Hi All, I found the information that Mary "Polly" Robblee married Benjamin Jakway on a message board at Ancestry.com. When I checked my files at home, I found them entered but not connected. I went back to the source at Genealogy.com and found their marriage date and place. The information had to have come from a family source if there is nothing in public records. I'm glad to hear that the Wash. Co. Records have been searched completely. But I have a question. In looking at the GenWeb site the other day and reading part of the history of the County, I see that in its initial formation, it covered a much larger area than it does now. Including a portion that was in VT. I wonder if all the records are in the same place. Ralph W.Roblee, of San Diego, sent to me, several years ago, copies of records from Wash. Co. cemetaries that were recorded by Mr. Goodspeed about the turn of the last century. I believe, if memory serves, that these are held by the archives in Bennington, Vt. I wish there had been time to check when we were at the last reunion. Here is another note I found at Rootsweb. Simon Montague, b 9 Oct 1803, N. Leverett, Ma. married first Sybil Leland, b 19 May 1807 on 15 Oct 1826 at N. Leverett, Ma. He married second, Phebe Ann Rabblee, b 8 May 1813, Granville, NY. on 21 Jul 1852. They had 2 children, Simon Calvin Montague, b 11 Sep 1853, Burke, NY. and Cora Minerva Montague, b 4 Nov 1854, Burke, NY. I note the son's second name and would speculate she had been married previously as well. However, there is no record listed of other children from a previous marriage. There are other strays that I have not been able to connect as yet from this area. Several Chloes just to mention one group. The economy at that time was in depression. People were moving out of the Granville area to parts west. We only find bits of information to connect the family back to that area. Hopefully more will come to light in time. HOpe to hear from you soon. Bob

Hi All, Thanks, Connie, for sending the information on the gravestone of Jehiel Hollister and Demis Roblee. I had wondered if she was the daughter of Calvin and Fanny, b 1814 but supposedly died in infancy. This information was, I believe, from Phyllis Reed's grandmother. It definetely doesn't fit now. And, once again, we have another Roblee gal from Granville, for whom we can't fit into a family. I see Ancestry is having a 14 day free trial of their Census records. I will try to find and then publish the data to the list of the families of Samuel Robblee, Nathanael Robblee, Phillip Robblee, Luther Robblee, Calvin Robblee, etc and perhaps we may be able to assign these ladies to families. Just a note, but I found a record for a James Rubblee, from Dutchess Co. NY. in the Rev. War Records. What is of interest to me is that if he is the James Roblyer that married Abiah Morse, which leads to the Raplee family in Western NY, he was settled for a time in the same area as John and Thomas Robblee. HOpe to hear from you soon. Bob

Hi Yvonne, You may have this already and I can't help with your search for the rest of the family of Joseph Saunders. Benjamin Saunders, b 6 Nov 1827- 27 Apr 1896, Buried N. Creek, NY married Mary Ann Roblee, b 22 May 1817-9 Jun 1905, also buried N. Creek, NY. They had 2 children, according to Milo R. Roblee. Josephine, b ca 1845, d. Young. Edwin J. Saunders, b 1847/48, [22 yrs old at 1870 Census] never married. HOpe this helps and good luck with your search. Bob Robblee

Hello All, I'm not sure if I have shared this theory with the listmembers about the parents of Julius Scott Roblee. I believe that he is the son of William Roblee, 1792-30 Oct 1820, buried Middle Granville Cem. and grandson of Nathanael Roblee, 1761-28 Dec 1824, also buried Middle Granville Cem. This information from Jim Fortier, one of our listmembers. We have very little information on the family of Nathanael Roblee and we have several of the Roblee family whose origins are here but whom we have yet to find ties. For example, the Abigail Roblee who married Elvaton Wait. My thoughts on this are based on the fact Malintha didn't remarry until after the death of Nathanael. The economy was in severe recession at this time and if William was living with his parents, this could explain why Malintha didn't need to re-marry immediately after his death. Someone? has viewed Nathanael's gravesite and reported a new headstone. This would indicate family descendents. Finally, included in Juluis Scott Roblee's family is a brother William and son Julius Nathaniel. I hope further information will conclude my theory, but these thoughts indicate a place to look. HOpe to hear from you soon. Bob

