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Detling >[email protected] > >______________________________X-Message: #1 >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 16:14:47 -0700 >From: Douglas Detling <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: Re: Theron Robblee's Family >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 08:00:51 -0400 >>From: [email protected] (Lynda McGinnis) >>Subject: Re: Theron Robblee's Family >> >> Dear Cindy, Bob & Robblee Cousins, >> >> I hope you're all having a nice summer. I just wanted to share a >> few of my notes regarding some of the Robblee daughters from >> Lanesboro. Cindy & Bob had mentioned some of there information and >> questions last month. I'm sorry it's taken me so long to reply. I >> was home to see my family. It was a delightful week in the San Juan >> Island of Washington State (home) fishing, clam digging, crab >> catching, oyster shucking and sharing family. Then, came back to >> Boston and I have worked almost everyday since. >> The following are my notes and thoughts on some of the Robblee >> daughters who married in Lanesboro, MA and moved to New Haven, VT. >> I'd love to hear anyones thoughts and suggestions on these women and >> their families. It would be nice to place them all into their >> parents homes :-) I used the spelling "Robblee" just to be >> consistant for >> these entries however, as we all know, the spellings appear in many >> many varied ways in the original records. >> >> The birthdates and names of the children of William & Katurah >> Robblee >> were written into the Lanesboro town records c1772. They are: >> 1) Lucy, b 21 Nov 1756 >> 2) Katurah, b 16 Mar 1759 >> 3) Rebecca, b 5 Aug 1761 >> 4) Susannah, b 11 May 1763 >> 5) William, b 22 Sep 1765 >> 6) Hiram, b 14 Dec 1767 >> 7) Mary, b 20 Jul 1770 >> 8) Andrew, b 5 Jul 1772 >> {note: most or all of these children were written into the book all >> as >> a group. This was a common practice in New England towns. The town >> clerk would go around the town and enter the names and birthdates of >> all the children currently living there. This does not mean that >> these children were actually born in Lanesboro. According to the >> tax records, most of them were probably born in southern Dutchess >> Co, NY.} >> >> DAR application #166131 adds the following children to William & >> Katurah's family: >> 9) Francis >> 10) John Brush >> 11) Erastus >> 12) Sarah, b 12 Jan 1777 {DAR lineage 166131 goes thru Sarah} >> >> >> So, now to touch on the known and/or suspected Lanesboro Robblee >> daughters: >> >> 1) Permelia (Pamela) Robblee m Uriah Hoyt, probably in Lanesboro, >> MA. >> She died 29 Jul 1827, age 61 yr 1 mo, New Haven, VT (tombstone >> record). Her husband, Uriah Hoyt was a brother of Seth Hoyt, who >> married Katurah Robblee. The Hoyt book says that Permelia was a >> sister of Katurah Hoyt but, I have not found any evidence to support >> this. The children of William & Katurah (Baker) Hoyt were named and >> birthdates written into the Lanesboro Town Records c1772. The list > > of > >> children appears complete and there is no place for a Permelia b >> c1766. It is also possible that Permelia may have been a middle >> name. >> >> 2) Katurah Robblee m Seth Hoyt. This Katurah is a proven daughter >> of >> William & Katurah (Baker) Robblee. She was b 17 Mar 1759 (town >> record) probably in Dutchess Co, NY; m 9 Feb 1779 at Lanesboro, MA, >> Seth Hoyt, a veteran of the Revolution (widow's pension); d 6 Feb >> 1839 >> Clearfield Co, PA (widow's pension and obituary). Seth & Katurah >> (Robblee) Hoyt were one of the earliest of the Lanesboro families to >> move north to New Haven, VT. In 1790, Seth Hoyt and Eseck Sprague >> (who m Lucy Robblee) were already living in New Haven while, the >> other >> families were mostly still in Lanesboro, MA. Seth Hoyt d 6 Jan 1831 >> in New Haven and Katurah (Robblee) Hoyt went to live with her son, >> Gould R Hoyt in Houston, Clearfield Co, PA. All of the children of >> Katurah and Seth moved to Clearfield Co, PA