>Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 15:14:54 -0700 (PDT) >From: [email protected] >Subject: ROBLEE-D Digest V98 #3 >X-Loop: [email protected] >X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/volume98/3 >To: [email protected] >Reply-To: [email protected] > >ROBLEE-D Digest Volume 98 : Issue 3 > >Today's Topics: > #1 Fwd: Verification [Douglas Detling <[email protected]] > #2 Fwd: Address [Douglas Detling <[email protected]] > #3 Fwd: RE: Website Survey [Douglas Detling <[email protected]] > #4 Fwd: 1850/55/60 Census [Douglas Detling <[email protected]] > #5 Fwd: RE: Two References. [Douglas Detling <[email protected]] > #6 Fwd: Two References. [Douglas Detling <[email protected]] > #7 Fwd: Research Questions [Douglas Detling <[email protected]] > #8 Fwd: Thomas Rubbelee [Douglas Detling <[email protected]] > #9 Fwd: Gedcom [Douglas Detling <[email protected]] > #10 Fwd: Western Canadian Rublees [Douglas Detling <[email protected]] > #11 Fwd: RE: 1850/55/60 Census [Douglas Detling <[email protected]] > #12 Fwd: 1850-1860 Johnsburg census/Ro [Douglas Detling <[email protected]] > #13 Fwd: In awe [Douglas Detling <[email protected]] > #14 Fwd: Library of Congress Books [Douglas Detling <[email protected]] > #15 Fwd: Dutchess Land Records [Douglas Detling <[email protected]] > >Administrivia: >To unsubscribe from ROBLEE-D, send a message to > > [email protected] > >that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > >and no other text. 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 08:48:14 -0700 >From: Douglas Detling <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-Id: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: Verification >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 22:57:33 -0700 >>From: [email protected] >>Subject: Verification >>... >>Dear Doug, >> I've been getting your notes and the system seems to be working >>fine. As to my database, it includes most of the work of the folks that >>we are now in contact with and as many others that I have contacted over >>the years. I have no complaint as to identifying verified material and >>that which is speculative. I have as yet to find any Rapalje connection >>and I know that speculation has been around for about 100 years. >> My best sources of information have been the people whom I have >>contacted whom are interested or active, present or past. I believe I >>have done so and found most of the old genealogical works as well. I >>will get you the notes of Milo R. Roblee and the Carpenter Manuscript. I >>also think we need to see all the pertinent DAR files. >> My work on the family of John Robblee, married Susannah Baker? >>includes his sons William and Joseph. Joyce Atkin of Chico CA. did a lot >>of the work back to his son Thomas, married Hannah Delap. Proofs include >>marriage licences, gravesites and wills. >> Speculation occurs over my placement the Rublier children >>christened in Huntington, NY. I can only verify that John and Thomas >>were brothers according to Thomas' will of 1796. After that, I think we >>need the church records or the land titles for the Putnam and Dutchess, >>NY Co.s. if any thing like that still exists. >> At the moment, I have not verified the Robbilliard connection. >>Many clues, but no primary record found as yet. One thought crosses my >>mind, however, that both Rapalje and Robbilliard families were French >>Hugenots. >> Doug, I will correct my records on Louisa Francelia Roblee and >>move >>the Detling marriage to its correct generation. >> One last thought, I'm curious to see how much scrutiny the >>Carpenter manuscript will bear given concerning Ruben's family. >>Apparently, a family bible was held by a Jessie Roblee Willson about 50 >>years ago. Perhaps, if someone knows where that might be, we could clear >>up the Ruben/Thomas families in Granville, Wa. Co. NY. Both were there >>according to the 1790 Census and I doubt that the family listed to >>Thomas was that of Thomas and Chloe. >> Keep me posted >>Bob Robblee >> > >______________________________X-Message: #2 >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 