Hello All, I think I will list some of what seems to be a lack of ties due to not enough information on families that passed through Granville, NY. The first is the Thomas Robblee listed here with a family structure very similiar to that of Reuben Robblee during the 1790 US Census. By the time of the 1800 Census, the family has died or moved on. And we are left with 2 Calvins, one of whom is the son of Thomas and Chloe. There is a John Robblee in Vt. at the time of the 1800 Census and the same man may be in Ohio in 1807. About 1860, there is a stray Rueben in the Middlesex area of VT. Thomas Roblee Jr. buried in the Hartford Cemetary. Eurona Robblee married Russell Durham. Then there is Luther, son of Reuben and Phoebe. Did he marry and reside in this area? Luther, son of Thomas and Chloe, was supposedly married twice, information which was reported to Milo R. Roblee ca 1895 by Isaac, son of Luther and Roxy Downs. And Luther's will of about 1860 adds further confusion. Is there a possibly that the first marriage was actually that of Luther, son of Reuben? And the mortgage taken out in 1805 by Samuel Robblee which reserves an acre to Thomas Robblee? adds to the confusion. Which Thomas is this? Just some of my continuing thoughts on folks in this area. As usual, more information needed. This may happen because I recently found that Amby Roblee removed to MI and was married there. Nothing on family as yet. One other question, though. Does the family of Samuel Baker, father of Malintha, include a Mary Ann, who was the wife of Theron Robblee? HOpe to hear from you soon. Bob

Hello All, I had a minute at work the other day and talked to Via Rail, the Canadian version of Amtrak. Amtrak has service to Montreal and Toronto. From Montreal, you would transfer to Via Rail, and the the 2 closest places to Hansford to get off would be Moncton, NB or Halifax, NS. Both are about 50 miles distant, I believe. Hope this helps. On another note, my aunt phoned to let me know of the passing of her cousin in Moncton, James A. Robblee, in November. I had visited Jim and his family both times that I was in the Maritimes in 1995 and 1997. And I will miss him and his ready wit when I travel to the Reunion this coming summer. Once again, Christmas is almost upon us. Preparations here are well under way and I look forward to having most of the family either here or visiting over the season. May I wish to all of you that the Holiday Season brings to you the warmth of family and friends. And all the best in the New Year. HOpe to hear from you soon and HOpe to see you at the Reunion in July. Bob

Dear Barbara and All, Welcome, Barbara, to the list. I do have further information on family of Nathaniel Clark, married Martha Robblee. And the PE Island website has further information on the Clark family there. And there is a further connection between the families in that my ggrandfather's sister, Jane Penman Robblee, married Charles Wesley Clark, son of Nathaniel and Martha. Martha Robblee was the oldest daughter of Joseph Robblee and his wife Jane Penman, as mentioned in his will. And we can take the Robblee clan back another couple of generations or so if you are interested. I show Nathaniel as the son of John Clark and his wife, Elizabeth "Betsey" Lord. Most of the older Clark record came from the PE Island Web site. I have the family of Charles Wesley Clark descendency as done by his grandson, George H. Clark if you are interested. If Alexander Clark is the son of Martha and Nathaniel, that will explain the 3 children listed in the 1841 census. I believe that Martha died shortly after that, and Nathaniel re-married Jane Brown Leard. Please let me know what else you have on Martha and Nathaniel's family. As to the obituary of Gordon Wilson, I don't have his sister listed in my files. However, I have noted her and will attempt to find the family. She may be part of the descendents of Thomas David Roblee and Abigail Reed; of whom I know there is more to find seeing as I just found another branch of theirs just this week. HOpe to hear from you soon. Bob