except Seth Hoyt, Jr who >> stayed in New Haven until after his fathers death. He maybe the >> Seth >> Hoyt (Jr) who is mentioned in some Granville, NY records but, he >> eventually moved to Deerfield, IL where he d 23 Apr 1870. >> >> 3) Sarah Robblee. Here we have an interesting problem. There >> appears to be 2 different Sarah Robblees from Lanesboro. >> >> a) Sarah Robblee m John Hinman. According to Alice Hinmans' DAR >> application #166131, this Sarah is the dau of William & Katurah >> (Baker) Robblee, b 12 Jan 1777; m John Hinman 3 Feb 1799 Lanesboro, >> MA; d 3 Jul 1845. Unfortunately, this is an old DAR application >> (1926) and at that time, there was no requirement for members to >> submit actual copies of proof to support their lineages. Purhaps a >> search of Addison County records would provide more info on this >> family. >> >> b) Sarah Robblee m William Jeffords. Again, this marriage comes >> from >> an old DAR application (Lillian Elliott Valentine, 1926, #232137). >> There is no proof given for the marriage however, the timing does >> fit >> together nicely. >> William Jeffords was a veteran of the Revolution and received a >> pension. He was from Dudley, MA and enlisted at Uxbridge, MA where > >> he served various times thoughout the war and was discharged in 1783 >> near West Point, NY. In his pension, he only names his wife Jemima >> whom he married 20 Dec 1807. He is listed in the 1790 census living >> in Lanesboro, MA with a wife and child. So, he obviously must have >> had 2 wives, as is claimed in the DAR application. The application >> states that he m Sarah "Rublee" 1788, she was born about 1770 and >> died 1806. >> William Jeffords was living in Berkshire, Franklin Co, VT in 1818 >> when he made his first application for pension and he died there 8 >> Aug 1832. This is interesting. Hiram "Rublee" lived in Berkshire > >> in 1800. In 1810, Francis "Rubbler", Andrew "Rubler", Ephraim >> "Rubler" & John B. "Rublin" were all living in Berkshire, VT. I did >> not find William Jeffords listed in the 1800 or 1810 census in MA, >> VT or NY. >> Purhaps the spelling was so far off, that I simply missed him in the >> index. It's possible that a search of the town of Berkshire and >> Franklin Co records might turn up some interesting records which >> might prove or disprove this Sarah Robblee, first wife of William >> Jeffords. >> The list of their children may have come from a Will because it >> names >> the husbands of their daughters as "Mr ...": very formal, like is >> used in a Will. >> Does anyone have any ideas on sorting out these 2 Sarah >> Robblee's? >> Is there any proof that the wife of John Hinman was really the dau >> of >> William & Katurah (Baker) Robblee or was this assume simply because >> they had a daughter named Sarah? It is an interesting coincidence >> that William Jeffords moved to the same Vermont town with the sons >> of >> William & Katurah (Baker) Robblee. >> >> 4) Lucy Robblee m Eseck Sprague. This marriage comes from the book, >> "Sprague Families in America", by Warren Sprague, 1813. >> Pg 213 states: "Eseck Sprague... of New Haven, Vt, b May 26, >> 1756, >> prob. in Lanesboro, Mass, d at New Haven, Sept 4, 1824, of cancer on >> the nose. He m Lucy Rubbllee of Lanesboro. She was b Nov 27, 1754 or >> 1758; d of asthma, May 13, 1832, dau of William and Katurah (Baker) >> Rubbllee who came to Mass from Phillips Patent, Dutchess Co, NY." >> {note: this birthdate for Lucy is different than I recorded from >> the town records. Does anyone else have these dates?