>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 >