksmith shop
• Emigration: 1783; USA To Canada
• Residence: 1792, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1842, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

According to records of Dr. H.C. Burleigh Adolphus ROBLIN had a bible of his Grandfather Philip.

Introduced Methodism into Prince Edward County

Philip Roblin moved from Adolphustown into Sophiasburg, where he located his land at Roblin's Mills, or Green Point, on the High Shore. In addition to clearing the forest, he managed to build and work a grist mill, which proved not only a success to the enterprising miller, but a boon to the settles for miles around, saving them their long and toilsum trips to Kingston, and later to Napanee. The founder of Roblins Mills, or Green Point, married Prudence Platt, by whom he had nine children; many of his descendants lived to be distinguished men and women of their county. A son, John P. Roblin, was for a number of years a prominent member of the old Reform party in the Upper Canada Legislature, sitting both before and after the Mackenzie Rebellion, sixteen years in all. He was defeated only once, and that was in 1837, when the cry of Liberal disloyalty was raised; but at the next poll he was elected by a sweeping majority. Notwithstanding that the Premier, Mr. Draper, was a Conservative, he appointed John P. Roblin Registrar of Prince Edward County, a position he held up to the time of his death.

Philip Roblin owned the following lots in 1790 Con 4 Lot 24 Adolphustown - 50 Acres Con 4 Lot 25 Adolphustown - 50 Acres Con 1 (West of Carrying PL) Lot 2 Sophiasburg - 200 Acres Con 1 (West of Carrying PL) Lot 34 Sophiasburg - 150 Acres

Philip was born in Smith's Clove but moved with his parents to Adolphustown, via Sorel during the fall/winter/spring of 1783 and 1784. There is a record of him marrying Prudence Platt in 1792 in Sophiasburg Township. He appears to have applied for, and been granted, 200 acres of land as the son of a UE Loyalist. Finalized by order-in-council on July 31 of 1797, this parcel was southwest of Green Point on Long Reach. It was rectangular in shape with waterfront and stretched back past the current highway 49 just north of the junction with highway 35. The lakefront view is spectacular.

There was a stream on the property, fed by a lake since drained, which was just west of the junction of highways 35 and 49. This stream, which fell about 100 feet from the lake to Long Reach, was used to provide power for a grist mill, lumber mill, and shingle mill (according to the residents of the land in July 2001). This area became known as Roblin's Mills (often described relative to Green Point to distinguish it from the Roblin's Mills that that became Ameliasburgh town) and had a store, barn, large wharf for loading products of the mills into ships, and at least two houses (Philip and Prudence as well as their son Caleb.). In July 2001, the barn was in use as a garage/workshop (although moved perhaps 100 m from its original site) and the store was a part of a house. The stone foundations of the mills, as well as the raceways for the stream, were also clearly visible. The area can be accessed by driving down Roblin's Mills Road, at the junction of highways 49 and 35, and

Occupation:
began the operation of the family gristmill and sawmill at Green Point later Roblin's Mills.

Emigration:
With his parents

Residence:
the west side of Long Reach, an area called Green Point.
Later referred to as

Residence:

Philip married Prudence PLATT on 13 Jan 1793 in Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. Prudence (daughter of John PLATT) was born on 6 Jan 1771 in New York, USA; died on 24 Aug 1850 in Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Roblin Mills Cemetery, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: F2CEAC44A9214AB2B56EE1FB86AE6E1E357E

Notes:

In the returns of disbanded troops and loyalists mustered on the 5th October, 1784, appear the names of Owen P. and Philip Roblin; from which it is to be inferred that each of these pioneers served in the British cause, and, owing to the liberal policy of the Government in granting two hundred acres of land to each United Empire Loyalist, were each in possession of large tracts of land. Owen P. Roblin, who was born in 1774, married Mary Dulmage, who was born in 1780. They settled in the Bay Front in Ameliasburgh, about half a mile east of Rednerville. The property is now in the possession of Hamilton Welbanks, as George Roblin, to whom it was left, sold out and bought from the Government two hundred acres in the second concession of Ameliasburgh. The latter place, which is near the Centre Church, is now owned by George E. Roblin, a grandson of Owen P. Roblin.

Buried:
Albury Cemetery

Owen married Mary J DULMAGE on 31 Jul 1797 in Ameliasburgh, Ameliasburg Township, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of David DULMAGE and Mary JENNINGS) was born on 19 Jul 1781 in Oswegatchie, St. Lawrence, New York, USA; died on 13 Sep 1868 in Ameliasburg Township, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 44125B71A81740579242C77327A53624ACD3
• Alt. Birth: 1779
• Order in Council - UEL Land Grant: 8 Jun 1789, Fredericksburg, Lennox & Addington, Ontario, Canada
• Alt. Death: 1849
• Residence: 1851, Fredricksburgh Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Mary Roblin married Marvel Garrison, the pioneer of the family of that name, and lived on Hay Bay

Mary married Marvel GARRISON in 1798. Marvel was born in Jan 1767 in New York, USA; died on 3 Dec 1860 in Adolphustown Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Fredricksburgh Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 057FB53DF52E40F2B36F54AC74F5D71845A2
• Order in Council - UEL Land Grant: 21 Jan 1806, Fredericksburg, Lennox & Addington, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Birth:
Or 1784

Elizabeth married Benjamin CLAPP on 6 Apr 1803 in Fredericksburg, Lennox & Addington, Ontario, Canada. Benjamin (son of Elias CLAPP and Mary E DORLAND) was born in 1774 in Fredricksburgh Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada; died in 1841. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 46CBC75FFE8944148CB2F6FB3130E97E0DAE
• Order in Council - UEL Land Grant: 17 Feb 1807, Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Nancy Roblin married Colonel William Ketcheson and settled in Sidney.

Buried:
Ketcheson Family Cemetery Lot 26 Con 5

Nancy married Colonel William KETCHESON on 15 Feb 1800. William (son of William K KETCHESON and Mary RULL) was born on 21 Sep 1782 in Bedford, Westchester, New York, USA; died on 30 Jun 1874 in Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 0AACDE147C07408298F62A4803F482C62C9B
• Order in Council - UEL Land Grant: 16 Feb 1808, Adolphustown Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

One daughter married Colonel Peter Ruttan and settled in Sophiasburgh.

Fanny married Colonel Peter William RUTTAN on 5 Jun 1807 in Northport, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. Peter (son of William RUTTAN and Margaret STEEL) was born on 3 Feb 1787 in Adolphustown Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada; died on 28 Apr 1861 in Northport, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 80806B50497E4A7CAEB15729004E76D9C44D
• Order in Council - UEL Land Grant: 4 Sep 1822, Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

David Roblin married Mary Rowe and settled in Sidney. One of his of his descendants is the present Postmaster of Belleville.