09:13:09 -0700 >From: Douglas Detling <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-Id: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: Address >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 21:20:15 -0700 >>From: [email protected] >>... >>I just had another look at the mortgage given to David Doane by a >>Samuel Robblee and his mother Phebe, dated 16 Jun 1805. It reserves an >>acre to Samuel Stanley conveyed to him by Thomas Robblee in 1802. The >>way I would read this information is that Thomas owned the land and was >>able to transfer it to Samuel Stanley. After 1802 and before 1805, >>Thomas died, possibly late 1804, early 1805. As part of the proceedings, >>I would suggest the land had to be sold. And this was being done by >>Samuel Robblee and his mother Phebe. Is there possibly a will filed >>where this mortgage is located at the county clerk's office at 383 >>Broadway, Ft. Edward, NY. 12838? If not a will, a copy of surrogate >>proceedings for a person dying intestate? Thomas' will,[married Chloe >>Evarts] makes specific reference to this very thing. >> >>...I finally tracked down that gravesite iformation you [Lynda McGinnis] >>wanted. Thomas Roblee Jr. died 25 Jan 1812 is buried in the North >>Hartford Burying >>Ground, NY. listed on Page 6 of the Compilation of Aaron Goodspeed's >>field books by Allen D. Hill, Bennington Museum, INC. Old Bennington, >>Vt. >>Also burid there and listed next to Thomas is Mrs Sophia Baker [born >>Middlebury, VT.] died at 76 years on 29 Jan 1890. Buried with her is >>Martha J. oldest daughter of T. and S. Roblee Baker, Age 10 yrs. 9 mos. >>died 29 Sep 1849. The other thing I find interesting about this >>graveyard is that there are other names that tie into the family as >>well. Case and Northup to mention two. Hope you can find out more on >>your travels this summer to the Bennington Area. I can appreciate your >>comments on the fact that every little area has jealously maintained its >>own records and it becomes necessary to visit every one. Here most of >>our records are domiciled at the Provincial [State] archives which can >>cut down the number of locales to search. >> >>Dear Phil [Roblee], >> I still believe we will find your Calvin's family east of Granville >>in Vt. >> >>Dear Cindy [Walcott], >> I see as I look at the DAR records that I have that they tend to >>piggyback onto a previous record and then use it as proof. I guess that >>I would hope that we may come across on with a different point of view. >>If nothing else, if may lead to another branch of the tree. > >>... > >______________________________X-Message: #3 >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 08:35:03 -0700 >From: Douglas Detling <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-Id: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: RE: Website Survey >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>From: Cindy Walcott <[email protected]> >>Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 11:04:00 -0400 >... > >>Hello all -- The nice thing about a website is that it is a vehible to >>hitch up with other people who are Robblee etc. desc. Who knows - >>someone may have information that is the "missing link". ... >> >>Here is one concern -- if we are going to include information from >>gedcoms, I think we will need to have some stiff standards. Right now, >>some of us have information in our databases that is ranges from educated >>guesses, to theory, to speculation, to guesses. I know I do. I always >>put information in my notes that identifies that something is tentative, >>or a guess -- partly to remind myself that it is a guess, that basis for >>that guess -- and to flag it for more research. When when you put things >>in print, publishing to the web gives information an authority it may not >>have. Someone reads it, downloads it, and takes it as gospel. So, I >>think we would need to limit posted gedcoms to information we feel quite >>certain about. Then, perhaps we could have an article that talks about >>the theories we have. In my mind, organizing the Huntington baptisms >>into