>>From: Cindy Walcott <[email protected]> >>Subject: FW: Mists of Time >>Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 22:26:41 -0400 >>... >>Hi all -- I have been away, so this is my first chance to reply to Bob's >>message. First, see family group sheet on Hiram Rublee that follows the >>text of Bob's message. Note that the numbers that follow cetain >>information are footnote numbers. They don't paste in a superscript. >> Also, the "ref" field is my own personal coding system for my >>references. All vital events are fully referenced -- see footnotes. See >>my further comments regarding issues raised by Bob, interspersed in Bob's >>message. >> >>Cindy >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Bob Robblee [SMTP:[email protected]] >>Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 1998 11:58 PM >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: Re: Mists of Time >> >>[email protected] wrote: >>> >>> Dear Cousins, >>> In the matter of Hiram Rublee, married Rhoda Moore, my files seem >>> to have children that may or may not have been verified but put there >>> because we have not been able to trace ancestry for sure. We have seen a >>> couple of these previously in Pamela Robblee, married Uriah Hoyt and >>> Sarah Robblee seemingly two people. I have another, Eurona Robblee, born >>> ca 1756, married Russell Durham, from the IGI. >> >>It is possible that there are "extra" children in Hiram's family. The >>family configuration is from Rhoda Berger's Rublee genealogy. Major >>contributions were made to Rhoda's book by Paul Monroe, who is related to >>Bergetta Monroe, of this list, and by Charlie Rublee, of MInton, QC. >> Charlie died I would say 8-10 years ago at an advanced age. He had >>memories of the Rublee family, as told to him by his father, and was >>interested in genealogy. I had personal corresondance with him before his >>death. His friend Reg Conner, did a history of Minton, and included a >>section on the Rublee family. Anyhow, I am pretty sure that Charlie's >>information would have been from his father, Merritt Rublee. Hiram was >>Merritt's great uncle, so we are getting back there in time. >> >>See my separate message about Eurona, which I am posting today. Pamela -- >>who know. I don't think either one of these is a daughter of William m. >>Keturah Baker. Lynda McGinnis is ordering the grantor, grantee index for >>Lanesborough. We are hoping that it will be the key to information about >>various other Robblees that may have been in Lanesborough. I have never >>personally researched Lanesborough town records. I have no doubt there is >>more to be gained. Between Lynda and Jim and I, we should be able to get >>that done. We are all 3-4 hours away. Is it Mark that lives in >>Shutesbury? (Sorry, I can't at the moment remember!) He is even closer! >> >> >>> If we look at the Carpenter Manuscript, Thomas, Reuben, and Samuel >>> are listed as the children in an era of large families, and I question > >>> the lineage on Samuel. We have the family of Thomas Rubbelee listed in >>> Granville, Wa. NY in 1790 [family of 7, 5 males, and 2 females] and have >>> hardly been able to find out anything else about him, his family, and >>> descendents. >> >>This Reuben m. Phebe Austin seems a possibility, as you suggest, Bob. His >>first three children were all bapt. on the same day, (1770) in >>Lanesborough. The other five were also baptized in Lanesb., all at >>different time. Pamela was born cir 1766. Eurona, at a guess, was born >>1760 (this if her first child was born when she was twenty). Could they >>have been the oldest children of Reuben m. Phebe Austin? The earliest >>records we have of Reuben (so far) is 1770 when he joined the Congr. Ch. >>there, so these two could have been born and baptized in Dutchess Co, as a >>guess? >> >> >>> In the