David married Mary ROWE in 1814. Mary was born in 1798; died in 1854. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 14C423657C43474594E656F3AC44B4B8CAF4

Nancy married Thomas FLAGLER on 16 May 1814 in Adolphustown Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada. Thomas (son of Philip F FLAGLER and Anna Jane DORLAND) was born about 1795 in Beekman, Dutchess, New York, USA; died on 24 Jan 1872 in Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: FF37A4FDA2C2497EABD95E0B2EA9F3B36C2E

Notes:

Settled in Napanee

Philip married Jane CASEY on 31 Dec 1818 in Ontario, Canada. Jane (daughter of William CASEY and Martha ROBINSON) was born on 9 Nov 1800 in Adolphustown Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada; died on 9 Feb 1860 in Shannonville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Philip married Sarah SAGER on 21 Sep 1869 in Weslayan Methodist Church, Belleville, , Ontario, Canada. Sarah (daughter of Peter SAGER and Margaret TEAL) was born in 1823 in Ontario, Canada; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 4AFDF45A4A584FCEB35D270B45FC41E800A7

Notes:

Settled in Napanee

Maria married George Hill DETLOR on 2 Jun 1818. George (son of John DETLOR and Jerusha SIMONS) was born in Jul 1794 in Ontario, Canada; died on 31 Dec 1883. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: EEB48DE3350C48F8804E67B1073FBAF97278

Family/Spouse: Catherine Hill DETLOR. Catherine (daughter of John DETLOR and Jerusha SIMONS) was born on 22 Aug 1796; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Elizabeth STEEL on 29 Mar 1825 in St Albans Anglican Church, Adolphustown Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth was born in Jun 1797 in Marysburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; died on 27 Oct 1869 in Adolphustown Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: C92BF38A22E04387B6168F20F305E3D76AB2

Francis married Isaac FRASER on 3 Jun 1823. Isaac was born in 1801 in Ernestown, Lennox-Addington, ON, Canada; died on 13 Jan 1829 in Ernestown, Lennox-Addington, ON, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 961A790F8FED450BB4FBB5FFB02A6ACD78D4

Family/Spouse: Andrew DAVIS. Andrew was born in 1801; died on 20 May 1876. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: E56D6373996B4904917B9B7289C475267AF8

Notes:

THE GREAT DROWNING


From the Napanee Beaver, April 30th, 1897


Probably the most memorable drowning accident that ever occurred in this county was just in front of the old Adolphustown Methodist Church, on Sunday morning, August 29th, 1819. Though nearly seventy-nine years have since elapsed, and every one who ever witnessed that sad catastrophe has long since passed away, yet the remembrance of it still remains fresh with nearly all the descendants of the families of those days.


The circumstances were substantially as follows; There had been a great revival in the Methodist societies in nearly every part of his county that year, and the preachers then in charge of the Bay of Quinte circuit, Revs. Isaac Puffer and James Wilson, had arranged for a special quarterly meeting in the Adolphustown church for that day. A quarterly meeting at that time was almost sure to bring out a number of the zealous people from every society in the county. Those from all parts of North Fredericksburgh and the northern part of Adolphustown had to cross Hay Bay in small boats; the bay just opposite the old church is about a mile and a half wide. Barnard Cole and his family lived across the bay from the church; he owned a pretty large, skiff which was quite a rarity then, as the old time log canoes were much in use. That Sunday morning more assembled to cross at that place than it was safe for even his large boat to carry.

Some, it is said, would not venture in the boat at all, under the circumstances, and some who did so got out again and strongly urged their friends to do so. Among the latter was the late Gilbert Bogart, who died years ago at his farm at Riverside, on the Deseronto road now owned by Mrs. R Thompson. Feeling there was so much danger he went away crying because he could not prevail on his brother Peter to get out also. Peter was one of the victims. They were both young men at that time.


The morning was calm and beautiful; there was scarcely a ripple on the waters of the bay, and the owner of the boat had full confidence in its capacity to carry all its precious cargo, and more too. He strongly urged all to get in. Four of his own family were among the number, three of whom escaped. His son, the late Conrad B. Cole, who died an old man in North Fredericksburgh a few years ago, was one of the survivors, and has frequently told the writer of the events of that memorable day, and pointed out to him the exact spot where the boat filled and the drowning took place. It is not to be wondered at that every incident in connection with that catastrophe was indelibly fixed in his memory to the end of life.


There were eighteen in the boat all of whom, with the exception of Barnard Cole and his wife, were young people. They were all members of the Methodist church, and most of them recent converts. Everything went smoothly and pleasantly at first and the young people had been singing hymn after hymn among the popular revival hymns of those days. When half way over it was found the boat was leaking very freely and settling lower in the water in consequence. A bailing dish had been forgotten, and the men at the oars began to pull with all their strength, seeing the danger that thus threatened them. Finally it occurred to one of them to use his Sunday hat for bailing purposes, but by that time the water was pouring in too fast to be thus got rid of.

THE CALAMITY OCCURS


When within about forty rods from shore, Peter German, one of the young men, said to the others he was a good swimmer and would jump out and swim to shore, and thus lighten the load. In doing so he thoughtlessly stepped on the edge of the boat, tipping it so that water poured in over the top. That alarmed the already much frightened young women who suddenly leaned to the other side, settling it so much that the boat at once filled with water, partly upsetting at the same time. Of course now all was confusion and dismay. The young women, who could not swim struggled and clung to each other and in this way they were all drowned. Peter Bogart, one of the young men, though a good swimmer, is said to have been carried down by some clinging to him whom he was trying to save. John German, who was also a good swimmer, turned back to help when he heard the cries of his sister but she had sank beneath his reach when he got there. He then became so bewildered that he did not attempt to swim to shore again, but swam around and up and down the bay until he sank exhausted. His body was found some distance from the others, and was not recovered until the next day. Those who had enough presence of mind to cling to the boat were kept floating until help came, but ten of the eighteen were drowned.

SOME OF THE INCIDENTS


Years ago, every family about the bay had its store of incidents to tell about that great drowning. It would require a volume almost to have related them all. It is said that the preliminary prayer meeting had began and one had just prayed "make this a day long to be remembered,: when the first shriek was heard. Rev. Isaac Puffer was in charge of the meeting and looking up, he at once saw the terrible struggle only a few rods away from the church. He at once called out "our friends out in the bay are in distress," and all rushed out on the banks. The church stands within a few rods of the water's edge. The scenes on the shore are represented to have been even more heart rending than those in the water. Some were witnessing the struggle of their own children or near relatives. Some tore their hair or their clothing in their agony. Some are said to have rolled on the ground in their agony, others seemed paralyzed at the sight. Prayers and appeals went up to God from the hundreds thus assembled. Boats were near by and soon several were called out to the rescue. Seven were picked up who had been clinging to the boat. One, Mrs. Cole, was found floating on her back in the water, past consciousness, but was resuscitated soon after. She lived many years after and used to frequently say that she found drowning easy and painless, but the agonies of resuscitation were such that she wished they had left her as she was. Some of the others were also restored with considerable difficulty but all the survivors lived many years.

THE VICTIMS


The names of those drowned will be found in the verse here appended. The first named, John and Jane German, were young people of the same family, children of Stophel German, a local preacher and one of the first subscribers for the building of the church. The late Nathan German of North Fredericksburgh, George German, of Gosport, and Mrs. Wm. Vallear of Richmond, were members of the same family. Their parents witnessed the terrible scene from the shore and the agony of the mother was said to have been dreadful to witness. She was a beautiful singer, but never was heard to sing again though she lived nearly forty years after. They lived on the north shore, on the beautiful farm now owned by Mr. James Jaynes. Peter Bogart's parents lived next farm, Abraham and "Polly" Bogart, the latter of whom lived to be over a hundred years of age. The large and well know Bogart family, of Adolphustown, were all of the same family. Our townsmen, Messrs. G. Bogart, postmaster; J.M. Bogart, and Marshall Bogart, of "Riverside" are all nephews. It is said that Peter Bogart and Jane German were to have been soon married and it was in striving to save her life he lost his own. Mary Cole lived next farm, the daughter of Barnard Cole, already referred to. She was soon to have been married to Joseph Johnson of Prince Edward, near Picton, who was also one of the company that day but survived. She had a presentiment of some such sudden death in a dream the night previous, and told Mr. Johnson of it in the morning. Mary and Jane Detlor were from North Fredericksburgh, and lived on the farm now owned by our townsman, W. Nelson Doller, Esq. They were connected with the Detlor families now living in Napanee and this vicinity. Betsy McCay also lived in the same vicinity, on Little Creek, she was a sister of the late Asa McCay, of Clarksville, and A.B. McCay, Esq., who lived and died on the old homestead. Huldah Madden lived on the boundary line between Fredericksburgh and Ernesttown, a concession north of where the Morven brick church now stands, near the farm of Robert Collins, Esq. She was a sister of the late Stauts S. Madden, father of Mr. W.D. Madden, of Napanee, and Wm. Madden, York Road, who died a few months ago. Matilda Roblin was a member of the large Roblin family still residing in this county, but where she lived we do not know. She was a sister of the late David Philip Roblin and Mrs. Geo. H. Detlor. Betsy Clark, was, we believe, a daughter of Elias Clark, on the "back bay" of Adolphustown, a family well known to all the old residents. So far as we can ascertain they were all of U.E. Loyalist families.