} >> Eseck Sprague was also a veteran of the Revolution but, he did not >> apply for a pension. Another old DAR application (Orra L Johnson, >> 1947, #373405) lists the above mentioned Sprague family genealogy >> book as her proof for this lineage. >> >> 5) Susannah Robblee m William Seymour. I have not picked up >> information on this family but, I will check the book on the Seymour >> family at NEHGS this week. There was a Sarah Seymour, dau of John of >> New Haven, CT who m Ezra Hoyt, Sr. These were the parents of Seth & >> Uriah Hoyt who m Katurah & Permelia Robblee. I believe Sarah >> (Seymour) Hoyt's brother William Seymour moved to Lanesboro, MA at >> the same time as the Hoyts. Does anyone have any info on this >> family? >> >> 6) Rebecca Robblee b 1761 & Mary Robblee b 1770. I have no record of >> these 2 daughters. Could one of these be the same person as > >> Permelia? >> >> Well, this is about all I have on these Robblee daughters from >> Lanesboro, MA. It seems likely that some were the daughters of >> Reuben >> but, which ones? I look forward to hearing some of your thoughts. >> >> Lynda {[email protected]} >> >> {My line desc from William & Katurah (Baker) Robblee thru their dau >> Katurah (Robblee) & Seth Hoyt and thru their son, Gould R Hoyt of >> VT, NY, PA & MN}. >> > >______________________________X-Message: #2 >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 16:16:13 -0700 >From: Douglas Detling <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: Roblee Family Tree >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 20:51:31 -0400 >>Subject: Roblee Family Tree >>... >>Greetings cousins: >> >>As an introduction, my name is William Roblee from Western New York State >>I have been searching the Roblee Family Tree and have reached the point >>where I need some help. >> My search ends at Calvin Roblee, who died in or near >>Granville, NY 2Feb1835 >>His oldest son Orlando was born in Granville and is my link to the >>Roblees. Calvin Roblee married Laura Everts McKnight possibly in >>Granville, NY. Once Calvin died >>his wife took the children and moved to Western New York. I have a >>listing of people >>buried in Granville and North Granville but can not find Calvin Roblee. >> I would appreciate any information that you may have on >>Calvin Roblee. >> >> >> OTHER NOTES: >> From a cousin: George and brother William Roblee landed on >>Long Island >>in 1623, William's son- Capt. Andrew Roblee and three brothers,John Bush, >>Francis and Hiram in 1759 left Lanesborough, Mass and settled in >>Burlington, VT (not sure if the spelling was Roblee or Robblee) >> >> From Ernest Roblee in Jamestown; His father Roy lived in >>Nova Scotia Canada and had his homestead destroyed for the rehab of Old >>Fort Habitation. >> >>Ernie's sister Kay in a letter: Fran Robblee Martin said the Rapalje's or >>Rapelje;s >>owned all of Long Island at one time. They migrated to Cumberland County >>in Nova Scotia with the Loyalists and The New England Planters-got >>another grant for land in Annapolis County. Every other house around >>there has some Robblee or other >> > >______________________________X-Message: #3 >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 16:26:21 -0700 >From: Douglas Detling <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-Id: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: RE: Roblee family >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>From: Cindy Walcott <[email protected]> >>To: 'Steve Hopkins' <[email protected]> >>Subject: RE: Roblee family >>Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 13:10:59 -0400 >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Steve Hopkins [SMTP:[email protected]] >>Sent: Thursday, June 25, 1998 10:52 AM >>To: Cindy Walcott >>Subject: Re: Roblee family >> >>Hello Brenda -- Thanks for writing back. Even the brief information you >>provided adds some new details. For instance, I did not have the first >>marriage for Henry S. Roblee, nor the names of Alma's parents. I am >>pasting in what I have right now, below (I have already added middle names, >>etc., from what you gave me. Any details you can add would be very >>welcome. Do you have information about Henry's ancestry? If not, I can >>give you what I have. >>... >>Cindy Walcott >> >>1. Henry Scott Roblee b. 17 Nov 1858, North Creek, NY, (son of Isaac H. >>Roblee and Sally Ann Waldron) m. 22 Aug 1880,1 Alma Louisa Partridge, b. >>25 Aug 1858, Rutland, VT,1 (daughter of Frederick Partridge and Mary Root) >>d. 30 Oct 1939, Glen Ellyn, IL.1 Henry died 1 