John Palen ROBLIN^{[1, 2]}

1799 - 1874  (75 years)

• Name	John Palen ROBLIN  [3, 4]
  Birth	16 Aug 1799	Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	5EE9DDFF1EBD446FB0CD6F5621CA5A366ED5
  Order in Council - UEL Land Grant	7 May 1828	Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Death	12 Nov 1874	Picton, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada   [5, 7]
  Burial	Glenwood Cemetery, Picton, Hallowell Twp., Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  		John P Roblin.jpg
  Person ID	I4017	Ryeland Family Tree
  Last Modified	19 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Philip ROBLIN, UE,   b. 17 Dec 1772, Smiths Clove, Orange, New York, USA d. 17 May 1848, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Prudence PLATT,   b. 6 Jan 1771, New York, USA d. 24 Aug 1850, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	13 Jan 1793	Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada   [1, 7]
  Family ID	F1157	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nancy Langhorn CONGER,   b. Jan 1803, Hallowell Twp., Prince Edward Co., ON, Canada d. 22 Oct 1880, Picton, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	5 Feb 1822	Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Children	1. Marshall Bidwell ROBLIN,   b. 1823, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown   2. Manley Conger ROBLIN,   b. 1826, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown   3. Finley Park ROBLIN,   b. 1829, Ontario, Canada d. Bef 24 Dec 1912, USA (Age 83 years)   4. Anna Maria ROBLIN,   b. 25 Jul 1830, Canada d. Yes, date unknown   5. Marcus Watson ROBLIN,   b. Jun 1837, Canada d. 4 Aug 1865 (Age 28 years)   6. Roderick Stephen ROBLIN,   b. 26 Oct 1840, Ontario, Canada d. 2 Apr 1882, Brandon, , Manitoba, Canada (Age 41 years)
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2014
  Family ID	F1239	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 16 Aug 1799 - Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Marriage - 5 Feb 1822 - Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Order in Council - UEL Land Grant - 7 May 1828 - Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Death - 12 Nov 1874 - Picton, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Burial - - Glenwood Cemetery, Picton, Hallowell Twp., Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		John P Roblin and Family.jpg
  		John Palen Roblin 1799 to 1874.jpg The photo of John Palen Roblin came from the Janet and Richard Lunn book called The County, which is available online. It is actually a painting and it hangs in the Head Office of the Bank of Montreal at 119 rue St. Jacques in Old Montreal. It was presented to them by the Rev. S.H. Roblin, D.D., in June, 1946 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Bank of Montreal in Picton. John P. Roblin was the first known agent of the Bank of Montreal in Picton, a position of some importance I was told by a contact at the Bank of Montreal. Further details about the painting may be obtained by contacting BMO archivist Yolaine Touissante at 514 877-6810.

  
  

• Notes

  A son, John P. Roblin, was for a number of years a prominent member of the old Reform party in the Upper Canada Legislature, sitting both before and after the Mackenzie Rebellion, sixteen years in all. ROBLIN, JOHN PHILIP, farmer, politician, and public servant; b. in Sophiasburgh Township, U.C., 16 Aug. 1799, son of Prudence Platt and Philip Roblin, loyalist, who came to Adolphustown Township from New Jersey in 1784 and who later settled on Long Reach in Sophiasburgh at a place which became known as Roblin Mills; d. at Picton, Ont., 12 Nov. 1874. John Philip Roblin was educated at the local school taught by Jonathan Greely. As a young man he cleared and farmed land in Ameliasburgh Township, but he moved to Hallowell Township in 1847 and in 1858 to the town of Picton. From an early age he took an active part in public life in Prince Edward County. He was appointed a justice of the peace in 1834. As a captain of the 2nd Battalion of Prince Edward militia he commanded a troop of cavalry during the winter of 1837 [9]

  
  

• Sources

  [S20] FamilySearch International Genealogical Index v5.0, (URL: http://www.familysearch.org). [S639] 1851 Canadian Census. [S174] Roblin family history gen-rob.001-4, (Owner: Seventh Town Historical Society & Marilyn Adams Genealogical Research Centre). [S603] 1871 Canadian Census. [S150] Rosalyn Insley, Rosalyn Insley. [S163] Ancestry.com, The Loyalists in Ontario. [S139] Jerry Turner. [S782] Glenwood Cemetery in Picton. [S205] Pioneer life on the Bay of Quinte, including genealogies of old families and biographical sketches of representative citizens, (Toronto, Ontario: Ralph and Clark URL: http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.asp?id=3658).