matter of Hiram, I have to wonder if we are seeing records >>> for two men of the same name of different parentage. >>> Cindy, I added your files to mine and as you mentioned before, I have >>> had to now review them and add sources where ever possible. [Still >>> ongoing, I might add] Could you post us the family of Hiram, born 1767, >>> and I believe his 3? wives? I think I need to separate the verified from >>> the assigned. >> >>see below. >> >>> Also, Jim mentioned that he had found that Thomas, married Chloe >>> Evarts, was the youngest son of Rueben and Phoebe? >> >>Thomas was one of the three bapt. in Lanesborough in 1770, so he was not >>the youngest. >> >>If this is the case, >>> I would think that Reuben was correct but that the wife was Catherine >>> and this is the one who died in 1770. [death recorded at the Cong. >>> Church in Lanesboro?] >> >>??? I don't have this one. >> >> And, also, just this thought. I notice that in the Granville, Wa. >>Co. NY families of the late 1700's and early 1800's that there were >>almost no boys named John. Perhaps his name was in some disrepute there, >>then. Hope to hear from you soon. >> >>You are referring again to the political forces that divided families at >>that time, I assume. An exception, I would remind you, is the youngest >>child of William m. Keturah Baker. His name was John Brush Rublee. >> >>Bob >> >> >> 9 Jul 1998 Family Group Sheet >> >>Husband: Hiram A. Rublee died at age: 67 >> Born: 14 Dec 1767 in: NY? >> 1 >> Baptized: 6 Aug 1780 in: Congr.Church, Lanesborough, MA >> 2 >> Died: 25 Nov 1835 in: Berkshire, VT >> 3 >> Buried: in: Berkshire Ctr. Cem., VT >> Ref: LAN, CON, VVR Occupation: >>Father: William Robblee >>Mother: Keturah (Catherine) Baker >>Hiram Rublee owned property in New Haven, VT in 1788. In 1788, he bought >>property with William Robblee; both are described as "of New Haven." This >>is >>presumably his brother William, although it could have been his father. He >>began selling off property in New Haven in 1792 and 1795. He settled in >>Berkshire, VT, where he remained until his death. The names of sons Alvin, >>Francis and Belden do not appear in Hiram's 1835 will. > >> >>The following is a transcript of Hiram Rublee's will, on file at the >>Franklin >>County Probate Court in St. Albans, VT. >> >>"In the name of God, Amen - I Hiram Rublee of Berkshire in the county of >>Franklin & State of Vermont being weak in body but sound and perfect in >>mind & >>memory do make and publish by last will & Testament - in manner of all >>owing - >>viz. It is my will that all my just debts & charges of my funeral be paid >>and >>discharged by my Executrix - herein after named and appointed - out of my >>estate as soon as may be after my decease - I give & dispose of all of my >>estate real & personal (save what shall be necessary for the payment of my >>just debts and funeral charges in the following manner: >> >>I give to my son Luman Rublee one dollar. I give to my son Norman Rublee >>one >>dollar. I give to my daughter Almira Hall one dollar. I give to my >>daughter >>Laura Davis one dollar. I give to my son Alvah Rublee one dollar. I give >>to >>my son Hiram B. Rublee one dollar. I give to my daughter Jerusha Monroe >>one >>dollar. I give to my son William J. Rublee one dollar. I give to my >>daughter >>Jane Rublee one dollar. I give to my daughter Rhoda Rublee one dollar. I >>give to my daughter Abby Janette Rublee one dollar. >> >>The rest residue and remainder of my estate both real & personal not herein >>disposed of I give & grant to my beloved wife Fanny Rublee and her heirs >>and >>assigns forever. I hereby appoint my beloved wife Fanny Rublee sole >>Executrix >>of this my last Will & Testament - herein revoking all former Wills by me >>made. In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and