>From: Cindy Walcott <[email protected]> >Subject: RE: Uriah Hoyt/Pamela Robblee >Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 16:42:45 -0400 >... >I do not think Pamela Rublee m. Uriah Hoyt is the child of William and >Katurah. She is not mentioned in any of the Lanesborough records, nor in >William's will. I do not know how she is connected. Uriah and Seth Hoyt >(married Keturah "Catherine", d. of William Robblee) were brothers. My >hypothesis would be that Catherine and Pamela were cousins, not sisters. > Her death record does not shed any light on this. > >Many people from Lanesborough MA settled in New Haven, VT -- then >significant numbers went on to Franklin Co., VT mostly to Berkshire. It >IS funny that of the Robblee/Rublees, the women's families all stayed on >and the men went north. Except -- circumstantial information indicates >that one daughter's family went on to Berkshire -- Rebecca (Rublee) >Jeffords. > >I have not been able to trace Stephen Haight, second husband of Keturah >(Baker) Robblee. However, the source for much of my information on Hoyt >is a genealogy on the Haight, Hoyt and Hight families. I agree that >Stephen Haight may be related to the Hoyts of Lanesborough and New Haven. > >Cindy > >

>Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 10:12:26 -0700 >From: [email protected] >... >Dear Lynda [McGinnis], > I got your family group sheets yesterday and finally got to dig into >them late last night. On the sheet for William Robblee, married Katurah >Baker, I note the inclusion of a 13th child, Pamela, born June, 1766, >married Uriah Hoyt. The top of the sheet mentions that conflicts exist >and it looks like this is one to me, seeing as her mother's gravestone >mentions 12 Robblee children. > Now, she may be part of that family, or she or another sister have >to have been part of another family. [I'm still trying to establish the >Family of That Thomas] Does anyone else have information on this pair, >listed above? > Cindy listed someone as buying land from Uriah around 1790, but I >haven't tracked that down as yet. > One thing that I find really interesting is the number of William >and Katurah's female children that are buried in New Haven, Vt. while >the males had moved elsewhere. > Of interest and perhaps of note, is that so many clues of people >being there can't be verified because they weren't born there and had >moved on before they died. > Also, I see from your sheets that Katurah's second husband was >Stephen Haight and that Ezra Hoyt's, married Sarah Seymour, father's >name was spelled Hayt. Is that a possible connection that needs to >checked? > Hope to hear from you soon. >Bob Robblee >

>From: Cindy Walcott <[email protected]> >Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 07:24:41 -0400 >... >I would guess that this is the same Reuben that is supposedly connected >with Shaftsbury, VT -- the rev. war veteran. They are all in the same >area -- the SW corner of VT. Not far from Lanesborough -- and not far >from Granville either. No sign of him in the vital records. I have not >done a search of the town records -- like the land records, for example. >I will put that on my list of things to do (which I am having great >difficulty whittling down, what with life, the universe and all). > >Cindy > >-----Original Message----- >From: Jim Roblee [SMTP:[email protected]] >Sent: Friday, May 22, 1998 2:54 PM >To: Roblee (E-mail) >Subject: Reuben Rublee of Arlington > >Dear Bob > This is the first I have heard of a Reuben Rublee/Roblee from Arlington, >VT Do you suppose this is the Reuben m. Polly Everts? Where did you get >this information? This is a very interesting new lead. > > Jim >

>Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 19:41:54 -0700 >From: [email protected] >... > That tax record for Reuben Roblee in Arlington, Vt. is from an old >soudex file on microfiche at the FHL in Red Deer, Ab. Sure hope it >helps... >Dear Carol [Thomas], > As I reviewed some of the email from the last 2 months, I found that >I had sent stuff to Phil by mistake that should have been sent to you. >He was going to try to pass it on. Did you get it yet or can I send you >another copy? > >Dear Cindy [Walcott], > I was checking the phone book here in Calgary the other day and >came across a Linda Rublee. I phoned her and got what information I >could from her. She is divorced from a Robert Rublee, from Toronto, who >still lives there and has 2 children out here with her. Best I could do >as she did not seem too happy to hear from me.... >Bob Robblee >

>Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 13:19:23 -0700 >From: [email protected] >Subject: Luther Robblee's Will >... >Dear Carol [Thomas], > I have just been going over some comments in the paperwork you sent >me concerning Luther's will. There are 10 survivors mentioned yet the >split on the 200 acres mentioned is 33 acres for Isaac, Mary and >Luther. You list 6 people as his children; Mary, Eliza, Isaac, >Betsey, Luther and Roxy Deliah. But when the will was read, Chloe, >Orlando, Charles and Melvina are also mentioned. > Phil has listed a Calvin Roblee, died 1835, son Orlando, son >Charles,son Lyle as his lineage. I wonder if Luther had them at his >place if they had been left destitute by Calvin's death. > Could you post us a copy of Luther's will? Perhaps the wordings >may help us shed some light on this matter. > Also, you mentioned that there may be other Roblee's living in your >area whom are not sure of their heritage. Would it be possible to >contact them and ask their knowledge of their ties? Hopefully, most of >them would know their grandparents. I have many cases where I'm sure >families are continued but don't have the info. I sent a package to a >Theron Roblee in Johnsville? but it was returned to sender. Also, I know >of people from New Brunswick that migrated to the US about the turn of >this century that I have yet to locate. >Dear Lynda, > In answer to a thought you had on the anglicized names we are >finding tied to the names we have found ca 1700-50. Perhaps this could >have occurred if there was time spent prior to moving to North America >in a place associated with English speaking peoples. >Dear All, > I found some older materials that include census and tax records: >Hiram Roblee Census of 1810 Orange Co. Ny Family of 2 boys, 1 girl >Isaac Roblee Census of 1810 Orange Co. NY Family of 2 boys, 3 girls >Wm. Roblee Census of 1810 Orange Co. NY Family of 2 boys 4 girls >Dorca Roblee Census of 1810 Orange Co. NY Family of 3 women. >Reuben Rublee Census of 1800 Arlington, Bennington Co. Vt. Family of 2 >boys and 2 girls. >Isaac Rubilee Census of 1800 Orange Co. NY. Family of 1 boy >Anthony Robble Paid taxes Knowlton, Sussex Co. NJ Sept 1774 >George Robble " " " " " " 1773 and Sept 1774 >William Robble " " " " " " Sept 1774 >James Robbyer " " Hanover, Morris Co. NJ. Jul-Aug 1794. > Let me know if any of you have further information on any of these. >Hope to hear from you soon. >Bob Robblee >

>Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 10:55:15 -0700 >From: [email protected] >Subject: A Possible Link >... >Hello All, > I see our list is continuing to expand and am glad of it. It was >the Victoria Day long weekend here, so the list was rather long by the >time I looked this morning. In spite of the gardening and outdoor >cleanup at the house, I did manage to get in an hour on review of some >of my older materials. > On checking the IGI from the Channel Islands, I found a birth >recorded for a James Robbilliard about Mar 1738. There is no further >record of his marriage or death. This may be the James Roblyer who moved >from NJ to Western NY and some of whose descendents spell their name >Raplee. Will try to find further details as the search continues. >Hope to hear from you soon. >Bob Robblee >

>From: Cindy Walcott <[email protected]> >Subject: FW: Nina Owen Roblee >Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 11:12:12 -0400 >... >Hi all -- Here are the results of an recent internet correspondance. >This updates information available in the revised Carpenter manuscript. >I plan to write to Miss Owen, and ask for some other information, such as >the names of Nina Owen's parents, etc. > >Cindy > >-----Original Message----- >From: Dave Nance [SMTP:[email protected]] >Sent: Thursday, May 14, 1998 11:49 PM >To: Cindy Walcott >Subject: Re: Nina Owen Roblee > >Cindy: > >Here is the information I got from Cora Owen, Nina's sister: > >Nina Owen (1905-1991) m. Ralph W. Roblee (1904-1987) > Children: > Barbara Ann Roblee(1929-1972) > Francis Marie Roblee(1935- ) > Ralph Woods Roblee (1939- ) m. Adele Heink > Children: > Michael Grant Roblee (1973- ) > Mark William Roblee (1975- ) > >Neither of Ralph and Adele's sons have married as of yet. > >Hope this is of interest- > >Dave Nance > > >On Sun, 26 Apr 1998, Cindy Walcott wrote: > >> Dave -- I actually found your web page while doing a web search for the >> name Roblee. She is listed as a source in the text version of your >> genealogy. Is she still alive, do you know? Or do you know the >> whereabouts of her sons? I am working on the Roblee family (and related >> names) genealogy. >> >> Cindy Walcott >> Grand Isle, VT >

>Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 07:54:52 -0400 >From: [email protected] (Lynda McGinnis) >Subject: Re: Soundex >... >Hi Jim [Fortier], > Yes, I did a cursory check thru census and other easily accessed >records of NJ looking for early Robblee's but found none. Actually, I >was looking for the James Roblyer who's supposedly the father of Andrew >Roblyer who's the founder of the Raplee family of western NY state. >Unfortunately, I didn't find any records of him either. There were >Rapalje's there but, I didn't find any sons >named James, Andrew or William. I would very much like to know where the >original information came regarding this James Roblyer/Raplee of NJ. > You and I had discussed this idea of the "sound" of >Robblee/Roblyer/Rapalje >last year and I still agree that, with a mixture of english, french, >dutch and german accents, these names could easily be pronounced and thus >spelled the same or mixed. Of course, we've also found records of later >Robley's coming directly from Brittain so, I think the founding name of >our early families could still be either Rapalje or Roblyer. If Roblyer >was an english name, it makes sense that the town clerk in the english >settlement of Huntington could have used that spelling for the french >name of Rapelje or Robbliard. Of couse, William and >Andrew are more english and don't really appear in the Rapelje family. >Is there a dutch/french equivalent to these? > Does anyone know where the name "Katurah" comes from? William >Robblee of Lanesboro m Katurah "Catherine" Baker and they had a dau also >named Katurah who >was called Catherine in some records. Could Katurah be dutch for >Catherine? > Just my thoughts :-) >Lynda >

>Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 22:37:37 -0700 >From: [email protected] >... >> >> Dear Jim, >> I have seen some Soundex references for Robblee,etc for the NJ >> area. >> Some of them are filed with information I gathered when I first started >> and I will try to find and review them. Perhaps Cindy will find some >> good solid references with her review of Rapalje Rasters. >> I agree that the family has a Hugenot background. William and >> Andrew >> Rublier show up in NY ca 1725 and buy property, indicating they had >> brought wealth with them. The time is 40 years after the Repeal of the >> Edict of Nantes, when Hugenots were removed from France so as France >> could return to Catholicism. >> Karen Robblee has asked a French Linguist if my contender, >> Robbilliard, would be pronounced in such a way that might lead to >> Robblee. It too, has possibilities as to the way it was pronounced. I >> feel that the fact that parts of the family settled in 2 different areas >> around 1785, [NY and Nova Scotia] and both settlements were called >> Granville is fairly significant. Granville also lies SE of the Isle of >> Guernsey on the north coast of France. I have found other records for >> other families that ended up settling in North America who moved from >> France through the English Channel Islands. More digging may give us the >> answer. >> It's finally spring here and there never seems to be enough time for >> all the chores around the house. Grass, garden and garbage removal all >> seem to need my attention at least 2 days ago. Will just keep plugging >> away at it and as usual, it seems to get done. Hope to hear from you >> soon. >> Bob Robblee >

>Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 20:06:44 -0700 >From: [email protected] (James Fortier) >Subject: Soundex >... >I am interested in reactions to the following comment on Soundex codes. >I have a list of about 31 variations of the Robblee name. They all seem >to have the same Soundex code R14. It is interesting to note that the >French equivalent of Rapalje is Rapallier with the er having a long a >sound. This yields the same Soundex code as Robblee. Given the early >references in several places to a French Huguenot origin for the Robblee >name, I think it still a likely thing that Joris Jansen Rapalje could >be our ancestor. Has anyone checked for Robblee connections in New >Jersey? > >Jim Fortier >

>Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 18:52:11 -0700 >From: [email protected] (James Fortier) >Subject: Fredericksburg >... >According to a History of Putnam County New York (can't locate exact >name of source at the moment), The Town of Kent was part of >Fredericksburg Precint which embraced the whole County of Putnam. The >Town of Southeast in Putnam County was formed in 1795 from >Fredericksburg. This must be the Fredericsburg refered to since a >number of Rapelyea (and variant spellings were found in Putname County >in the 1740-1779 time period. > >Jim Fortier >

>Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 16:31:40 -0700 >From: [email protected] >Subject: Dutchess Co. NY records >... >Dear Lois [Robblee], > Glad to hear that most of the email from the group is getting >through to you. Thanks for the update that there are several >Fredericksburgs throughout the US and yes I am definitely persuing the >ones during the 18th century. I am hoping to prove connections to >Rublier or Rapalje so as to sort out the ancestors. > In the info that Lynda sent, it notes that Thomas and John sold >property on 4 Nov 1782. Both on the same day and just prior to their >leaving for Nova Scotia the following Spring. I hope there are more >details on these transactions. > I note that Thomas Robblee, married Chloe Evarts, mortgaged >property in Dutchess Co. in 1792 and have always wondered about the fact >that Thomas Robblee, married Mary Allen, had no children and adopted his >brother's oldest son Thomas, married Hannah Delap. What I have wondered >is if the War of Independence split families, did they have family they >left behind who had opposite views? Thomas' wife, Mary Allen, does not >appear to have died in Nova Scotia because I can't find a record of this >and she doesn't appear to have buried with him in Annapolis. The last >note we have for her is the notice that she was settling his estate >there. I wonder if anyone has come across further info on her. I have >come across instances where people returned to the USA some time after >the War was over. > Looks like the many Thomas Robblees still has more to be found out. >... >Bob Robblee >

>From: RVPERSON <[email protected]> >Date: Fri, 8 May 1998 15:10:14 EDT >Subject: Re: Dutchess Land Records > >Hi Bob [Robblee], > >The internet site www.mapquest.com lists the following Fredericksburg >locations in the US: CA, IN, IA, LA, MO, OH(2), PA(4), TX, and VA(2). >Not knowing what the context is for your wanting to find Fredericksburg, >but assuming it's Revolutionary War days, I'd venture a guess that it's >one of the PA or VA Fredericksburgs. Hope this helps. The Mapquest site >also brings up maps of each location so the surrounding towns can be >noted. > >I am feeling overwhelmed by the amount of information on the >Robblee/Roblee/etc ancestors that is flowing through this e-mail >connection. I have an observation to make about the various spellings: >I note that in one or two of the e-mails I've received, there is a >tendency to use both dbleR and sngleR in >reference to the same person; for instance: your name was spelled both >ways in one letter. I think we really have to be careful about typos or >we might find we don't know who we are. Just a joke, but I am adamant >about my name being spelled correctly, and it's not even my birth name, >but is my husband's name.... >Lois Robblee (Mrs. William Warren Robblee) >

>Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 11:39:01 -0700 >From: [email protected] >Subject: Dutchess Land Records > >...Dear Lynda, > Thanks for your notes on early records from NY. MA. and VT. Carol >send me a note of a mortgage held by Thomas and Chloe Robblee, Timothy >and Abigail Johnston, and Jeremiah and Constant Main, dated 12 Oct 1793 >from the Book of Deeds, Vol. F:189. Yours mentions a sale by Thomas >Rablee dated 2 Apr. 1790. Can any other details of these transactions >be found? > I would also appreciate any further details of the 2 sales dated 4 >Nov 1782 by John and Thomas Rubblee. These are the 2 Loyalists, I >believe. Land descriptions and locations would be a big help, I believe. > I am hoping that Cindy's search for the Rapalje Rasters will be >sucessful and that it will be done well enough to eliminate some of the >people we may now be using as clues for our family search. > Many years ago, I remember reading a commentary on the War of >Independence which mentioned that the war had torn families apart and >turned brother against brother and father against son in some cases. >Blood lines can be extremely difficult to track through this time >period, I can see. Hopefully, we can find more solid information. > Do the Military records happen to mention any deaths while in >service? They have new names that I haven't seen before. Also, are >there any details of their times and lengths of service? > Where is what was called Fredericksburg, in your notes, today? >Cannot locate it on my atlas. Please advise me if you know.... > >Bob Robblee >

>From: "Roblee, Phil" <[email protected]> >Subject: RE: Dutchess Co Robblee & misc >Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 09:25:04 -0400 > >Thanks Lynda [McGinnis]. Too bad they didn't have compulsory public >education back then, huh? That might have narrowed down the list to 10->12 spelling variations. > >Phil Roblee >

>Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 09:13:20 -0400 >From: [email protected] (Lynda McGinnis) >Subject: Dutchess Co Robblee & misc >... >Hi cousins, > The following are all of the references which I've found from >Robblee's and misc spellings in Dutchess Co c1730-c1800. I think some of >these explain where >the idea originated, that Robblee/Rublee/Rapalje were 1 family. Note the >early tax and land records which show William & Reuben spelled in so many >different ways. Also note the Thomas & John who lived in the same >town...are these the ones who went to Canada? The Baker's are included >in some of my notes because of the misc marriages between these families. > Any thoughts? >Lynda >********************* > >REF # Robblee13: Dutchess County NY Tax Lists, 1718 - 1787, by Blifford >M. Buck, Kinship, Rhinebeck, NY, 1990. Copy from Cindy Walcott 1996. >Also @ NEHGS; LKM. > >Pg 100: Tax list for Nine Partners/Crum Elbow Precinct, 1738/39-1779: > Rubblee, Rubley, Rubly, John - June 1766-1772. > Rubblee, Rubley, Rubly, Thomas - June 1766 - 1779. >Pg 261: Southern Precinct, 1740/41: >Baker: Edmund, Edward 1753-1771 to Fredericksburg > Eleazor Feb 1763-1771 to Fredericksburg > Elisha Feb 1747-June 1756 > Elisha 1765-1766 > Francis Feb 1753-June 1763 > Francis farm 1766 > Jessil 1769-1771 > John Feb 1755-June 1759 > Joseph Feb 1753-Feb 1756 > Joseph Feb 1758 > Joseph Feb Feb 1760-1767 > Josiah, Jr 1771 to Fredericksburg > Phineas 1769-1771 to Fredericksburg > Nathaniel 1765-1767 >pg 276: Southern Precinct, 1740/1 >Rapalyea, Rapeleje: > Andrew Feb 1744/45; farm 1765/66 > Andrew Feb 1753-Feb1756 > William, Jr Feb 1758-1767 >pg 277: Southern Precinct 1740/1: >Rubbelyea: > Andrew Feb 1761-1771 to Fredericksburg > John Feb 1763-1763 >Rublee: Reubin Feb 1760-1766 >pg 290: Town of Fredericksburg, 1772-1779: >Rubly: Andrew 1772-1779 > Nathaniel 1772-1779 > >18th Centruy Documents of the Nine Partners patent, Duchess County, New >York. Clifford Buck & Wm McDermott. Collections of the Dutchess Co Hist >Society, Vol X. Gateway Press. Baltimore, 1977. Copied @ NEHGS; LKMcGinnis. > >Pg 224: > 4 Nov 1782 Thomas Rublee sold 147 acres > 4 Nov 1782 John Rublee sold 62 acres > 2 Apr 1790 Thoms Rablee's land mentioned > 20 Jun 1772 John Robblee's land mentioned > 17 Nov 1775 Tomas Rablee's land mentioned > >REF # Robblee14: History of Putnam Co, NY, by Wm S. Pelletreau, Heart of >the Lakes Publ., Brewster, NY, 1988. Cc: NEHGS Jun 1996, LKM. > >Pg 123-4: Tax list of Philip Philipse Patent, 1777: Andrew Rubly & >Nathaniel Rubly. >pg 283-4: Field Book of Survey of Lot No. 6, made 12 Apr 1762: Wm Rapelyea & many Bakers. >Pg 308: "We the inhabitants of the Western Society of Philippi do unite >and call Mr Ebenezer Knibloe preacher of ye Gosphel to take the pastoral >care of us." >Includes - Francis Baker. > >Pg 418: "Tenants on Lot No. 8 in possission at the time the farms were >surveyed in 1754: 'Wm. Rapelyea, Reuben Rapelyea..." includes several >Bakers such as, Bethuel, Elisha, Edmond, etc. > >REF # Robblee15: Records of the Dutch Reform Church Marriages, 1639-1801, >ed by Samuel Purple, MD, NY, 1890. Vol 1, Pg 220. Index at the NY State >Library, Albany, NY. Unfortunately, we ran out of time & could not find >the actual book. Supposedly, this same marriage record can be found in >the NYG&B Record 1913, Vol 44, pg 156+. Nov 1996, LKM @ NY State >Library. > >Thomas "Robolee" married Mary Allen, 29 Aug 1769 ... {no place was given >in index.