Hi All, I had a note the other day from Phil. The note about the reunion had jarred his memory about the event which has been in the background since it was announced in January. So, as a reminder: The second Rob[b]lee Reunion will be held the weekend of July 6,2002 at the home of John Roblee at Hansford, Nova Scotia, Canada. If your map doesn't show Hansford, find Amherst first, then southeast of that is Oxford, and Hansford is a few minutes south of that. If you intend to fly, Halifax is the prime destination, but you can fly into Moncton, NB as well. Freight trains still travel to Halifax and I will check with Via Rail as to passenger services to the area. You can also access Nova Scotia by ferry. Yarmouth is the destination in Nova Scotia, and I believe there is service from Boston and Portland, ME. Please let John know if you are thinking of attending. He will need to have some idea of numbers. Also, contacting him will give one some idea of accomodations in the area. I hope this covers it, Phil, for now. Ideas and updates as they happen. HOpe to hear from you soon. Bob

Hello All, You can imagine my surprise about 5 or 6 years ago, one Saturday morning, upon answering the phone, being asked if I was Bob Robblee, and finding that I was talking to myself. You're right, Cindy, Robert has sent me his family information. His father, Lester, had done some genealogy about 25 years ago or so. Information Robert sent had the service records from MA for the Robblees who served during the War of the Revolution. From that, I knew how the family records for the Roblee family from Granville, WA Co. NY tied together. Some time after that, I was in contact with Ralph W. Roblee of San Diego. Which led, one day, to Jim Roblee and Cindy. And we're still trying to complete the details of the family tree today. Glad your joing us, Robert, and let us know when you have a program for genealogy so we can send you the various gedcoms you need to see all the family. Back then, the name is also Rublee, Rublier, and Roblyer as well as Rob[b]lee and a host of spelling variants. And as yet we haven't established our roots in Europe. Some details still missing, but maybe sometime. Cindy, I do have information on Ethel and Charles H. Smart and I will contact her directly. Fall is just around the corner here and the garden is coming in full bore. Bountiful production means busy. HOpe to hear from you soon. Bob

Hi All, I received a note from John Roblee concerning the structure of the Reunion. Meals, events, etc. And, of course, it jarred loose some thoughts about the event here as well. My mother's family reunion was this summer in August and it was my turn to host. This event has been going on for almost 30 years on a 3-5 year basis and has evolved somewhat from our first get-together. This event runs over a weekend and most of the family gathers for the main meal on Saturday. A baron of beef or two cooked over a wood fire and six dozen baked potatoes form the basis for the meal. We have averaged between 50-75 attendees over the years. What we call pot luck contributions here, round out the meal. Family photos were hauled out about 20 years ago, and in some cases the identity of people in them was established and labelled. Now the various albums travel to the reunions and there is always some exchange after new duplications. About two reunions ago, we brought various family treasures that we no longer wished to keep and auctioned them off. Proceeds to offset event costs. Family treasures were getting short this time. We expanded the scope to include recipes and related items from the family background. My grandfather had sold garden seed from his store years ago, and we were able to find some original packets, duplicate them, and add a favorite of my grandmother's, sweet peas, to them. A cousin is an auctioneer by trade and his presence helped make the auction an event to be remembered by all. This time, we specifically planned events for the kids, although we weren't exactly sure as to how many would be coming. There was a range from babe to teen as usual. After some reluctance on the teens' parts to participate, they did admit later that they had enjoyed the activities. We do have a family tree that we put up in a prominent place. It is not too difficult seeing as this part of the family only runs to about 400 persons. At the last reunion, in Vermont last year, we didn't have anything like this and had to reproduce a chart by hand. Seeing as the family has grown, [I have close to 7000 family members in my files] does anyone have any thoughts as to how we could display this for the event? Over the years, I have been in contact with others whom are not members of our List at Rootsweb. And I'm sure that others have as well. I intend to send a letter to those and invite them as well. Send me the names and addresses of those and I will add them to my list. We keep a file and address book which we pass to the next host of the next reunion. The file contains event records to help us plan the next event and the addresses give us a starting point to send out the invitations. The time and place for the next event needs to be established towards the close of this event. That's about all I can think to add to the thoughts for now. I'm sure that others will add their thoughts as well. HOpe to hear from you soon. Bob