families, as Bob [Robblee] has attempted to do, is still in the >>realm of theory. Bob has also raised some questions about the Carpenter >>manuscript, which are legitimate to ask. >>... > >______________________________X-Message: #4 >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 09:06:49 -0700 >From: Douglas Detling <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-Id: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: 1850/55/60 Census >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 22:03:38 -0700 >>From: [email protected] >>Subject: 1850/55/60 Census >>... >>Dear Carol [THOMAS], >> I just finished going through the records you sent. Most of it >>seems to match my files, but I will go through them once more in the AM >>when things are often clearer. >> I noticed one thing in the 1855 Census for Johnsburg that seems to >>be a loose end.In the listing for William Roblee, married Susan, dau. >>Electa, son Wm. Harrison, there is a record for a Moses, ag 20, born VT. >>Is this a listing for Roblee? and would you let us know? >> Hope to hear from you soon. >>Bob Robblee >> > >______________________________X-Message: #5 >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 09:22:35 -0700 >From: Douglas Detling <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: RE: Two References. >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>From: Cindy Walcott <[email protected]> >>Subject: RE: Two References. >>Date: Sun, 3 May 1998 16:32:53 -0400 >> >>My atlas, which is a pretty detailed one, shows towns called Rutland in >BC, FL, IL, MA, ND and VT. None of those is very close to PA. >> >>Cindy > >______________________________X-Message: #6 >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 09:21:42 -0700 >From: Douglas Detling <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-Id: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: Two References. >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>Date: Sun, 03 May 1998 12:51:04 -0700 >>From: [email protected] >>Subject: Two References. >> >>Hi, Ro[u]b[b]lee Cousins; >> I got a note from Jim Fortier today and he queries my source for the >>Thomas Roblee, 1781-1812, which is the burial record taken from Aaron >>Goodspeed's [of Granville, NY. 1862-1932] notebooks edited by Allen D. >>Hill from the Bennington Museum, Inc. Old Bennington, VT. I believe this >>man, whose gravesite is in the North Hartford, NY burying ground and who >>is recorded as Junior, is a son of Thomas Rubbelee whose family is >>recorded in the 1790 Census at Granville, NY. >> As you all know, our family name prior to 1850, seems to take on the >>common spelling used in the particular area that they happened to living >>at the time. Today, I was going over some notes I received from Nolah >>Bolli of Burwell, NE. She traces her ancestry to Andrew Jackson Roblyer, >>born 1808, NY. lived 1850, Tioga Co. PA. She quotes from a book, A >>History of Tioga Co. published 1883. In it are mentioned 2 Roblyer women >>who had married Northrop Smith, born Ridgefield, Conn. 1819, Farmer. The >>first was Hannah Roblyer, of Rutland, who died 1841 leaving 2 children. >>The other was Sally A. Roblyer, also of Rutland. Is there a Rutland in >>PA? or might this refer to VT? My atlas doesn't note one in PA. >> Hope to hear from you soon. >>Bob Robblee >> > >______________________________X-Message: #7 >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 09:24:57 -0700 >From: Douglas Detling <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: Research Questions >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>From: Cindy Walcott <[email protected]> >>To: "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]> >>Date: Sun, 3 May 1998 19:33:38 -0400 >> >>...I also hope to get to the >>Library of Congress to take a look at Armida Sharpin's lengthy Rapalje >>genealogy called Rapelje Rasters. Still looking to prove or disprove >>that connection, as I keep stumbling across it. The Raplee material in >>the History of Yates Co., NY states that they believe they are Rapalje >>descendants. Also, an article in a Canadian publication