Dec 1945, Glen Ellyn, IL.1 >> Children: >> 2. i Genevieve Roblee m. Harold S. Dickerson. >> 3. ii Lawrence Howard Roblee d. bef 1925.1 >> + 4. iii Leonard Roblee b. 14 Dec 1890. >> + 5. iv Lowell Allen Roblee b. 17 Dec 1891. >> + 6. v Leland Henry Scott Roblee b. 14 Jan 1894. >> >>Second Generation >> >>4. Leonard Roblee b. 14 Dec 1890, m. Carol _____. Leonard died ?? Dec >>1985, Benton, IL.2 >> Children: >> + 7. i Charles Roblee. >> 8. ii Carol Lee Roblee. >> >>5. Lowell Allen Roblee b. 17 Dec 1891, Charlotte, MI,1 m. 26 Sep 1914, in >>Delkalb, IL,1 Donna Leona Pratt, b. 18 Oct 1892, Elgin, IL,1 d. Denver, >>CO.1 Lowell died 13 Aug 1963, Denver, CO.1 >> Children: >> 9. i Ruth Roblee b. 26 Nov 1915,1 m. Wes Kelley. >> + 10. ii Robert Pratt Roblee b. 26 Nov 1917. >> 11. iii Ralph Lawrence Roblee b. 20 Nov 1926,1 d. 7 Jul 1936.1 >> >>6. Leland Henry Scott Roblee b. 14 Jan 1894,2 m. Virginia Langdon, b. 18 >>Aug 1899,2 d. ?? Mar 1976, Glen Ellyn, IL.2 Leland died ?? May 1979, >>Glen Ellyn, IL.2 >> Children: >> 12. i Virginia Lee Roblee m. David Campell. >> 13. ii Leland Henry Scott Roblee. >> 14. iii Susan Roblee b. 1938.1 >> >>Third Generation >> >>7. Charles Roblee m. Millie _____. >> Children: >> 15. i Daughter Roblee. >> 16. ii Daughter Roblee. >> >>10. Robert Pratt Roblee b. 26 Nov 1917, Terre Haute, IN.1 >> Children: >> 17. i Jane Ann Roblee. >> 18. ii Thomas Allen Roblee. >> >> >> >> >>Cindy Walcott wrote: >> >>> Hello -- Found your home page while searching the internet for the Roblee >>> family. I, along with a group of other researchers, have been working on > >>> the Roblee family history. I would be interested in sharing information, >>if >>> you are willing. >>> >>> Cindy Walcott >>> Grand Isle, VT >> >> Cindy, >>Hi, Sorry it has taken me a while to get back to you but with kids out of >>school my computer time is not what it was. >>My Roblee line is actualy my husbands. Here is osme of what I have: >>Henry Scott Roblee b. 17 Nov 1858 in North Creek, Ny d. 1943 in NY. >> m. 1st Fern Howting >> m. 2nd Alma Lovisa Partridge who is the daughter of Frederick Partridge >>and >>Mary Root. >> Children: Genevieve Roblee (husbands grandmother) >> m. Harold S. Dickerson >> children: Margaret Dickerson >> m. >>George H. Hopkins >> children: >> Margie >>Hopkins >> >> >> Mary >>Lou Hopkins >> >>Nancy Lee Hopkins >> >>Stephen Jeffrey Hopkins (my husband) >> >> Leonard Roblee >> Lowell Allen Roblee >> Leland Henry Scott Roblee >> Lawrence Howard Roblee >>I have more info regarding this family this is just the basics. I also am >>in >>possession of letters written by members of the Partridge Family and some >>of >>Alma Partridges records from school. >> >>Sorry for the delay and hope to hear from you soon. >> >>Brenda E. Hopkins >> >> > >______________________________X-Message: #4 >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 16:25:02 -0700 >From: Douglas Detling <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-Id: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: RE: Robblee Daughters >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>From: Cindy Walcott <[email protected]> >>Subject: RE: Robblee Daughters >>Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 21:28:38 -0400 >>... >>Hello Lynda, Bob and cousins -- Here is my 2 cents on the daughters of >>Wm. Robblee. For those who don't know or remember (and why would you?), >>this is my line too. I am desc. from Wm's son Andrew Rublee. My >>mother's maiden name is Rublee. See my notes inserted in the text below >[set in double brackets] >> >>Dear Cindy, Bob & Robblee Cousins, >> >> I hope you're all having a nice summer. >> >>>Ha! I've had better. After the death of both of my in-law within 15 >>days, my father is now in the hospital. I am hoping for return to dull >>routine. >> >>I just wanted to share a few of my >>notes regarding some of the Robblee daughters from Lanesboro. Cindy & Bob >>had >>mentioned some of there information and questions last month. I'm sorry >>it's >>taken me so long to reply. I was home to see my