Dear All, I think Bill may be able to help with this one. Wandering aroung the net, I found an obituary for Arthur Rudolph Erke, Jr. b 5 Nov 1926, Fon du Lac, WI. d 26 Dec 2000, Pine City, MI. USA. His mother was Isabelle Roblee and the note mentions that the family have moved WI to Minneapolis in 1934. HOpe to hear from you soon. Bob

Dear Cindy and All, Spring has finally sprung, and the yard work is sucking up the time. The weather has finally warmed and I may get the garden in in the next couple of weeks. The James A. Robblee, Maureen A. Hamilton, and Harold G. Robblee listed in the obituary of George Doherty are the family of James W. Robblee and Ruth Sampson. James was the older brother of the late William W. Robblee, Lois' husband. HOpe to hear from you soon. Bob

Dear All, It's time, I think, that we discussed adding our Gedcoms to the Rootsweb World GenConnect Project. It appears to me that this is going to be, in short order, the largest store of family tree information in the world. In the short time it has been uploading, and if it continues, will soon surpass the available information stored in Ancestral File. It will be better than the IGI in some ways because the information is stored as family groupings, worked on by an interested individual. Now, I know that this may cause some angst among some of us, but I think that this is another way to have interested others acess our files and hopefully, add to the store of knowledge. What we will have to do is establish agreement on the ties between the early families or add our gedcoms on an individual basis, mentioning that as yet we haven't proven the exact ties to the earliest generations. Those possibilities could be listed on the Roblee-List for those interested after finding a gedcom and contacting one of us. I agree with RootsWeb. We need to access this ongoing project and have our information there for the others whom are looking. A discussion, I believe, is in order. Let us know your thoughts on doing this. HOpe to hear from you soon. Bob Robblee

Dear All, I hope that everyone had a happy Holiday season and are looking forward to the New Year of 2001. I spoke with John Roblee of Hansford, Nova Scotia while he was here in Alberta during the holidays. He was visiting his son, Shawn, and was going on to Winnipeg to visit his daughter's family. He has graciously agreed to helping host the 2002 Reunion at his home in Hansford on the first weekend in July, 2002. So, for those of you whom are interested in joining us at this next event, the date and place are set. We will be advancing details as this progresses. One thing that was forthcoming at this year's reunion, was that folks were interested in having one spot as a focal point. Accomodation would be handled by individuals but there will be a place to handle those folks bringing their accomodation with them. I think that John's offer will handle this and we will advance details as we work them out. I hope to see all of you there that can possibly make it. HOpe to hear from you soon. Bob

Dear All, Freight trains still run to Halifax to supply and unload the container ships. I don't know as to the extent of passenger service. Moncton, NB is only about 40 miles from Hansford and Doug Robblee should be able to tell us if there is passenger train service there. Hansford is close to Oxford on the NS maps and is about an hour from the Halifax airport, which is itself about 20 minutes from the city. HOpe this helps. Bob

Dear All, It has been busy, busy since we arrived back home and this is the first chance in about 4 days I have had to check email and stuff. We arrived in Amherst, Thursday before the reunion, checked with John and Ann Yarnell and made final plans for the event. Fred and Marilyn Robblee arrived that evening, by train, from Fullerton, CA. Friday morning we met them in Amherst for coffee and met Joyce Atkin and her friend Sue Holmes from Chico, CA. The rest of the morning was spent getting groceries and related items needed for meal preparations for Saturday. In the afternoon, Joyce, Sue, Fred, Becki, Alisa, and I travelled to the home of Keith O. Robblee in Wallace, NS. After a chat, Keith guided us to a Marker that commerates the land grants for the Loyalists on Wallace Bay, and then onto the cemetary in which John Robblee, Loyalist, d 14 Jan 1810 is buried. His daughter and 2 of her sons are buried there as well. Later that afternoon, we met Lois Robblee, and Ed and Albert Robblee and family, who were setting up camp in the field below John Roblee's home. And about the same time, more travellers from Mass. arrived. Lois and Bruce Hamilton, Bob and Delores Whitmarsh, Nancy and Bill LaFrond and made their introductions. Dinner that evening was a family get-together at a local restaurant on the outskirts of Pugwash. Saturday was Reunion Day. While the kids swam in John's pool, family gathered for family tree discussion. Becki and Alisa completed some of the meal preparations. Later, the family gathered at the communty/fire hall in Oxford. More genealogy, a family group photo, and much sharing among family, near and distantly related. Supper was a buffet, including roast beast, baked potatoes, salads and desserts. Everyone did their part to make the day a success. Sunday, a Church service was held in the area where the family has lived all these years and a luncheon thereafter. Becki, Alisa, and I were unable to attend this gathering, because we were taking Fred and Marilyn to Yarmouth to catch their ferry Monday AM. We were glad to meet all those folks which has put faces to names that before were only on charts. And there will be many exchanges ongoing from now as we bring family details up to date. Keep in mind that the next Rob/b/lee Reunion will be held the first weekend in July, 2005 on Prince Edward Island. Jean [Robblee] Beer and her sister, Ruth [Robblee] Conner have graciously agreed to arrange details there for then. HOpe to hear from you soon. As always, Bob