seal & publish and >>declare >>this to be my last will & testament - this Tenth day of November A. D. >>1835. >> >>Signed Sealed published and declared by said Hiram Rublee as his last will >>and >>testament in the presence of us who have here unto subscribed our names as >>witnesses thereof at the request and in the presence of the said Testator >>and >>in the presence of each other." >> >>Witnesses: Cromwell Bowen, Harvey Clark and Alonzo Rublee >> >> >> >>Wife: Rhoda Moore died at age: 37 >>Married: in: New Haven, VT? >> Born: 29 Oct 1773 in: Norfolk, CT >> 4 >> Died: 7 Dec 1810 in: Berkshire, VT >> 5 >> Buried: in: Berkshire Ctr. Cem., VT >> Ref: MOO-33, GRV Occupation: >>Father: Andrew Moore, Lt. >>Mother: Thankful Phelps >> >>M Child 1 Luman Rublee died at age: 85 >>Born: 28 Aug 1793 in: New Haven, VT >> 6 >>Died: 12 May 1879 in: Montpelier, VT >> 3 >> Ref: MOO-64, VVR Occupation: >>Spouse: Bathsheba Burbank d. 8 Nov 1825 >>Married: 1 Mar 1821 in: Montpelier, VT 7 >>Spouse: Sarah Smith b. cir 1800 d. 13 Aug 1851 >>Married: 19 Aug 1826 in: New Haven, VT >>"Among the representative members of the medical profession in Morrisville, >>is >>Dr. Charles C. Rublee, who for over thirty years has followed the practice >>of > >>medicine and surgery, and is now the senior physician in town, as well as >>pension examiner and health officer. Luman Rublee, grandfather of Dr. >>Rublee, >>and a son of Hiram Rublee, who lived and died at Berkshire, Vermont, was a >>native of Berkshire, Franklin County, Vermont, and after attaining his >>majority went to Montpelier, and engaged in the trade of hatter with >>Erastus >>Watrous, Esq. He was also engaged for many years in the manufacture of >>gloves >>with Mr. Watrous, and later his younger brother, Norman Rublee, was >>interested >>in this industry with him. In 1845 Mr. Rublee removed to New Haven, >>Addison >>County, Vermont, where he conducted agricultural pursuits between nine and >>ten >>years, after which he returned to Montpelier, where he spent the last >>twenty-five years of his life in comparative retirement. Mr. Rublee >>married >>twice, his first wife having been a sister of Silas Burbank, and among his >>children were Chauncy Moore, and Eliza, who was the faithful guardian and >>comforter of his declining years. During his sojourn in New Haven he ma >>rried >>a second wife, Miss Smith, who died before his return to Montpelier. He >>was a >>member of the Bethany Church, a zealot Christian, modest and retiring, >>faithful and true as husband, father, and friend, without malice and free >>from >>guile. He pursued the even tenor of his life, and his end was peace. He >>passed away May 12, 1879, aged eighty six years." (Carlton, Vol. II, 1903) >> >>Luman Rublee served in the War of 1812, in Capt. Mayo's Co., 1st Regiment. >>He >>earned a pension (Survivor's Original, # 32206). >> >>M Child 2 Norman Rublee died at age: 75 >>Born: cir 1796 in: MA? >> 3 >>Died: 15 Sep 1871 in: Montpelier, VT >> 3 >> Buried: in: Elm St. Cem., Montpelier, VT >> Ref: VVRD Occupation: Glove manufacturer >>Spouse: Sophronia Dolly Wilder b. 3 Aug 1797 d. 26 Jun 1834 >>Married: 5 Feb 1822 in: Montpelier, VT 7 >> Ref: VVRM in: >>Spouse: Mary Hubbard b. cir 1805 d. 14 Jun 1845 >>Married: 5 Feb 1835 in: Montpelier, VT 7 >> Ref: VVRM in: >>Spouse: Abigail Wright b. cir 1813 d. 6 May 1871 >>Married: 14 Sep 1845 in: Calais, VT 7 >> Ref: VVRM in: >> >>N. Rublee was for some years involved in a glove manufacturing business in >>Montpelier, in partnership with his older brother Luman and Erastus >>Watrous, >>Esq. (Carlton, Hiram. Genealogical and Historical History of the State of >>VT) The 1860 census for Woodbury, Vt. lists Norman Rublee, (age _5); >>Abigail (47); Hiram (25); Charles (16); Edward (15); Fanny J. (11), and >>Otis (5). All were born in VT, except