RECOVERING AND BURYING THE BODIES


Burger Huyck, living on the north shore, on the farm now occupied by Samuel Hawley, his son-in-law, was an expert fisherman and had a fishing seine. This was at once got and brought over. It was cast about the scene of the calamity and at the one draw, eight of the dead bodies were brought to shore. The ninth was got soon after, but it was not till the next morning that the body of John German was found, as he had swam some distance off before he finally sank. The church was at once transformed into a morgue; of course all the regular services for that day were broken up. Carpenters were at once got and the work of coffin making began - there were no professional undertakers in this country then. Word went speedily around and the absent friends soon began to arrive. The next day the funeral took place, the ten coffins all being placed in a row outside of the church. Such a concourse of people had gathered that the church could only hold a part of them. The preacher was Isaac Puffer, then a well known "circuit rider" here, who afterwards went to the States, where he lived and died. He was a very eccentric man and knew every chapter and verse of scripture by heart, and could readily quote any verse, or tell at once where any quoted passage could be found. The writer well remembers hearing him preach to a large congregation in the same church during a visit to his old time circuit, late in the forties. He was then a venerable and gray haired old man. So affecting was that funeral scene that, over and over again would the preacher break down and nearly the entire congregation break out into sobbings and tears.


Eight of the graves were side by side in the old burying ground just opposite the church. The ninth was laid beside some other member of her family. One, Mary Cole, was buried on the north side of the bay in the well known burial place there, on her father's farm, where nearly all the earlier settlers of that section found their last resting place. Strange to say there does not remain anything now to mark even the spot where all these memorable graves are, though the ground is in a good state of preservation. It is said, however, to be located about the middle of that historic old "God's acre."


The following lines were composed and printed soon after and sold in separate slips by the many hundreds.. At one time, there were few houses in all the old Midland district in which copies could not be found, and nearly all the young people for two generations committed them to memory. We doubt if any other production, crude as it is, was ever so extensively read and committed to memory in this part of Upper Canada. The Beaver has formerly published them but as many are still asking for them they are again re-produced in these columns. Some have attributed their authorship to Isaac Files, then a school teacher in Prince Edward, Rev. John Carroll, Mr. Playter and others claim they were written by Alexander Shorts, who lived and died in Richmond, a few miles west of Selby. Our friend, W. S. William, Esq., now of California has informed us it was his father, the late Isaac Williams, who was well known to many in Napanee some years ago. He was then a young man residing near Picton.


THOMAS W. CASEY

A BALLAD ON THE DEATH OF TEN YOUNG PEOPLE, DROWNED IN HAY BAY

Come all you good people, of every degree, Read over these lines, which are penned down by me. And when you are reading these lines, which are true, Remember this warning is also to you.

In the year of our Lord, 1819, On the 29th of August, on Sunday I mean -- The place where it happened I'll also put down, But the loss I can't tell of , in Adolphustown.

These people were all in good health and in prime, All modestly clothed in apparel so fine, -- To Church they were going, their God to adore -- To reach the said place they had Hay Bay to cross o'er.

The boat being small, and their number eighteen, To go over together they all ventured in; -- They launched away singing a sweet excise, Their moment near by them was hid from their eyes.

The voice of Jehovah speaks unto us all; Always to be ready, to go at his call, And when you are reading these mournful lines o'er, Death may be sent for you, and enter your door.

The boat being leaky, the water came in To bale with their hats, they too late did begin. They looked at each other and began for to weep. The boat filled with water and sank in the deep.

Their friends on the shore then for help flew with speed, And eight of the number from the water they freed; There were brothers and sisters and parents also, Soon heard the sad story, which filled them with woe.

A seine was preparing to draw them to land Their friends all a-weeping, around them did stand; Such cries and lamentings were never before, The loss was so fatal, that none could restore.

There were John and Jane German, Peter Bogart also; There Mary and Jane Detlor, in the waters below; There was Matilda Roblin, and Betsy Macoy; Betsy Clark, Huldah Madden, and the said Mary Cole.

To the unchangeable regions their spirits are fled. And left their poor bodies inactive and dead Their friends with loud weeping around them were found, Their bodies preparing to enter the ground.

On the Monday following, their coffins were made, And into the same their dead bodies were laid, And solemnly borne into the Churchyard; Their graves, in rotation, for them were prepared.

A large congregation, on that solemn day Assembled together to visit their clay; To join the afflicted in their mournful state, And also to comfort in sorrow so great.

A sermon was delivered on that solemn scene, By Sir Isaac Puffer, form Job 19; Although these vile bodies the worms may destroy, They shall see God in glory in fullness of joy.

The sermon being over, and brought to a close, And some words of comfort were offered to those Whose hearts were quite broken and filled with grief, And in a few moments these bodies must leave.

Their coffins were open to all public view, That all might behold them and bid them adieu; And then to convey them to the silent clay, No more to behold them till the judgement day.

And now we must leave them beneath the cold ground; Till Gabriel's trumpet shall give the last sound; Awake! Thou that sleepest, and arise from your tomb, And come forth to judgment to hear your last doom.

Died:
of Drowning

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• _UID: 9FFB60F73A1C4767B6FECB78B18DFFF31CD9

Notes:

All following generations without source were imported from the following source

Settled in Waterdown New York

John and Mary lived in Richmond Twp from 1851 to 1881. It is believed that they moved sometime after that to Watertown, Jefferson Co., New York.

The location and dates of death for John and Mary are unknown.

Census: 1851 Ontario Census - Richmond Twp: John 41, living with Mary 36, William P 17, Anna Maria 16, David 15, Jacob L. 13, Alonzo W. 10, Sarah M. 8, Amelia J. 6 and Peter Wilmot 3.

1871 Ontario Census - Richmond Twp: John living with Mary and 5 children (census practically unreadable)

1881 Ontario Census - Richmond Twp: John 63, living with Mary 57 and James 14.

John married Mary KIMMERLY on 20 Apr 1834 in Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Andreas "Andrew" KIMMERLY and Susannah SAGER) was born on 18 Apr 1816 in Richmond Township, Lennox-Addington, Ontario, Canada; was christened on 27 May 1816 in Fredricksburgh Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada; died on 18 Oct 1898. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 25B4B3A2E47B4AF59FF9414052E1F7ACBB6C
• Name: Allen ROBLIN

Notes:

Settled in Napanee

ROBLIN, DAVID, lumber merchant and politician; b. 19 April 1812 in Adolphustown Township, Upper Canada, fifth of the nine children of John Roblin and Mary Moore; m. in 1832 Pamelia Hawley, and they had ten children; d. 1 March 1863 at Napanee, Canada West.

