 1740 - 1810 (69 years)
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| Name |
John Roblee |
| Born |
9 Mar 1740 |
Huntington, Suffolk County, New York  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
29 Jan 1810 |
Wallace, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Buried |
Dotten Cemetery, Wallace Bay, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada |
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John Roblee
John Roblee - Died Jan. 14th 1810 - Aged 69 years |
| Notes |
- Ancestry.com. *UK, American Loyalist Claims, 1776-1835* [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: American Loyalist Claims, 1776?1835. AO 12?13. The National Archives of the United Kingdom, Kew, Surrey, England. New Claim St. John [New Brunswick] 31 October 1786 Evidence on the Claim of John Robblee late of the Great Nine Partners in New York Province Claimant Sworn: Assigns the same reason as Samuel Kipps for not having claimed under the former Act of Parliament, see page 200 of this book. He is a native of Long Island, when the war broke out he resided in Nine Partners, he lived on his own property which he farmed. Says he never joined the Americans, neither did he ever take an oath or sign any Association with them. He joined the British in 1777 and worked as a labourer until 1780 when he joined Colonel Delaney and continued to act with the Refugees until 1783 when he came to Cumberland and now resides at Ramsheg. Property No. 1. 43(?) Acres in Dutchess County, New York Province. Produces a deed dated in 1764 whereby D. Nimham (?) and Stephen Browham Indians in consideration of £100 currency convey to claimant a certain tract of land in Dutchess county as bounded ? no quantity is mentioned in the deed. Property. This was wild land in 1764. Claimant cleared about 40 acres and built a house one it. He resided there six years. When he removed to Nine Partners, he left it in possession f John Bates, he paid no rent. He said he could have sold it for £300 and has been informed it has been sold. Property No. 2. 60 Acres in Nine Partners. Produces deed dated in 1769 whereby Jacobus Consenttus (?) conveys to claimant in consideration of £65 currency 60 acres of land in Nine Partners, when he bought it was unimproved. Says he cleared and cultivated most part of it and built a Dwelling House and Barn on it. Says he could have sold it for £300 currency and it was in high cultivation. This he considers the principal part of his claim as he cannot tell how No. 1 is situated. Produces a certificate from Nehemiah Heart dated October 1783. That he (Hearts) had purchased the farm of John Robblee in Nine Partners from John Adams who had bought it when sold under confiscation. Property. Two horses which had been brought in by the Refugees, left at the evacuation £60. They were his own property at Nine Partners. Two cows taken by the Rebels. Thirty-two sheep likewise on his farm. Corns - in the barn £10, in the ground £10 Furniture £18 Farming untensils £6 Book Debts £14 He owned about £8 For questions about this list, contact the list administrator at ROBLEE-admin@rootsweb.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROBLEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
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| Person ID |
I035862 |
Strausstown Roots | ~Timmons/Robblee |
| Last Modified |
31 Jan 2021 |
| Family |
Susanna Baker, b. about 1750, d. about 1783, New York (Age ~ 33 years) |
| Children |
| | 1. Reuban Robblee, b. estimated 1780, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| | 2. William Robblee, b. about 1778, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| | 3. Joseph Robblee, b. about 1778, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| + | 4. Thomas Robblee, b. 23 Dec 1774, Dutchess County, New York , d. 3 May 1854, Granville Centre, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 79 years) |
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| Family ID |
F09164 |
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 | Born - 9 Mar 1740 - Huntington, Suffolk County, New York |
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| Sources |
- [S247] findagrave, www.findagrave.com, Find a Grave Memorial 156486949.
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