called Huguenot >>Trails (Spring 1978) summarizes information submitted by Mrs. Margot Hall >>of New Brunswick. She states that she is a desc. of John Rapalje, who >>immigrated to Bear River , NS. The article says that the family >>homestead is known as the Robblee homestead. She has in her possession a >>portrait entitled The Rapalje Children, painted circa 1768. >> >>When you are a number of years into your research, time devoted to >>research tends to yield less and less -- and sometimes nothing at all. >>Frustrating at times -- but this e-mail list has at least regenerated my >>enthusiam for my research on this family... > >______________________________X-Message: #8 >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 09:07:58 -0700 >From: Douglas Detling <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-Id: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: Thomas Rubbelee >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 22:38:24 -0700 >>From: [email protected] >>Subject: Thomas Rubbelee >> >>Dear Lynda [McGinnis], >> I will send you a copy of Milo's original notes as soon as I get >>some more copies made. >> On the subject of Thomas, I believe that there is a record of his >>service in the record of MA. where 4 men, William, Reuben, Thomas and >>Thomas Robble are mentioned. One Thomas married Chloe Evarts and the >>other is our mystery man. His family is also, I believe, recorded in the >>Census of 1790 in Granville, NY and the family structure is similiar to >>Reuben's. It lists 2 males over 16, which rules out this record as being >>that of Thomas married Chloe, unless he had started having kids about >>the age of 15. Not much else has been found, but there is a gravesite >>record I have seen for a Thomas Roblee, Jr. died 1812, from the Aaron >>Goodspeed fieldbooks that are held at the Bennington museum. Ralph >>Roblee of San Diego sent me part of that record, but I need to see the >>rest so as to clarify it better. >> Hope to hear from you soon. >>Bob Robblee >> > >______________________________X-Message: #9 >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 09:20:36 -0700 >From: Douglas Detling <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-Id: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: Gedcom >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 18:39:46 -0700 >>From: [email protected] (James Fortier) >>Subject: Gedcom >> >>Bob [ROBBLEE]: >>Thanks for the GEDCOM file. I found it very interesting. Your point >>about it being unlikely that Reuben Robblee b. 1738 would be a tenant in >>the Town of Souteast in 1754 was well taken. I have trouble with >>Thinking that Reuben is the son of a Thomas Robblee. I have seen no >>evidence of a Thomas Robblee who could be the father of Reuben. If >>Reuben m. Phoebe Austin was the Reuben born in 1738 in Huntington, LI, >>then I think he could only be the son of William or Andrew. These are >>the only two Robblees who show up in the Records of Huntington from this >>time period. If there were a Thomas, I would expect to see a sign of >>him. Thomas first shows up in Nine Partners/Crum Elbow Precinct >>(Dutchess co.) in 1766. >>As far as the children of Andrew and William. I think the Huntginton >>baptisms can be fit into 2 families. This is purely conjectural. >>William M. 1727 Abigail Brush >>Ch. William Jr. b. 1733 >>Thomas b. 1735 >>Reuben b. 1738 >>John b. 1740 >> >>Andrew m. 1733 Abigail Hawkins >>Ch. Hannah b. 1734 >>Andrew b. 1736 >> >>I am interested in your source for Thomas Robblee b. 1781 d. 1812 >> >>Jim Fortier >> > >______________________________X-Message: #10 >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 09:17:32 -0700 >From: Douglas Detling <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-Id: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: Western Canadian Rublees >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>From: Cindy Walcott <[email protected]> >>Subject: Western Canadian Rublees >>Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 07:26:21 -0400 >>...This message was actually written last week, but had a >>delivery