John Roblin, an Adolphustown farmer and Methodist lay preacher, died when David was still a child. Largely

David married Pamela "Millie" HAWLEY in 1832. Pamela was born in 1812; died in 1893. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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

Notes:

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]

Levi married Elizabeth OSBORNE on 23 Apr 1829 in Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of Richard OSBORNE and Marie Sarah TRUMPOUR) was born about 1798 in Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; died on 13 Feb 1881 in Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: B3298253A9CC412BB2E2DC9686B4AAF874FB

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• _UID: C8AC680538324CE1969051AAA95D43694BAE
• Order in Council - UEL Land Grant: 7 May 1828, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

See attached sources.

Kezia married George DREWRY on 20 Nov 1820 in Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. George (son of George DREWRY and Elizabeth PEPPER) was born about 1799 in Lincolnshire, England; died on 8 Mar 1885 in Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 5EE9DDFF1EBD446FB0CD6F5621CA5A366ED5
• Order in Council - UEL Land Grant: 7 May 1828, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

A son, John P. Roblin, was for a number of years a prominent member of the old Reform party in the Upper Canada Legislature, sitting both before and after the Mackenzie Rebellion, sixteen years in all.

ROBLIN, JOHN PHILIP, farmer, politician, and public servant; b. in Sophiasburgh Township, U.C., 16 Aug. 1799, son of Prudence Platt and Philip Roblin, loyalist, who came to Adolphustown Township from New Jersey in 1784 and who later settled on Long Reach in Sophiasburgh at a place which became known as Roblin Mills; d. at Picton, Ont., 12 Nov. 1874.

John Philip Roblin was educated at the local school taught by Jonathan Greely. As a young man he cleared and farmed land in Ameliasburgh Township, but he moved to Hallowell Township in 1847 and in 1858 to the town of Picton. From an early age he took an active part in public life in Prince Edward County. He was appointed a justice of the peace in 1834. As a captain of the 2nd Battalion of Prince Edward militia he commanded a troop of cavalry during the winter of 1837

John married Nancy Langhorn CONGER on 5 Feb 1822 in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. Nancy (daughter of Stephen CONGER and Mary BATES) was born in Jan 1803 in Hallowell Twp., Prince Edward Co., ON, Canada; died on 22 Oct 1880 in Picton, 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: EBEFC8A0C3F04ED09EDFF6BC2A802C3850C2
• Order in Council - UEL Land Grant: 18 Jul 1834, Camden East, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1881, Camden East, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada

Elizabeth married Joseph FOSTER in Aug 1826. Joseph died on 11 Sep 1872. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: D04C417510F541659C992207A35AC0BF5728
• Alt. Birth: 1802
• Alt. Death: 23 Jul 1875

Notes:

Died:
23 Jul 1875 from Jerry Turner
23 Jul 1852 in Cemetery Transcriptions (year doesn't add up with age however)

Mary married Thomas William PORTT on 15 Feb 1826 in Hallowell Twp., Prince Edward Co., ON, Canada. Thomas was born in 1797; died in Jul 1827; was buried in Roblin Mills Cemetery, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married William STEEL on 25 Feb 1836. William and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 6516539CECF84751A189D22717023959B40A
• Occupation: Merchant
• Religion: C. Methodist
• Alt. Birth: 17 Dec 1804, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
• Order in Council - UEL Land Grant: 18 Jan 1834, Ameliasburg Township, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Roblin Mills was dismantled and reconstructed as part of the Black Creek Pioneer Village near Toronto, where it still grinds out flour. - built by Owen.

Another leading member of the family was Owen Roblin, a son of Philip. He was born in Sophiasburgh, and, after receiving his education under Jonathan Greely, removed to Ameliasburgh, where, in 1829, he took up four hundred acres in the third concession. This land is in part now held by W. J. McFaul and H. G. Staffordshire; and the latter lives on the old homestead. Owen Roblin conducted a general store and ashery, doing a large, and profitable business in sending the lye to Montreal. In 1838, or 1839, he traded lot 76 with John B. Way for lot 81, where the Ameliasburgh Roblin's Mills and homestead now stand. The village of Roblins Mills, or Ameliasburgh, as it is officially known, was first called Way's Mills, and was situated in the bend of the horseshoe below the hill on the present village stands.

On taking possession of the Way property, Owen Roblin commenced to improve the water-power; his first act was to excavate the present canal from the lake. The extent of this work may be estimated from the fact that the blasting powder alone cost the equivalent of one thousand dollars. Besides farming five hundred acres, and attending to his many trading schemes and flouring mills, this busy man ran saw and carding mills. From his flour mills he shipped immense quantise of wheat and rye flour to Montreal; and during the Crimean War he exported day and night.

Owen Roblin was a Justice of the Peace and Commissioner for taking affidavits; and for many years was a County Councillor and Reeve of his township. A post office was first opened in the village by a man called Meacham, who was Postmaster there for three years, when he was promoted to Belleville; and the Roblin's Mills' office was closed. It was reopened in 1845, with Owen Roblin as Postmaster, who held the post until his death, when he was said to be the oldest Postmaster in Canada. He was succeeded by his grandson, William H. C. Roblin, the present Postmaster. This grandson also closely followed Owen's son, Edward, as clerk of the Fourth Division Court, the interim holder of the post being William C. DeLong.

One of the best known and most progressive men in the county, Owen Roblin, lived to the old age of ninety-seven years, only dying as recently as 1903. He married Huldah Selden Conger, a daughter of old Squire Stephen Conger; she died in 1896, aged eighty-five years.

Federal Census of 1871 (Ontario Index)

ROBLIN , OWEN

Sex: Male Age: 64 Birthplace: ONTARIO Religion: Wesleyan Methodist Origin: ENGLISH Occupation: MERCHANT District: PRINCE EDWARD ( 059 ) Sub-district: Ameliasburgh ( C ) Division: 3 Page: 50 Microfilm reel: C-9989 Reference: RG31

Owen married Huldah Selden CONGER on 16 Feb 1831 in Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada. Huldah (daughter of Stephen CONGER and Mary BATES) was born in 1811 in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; died on 26 Jul 1896 in Ameliasburg Township, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Grove Cemetery, Ameliasburgh, Prince Edward Co., ON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 3203AFE6999342209681A8C3E3F40CECA920
• Order in Council - UEL Land Grant: 18 Jul 1834, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
• Obituary: 15 Feb 1835
• Obituary: 21 Feb 1835
• Obituary: 23 Feb 1835

Notes:

Obituary:
Mr. Roblin was an active, promising young man, aged twenty five years. His loss will be long and deeply felt by all with whom he was acquainted. How true it is, that "in the midst of life, we are in death!" (Com. Sophiasburg, February 15, 1835)

Obituary:
Melancholy Occurrence - On Wednesday last (the 11th inst.), as Mr. Caleb Roblin, son of Philip Roblin, Esqr., of Sophiasburg, was crossing the Mohawk Bay, to the former place, with a load of oak lumber, his horse and himself fell through the ice, where all were unfortunately drowned. He had in company with him a young man by the name of Peter Wood, with another team, which was also lost; Wood only making his escape. Diligent search was made for the body of Mr. Roblin by the surrounding neighbours, (to whom his relatives feel themselves under heavy obligations for their kindness and humanity), but having toiled till after midnight they abandoned the search till day light, when the corpse was found. His funeral took place on Saturday - a very impressive discourse was delivered on the occasion by the Revd. Mr. Marcus from these memorable words: "Jesus wept." His remains were followed to the grave by a numerous assembly of friends and acquaintance.
Feb 21, 1835 - Kingston - Chronicle & Gazette