Norman, who is listed as being >>born in MA. >> >>M Child 3 Alvin Rublee >>Born: ca 1797 in: >>Died: in: >> Ref: MOO-64 Occupation: >>Alvin Rublee removed to New York state (Moore, 1903, page 64). His >>father's > >>will of 1835 does not mention him. I have been unable to find trace of >>him. >> >>M Child 4 Francis Rublee >>Born: ca 1799 in: >>Died: in: >> Ref: MOO-64 Occupation: >> >>Francis Rublee is not mentioned in his father's will of 1835. >> >>M Child 5 Belden Rublee >>Born: in: >>Died: in: >> Ref: MOO-64 Occupation: >>Spouse: Hannah Vaughn b. 1812 d. 14 May 1833 >>Married: 22 Feb 1832 in: Richford, VT 7 >> Ref: VVRM in: >> >>Belden Rublee was a resident of Bolton, VT at the time of his marriage >>to Hannah Vaughn in 1832 in Richford, VT. He is not mentioned in his >>father's will of 1835. Hannah Vaughn Rublee died in 1832. The settling of >>her estate does not mention her husband. Was Belden Rublee already dead at >>this point? A Belden Rublee was enumerated in Elmira, Tioga County, New >>York in 1830 (WITH WHOM??) Moore (1903, page 64) states that he removed >>to >>NY state. >> >>F Child 6 Almira Rublee >>Born: in: >>Died: in: >> Ref: MOO-64 Occupation: >>Spouse: Quincy Hall >>Married: in: >> >>F Child 7 Laura Rublee >>Born: 18 Jul 1799 in: Berkshire, VT >> 8 >>Died: in: >> Ref: BERK Occupation: >>Spouse: _____ Davis >>Married: in: >> >>Laura Rublee is referred to as Laura Davis in her father's will. I have >>been >>unable to find further trace of her. There is no death record for her to >>1908. >> >>M Child 8 Alvah Rublee died at age: 41 >>Born: 23 Feb 1802 in: Berkshire, VT >> 8 >>Died: 1844 in: Sheboygan, WI >> 9 >> Ref: BERK, NEWS Occupation: >>Spouse: Martha Kent b. 10 Apr 1804 d. 1886 >>Married: 1824 in: Berkshire, VT >> >>"A pleasant ride of five hours on the steamer north from Milwaukee, brings >>one >>to Sheboygan. It is nineteen years ago, this very month of June, since, >>one >>sultry summer night, we say, from the deck of a little schooner - the only >>craft that then visited the place - the hill which forms the site of the >>present city loom dimly through the dark. The fireflies that gleamed >>intermittently along the bushy shores were the only lights visible. The >>schooner anchored some distance from the land. A scow boat came out and >>took >>the half dozen passengers on shore, the writer of this being then a boy of >>ten. We have always had a vivid memory of that night, or rather morning - >>for >>the day was just beginning to dawn in the east - of warm air of the shore, >>the >>black piled masses of a thunderstorm gathering in the west, the glittering >>fireflies more brilliant than we had ever seen before, the scent of the >>wild >>roses and strange flowers that loaded the light breeze, and the feeling of >>awe >>which the idea of the almost interminable forest that stretched an all >>sides > >>of the lake, impressed upon us. There were then but two families on the >>site >>of the present city. A number of houses had been built in 1837, and >>subsequently deserted. There was no wagon road that extended more than ten >>mile back into the country. The mail came once a week from Milwaukee on >>horseback, over an Indian trail. Eleven families comprised the population >>of >>the county. " (Historic Sheboygan County. Page 100. From a newspaper >>article >>by Horace Rublee originally printed in the Evergreen City (Wisconsin) >>Times, >>July 9, 1859.) >> >>"My father, Alvah Rublee, came west in the fall of 1839, and engaged in >>lumbering in Sheboygan County during the ensuing winter. His family came >>on >>the next summer, when my personal acquaintance with the locality began. >> Some >>idea of the hardships occasionally endured by the Pioneer settlers of the >>West, may be gained from one of the experiences of my father during his >>first >>winter