family. It was a >>delightful >>week in the San Juan Island of Washington State (home) fishing, clam >>digging, >>crab catching, oyster shucking and sharing family. Then, came back to >>Boston >>and I have worked almost everyday since. >> >>>Sounds lovely, Lynda. >> >> >> The following are my notes and thoughts on some of the Robblee >>daughters who >>married in Lanesboro, MA and moved to New Haven, VT. I'd love to hear >>anyones >>thoughts and suggestions on these women and their families. It would be >>nice to >>place them all into their parents homes :-) I used the spelling "Robblee" >>just >>to be consistant for these entries however, as we all know, the spellings >>appear in many many varied ways in the original records. >> >>The birthdates and names of the children of William & Katurah Robblee were >>written into the Lanesboro town records c1772. They are: >>1) Lucy, b 21 Nov 1756 >>2) Katurah, b 16 Mar 1759 >>3) Rebecca, b 5 Aug 1761 >>4) Susannah, b 11 May 1763 >>5) William, b 22 Sep 1765 >>6) Hiram, b 14 Dec 1767 >>7) Mary, b 20 Jul 1770 >>8) Andrew, b 5 Jul 1772 >>{note: most or all of these children were written into the book all as a >>group. >>This was a common practice in New England towns. The town clerk would go >>around >>the town and enter the names and birthdates of all the children currently >>living >>there. This does not mean that these children were actually born in >>Lanesboro. >>According to the tax records, most of them were probably born in southern >>Dutchess Co, NY.} >> >>>When William Robblee bought land in Lanesborough, MA on 6 July 1768, he is >>described as "of Philips Patent in Dutchh\ess County, New York". By 15 >>October of the same year, when he bought a second parcel of land, he was >>"of Lanesborough". This seemss to be the best benchmark we have. That >>would suggest that Mary and Andrew (and the younger children) were born in >>Lanesborough. I agree with Lynda that the others were most likely born in > >>Dutchess Co., NY. >> >>DAR application #166131 adds the following children to William & Katurah's >>family: >>9) Francis >>10) John Brush >>11) Erastus >>12) Sarah, b 12 Jan 1777 {DAR lineage 166131 goes thru Sarah} >> >>> I feel confident that these children belong in this family. Williams >>Sr. left a will recorded at the Berkshire County, Massachusetts Probate >>Court. He left one-third of his estate to his wife Katura. His sons >>William, Hiram, Andrew, Francis, John Brush and Erastus are mentioned, as >>well as daughters Lucy, Katura, Rebekah, Susannah, Mary and Sarah. >> >>So, now to touch on the known and/or suspected Lanesboro Robblee daughters: >> >>1) Permelia (Pamela) Robblee m Uriah Hoyt, probably in Lanesboro, MA. She >>died >>29 Jul 1827, age 61 yr 1 mo, New Haven, VT (tombstone record). Her >>husband, >>Uriah Hoyt was a brother of Seth Hoyt, who married Katurah Robblee. The >>Hoyt >>book says that Permelia was a sister of Katurah Hoyt but, I have not found >>any >>evidence to support this. The children of William & Katurah (Baker) Hoyt >>were >>named and birthdates written into the Lanesboro Town Records c1772. The >>list of >>children appears complete and there is no place for a Permelia b c1766. It >>is >>also possible that Permelia may have been a middle name. >> >>> I am really not sure where to place Permelia/Pamela. There is no >>evidence that she belongs in this family -- and in fact I do not see how >>she could. She was apparently born June 1766. That would make her a VERY >>tight squeeze between Wm. Jr. and Hiram. Notwithstanding that, she in not >>mentioned in Wm's will. >> >>2) Katurah Robblee m Seth Hoyt. This Katurah is a proven daughter of >>William & >>Katurah (Baker) Robblee. She was b 17 Mar 1759 (town record) probably in >>Dutchess Co, NY; m 9 Feb 1779 at Lanesboro, MA, Seth Hoyt, a veteran of the >>Revolution (widow's pension); d 6 Feb 1839 Clearfield Co, PA (widow's >>pension >>and obituary). Seth & Katurah (Robblee) Hoyt were one of the earliest of >>the >>Lanesboro families to move north to New Haven, VT. In 1790, Seth