Obituary:
SAD ACCIDENT - On the 11th inst., Mr. C. Roblin, son of Mr. Philip Roblin of Sophiasburgh, in crossing the Mohawk Bay, with a load of timber, drawn by a span of horses, had the misfortune to have the ice give way under him and melancholy to relate, was with his horses drowned. Another young man, with another team was in company, whose horses suffered the same fate, but who escaped. The body of young Mr. Roblin was found by neighbors, and interred on the following Saturday.
Feb 23 1835 - British Whig

Family/Spouse: Sarah KOTCHEPAW. Sarah was born in 1827; died in 1846. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: FF3E3AC715DB4E75A6AA63712D960EF7DD4D
• Residence: 1881, Whitby, , Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1901, Whitby, , Ontario, Canada
• Alt. Death: 1902

Notes:

Settled in Whitby

Residence:
In the house of Royal Rogers & Family

Phoebe married Joseph Lockwood ROGERS on 22 Jun 1857 in Picton Methodist Church, Picton, , Ontario, Canada. Joseph was born on 26 Dec 1801; died on 15 Mar 1881. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: CA8E11D744BC4B5F867C9E7614904D5243D6
• Occupation: Farmer & Miller
• Religion: C. Methodist
• Occupation: 1861, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1878, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; Con 1, Lot 34 & 35

Notes:

On the decease of Philip Roblin Sr., Philip Jr., his son, who died in 1899, inherited the estate and succeded to the business. Soon after his father's death he built the third grist mill at the head of the ravine, near the bridge where the road crosses, a fine, three storey modern structure, which over-shot water wheel, seventeen feet in diameter, with three run of stones. He also erected a large storehouse just across the road, which was ultimatly connected with the mill by an overhead gangway. He likewise added a complete saw mill equipment to the lower mill, operated both by steam and water power, and in various ways enlarged and increased it till the milling business here expanded to one of the most extensive in Canada. Large consignments of flour were for many years shipped regularly from these mills to foreign lands, until Roblin's Mills became for a time a leading comercial centre in the country, and a considerable lake depot, with storehouses, shops and docks for convenience of shipping.

Federal Census of 1871 (Ontario Index)

ROBLIN , PHILIP

Sex: Male Age: 56 Birthplace: ONTARIO Religion: Wesleyan Methodist Origin: WELSH Occupation: MILLER District: PRINCE EDWARD ( 059 ) Sub-district: Sophiasburgh ( F ) Division: 2 Page: 42 Microfilm reel: C-9990 Reference: RG31

Residence:
300 Acres, Settled in 1814

Philip married Elizabeth Ann BOGART on 3 Jun 1851 in Adolphustown Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of Nicholas BOGART) was born on 5 Oct 1826 in Ontario, Canada; died on 13 Jul 1908 in Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 6BC22947D5AE419CB378DC247D4C724BAE26

Notes:

Died young.

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• _UID: F598C0D5216C4781A2B5517209C0F526759F

Notes:

Buried:
Whites Cemetery

Family/Spouse: Mary Ann "Polly" COLE. Mary was born on 20 Apr 1804 in Ameliasburgh, Ameliasburg Township, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada; died on 14 Oct 1878; was buried in Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 9C973B7A16274DA8B705EB478007E467DAA8

Family/Spouse: Dr. Hiram WRIGHT. Hiram and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nancy married Samuel OSTRANDER in 1828. Samuel (son of Isaac OSTRANDER and Sarah HERRINGTON) was born on 18 Jan 1783 in Brunswick, Rensselaer, New York, USA; died in 1864 in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 2101F81B643F4985BB3C9DFE450CF3920ECA

Family/Spouse: John WEESE. John was born on 22 Mar 1799 in Ameliasburg Township, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: BBD9D16C11D14904B0513AD1B946EC81784D

Notes:

Buried:
Albury Cemetery

Family/Spouse: Sarah BRYANT. Sarah (daughter of John BRYANT and Betsy PIERSON) was born on 5 Mar 1807 in New York, USA; died on 5 Sep 1894; was buried in Ameliasburgh, Ameliasburg Township, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 61D043744A364D2E935ACE32117BCCFB235C

Sarah married William HERMON on 12 May 1825. William was born in 1802 in Ameliasburg Township, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada; died in 1891. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 8E96F01D1CCD47508A1CE203CF0457BE241B

Philip married Nancy VANDEWATER on 31 Oct 1832. Nancy (daughter of John VANDEWATER and Sarah CLAPP) was born on 15 Nov 1810; died on 13 Dec 1874. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 330E99E502A14A46BE10F2799D764D7C07B3

Family/Spouse: Catherine BELL. Catherine was born in 1816 in Ontario, Canada; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 952EA9CCA0F849F880E2CC9F0B32BA3A0FD7

Notes:

Died Young

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• _UID: 3AB78289AF0842FBA64DC5F46C4533FD7DEC

Notes:

No Children

Matilda married Hector HOWELL on 1 Nov 1838 in Ameliasburgh, Ameliasburg Township, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada. Hector was born in 1814; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: C55CC9C4A9D849D6B9DB79B100A5F3CB6FEA

Notes:

Minnesota

Family/Spouse: Joseph S PETERSON. Joseph was born in 1815; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 3E48822011EB4BCEA8E822C4C985EB1602BC

Family/Spouse: John OSBORNE. John and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 2C9852975657427EB085A2986ADAD1CB6920

Notes:

Died Young

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 8816A7C7283448408C6AD2BF5B0728C4C5B5

Notes:

Buried:
Mountainview Cemetery

Mary married John ANDERSON in Mar 1843. John (son of William ANDERSON and Mary WAY) was born on 16 Mar 1820 in Ameliasburgh, Ameliasburg Township, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada; died on 4 Apr 1898 in Ameliasburgh, Ameliasburg Township, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 6 Apr 1898 in Ameliasburg Township, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: EC832A772AC24A0D932FA9F9FC8677F0A07F

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth" Besty" LOYST. Elizabeth" was born in 1797; was christened on 24 Jul 1798 in Fredricksburgh Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada; died on 30 Jan 1868 in Fredricksburgh Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 8E8F41BACEB14E158C7B4BF5748EA8B19C10

Family/Spouse: William KENNEDY. William and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Francis VANDERWATER. Francis was born in 1796; died on 20 Feb 1872 in Portland, Frontenac Co., ON, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: A12E9CC1C9F349BB97946E26144DAFF9B405
• Residence: 1871, Fredricksburgh Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1878, Fredricksburgh Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada; Lot 12W, Concession Iii

Philip married Eleanor Christine LOYST in 1829. Eleanor was born on 25 Jun 1794; died on 2 Feb 1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 2EC41F32A8BB4E0A8ADBB392991748CE6E47

Family/Spouse: Christine SCHUMANN. Christine was born on 6 Feb 1808 in Ontario, Canada; died in 1899 in Fredericksburg, Lennox & Addington, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: DF6DEA5DC4104BF6915EF0CCDE3974F5D302

Family/Spouse: Lydia OSTRANDER. Lydia was born in 1813 in Ontario, Canada; died in 1896. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: BCE6E2D24F934D7B82ABB337FB611C8B1A6E

Family/Spouse: Sarah DORLAND. Sarah was born in 1805; died in 1846. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: E751C93E092A452CA49724DE7849960F8630