} > >REF # Military Records: Microfilm set M860, rolls 44 & 45, Index to >Military Service Records of Revolutionary War Soldiers, National >Archives, Waltham, MA; 1996 LKM. > >Rubblee, Thomas; Capt. Brownson's Command, VT > - Ira Allen's Reg, VT Militia. >Rubble, Christian; Hazen's Regt Cont. Troops, private > {note: original records filed under "Rubles"} >Rublee, Thomas; Guard, VT Militia. >Robby, Thomas; 1 Mass. Regt, private {also as "Roble"} >Roblee, Thomas; 1 Mass. Regt, private >Robler, Thomas; 1 Mass. Regt, private >Robley, Michael, 2 NY Regt, private > >REF # Military Records: Soldiers, Sailors, and Patriots of the >Revolutionary War- Vermont, by Major Gen. Carleton Edward Fisher & Sue >Gray Fisher, Picton Press, Camden, MA (date?). >Cc: NEHGS 1996 LKM. > >Rubbelee, Thomas, VT; b Bennington 1740; Capt Brownson's co 1782; d >Shaftsbury 1808; m Lydia; 41, p 600; CL-10, 70:115. > >Ref #Robblee16: The following are taken from a bound set of Early >Settlers of Western New York, by Janet Wethy Foley, Published monthly by >T.J.Foley, Akron, NY, Vol 1, No 1 was in 1934. LKM's Collection, 1996. > >B27: Records from Granville, NY: >Town Officers in 1806 ... Thomas Robblee. > >B43: Earmarks Registered {note: this is a list by year and begins in >1792} ...1801 - Thomas Roblee; 1804 - Nathaniel Robble. > >B44: Extracts from the Book of the Granville Town Clerk: >"1811 - Leonard Gibbs, Judge, in court on request of Darius Clark and >Nathaniel Robblee, to prove freedom of Abiathar Palmer, a black man who >had lived in Granville about fourteen years, had acquired by his industry >a respectable freehold estate, and had voted." > >B67: Early Church Records: North Granville, NY: >The Following were Admitted in 1807: >Nathaniel Roblee; Thomas Rublee, d. Jan 1831; Chloe, w of Thomas Rublee, >d. 1831. {note: d=died} > >Admitted in 1816: >Lucy Hoyt; Seth Hoit and wife, d 1819. (Note: this is probably Seth Hoyt, >Jr., from VT.) > >Rublee: Reuben, Anne, Reuben, Sr., Polly, Laura, Luther, Theron. > >B84: {continuation of North Granville records} >Admitted in 1831: >Robblee: Sophronia, 18y, dau. Of Reuben; Abigail; Thomas, 2nd; Amby, son >of Reuben, d 1834; Saloma, dau. Of Reuben. > >B99-100: {continuation of North Granville records} >Admitted in 1834: >Robblee: Luther, Jr, and w, Margaret Ann, from Johnsburgh. >The following were the members in 1839, all others having been dismissed: >Robblee: Luther; Polly; Thomas, d 1840; Luther, Jr, and wife, d 1840. > >B131: Deaths Recorded in the Books of the North Granville Church: >Roblee, Thomas, 5 Mar 1877, 81y. > >B147: North Granville Church Records: >The following members were dismissed during the year which follows name. > Roblee: Saloma, 1837; Sophronia, 1832 to W.C.; Molly, 1833. >

>Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 08:42:22 -0400 >From: [email protected] (Carol Thomas) >Subject: WITNESS THOMAS ROBBLEE >... >I noticed in a couple of postings a reference to a Thomas Robblee who >witnessed Thomas Robblee's will (who married Chloe Everts). > >The name Thomas Robblee is his signature to his will. The witnesses are: >Numon Spicer, Eunice Comstock and Lydia Baker. > >Sometimes when posting a wp page to email, things shift a little in >placement. I didn't send it to myself, so didn't see how it was received. > >Carol Thomas >

>From: Jim Roblee <[email protected]> >Subject: Library of Congress Books >Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 20:32:49 -0500 >... >Cindy: > > For your trip to the L of C, here are a few books which may be of >interest if you have time. The Brush genealogy may hold clues as to the >origins of William and Andrew as they may be mentioned as spouses to >Abigail and Hannah Brush. > >- Lanesborough history may be interesting as Reuben and William lived there from 1770 to 1790. > >-The Brown family of Granville may give insights into the Roblee's of >Granville. The Browns and Roblees intermarried and celebrated close >family ties as some of the Browns appeared as executors on some of the >Roblee wills. Many of the Roblee's worked at the Very successful Brown >Shoe Company of St. Louis. Joseph Henry Roblee b. Apr 8, 1859 (son of >Mahalon Roblee was a Vice President there from 1887-1893. > >- The Jenks publication is noted but I believe you have already seen >this?? > >- Let me know if this comes across OK as I will re-send as attachment if the Internet screws up the format. > > Good luck on your trip. > > Jim > > >Author: Huntington (N.Y.) >Title: Personal name index to Huntington Town records, > including Babylon, Long Island, New York, 1653-1873, > volumes I, II, III / Rufus B. Langhans, historian. >Published: Huntington, N.Y. : The Town, 1993. >LC Call No.: F129.H9H9117 1993 > >Author: Brush, Stuart C. (Stuart Camp), 1932- >Title: Descendants of Thomas and Richard Brush of > Huntington, Long Island : a source book / compiled by > Stuart C. Brush with the collaboration of Russell B. > Brush. >Published: Baltimore : Gateway Press ; Reading Center, Conn. > : Book orders to S.C. Brush, 1982. >LC Call No.: CS71.B912 1982 > >Author: Brush, Stuart C. (Stuart Camp), 1932- >Title: Supplement I & II to the Descendants of Thomas > and Richard Brush of Huntington, Long Island / compiled by > Stuart C. Brush with the collaboration of Russell B. > Brush. >Published: Baltimore : Gateway Press ; Woodbury, CT : Book > orders to S.C. Brush, 1995. >LC Call No.: CS71.B912 1982 Suppl. 2 > >Author: Palmer, Charles J. (Charles James), 1854- >Title: History of the town of Lanesborough, > Massachusetts, 1741-1905 / by Charles J. Palmer. >Published: Pittsfield, MA (P.O. Box 1437, Pittsfield > 01202-1437) : Berkshire Family History Association, 1994- >LC Call No.: F74.L3P2 1994 > >Author: Brown, Cynthia Ingalls, 1907- >Title: The genealogy and history of the Brown/Browne > family of Granville, New York & Granville, Wisconsin and > other states of our Union; giving ancestors and > descendants of Jonathan Brown. >Published: Waupun, Wis., Printed by the Waupun Leader-News, > 1970. >LC Call No.: CS71.B88 1970b > >Author: Brown, Farwell T. (Farwell Tilden), 1910- >Title: A Brown family record : the ancestry of Ebenezer > Brown (1752-1833) and Molly (Redway) Brown (1750-1832) of > Killingly, Connecticut, Granville, New York, and Lorraine, > New York, and some of their descendants / compiled by > Farwell T. Brown ; with related lines showing three or > more generations--Kendrick ... [et al.]. >Published: Ames, Iowa : F.T. Brown, c1984. >LC Call No.: CS71.B88 1984d > > >Author: Jenks, Margaret R. >Title: Granville cemetery inscriptions, Washington > County, New York / recorded 1991 and 1992 by Margaret R. > Jenks. >Published: [New York?] : M.R. Jenks, c1993. >LC Call No.: F129.G69J46 1993 >

>Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 21:10:17 -0700 >From: [email protected] >...[original message sent to Cindy Walcott]: > > I have had trouble believing the families were related since I >stood at Thomas Robblee's grave in Annapolis, NS. and not 15 feet away >is buried one Jeronimus Rapalje. Spelled both as you see them here. >Jeronimus had died just 2 years earlier than Thomas and there is no >mistaking the spellings. And of course, I have found no further verified >ties anywhere else. > Your comment on the Rapalje Rasters jogged my memory and I found >the notes sent to me from Joyce Atkin from a Barbara Doty of NY. She >traced her ancestry through John Roblyer of NY. to an Andrew Roblyer, >married Dorcas?, and was looking for two, not one, relations one >generation farther back. Hopefully, one day I will come across her >research. I believe the 2 were Andrew and William Rublier from LI. NY. > In her letter to Joyce, she mentioned these Rapalje Rasters and of >course, I will await your gleanings after your return from DC. The >letter was dated in the early 80's. On the subject of Mrs. Hall who >claimed ancestry from John Rapalje of Bear River, and had a portrait of >children from 1768, is there any other information you have to track her >in NB? Let me know because there is now someone interested from >Fredericton, NB. where the Archives for NB are located. > Good luck on your trip to DC. Genealogy is much like fishing, I >find. Much time spent some times for little or no results and then, one >day, usually from an unexpected source, Bingo. Look to hear from you >soon. >Bob Robblee >

>From: STEVE HOPKINS [SMTP:[email protected]] >Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 1998 2:04 PM >... >Hi, Thanks for considering me for your email group. I recently found >out a number of things about the Roblee name in my family. My husbands >Grandmother was Genevieve Roblee Dickerson she married Harold S. >Dickerson. I have traced her family back a few generations. I am willing >to share any info I have with anyone who is in search >of this family... > >Brenda E. Hopkins >