here. While in the woods one day, a limb of a tree fell, striking >>upon >>his shoulder and dislocated his arm. There was no surgeon nearer than >>Milwaukee. His companions endeavored to set it, in vain. Their efforts >>only >>increased the inflammation of the bruised and dislocated limb. This was >>near >>evening, and the following morning, he was compelled to set out for >>Milwaukee, >>on foot and along, for surgical aid. There was no road except for an >>Indian >>trail, and no settlement until he reached Fort Washington. The weather was >>cold, and there was considerable snow on the ground. He was two days in >>reaching Milwaukee, suffering all the while from torturing pain, and when >>he >>arrived there , the dislocated joint has become so swollen and inflamed >>that >>it was only with the greatest difficulty that it was restored." (Early >>Times >>in Sheboygan County. Wisconsin Historical Society, Vol. IV.) >> >>"The elder (Alvah) Rublee came west to Sheboygan County in 1839 and >>obtained >>employment managing the Farnsworth mill with A. Farrow. Mrs. Rublee and >>her >>three children, among them Horace, age 10, joined him in June 1840. For >>about >>a year the Rublees lived in a frame house near the mill, then removed to >>another built on land where Wildwood Cemetery is now located. Alvah Rublee >>divided his time between farming and working in the mill, and commenced >>clearing a farm in the Dye settlement in the town of Lime, intending to >>make >>it his home, but he died in 1844." (Buchan, Gustoave. Historic Sheboygan >>County. 1944.) >> >>Horace Rublee painted this picture of Sheboygan in 1840: "In the summer of >>1840, there were about three families at the village of Sheboygan. Only >>small >>coasting vessels, engaged in carrying lumber south, touched here. Our >>family >>cam around the lakes, by steamer to Milwaukee. Thence we proceeded by >>small >>schooner. This after a passage of about sixteen hours, anchored off >>Sheboygan; and, an hour or two before dawn, one beautiful summer night, we >>were transferred to a scow boat, which was soon rowed in at the mouth of >>the >>river, and landed. The morning showed a strange spectacle. Scattered > >>about >>through the pleasant groves of second growth pine and oak, which covered >>the >>play, were well-built dwelling houses, neatly painted an new, and along >>several streets were a number of buildings, designed for stores, all >>abandoned. Now and then a straggling Indian might be seen, or the tinkle >>of >>his pony's bell, but of other inhabitants, there was neither sight nor >>sound. >>Three white families, however, did reside somewhere near the harbor at this >>period; those of Joshua Brown, Hugh Rittner and Horace Stone . . . There >>was >>not a store or trading shop of any kind in the county. Everything had to >>be >>obtained from Milwaukee." >> >>M Child 9 Hiram B. Rublee >>Born: 17 Mar 1804 in: Berkshire, VT >> 8 >>Died: in: >> Ref: BERK Occupation: >>Spouse: Lucia _____ b. cir 1806 d. 30 Nov 1831 >>Married: in: >>Spouse: Hannah _____ b. cir 1812 >>Married: in: >> >>Hiram Rublee lived in Bolton, VT at the time of the 1830 census, with >>his wife and daughter age five or younger. He does not appear in >>subsequent >>VT census enumerations. He was living at the time his father's will was >>written in 1835. It is possible he removed to New York or Wisconsin. >> >>M Child 10 Calvin Rublee died at age: 5 >>Born: 23 Apr 1806 in: Berkshire, VT >> 8 >>Died: 2 Jul 1811 in: Berkshire, VT >> 3 >> Buried: in: Berkshire Ctr. Cem., VT >> Ref: BERK, VVRD Occupation: >> >>F Child 11 Jerusha Rublee died at age: 84 >>Born: 14 Apr 1810 in: Berkshire, VT >> 10 >>Died: 1895 in: Lamartine, WI >> 11 >> Buried: in: Lamartine, WI >> 11 >> Ref: BERK, MON Occupation: >>Spouse: Jason Monroe b. 12 May 1801 d. 4 Nov 1884 >>Married: 27 Oct 