Family/Spouse: James DULMAGE. James (son of Edward DULMAGE and Patience CLAPP) was born in 1811 in Ontario, Canada; died on 1 Sep 1888 in Marysburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: E81A508981134DAEB6380693FA0490D15078

Jane married Henry LOYST about 1839 in Upper Canada. Henry was born in Nov 1811 in Fredricksburgh Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada; was christened on 6 Jan 1812 in Fredricksburgh Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada; died on 1 Aug 1883 in Fredricksburgh Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Aug 1883 in Hay Bay, Adolphustown Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: F72692688B4F478696E59FC476BE968FF5A1
• Religion: Episcopal Methodist

Matilda married Albert Stephen SPENCER on 27 Mar 1852 in Fredericksburg, Lennox & Addington, Ontario, Canada. Albert was born about 1816 in Ontario, Canada; died on 12 Mar 1869 in Fredricksburgh Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Adolphustown Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 0319DD2B54E640C9AA943C9642AEC985B52A

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: DD0BBC1D84CD4B22B408AEBE8865EA29A743
• Residence: 1851, Fredricksburgh Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1881; Seamstress

Notes:

In the 1901 census she is living with her daughter Rhoda Anne but in the 1901 census her year of birth is 1865. Then to further complicate things in her marriage notice her year of birth is 1875!

9158-98 Charles GOUGE, 38, banker, Quebec, Deseronto, s/o Hubert GOUGE & Melonie CHALUT, married Ann

Christina married James Henry SHARP on 8 Jan 1843 in Fredricksburgh Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada. James (son of Jacobus SHARPE and Kathreen FINKLE) was born in 1814-1818 in Fredricksburgh Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada; died on 1 Sep 1871 in Fredericksburg, Lennox & Addington, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Fredricksburgh Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 6F375C8C9EEE48FCB9D9EFE2C6A7E0D1DFF4
• Occupation: 1851, Farmer
• Religion: Calvinistic Methodist
• Occupation: 1867, Fredericksburg, Lennox & Addington, Ontario, Canada; Tax Collector
• Residence: 1851-1871, Fredricksburgh Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada

Family/Spouse: Nancy H. GRAHAM. Nancy was born on 21 Mar 1827 in Owosso, Shiawassee, Michigan, USA; died on 3 Oct 1860 in Fredericksburg, Lennox & Addington, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Fredricksburgh Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary FARESS. Mary was born in 1838 in Ontario, Canada; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 057393D83241476083416500E3F339B4E920

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 90FEBEA0A8A149DA82F6B6455379FB84164D

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: F05EEB092ABD47748900B4C400039010884F

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: E7BE1D9EFB3747D3A04FE8F4409CC4859CBE

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: A646675AADDC4E33A685ED32D1C1230DC34A

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 33C7A25EDD8D4D9CA94DC40820A01ED7C4FA

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 9D7154403DF44F989EBDA09285DB185110E8

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

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• _UID: 018C750D95074F85A562B1F17C8CDA5B65B3

Family/Spouse: Robert OSBORNE. Robert (son of Nehemiah OSBORNE and Deborah TRUMPOUR) was born in 1809; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: D120B592B1234BBF924EECF6C6F929793988

Shubal married Mary MARSHALL on 30 Sep 1839 in Victoria District, Ontario, Canada. Mary and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 3EE2D83E9AA34695A76523E6A43B2388EDA0

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: FEF337CCD0E24FA8A057ECAA05CAD5905ED6

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 52FEEB14C8BD4CC1843F4868F7B67CAA2751

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• _UID: 3059AA13473447849D3340BB72134D446DC7

Lydia married Dr. James Ford CURLETTE about 1855. James (son of Robert Emmet CURLETT and Christina (Tina) TROMPOUR, Ue) was born on 28 May 1812 in Green Point, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; died on 29 Aug 1898 in Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 30 Aug 1898 in Glenwood Cemetery, Picton, Hallowell Twp., Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: A3804E9EAAAF4C818FBBC76DA2E9EB9BC40C
• Settled: Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
• Reference Number: 13270
• Religion: Wesleyan Methodist
• Residence: 1851; Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Buried:
Ketcheson Family Cemetery

Family/Spouse: Duncan IRVINE. Duncan was born in Nov 1795 in Scotland; died on 21 Dec 1875; was buried in Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: B98F36984FF54D5FB92EDF247BDEF0013A90
• Reference Number: 13271
• Military: Between 1837 and 1838; Held commision and served ing the rbellion of 1837-38
• Occupation: 1851; Yeoman
• Religion: 1851; Wesleyan Methodist
• Residence: Between 1851 and 1871; Huntingdon Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada

Family/Spouse: Mary WYATT. Mary was born in 1802 in Ontario, Canada; died in 1854. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Harriet BAKER. Harriet and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jane WIAT. Jane and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: EBF2D17F301B4B519FBFFB3B32DA832960AE
• Alt. Birth: 12 Nov 1805, Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; Alt. Birth

Henry married Catherine VANDERWATER in 1829 in Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., ON, Canada. Catherine (daughter of John VANDEWATER and Sarah CLAPP) was born on 22 Aug 1807 in Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., ON, Canada; died on 4 Aug 1877. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: DD4156394394465198B03B5549A7BEA2431F
• Settled: Madoc Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
• Reference Number: 13273

Family/Spouse: Mathew FRASER. Mathew and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: E9C3F951B15B4BA1A9CFB003607CAFB65AAC
• AFN: 1DD3-9S1
• Occupation: Magistrate for 50 years
• Occupation: Road surveyor for 40 years
• Reference Number: 13274
• Religion: Wesleyan Methodist
• Settled: 1830; Huntingdon Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
• Military: Between 1837 and 1838; Held commision and served in the rebellion of 1837-38
• Occupation: 1851; Yeoman
• Residence: Between 1851 and 1881; Huntingdon Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
• Property: 1878; 40 acres, Lot 13, Concession II, Huntingdon, Hastings, Ontario, Canada
• Property: 1878; 60 acres, Lot 13, Concession I, Huntingdon, Hastings, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1878; Farmer and Road Surveyor
• Occupation: 1881; Farmer

Family/Spouse: Jane JONES. Jane was born about 1814 in Ontario, Canada; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 9174DF5B9BAD4D20B3E26C729D8011E07500
• AFN: 1DD3-MXF
• Settled: Thurlow Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
• Reference Number: 13275
• Religion: Wesleyan Methodist
• Residence: Between 1851 and 1901; Thurlow Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada

Family/Spouse: David REID. David was born on 26 Jul 1807 in Ontario, Canada; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 6A312936802C49BAA7E2910449282D8AEF23
• AFN: 1DD3-BFW
• Settled: Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
• Reference Number: 6930
• Religion: Wesleyan Methodist
• Residence: 1851; Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Buried:
Ketcheson Family Cemetery

Gatrey married William HAGERMAN on 5 Jan 1842 in Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada. William was born on 5 Jan 1818 in Ontario, Canada; died on 18 Sep 1863 in Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gatrey married Robert Everett GRASS on 15 Apr 1868 in Hastings County, Ontario, Canada. Robert was born in 1808 in Ontario, Canada; died in 1884; was buried in Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 5B9AB4DA78264A5BB8B6E085D6FE463AEDA4
• AFN: 1DD3-BG4
• Settled: Madoc Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
• Reference Number: 13276
• Religion: C. Methodist
• Property: 1878; 144 acres, Lot 14, Concession VII, Madoc, Hastings North, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1881; Farmer
• Residence: 1881; Madoc, Hastings North, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1901; Living with son Allen in Madoc, Hastings North, Ontario, Canada

