>Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 15:48:05 -0700 (PDT) >From: [email protected] >Subject: ROBLEE-D Digest V98 #4 >X-Loop: [email protected] >X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/volume98/4 >To: [email protected] >Reply-To: [email protected] > >ROBLEE-D Digest Volume 98 : Issue 4 > >Today's Topics: > #1 Fwd: Rapalje Rasters [Douglas Detling <[email protected]] > #2 Fwd: VT Vital Records [Douglas Detling <[email protected]] > #3 Fwd: WITNESS THOMAS ROBBLEE [Douglas Detling <[email protected]] > #4 Fwd: Roblee [Douglas Detling <[email protected]] > #5 Fwd: Dutchess Co. 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No subject line is necessary, but if your software >requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > >Douglas G. Detling >[email protected] > >______________________________X-Message: #1 >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 14:46:06 -0700 >From: Douglas Detling <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: Rapalje Rasters >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>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 >> > >______________________________X-Message: #2 >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 14:42:46 -0700 >From: Douglas Detling <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: VT Vital Records >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>From: Cindy Walcott <[email protected]> >>Subject: VT Vital Records >>Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 12:50:38 -0400 >>... >>Quite a number of years ago, I transcribed all of the Vermont Vital >>Records housed in Middlesex, VT) on Rublee. I wasn't absolutely possible >>I had checked Robblee and Roblee, so went over today at lunch time to >>check. Here is ALL I found: >> >>Richard Robley m. Lucinda Brewster 20 Apr 1837 Weybridge, VT. His res: >> Green Co, IL >> >>Roblee, Susan L. Burroughs d. 2 Aug 1905 Rutland, VT at 63,11,--. She >>was b. Cambridgeport, MA, dau. of Henry Burroughs and Susan Whitcomb. >> >>I guess not many of those Granville folks snuck over the border to be >>born, marry or die. >> >>Cindy > >______________________________X-Message: #3 >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 14:51:44 -0700 >From: Douglas Detling <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: WITNESS THOMAS ROBBLEE >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>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 >> > >______________________________X-Message: #4 >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 14:44:42 -0700 >From: Douglas Detling <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: Roblee >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>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 >> > >______________________________X-Message: #5 >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 15:04:45 -0700 >From: Douglas Detling <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: Dutchess Co. NY records >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>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 >> > >______________________________X-Message: #6 >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 15:10:19 -0700 >From: Douglas Detling <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: Re: Soundex >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>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 >> > >______________________________X-Message: #7 >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 15:02:48 -0700 >From: Douglas Detling <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: Re: Dutchess Land Records >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>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) >> > >______________________________X-Message: #8 >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 14:57:27 -0700 >From: Douglas Detling <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: Dutchess Co Robblee & misc >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>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. >> > >______________________________X-Message: #9 >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 14:58:53 -0700 >From: Douglas Detling <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: RE: Dutchess Co Robblee & misc >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>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 >> > >______________________________X-Message: #10 >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 15:05:20 -0700 >From: Douglas Detling <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: Fredericksburg >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>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 >> > >______________________________X-Message: #11 >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 15:06:38 -0700 >From: Douglas Detling <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: Soundex >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>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 >> > >______________________________X-Message: #12 >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 15:07:42 -0700 >From: Douglas Detling <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: Re: Soundex >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>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 >> > >______________________________X-Message: #13 >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 15:37:44 -0700 >From: Douglas Detling <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: FW: Nina Owen Roblee >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>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 >> > >______________________________X-Message: #14 >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 15:40:47 -0700 >From: Douglas Detling <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: A Possible Linj >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>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 >> > >______________________________X-Message: #15 >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 15:41:52 -0700 >From: Douglas Detling <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: Luther Robblee's Will >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>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 >> > >______________________________X-Message: #16 >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 15:43:25 -0700 >From: Douglas Detling <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: Straggling details >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>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 >> > >______________________________X-Message: #17 >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 15:44:25 -0700 >From: Douglas Detling <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: RE: Reuben Rublee of Arlington >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>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 >> >