1828 in: VT 12 >> Ref: FduL-1038 in: >> >>"The funeral of Mrs. J. Monroe was held from the residence of Mrs. E. Hale, >>Thursday morning, the Rev. C. B. Clark officiating. Her four sons were >>bearers. Several friends from Oakfield were present." (newspaper clipping >>in >>formerly in the possession of the late Paul Monroe. Mrs. E. Hale was >>daughter Laura. The Monroes, with their son Otis Orlando, are buried in >>Lamartine Cemetery, Fond du Lac Co., WI. >> >>Wife: Fanny Richardson died at age: 77 >>Married: 12 Jun 1812 in: Berkshire, VT >> his age: 44 her age: 27 7 >> Born: cir 1785 in: >> 3 >> Died: 23 Feb 1862 in: Berkshire, VT >> 3 >> Checked: VVRB in: >>Mother: Elizabeth Richardson >> >>At the time of the 1860 dederal census, Fanny Rublee was described >>as a widow lady , age 67, living with Henry and Celia Ladd and family in >>Berkshire, VT. >> >>M Child 1 William Seymour Rublee died at age: 69 >>Born: 17 Aug 1815 in: > >> 13 >>Died: 13 Jun 1885 in: Berkshire, VT >> 3 >> Buried: in: Calvary Cem., E. Berkshire >> Ref: BERK, VVRD Occupation: >>Spouse: Amelia Coburn b. 19 Jan 1817 d. 20 Feb 1904 >>Married: in: >> >>William Rublee's gravestone states that he represented Berkshire in the >>Vermont House of Representatives in 1851-2 and Franklin County in the >>Vermont >>Senate in 1864-5. He was an assistant judge in the Franklin County Court >>in >>1874-5. >> >>F Child 2 Fanny Faustina Rublee died at age: 9 >>Born: 2 Oct 1817 in: Berkshire, VT >> 14 >>Died: 25 Mar 1827 in: Berkshire, VT >> 3 >> Buried: in: Berkshire Ctr. Cem., VT >> Ref: BERK, VVRD Occupation: >> >>F Child 3 Jane Rublee died at age: 72 >>Born: 5 Feb 1821 in: Berkshire, VT >> 15 >>Died: 1894 in: >> 16 >> Buried: in: W. Berkshire Cem. >>Checked: VVRD in: >> Ref: BERK, McC Occupation: >>Spouse: Leander Goff Johnson b. 23 Apr 1807 d. 10 Aug 1889 >>Married: in: >> >>F Child 4 Rhoda Rublee >>Born: 22 Sep 1823 in: Berkshire, VT >> 15 >>Died: in: >> Ref: BERK Occupation: >> >>F Child 5 Abby "Janette" Rublee died at age: 68 >>Born: 1 Oct 1826 in: Berkshire, VT >> 17 >>Died: 3 Apr 1895 in: Newport, VT >> 3 >> Buried: in: Lakeside Cem., Newport, VT >> 18 >> Ref: Little, VVRD Occupation: >>Spouse: Hardin Alvin Larabee b. 15 Mar 1828 d. 19 May 1894 >>Married: 5 Oct 1850 in: Berkshire, VT? 18 >> Ref: Little in: >> >>1 Lanesborough, Berkshire County, Massachusetts Town Records >> >>2 Records of the Congregational Church of Lanesborough, Massachusetts (in >>the >>Cooke Collection, Berkshire Atheneaum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts) >> >>3 Death record, Vermont Vital Records >> >>4 Moore, Horace L. Andrew Moore of Poquonock and Windsor, Conn. and His >>Descendents. Lawrence, KS: Journal Publishing Company, 1903 page 33 >> >>5 Gravestone >> >>6 Moore, Horace L. Andrew Moore of Poquonock and Windsor, Conn. and His >>Descendents. Lawrence, KS: Journal Publishing Company, 1903 page 64 >> >>7 Marriage Record, Vermont Vital Records >> >>8 Berkshire, Vermont Town Records >> >>9 Newspaper article from a Sheboygan, Wisconsin newspaper (date unknown) >>entitled "Father of Wisconsin's Greatest Editor" reprinted in Berger, >>Rhoda, >>The Rublees, 1974. >> >>10 Berkshire, Vermont Town Records, Book 1 page 214 >> >>11 Monroe, Paul as communicated by Bergetta Monroe >> >>12 History of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical >>Co., 1880. page 1038 >> >>13 Berkshire, Vermont Town Records, Book 1, page 243 >> > >>14 Berkshire, Vermont Town Records, Book 1, page 240. >> >>15 Berkshire, Vermont Town Records, Book 1 >> >>16 McClellan Collection: Franklin County, Vermont Cemeteries at the St. >>Albans, >>Vermont Free Library >> >>17 Birth Record, Vermont Vital Records >> >>18 Little, Judy. Personal correspondance. >> >>Cindy Walcott >>141 Adams School Rd. >>Grand Isle, VT 05458 >>[email protected] >> >> >