Hello to All, Things are busy here as we tear out the existing kitchen and revise and renovate it. The trick seems to be to allow living to continue as we revise the spaces that hold the stuff we use everyday. Should be a fun couple of months to come. Some gleanings from wandering the net: 1870 US Census Frances A. Rublee, 38, b Feb 1832, Carpenter, b VT. wife Julie? 32, b NY, dau Cora A. 8, b WI. By 1900, he is listed as a boarder and FIL to Robert Ladd, b Feb 1860, WI. Farmer. Robert's wife is Cora A. b Oct 1862, 2 daughters, Ray? B. b Nov 1880 and Leann B. b Feb, 1882. Listed at Onalaska, LaCrosse Co. WI. From the 1850 US Census: Harmond? Rublee, 39, wife Sophia, 24, sister Harriet 26 at Franklin, VT. From the Hillside Cem. At Canisteo, NY: There are several people here that are part of our files, but some that I can't place. Once again, the headstones have a story to tell that is different from other records. Henrietta A Roblee, 1816- 1908 as well as Adelia Roblee, 1815-1908 Lillie J. Roblee, 1855-1920 Mable K. Roblee, 1881-1919 Mary Roblee, 1843-1918 Thera Roblee, ? - 1921 It appears that there is part of the the family of Norman and Adelia that we have not documented as yet. Any thoughts? From the 1870 US Census: Andrew Rublee, 19, Farm Laborer for James Palmer, at Hinesburgh, VT. Lillie Charles, b ca 1860, Steuben NY. married Roblee? Let me know if any of these are in your files. HOpe to hear from you soon. Bob

Hi All, In going through my old emails, I came across a note from Doug adding Jan Dallmann to the list. Welcome, Jan. Seeing as I haven't seen an answer to your request, I hope someone has referred you to Bill Roblee. Bill is on the list and has gathered most of the information on Julius Scott Roblee's descendency. About a year ago, after finding some other information in my files and looking at the names of the sons of Juluis and Martha, I have added them to this pedigree. I show Julius and William as the sons of William Roblee, 1792-1820, who was the son of Nathaneal Roblee, ca 1771-1824, who was the son of Reuben Robblee and Phoebe Austin, who was maybe the son of William Rublier and Hannah Brush. Julius as the son of William and grandson of Nathaneal is at the moment circumstantial, but I think future found information will verify it. HOpe to hear from you soon. Bob

