John Palen ROBLIN^{[1, 2]}

1799 - 1874  (75 years)

• Name	John Palen ROBLIN  [3, 4]
  Birth	16 Aug 1799	Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	5EE9DDFF1EBD446FB0CD6F5621CA5A366ED5
  Order in Council - UEL Land Grant	7 May 1828	Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Death	12 Nov 1874	Picton, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada   [5, 7]
  Burial	Glenwood Cemetery, Picton, Hallowell Twp., Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  		John P Roblin.jpg
  Person ID	I4017	Ryeland Family Tree
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Philip ROBLIN, UE,   b. 17 Dec 1772, Smiths Clove, Orange, New York, USA d. 17 May 1848, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Prudence PLATT,   b. 6 Jan 1771, New York, USA d. 24 Aug 1850, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	13 Jan 1793	Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada   [1, 7]
  Family ID	F1157	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nancy Langhorn CONGER,   b. Jan 1803, Hallowell Twp., Prince Edward Co., ON, Canada d. 22 Oct 1880, Picton, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	5 Feb 1822	Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Children	1. Marshall Bidwell ROBLIN,   b. 1823, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown   2. Manley Conger ROBLIN,   b. 1826, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown   3. Finley Park ROBLIN,   b. 1829, Ontario, Canada d. Bef 24 Dec 1912, USA (Age 83 years)   4. Anna Maria ROBLIN,   b. 25 Jul 1830, Canada d. Yes, date unknown   5. Marcus Watson ROBLIN,   b. Jun 1837, Canada d. 4 Aug 1865 (Age 28 years)   6. Roderick Stephen ROBLIN,   b. 26 Oct 1840, Ontario, Canada d. 2 Apr 1882, Brandon, , Manitoba, Canada (Age 41 years)
  Family ID	F1239	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2014

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 16 Aug 1799 - Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Marriage - 5 Feb 1822 - Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Order in Council - UEL Land Grant - 7 May 1828 - Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Death - 12 Nov 1874 - Picton, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Burial - - Glenwood Cemetery, Picton, Hallowell Twp., Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		John P Roblin and Family.jpg
  		John Palen Roblin 1799 to 1874.jpg The photo of John Palen Roblin came from the Janet and Richard Lunn book called The County, which is available online. It is actually a painting and it hangs in the Head Office of the Bank of Montreal at 119 rue St. Jacques in Old Montreal. It was presented to them by the Rev. S.H. Roblin, D.D., in June, 1946 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Bank of Montreal in Picton. John P. Roblin was the first known agent of the Bank of Montreal in Picton, a position of some importance I was told by a contact at the Bank of Montreal. Further details about the painting may be obtained by contacting BMO archivist Yolaine Touissante at 514 877-6810.

  
  

• 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– 38. From 1848 to 1856 he was lieutenant-colonel commanding the battalion. He was first warden of the district of Prince Edward, 1841– 42. Roblin represented Prince Edward in the House of Assembly of Upper Canada from 1830 to 1836. Defeated in 1836, he again sat for Prince Edward in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1841, when he defeated David Barker Stevenson*, to 1846. In the latter year he resigned his seat to become registrar of Prince Edward County, crown lands agent, and collector of customs at Picton. Roblin began his political life as a Reform supporter of Marshall Spring Bidwell and Peter Perry*, but, like his younger cousin David Roblin*, he eventually became somewhat disillusioned with the Reform Party of the 1840s and 1850s, and especially with the policies of George Brown whom he considered too moderate and to be "working for the Tories." He was a staunch Wesleyan Methodist. From at least 1848 until 1863, he was a member of the senate of Victoria College at Cobourg, Ontario. J. K. Johnson Lennox and Addington Hist. Soc. (Napanee, Ont.), III (Thomas Willet Casey papers), 2, pp.11585– 600; IV (Roblin family papers) 1, pp.14993– 15002 (copies at PAC). PAC, RG 9, I, B5, 6; C4, 4; C6, 8; RG 68, 1. PAO, Legislative Assembly papers, biographical sketches of the members of the assembly, 1792– 1840, comp. J. S. Carstairs and W. D. Read. J. of Education for Ont., XXVIII (1875), 12. Armstrong, Handbook of Upper Canadian chronology. © 2000 University of Toronto/Université Laval Federal Census of 1871 (Ontario Index) ROBLIN , JOHN P Sex: Male Age: 71 Birthplace: ONTARIO Religion: Wesleyan Methodist Origin: ENGLISH Occupation: REGISTRAR District: PRINCE EDWARD ( 059 ) Sub-district: Picton Town ( E ) Division: 1 Page: 13 Microfilm reel: C-9989 - C-9990 Reference: RG31 — Statistics Canada [9]

  
  

• Sources

  [S20] FamilySearch International Genealogical Index v5.0, (URL: http://www.familysearch.org). [S639] 1851 Canadian Census. [S174] Roblin family history gen-rob.001-4, (Owner: Seventh Town Historical Society & Marilyn Adams Genealogical Research Centre). [S603] 1871 Canadian Census. [S150] Rosalyn Insley, Rosalyn Insley. [S163] Ancestry.com, The Loyalists in Ontario. [S139] Jerry Turner. [S782] Glenwood Cemetery in Picton. [S205] Pioneer life on the Bay of Quinte, including genealogies of old families and biographical sketches of representative citizens, (Toronto, Ontario: Ralph and Clark URL: http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.asp?id=3658).