Hoyt and >>Eseck >>Sprague (who m Lucy Robblee) were already living in New Haven while, the >>other >>families were mostly still in Lanesboro, MA. Seth Hoyt d 6 Jan 1831 in New >>Haven and Katurah (Robblee) Hoyt went to live with her son, Gould R Hoyt in >>Houston, Clearfield Co, PA. All of the children of Katurah and Seth moved >>to >>Clearfield Co, PA except Seth Hoyt, Jr who stayed in New Haven until after >>his >>fathers death. He maybe the Seth Hoyt (Jr) who is mentioned in some >>Granville, >>NY records but, he eventually moved to Deerfield, IL where he d 23 Apr >>1870. >> >>> Agreed. >> >>3) Sarah Robblee. Here we have an interesting problem. There appears to >>be 2 >>different Sarah Robblees from Lanesboro. >> >>a) Sarah Robblee m John Hinman. According to Alice Hinmans' DAR >>application >>#166131, this Sarah is the dau of William & Katurah (Baker) Robblee, b 12 >>Jan >>1777; m John Hinman 3 Feb 1799 Lanesboro, MA; d 3 Jul 1845. Unfortunately, >>this >>is an old DAR application (1926) and at that time, there was no requirement >>for > >>members to submit actual copies of proof to support their lineages. >> Purhaps a >>search of Addison County records would provide more info on this family. >> >>> This is the "real" Sarah, in my mind. She was bapt. in the Lanesborough >>Congr. Church 6 Aug 1780 -- along with several of her siblings. >> >>b) Sarah Robblee m William Jeffords. Again, this marriage comes from an >>old DAR >>application (Lillian Elliott Valentine, 1926, #232137). There is no proof >>given >>for the marriage however, the timing does fit together nicely. >> William Jeffords was a veteran of the Revolution and received a >>pension. He >>was from Dudley, MA and enlisted at Uxbridge, MA where he served various >>times >>thoughout the war and was discharged in 1783 near West Point, NY. In his >>pension, he only names his wife Jemima whom he married 20 Dec 1807. He is >>listed in the 1790 census living in Lanesboro, MA with a wife and child. >> So, he >>obviously must have had 2 wives, as is claimed in the DAR application. The >>application states that he m Sarah "Rublee" 1788, she was born about 1770 >>and >>died 1806. >> William Jeffords was living in Berkshire, Franklin Co, VT in 1818 when >>he >>made his first application for pension and he died there 8 Aug 1832. This >>is >>interesting. Hiram "Rublee" lived in Berkshire in 1800. In 1810, Francis >>"Rubbler", Andrew "Rubler", Ephraim "Rubler" & John B. "Rublin" were all >>living >>in Berkshire, VT. I did not find William Jeffords listed in the 1800 or >>1810 >>census in MA, VT or NY. Purhaps the spelling was so far off, that I simply >>missed him in the index. It's possible that a search of the town of >>Berkshire >>and Franklin Co records might turn up some interesting records which might >>prove >>or disprove this Sarah Robblee, first wife of William Jeffords. The list >>of >>their children may have come from a Will because it names the husbands of >>their >>daughters as "Mr ...": very formal, like is used in a Will. >> Does anyone have any ideas on sorting out these 2 Sarah Robblee's? Is >>there >>any proof that the wife of John Hinman was really the dau of William & >>Katurah >>(Baker) Robblee or was this assume simply because they had a daughter named >>Sarah? It is an interesting coincidence that William Jeffords moved to the >>same >>Vermont town with the sons of William & Katurah (Baker) Robblee. >> >>>Here is what I think on this -- Wm. Jeffords first wife was Rebecca >>Robblee. In Wm. Sr.'s will, she is referred to as Rebecca Jeffords. I >>don't know where the confusion about the first name arose. I cannot find >>any record of Rebecca Jefford's death in Vermont -- not entirely surprising >>for that era. >> >>4) Lucy Robblee m Eseck Sprague. This marriage comes from the book, >>"Sprague >>Families in America", by Warren Sprague, 1813. >> Pg 213 states: "Eseck Sprague... of New Haven, Vt, b May 26, 1756, >>prob. in >>Lanesboro, Mass, d at New Haven, Sept 4, 1824, of cancer on the nose. He m >>Lucy >>Rubbllee of Lanesboro. She was b Nov 27, 1754 or 1758; d of asthma, May >>13, >>1832, dau of William and Katurah (Baker) Rubbllee who came to Mass from >>Phillips > >>Patent, Dutchess Co, NY." >> {note: this birthdate for Lucy is different than I recorded from the >>town >>records. Does anyone else have these dates?