Hello All, I have seen 1820 Census records for Granville, NY but I couldn't find them this AM. But I did find 1840, listed under Robler, which is one variation of the name under which I have found things before. Here are the 3 listings I found: Luther Roblee, 1 male, 2 females, 1 male 50/60, 1 female 50/60. Thomas Roblee, Jr. 1 female under 5, 1 male 20/30, 1 female 20/30 Thomas Roblee, 6 males, 3 females, 1 male 40/50, 1 female 20/30 Some thoughts on the above: All these were listed on the same page, so lived close to one another. The third entry for Thomas, having 9 kids, and his wife being under 30, is Thomas Roblee, the second, b 1795, son of Reuben and Molly Everts. The second entry for Thomas, Jr. has always presented us with the dilemma of who is his father? Obviously, it wasn't Thomas, the second or Thomas and Chloe. Then Who? This entry for Luther does not indicate enough family, if he had taken in Phil's Calvin's family after Calvin died ca 1835. Yet, Calvin's family are beneficiaries in Luther's {of North Creek} will. Are there census records for North Creek in 1840 or before? A double entry for Luther in any Census year would solve part of this dilemma, but not the which one is which. My thoughts is that there were 2 Luthers and that we need to sort out their families. And of course, who was Calvin's, married Laura Everts, father? Because only Thomas and Reuben show up in the 1790 Census at Granville, Calvin has to be Reuben's son. Thomas and Chloe's family has been extremely well documented over the years, whereas it has taken quite an effort to put together the structure of Reuben's. On another note, Phil sent me a copy of the original document on which his family pedigree is based and includes the note about James, son of Norman. I suggest that it will be modified as additional information such as the census record is found. Did Laura Mcknight have a will? Just my thoughts for a Sunday AM. HOpe to hear from you soon. Bob

Hello All, I don't believe that we need to test everyone to prove lineage. And there is family among us whom has differing DNA. But we all share the family heritage, no matter how we came to whom we are. Past choices have made us family. I believe I can trace my pedigree to John Robblee, bur 1810 in Wallace NS. I would like to be tested and I would like to see 3 others tested as well. A direct descendent of William and Reuben that would volunteer would nice and one Roblyer descendent, too. But, before we proceed, I think we should have a very discerning look at the Rapalye genealogy that this descendent has hopefully proven, somewhat exactly. Any of the work on the family of Joris that I have seen is quite loosely fit together. If this person is part of the Raplee family of Milo, NY. descended from James Roblyer, married Abiah Morse, we may prove connection, but it won't be Rapalye. Also, there is a DNA marker on the ladies' side know as mitochrondial DNA. It was used to find a descendent of a skeleton found in a cave in Britain, dated as 10,000+- years old. I am glad that Cindy has found a piece to help solve the puzzle of Phil's Calvin. I had written a note to Phil sometime last spring about Census records from 1830 and 1840, that showed the family consisting of 2 children, a boy and a girl. The third child was either born after 1830 and died prior to 1840, or was a child that someone didn't know a connection, and added because there had to be some connection. This new record means that the Luther Roblee at North Creek and Phil's Calvin were brothers, {because of that Luther's will} and now, we have to ask, whose children? If we accept that Luther from North Creek was the son of Thomas Robblee, married Chloe Everts, then we will have to find lineage for the other Calvin, lived North Creek, and Luther, son of Phoebe and Reuben. As I have mentioned before, we will still have to find additional information. The Census records are being added to and are becoming readily available electronically almost weekly. The 1790 Census that I have seen shows only Thomas and Reuben at Granville. This means, to me, that their father was either still at Lanesborough, or possibly at Arlington, VT. Luther of whose will we have a copy, wife's name was Roxy, was the same age as he was. We know that family consisted of at least Isaac and Betsey and back to Luther, Jr. as well as Chloe Roblee b 1802, married Thomas Wait. According to Milo Roblee, Luther had been married twice and had a first family. His source was, I believe, Isaac, Luther's youngest son. Was the first family actually the family of the other Luther? Are there children born at the same times all assigned to the same family? Luther, son of Reuben and Phoebe, baptized in Lanesborough, 1781, would, I think, be the man who married Roxy, rather than Luther, b 1785, son of Thomas and Chloe, unless Roxy's birthdate of 1788 is incorrect and Chloe, b 1802, birthdate is incorrect. Theron, son of Thomas and Chloe, went bankrupt in 1826 and probably was the first to settle in North Creek. Does it follow that the Luther and Calvin that went to North Creek were his brothers? If the families lived close to one another, possibly cousins. With any luck, more census info will be available online and we may come up with other answers. HOpe to hear from you soon. Bob