problem. It was in response to a message posted by Bob Robblee. >> [Cindy Walcott] I'll try again. >> >> >>The Western Canadian Rublees (including Merritt -- actually there are two >>Merritts that I know of. One died in AB in 1997, and another was in SK >>in the 70's.) are related to me. Our mutual ancestor is Andrew Rublee, >>son of William Robblee of Lanesborough, MA. They went from northern VT >>to QC and on out to AB and SK, Canada. I am in touch with some of them. >> >>Cindy >> > >______________________________X-Message: #11 >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 09:08:52 -0700 >From: Douglas Detling <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-Id: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: RE: 1850/55/60 Census >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>From: Cindy Walcott <[email protected]> >>>Subject: RE: 1850/55/60 Census >>Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 06:40:57 -0400 >> >>I noticed this Moses too, and wondered about him. If he really is a >Roblee, he's a new one to me too. >> >> >>Cindy >> > >______________________________X-Message: #12 >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 09:32:06 -0700 >From: Douglas Detling <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: 1850-1860 Johnsburg census/Roblee >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 11:59:40 -0400 >>From: [email protected] (Carol Thomas) >>Subject: 1850-1860 Johnsburg census/Roblee >>... >>Hope I'm posting this correctly to reach the list. I will add to this as >>time allows. >> >>Roblee families >>1850 Census Town of Johnsburg, Warren Co., NY >> >>No. 129- William ag 29; Susan A. ag 25; Electa J. ag 7 >> >>No. 130- Calvin ag 63; Francis (assume it should be Frances, CT) ag 66 >> >>No. 191- Lyman ag 20; Anne ag 18; Calvin ag 2 >> >>No. 194- Theron ag 60; Ann ag 60; Sidney J. ag 27; Olive J. (Downs, CT) ag >>25; Milo R. ag 4; Selina A. ag 3; Wallace M. no age; George Sanders ag 15 >> >>No. 195- Theron ag 38; Maria ag 34; Thomas S. ag 9; Hiram C. ag 7; Lyman M. >>ag 5; William ag 2; Washington no age >> >>No. 196- George ag 36; Sally ag 31; John T. ag 8; Theron J. ag 4 >> >>No. 200- Luther ag 65; Oxy ag 62; Isaac ag 20; Sally ag.17 >> >>No. 242- Norman ag 34; Adeline ag 33; Amelia ag 13; Charles ag 11; >>Francelia ag 9; Edwin ag 7; James ag 4 >> >>1855 Census Town of Johnsburg, Warren Co., NY >> >>No. 5- William ag 34, b Wash. Co., 28 yrs J'burg, Frame house; Susan ag 30, >>Electa Jane ag 12, William Harrison ag 2 all b Warren Co.; Moses ag 20 b >>VT, laborer, 1 yr J'burg; Calvin ag 68, b Wash Co, 28 yrs J'burg, father; >>Fanny ag 71, b Wash. Co, mother >> >>No. 63- Norman ag 40, b Wash. Co., 7 yrs J'burg, Frame House; Adelia ag 38, >>b Rens. Co., 7 yrs J'burg; Amelia ag 18, William C. ag 16, Francelia ag 14, >>Edwin ag 12, James B. ag 9 all born Orleans Co., NY; Theodore ag 4, b >>Warren Co., NY. Also George Saunders ag 20 b Wash. Co., 9 yrs J'burg; >>Alfred Wyman ag 22 b Genessee Co., 2 yrs J'burg; Mary Carey ag 17, b Warren >>Co., servant; Elias Mosier ag 50, b VT >> >>No 68- Luther ag 70, b Wash. Co., 11 yrs J'burg, Frame house; Roxey ag 67, >>b Wash. Co. >> >>No. 70- Isaac ag 24, b Wash. Co., 11 yrs J'burg, no occupation listed; >>Sally Ann ag 23, b Warren Co.; Betsy L. ag 4, Abigail ag 2, Harriet no age >>given all born Warren Co., NY >> >>No. 71- Theron ag 66, b Wash. Co., 24 yrs J'burg, Frame house; Ann ag 65 b >>Wash. Co.; Russell Fuller ag 42 b Warren Co.; Sophia Goodman ag 65, b MA; >>Harriett Stores ag 27, b Warren Co.; Darwin Wicke ag 29, b VT >> >>No. 72- Theron Jr. ag 43, b Wash. Co., 28 yrs J'burg, Frame house; Nancy ag >>37, b Warren Co.; Thomas ag 14, Hiram ag 11, Lyman ag 8, William A. ag 5, >>Washington ag 3, Malden ag 2, all born Warren Co., NY >> >>No. 84- George ag 40, b Wash. Co., 28 yrs J'burg, Board house; Sally ag >>35, John T. ag 13, Theron ag 9, George W. ag 2 all born Warren Co., NY >> >>No. 88- Lyman M. ag 32, b Wash. Co., 28 yrs J'burg, Frame house; Emma E. ag >>25, 8 yrs J'burg; Calvin O. ag 7, Chauncey Smith ag 22, Martha Smith ag 22, >>Sidney Smith ag 18, all