} >> Eseck Sprague was also a veteran of the Revolution but, he did not >>apply for >>a pension. Another old DAR application (Orra L Johnson, 1947, #373405) >>lists >>the above mentioned Sprague family genealogy book as her proof for this >>lineage. >> >>> I also have 21 Nov 1756. I feel confident that Lucy is dau. of Wm. >> >> >>5) Susannah Robblee m William Seymour. I have not picked up information on >>this >>family but, I will check the book on the Seymour family at NEHGS this week. >>There was a Sarah Seymour, dau of John of New Haven, CT who m Ezra Hoyt, >>Sr. >>These were the parents of Seth & Uriah Hoyt who m Katurah & Permelia >>Robblee. I >>believe Sarah (Seymour) Hoyt's brother William Seymour moved to Lanesboro, >>MA at >>the same time as the Hoyts. Does anyone have any info on this family? >> >>>William was the son of Wm. Seymour and Lydia St. John. Born 18 Mar 1760, >>place unknown to me, possibly Norwalk, CT. I have Sarah Seymour who m. >>John Hoyt as a dau. of Wm. Seymour -- sounds like that bears checking. At >>the time of William Seymour's marriage to Susannah Rublee in 1781 already >>living in New Haven, VT, accordingto the marriage record, Lanesborough, MA. >> I have a note to myself to double-check this. However, for sure, William >>Seymour was one of the earliest settlers of New Haven (Child's Gazeteer) >> He saw long service as a soldier in the Revolution, between 1775 and 1780. >> He received a pension. William and Susannah had ten children (Jacobus, >>1939, page ??) . I have not been able to find a record of their names and >>dates of birth. >> >>6) Rebecca Robblee b 1761 & Mary Robblee b 1770. I have no record of these >>2 >>daughters. Could one of these be the same person as Permelia? >> >>>see above on Rebecca. Mary is an interesting case. Mary Rublee was >>single at the time of her father's death in 1792. I have found no definite >>further record of her. She is likely the Polly Rublee, who died on 15 May >>1795 in her 25th year, and is buried in proximity to William Robblee in >>Lanesborough. There is also a gravestone for Norman Rublee, son of Polly >>Rublee, who died 21 Mar, 1792. Did Mary (Polly) Rublee have a child out of >>wedlock? >> >> >>Well, this is about all I have on these Robblee daughters from Lanesboro, >>MA. >>It seems likely that some were the daughters of Reuben but, which ones? >> Was the >>elder Thomas Robblee ever in Lanesboro? I look forward to hearing some of >>your >>thoughts. >> >>>Looks like Permelia is the only one "left over"! >> >>>Now you have them my thoughts! You happened to ask a question right up my >>alley! >> >>Cindy >>[email protected] >> >>Lynda {[email protected]} >> >>{My line desc from William & Katurah (Baker) Robblee thru their dau Katurah >>(Robblee) & Seth Hoyt and thru their son, Gould R Hoyt of VT, NY, PA & MN}. >> > >______________________________X-Message: #5 >Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 16:45:53 -0700 >From: Douglas Detling <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-Id: <[email protected]> >Subject: Fwd: pronunciation >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >>From: "John and BobbiKae McDowell" <[email protected]> >>Subject: pronunciation >>Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 17:12:55 -0600 >>... >>A friend of mine, born in France, pronounces my surname - ROB as in paw, >>and the LIER as in lay, thus RAWBLAY. With the "U" it is very similar - >>RUB as in cut. For what it's worth. >> >>... >>I found a Reuben ROBLEE in Orleans Co., NY in 1850. His age was 57, b. >>1793, wife Mary (Polly) age 47. Children: Percival age 23 and Marion age >>10. Rueben b. VT. Another record lists children: Matila, Pamon and >>Morgan. Who is this Reuben? >> >>Kay ROBLYER EYRE (WY) >> >