Family/Spouse: Almira ACKER. Almira was born about 1816 in Madoc, Hastings, Ontario, Canada; died in 1896. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 8A6B4F115E3E43B4ACB93927F6C8305AF58A
• AFN: 1DD4-9QQ
• Settled: Madoc Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
• Reference Number: 13277
• Religion: C. Methodist
• Property: 1878; 100 acres, Lot 4, Concession VII, Madoc, Hastings North, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1878; Farmer; Township Clerk
• Occupation: Between 1881 and 1901; Farmer
• Residence: Between 1881 and 1901; Madoc, Hastings North, Ontario, Canada
• Property: 1901; 50 acres, Lot 4, Concession VII, Madoc, Hastings North, Ontario, Canada

Family/Spouse: Mrs. Almira N. CONNOLLY. Almira was born about 1822; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Sarah CATON in 1841. Sarah was born in 1817 in Madoc, Hastings, Ontario, Canada; died in 1856. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Hannah R. YOUNG after 1856. Hannah was born in 1837 in Madoc, Hastings, Ontario, Canada; died in 1887. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: EB47E59B8C514F9E9116B96B39EABE0931A3
• AFN: 1DD4-C1L
• Settled: Rawdon Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
• Reference Number: 11881
• Religion: Methodist
• Residence: 1881; Rawdon, Hastings North, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1901; Living with son William in Rawdon, Hastings North, Ontario, Canada

Matilda married Benjamin HAGERMAN on 6 Jan 1844 in Victoria District, Ontario, Canada. Benjamin was born on 8 Jan 1820 in Ontario, Canada; died on 10 Apr 1884. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 7C1494E2BE0144E1ACD6F010D2E999CA8A2B
• AFN: 1DD4-C82
• Reference Number: 13279
• Religion: Wesleyan Methodist
• Residence: Between 1851 and 1861; Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1861; Farmer

Family/Spouse: Henrietta. Henrietta was born about 1822 in Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 7CCA95B20E144DDFA6DAC240A2A755DBD617
• AFN: 1DD4-CF3
• Settled: Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
• Reference Number: 13280
• Religion: Wesleyan Methodist
• Residence: Between 1851 and 1881; Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
• Property: 1878; 65 acres, Lot 25, Concession V, Sidney, Hastings, Ontario, Canada

Family/Spouse: Jane L. SPENCER. Jane was born on 27 Feb 1821 in Fredricksburgh Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: D7BC8D7BC7F8403E856DAE3F34E636363DA9
• AFN: 1DD3-CPQ
• Military: Commanded a company in old regiment
• Settled: Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada, received 300 acres from his father
• Reference Number: 13281
• Religion: Methodist
• Military: Between 1837 and 1838; Held commision and served ing the rbellion of 1837-38
• Residence: 1851; Living with parents in Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
• Property: 1878; 110 acres, Lot 25, Concession V, Sidney, Hastings West, Ontario, Canada
• Property: 1878; 200 acres, Lot 26, Concession V, Sidney, Hastings West, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: Between 1881 and 1901; Farmer
• Residence: Between 1881 and 1901; Sidney, Hastings West, Ontario, Canada
• Property: 1901; 300 acres, Lot 26, Concession V, Sidney, Hastings West, Ontario, Canada

George married Jane Ann BLEEKER in 1853. Jane was born on 1 Apr 1831 in Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 0968DD57F78A456D9B7AFD4E4603B473A8D0
• AFN: 1DD4-D0K
• Settled: Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
• Name: Lealin KETCHESON
• Reference Number: 13282
• Religion: Wesleyan Methodist
• Residence: 1851; Living with parents in Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada

Family/Spouse: Martha CATON. Martha was born on 25 Dec 1830 in Newburgh, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada; died on 8 May 1898; was buried in Foxboro, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _PPEXCLUDE: D
• _UID: 87A615CC717148E5B0EE14468A34342930DD
• Reference Number: 13283

Family/Spouse: Nelson BROWN. Nelson and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 2DC59FB828F94894A4B3CAF83E4CD32BE742

Mary married Elias Clapp BROWN on 25 Oct 1825 in Ontario, Canada. Elias was born about 1805; died on 9 Nov 1853 in Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 9DF34F08A2E14F63884C2D3E55161C04E605

Nancy married Matthew R BENSON on 4 Feb 1834 in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. Matthew was born about 1809; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 10CDBDF7BB9F448F85220824E18C133B4CAF

Notes:

Died Young

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 5CC1E33E161A452D82B5692A147CCD888F3D

Henry married Elmida Margaret LLOYD in 1838 in Adolphustown Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada. Elmida was born in 1815 in Ontario, Canada; died in 1840 in Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary Ann TAYLOR. Mary was born in 1817 in Ontario, Canada; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 155C3A606164427DA13DDBEAD815C63D2260

Ruth married John BENSON on 14 Feb 1836 in Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada. John was born on 20 Apr 1808; died in 1888 in Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: D9998AF33288413897794D54CDEABAA6EAA1

Notes:

"David is said to have 'possessed considerable military taste,' and he became a Lieutenant and then Captain of the Third Battalion, Prince Edward Regiment, rising to be Lieutenant-Colonel as of January 2, 1838. He was sent to Toronto as a delegate of the first reform convention held in Upper Canada where the Confederation of the Provinces was planned. He was appointed Magistrate for Prince Edward District in 1846." (Ruttan, 1986 p.36).

David married Nancy DAVIS on 4 Mar 1844 in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. Nancy was born in 1822; died on 31 Mar 1894 in Picton, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Apr 1894 in Glenwood Cemetery, Picton, Hallowell Twp., Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Louisa SOUTHARD. Louisa was born about 1840; died on 11 May 1917 in Picton, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 19E81CBC79904D25AEA203EB250D8F1B6EE2

Family/Spouse: Abagail Jane REID. Abagail was born on 31 Mar 1825; died on 26 May 1903 in Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., ON, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 314FE5D1348F4FF99D743ADCEF65C1AE2B17

Elizabeth married Samuel OSBORNE on 17 Mar 1843 in Ontario, Canada. Samuel (son of Nehemiah OSBORNE and Deborah TRUMPOUR) was born on 18 Aug 1812 in Sophiasburgh, Prince Edward Co., ON, Canada; died on 6 Apr 1882 in Sophiasburgh, Prince Edward Co., ON, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 3FBA4596D8884EE4A590CB900535D2292B6C

Notes:

"Allan graduated from MGill University in Medicine in 1852 and won esteem as a pioneer practitioner in Upper Canada. For more than forty years, he was a highly respected and very sucessful physician in Napanee. He was married in 1854 in Montreal to Caroline Smith, a lady of culture and refinement. She was very active in Anglican Church work and in musical circles". (Ruttan, 1986 p.37).