born Warren Co., NY; Smith family listed as >>boarders >> >>No. 123- Elisha ag 21, b Warren Co., Board house; Jane M. ag 21, Hamilton >>R. ag 2, both born Warren Co., NY >> >>No. 136- Luther ag 42, b Wash. Co., 15 yrs J'burg, Frame house; Margaret ag >>41, b Rens. Co., 15 yrs J'burg; Charles ag 14, Hugh ag 9, both born Warren > >>Co.; John White ag 42, b VT; Daniel Forbes ag 40, b ME >> >>1860 Census Town of Johnsburg >> >>No. 59- William ag 38, hotelkeeper, b NY; Susan ag 36, Electa J. ag 17, >>William H. ag 7, all born NY; George Little ag 23, Doctor, b NY; Thomas >>Eldridge ag 40, b NY; Jacob Miller ag 20, b Canada; Frank Carroll ag 20, b >>Canada; Catherine Bowers ag 19, b Ireland >> >>No. 134- George ag 46, Farmer, b NY; Sally ag 41, John ag 18, Theron ag >>14, George D. ag 7, Samuel ag 2, David N. no age given, all born NY >> >>No. 136- Lyman ag 37, Hotelkeeper, b NY; Emma ag 30, Land lady, b NY; >>Calvin O. ag 11, Henry C. ag 6, Calvin ag 73, Farm laborer, all born NY; >>Jane Ingalls ag 20, Servant, b NY; Norman Ovitt ag 23, Laborer, b NY; >>Washington Stiles ag 20, Laborer, b NY; Samuel Rist ag 35, Carpenter, b NY; >>David Ovitt ag 37, Laborer, b NY >> >>No. 186- Norman ag 45, Farmer, b NY; Adelia ag 44, Charles ag 22, Francelia >>ag 18, Edwin ag 16, James ag 14, Theodore ag 9, all b NY; Delinda Russell >>ag 20, Servant, b NY; John Maynard ag 12, b NY >> >>No. 187- Theron Jr. ag 48, Farmer, b NY; Nancy ag 44, Thomas ag 19, Hiram >>ag 17, Lyman ag 15, William ag 12, Washington ag 10, Malden ag 7, Ann ag 4, >>Martha ag 2, all born NY >> >>No. 188- Theron ag 71, b NY; Ann ag 70, b NY >> >>No. 189- Isaac ag 30, Farmer, b NY; Sally ag 27, Betsy ag 10, Abigail ag 8, >>Chloe ag 4, Henry ag 1, Luther ag 75, Farmer, all born NY >> >>No. 190- Luther ag 47, b NY; Margaret ag 46, Charles ag 18, Hugh ag 15, >>Sophia Waldron ag 12, all born NY >> >>No. 191- Elisha ag 29, Farm laborer, b NY; Mary ag 26, Hamilton ag 7, >>Adaline ag 1, all born NY >> > >______________________________X-Message: #13 >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 14:41:11 -0700 >From: Douglas Detling <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: In awe >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>Date: Sun, 3 May 1998 23:42:26 -0400 (EDT) >>From: Phil Roblee <[email protected]> >>... >>I sit here (in the background) observing historic geneological references >>flashing across my screen like fireflies on a summer night, and I think, >>"Wow! These folks have done their homework!" To those of you who have >>been in the trenches digging, questioning, challenging, and digging some >>more...I thank you. On behalf of those (of us) who have benefitted from >>your hard work without ourselves putting much time in the field, I say, >>"thank you" again for allowing us to grab your coat-tails. >>... >>I hope the "Thomas" issue will be at a concensus stage soon, resolved by >>various and upcoming trips to parts of Washington D.C., Vermont and >>Massachusetts. >> >>I am confident of claiming my rightful place in the Roblee (Robblee et >>al) line by proving a direct link between gggrandfather Orlando Roblee, >>his father Calvin Roblee, and the "Thomas" group. Just a small reminder >>to those of you fortunate in your access to source documents to keep your >>eyes peeled for references to Orlando Roblee (b: Oct 1829), son of >>Calvin. (Many of you are familiar with this query...others new to the >e->mail web may not be).... > >______________________________X-Message: #14 >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 14:51:02 -0700 >From: Douglas Detling <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: Library of Congress Books >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>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 >> > >______________________________X-Message: #15 >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 15:00:16 -0700 >From: Douglas Detling <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: Dutchess Land Records >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>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 >> >