Allan married Caroline SMITH in 1854 in Montreal, , Qu. Caroline was born in 1832; died on 7 Jan 1905 in Napanee, Lennox & Addington Co, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 93B0EC076B8D4EC89BDAC6C6CC988C4B8095

Walter married Marie Antoinette SAUNDERS on 28 Feb 1855 in Ontario, Canada. Marie was born in 1831; died in 1895 in Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 8E6E96364FA74AB68CB07475327E06BD56AB
• Name: Crandall ROBLIN
• Occupation: Farmer and Dairyman
• Residence: 1871, Hungerford Township, Hastings, ON, Canada
• Residence: 1878
• Residence: 1878, Chapman, Hungerford, Hastings, Ontario, Canada; Con 7, Lot 5

Notes:

Jay on Albert's marriage certificate

Picture of farm saved with Roblin Files

Residence:
133.3 Acres
Con 7, Lot 6,

Residence:
75 Acres

Family/Spouse: Sarah VANTASSEL. Sarah was born on 17 Sep 1816 in Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; died on 7 May 1896; was buried in Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, , Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 68724091F5CE4C36840845FA406761AE71BC

Deborah married David PURDY on 4 Jan 1838. David and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 0D6D6405F14A464B816F5DB9374B111F679F

Philip married Abigail GILBERT on 29 Mar 1848. Abigail was born on 11 Jan 1832 in Ontario, Canada; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: DA629E67297944D184932437B42B32209B42
• Alt. Birth: 1822

Family/Spouse: Hector LEAVENS. Hector (son of Roswell LEAVENS and Sarah OSTRUM) was born on 24 Mar 1807 in Thurlow Twp., Hastings Co., ON, Canada; died in 1870; was buried in Belleville Cemetery, Belleville, , Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: BFC97241146742F2AFCE93068E83FCECF902

Family/Spouse: George M. FRANCIS. George and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 936C862D0B4A4E13AC26C2D1D53C32F505F6
• Occupation: 1860, Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada; Hastings Brewery Partnet

Notes:

David Kellog (David2, Philip1) son of David Roblin and Mary Rowe, was born 1829 in either Sidney or Thurlow Twp. About 1850, David married Hannah E. _____ b. 1826.

*note - David has been placed in the family of David Roblin and Mary Rowe based on an inheritance of property. Dec 10, 1867, Lot 34, Con 5 in Sidney Twp, was transferred on authority of a Will, to Frank and Earl Roblin, sons of David Kellog Roblin.

In 1851 David and Hannah lived in Thurlow Twp. By 1861 they were living in Belleville and David worked as a brewer. In 1862 the family immigrated to Ackley, Iowa. David was one of the oldest settlers of Ackley. "Roblin's Corner" was a familiar landmark in the town of Ackley up to the time of the erection of the Hotel Ackley, that occupied that particular spot.

David died March 20, 1876.

Hannah lived with son James and daughter Naomi, in Etna, Hardin Co. Iowa in 1880. She later moved with James to Downers Grove, a suburb of Chicago, Ill. where she died December 1899.

In 1900 James and sister, Naomi, were living in Downers Grove, Ill.

David, Hannah, James and Naomi are all buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Ackley, Hardin Co. Iowa.

Census: 1851 Ontario Census - Thurlow Twp: David 23, farmer, methodist, living with Hannah E. 26, and James E. 1.

1861 Ontario Census - Belleville: D.W. 32, brewer, living with Hannah 36, James 10, Frank 7 and E.B. 5.

1880 Iowa Census - Etna, Hardin Co: Hannah C. 54, b. Canada, living with James E. 29, b. Canada, and Naomi 18, b. Canada.


Obituaries

The Ackley World - Mar 24, 1876 On Monday, March 20th, of ulceration of the stomach, D.K. Roblin, aged 47 years. Mr. R. was one of the oldest settlers in this place, and when he first came here was unable to procure any place to live in, and "camped out" until he could build a house. He leaves a large family, to mourn the loss of a kind father and husband.

The Ackley World - December 13, 1899 Mrs Roblin, an Old-Time Resident Passes to the Great Beyond Mrs. J. Roblin will be remembered by the greater number of our people - the older residents of the town - she having been a resident of the city some fifteen years ago. At that time she removed from the city and took up an abode with her son, James, who is a resident of Downer's Grove - a suburb of Chicago. she died last week and Saturday the remains were conveyed from her late home to this city: a party of old-time acquaintances were at the depot in wiating and interment was amde in Ackley cemetery, beside those of her husband who died a number of years since. "Roblin's Corner" was a familiar landmark in the town up to the time of the erection of the Hotel Ackley; a building owned by the deceased, occupying that particular spot. Mrs. Roblin was the mother of four children, long since grown to man's estate; James lives at Downer's Grove, Illinois; Earl resides at Clarion, Iowa; Frank and Naomi reside near Spirit Lake, Iowa. They were all present at the funeral which was conducted by Rev. Wolcott.

Ackley World Journal - Feb. 16, 1922 James Roblin Died at Waterloo/Early-Day Resident of Ackley - Buried Here. James E. Roblin, for several years a resident of Ackley, died at Waterloo, Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Four weeks ago, at the time of the joint installation of Masonic and Eastern Star officers, and the subsequent banquet, Mr. Roblin was present and , as a one-time Whorshipful Master of Fountain lodge A. F. & A. M., he was one of the number who was presented with honorary past Masters' badges. Stricken Very Suddenly Although not well enough to take to his bed, Mr. Roblin gave up his work in the treasurer's office (he had been employed there during the past two years) two weeks ago, hoping a rest would restore him to his wonted vigor. He was able to be about the huse each day and yesterday visited with friends. He was stricken from the fatal attack only a few minutes before he died. Mr. Roblin was born Jan 30, 1851, at Belleville, province of Ontario, Canada. When he was 11 years of age his parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Roblin, moved to Ackley IA. That was in 1862 when the town was new, and Hardin county was only sparsely settled. James learned the plasterer's and mason's trade, but did not follow it long. When only a young man he became associated with the American Express company. For several years he was clerk in the office in Waterloo, then in charge of Mr. Button. In the Days of Gold Fever His first experience as messenger was on the Illinois Central railroad, between Chicago and Sioux City. His work as messenger between Missouri Valley, IA., and Deadwood, S.D., at the time the gold fever was at its height in the Black Hills, yielded some interesting experiences. He and the other trainmen were heavily armed to repel any attack by robbers to seize the stores of gold, which were transported on nearly every trip. Mr. Roblin frequently spoke of the picturesque appearance of the people and the scenes about Deadwood in the days when life was held of little worth by bandits of the James and Younger brothers type. Robberies were common and murders frequent. Wa Veteran Master Mason Mr. Roblin was for 50 years a Master Mason. He was the oldest master of the lodge at Ackley. He was among the 10 oldest of the commandery Knights Templar at Waterloo, who conducted a ritualistic service at O'Keefe & Tonnes" undertaking rooms. The remains are to be brought to Ackley, Thursday morning, to be buried here. The funeral service is to be under direction of Fountain lodge A. F. & A.M. Deceased was 71 years of age.

Ackley World Journal - March 11, 1926 Naomi Roblin Stricken on Street - Was a Former Resident of Ackley Early Tuesday morning, friends in Ackley received a telephone message from Waterloo, making an inquiry as to the possible relatives of Miss Nona Roblin, who was stricken by death very suddenly while walking along one of the streets in that city that morning. Miss Roblin was a sister of Mr. Roblin whose remains were interred in Ackley cemetery a few months ago, having died at Waterloo. The Roblin family were for many years residents of Ackley, the senior Roblin having been engaged int he mercantile business here. The deceased is the last surviving member of the family. The early girlhood days of the deceased were spent here and she is well remembered by many old friends of the family. Her age was about 60 years. The remains of Miss Roblin were brought to Ackley for interment, this (Thursday) forenoon. Rev. charles W. Baxter, pastor of St. Mark's Episcopla church, Waterloo, was here and conducted funeral services; some relatives and close friends were also in the city. Miss Roblin, born in Canada, in 1862, lived in Ackley with her parents but during the past sixteen years had lived in Waterloo.

Died:
Ulceration of the stomach

Family/Spouse: Hannah E.. Hannah was born in 1826 in Ontario, Canada; died in Dec 1899 in Downers Grove, DuPage, Illinois, USA; was buried in Ackley, Hardin, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]