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1 F Mary Anne PITTARD 15,18,395
Born: 1846 - Somerton, , Somerset, England 18
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Marr: 25 Dec 1867 - Evercreech, , Somerset, England 15
Husband Thomas PITTOCK 13
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1 M Peter PITTOCK 1
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Marr: 11 Jul 1558 - Nonington, Kent, England 1
Husband William Archibald STENTIFORD 478
Born: 28 Dec 1859 - Newfoundland, Canada
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Father: Owen STENTIFORD (1819-1892) 478
Mother: Harriet HISCOCK (1819-1912) 478
Marriage: Dec 1883 - Torquay, , Devonshire, England 478
Wife Helena PITTS 478
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1 F Jessica Mae POLLEY (details suppressed for this person)
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Husband John PLATT 171,359
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1 F Prudence PLATT 1,55,150,171
Born: 6 Jan 1771 - New York, USA 359
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Died: 24 Aug 1850 - Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada 120,359
Buried: - Roblin Mills Cemetery, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada 56,120,486
Spouse: Philip ROBLIN UE (1772-1848) 1,10,55,121,130,150,171
Marr: 13 Jan 1793 - Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada 1,359
General Notes: Husband - John PLATT
UNCONFIRMED AS THE FATHER OF PRUDENCE
John Platt, of Hallowell Tp., Prince Edward Co., who in 1798 was rated as one of the wealthiest citizens, and assessed for 2s. 6d. in taxes,] and in 1808 appears as the owner of 260 acres of land, of which 40 were under cultivation. While on chronological grounds he may perhaps have been a Loyalist, his circumstances do not closely fit the men of this name who have been found in Loyalist sources. He is, however, possibly the John Platt mentioned in the following story:
The current of events on the Bay Circuit was a little stirred by the advent once more, on a short visit, of its first evangelist, William Losee. Mr Playter's account of it is the following: "He came to dispose of his property in Kingston. He was now a feeble old man .... He preached in the chapel and also in some places on the Bay of Quinte.... He was accustomed to horse-back riding from his youth; and was once noted as a racer. When he first came to Adolphustown [now in Lennox and Addington County], in 1790, some of his old acquaintances would not go to hear him, not believing in his professions of religion. Among the rest was John Platt, whose sister, however, went to Losee's meetings. As she was going one day, the brother said, 'Do you ask Bill if he keeps the little black horse for racing yet.' After meeting, the young women trembling, gave the message to the preacher. He solemnly replied, 'Tell john, if he does not look out, he will ride the little black horse to hell!' that is, racing would be his destruction."
In February of 1836 "John Platt and six others, of the Township of Ameliasburgh (Prince Edward)" petitioned the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada that "Mr. Wilmot's survey of said township, may not be confirmed," but resolution of the matter is not apparent. By this late date, the John Platt referred to may well have been a younger man than our subject. 171
General Notes: Child - Prudence PLATT
No parents in IGI Nov 2004
Other Platts in the vicinity who were of about the right age to be her siblings include:
1. “John Platt, Senior,” b. about 1759-60, d. 30 Oct. 1840 “at his residence, in Percy [a township in Northumberland County] ... in his 81[st] year.”
2. Jemima Platt, said to have been b. 6 Oct. 1776 at Plattsburgh, Cinton Co., New York, d. 31 Oct. 1853 in Ontario, who m. before 1793, Samuel Williams, of Hallowell Tp., Prince Edward Co., and had twelve children, her second son being named John Platt Williams. We should state that Jemima Platt could not by any possibility have been born at Plattsburgh, which was not incorporated until 1785, and was prior to that time a wilderness. She may however have belonged to the Platt family which subsequently owned the land on which Plattsburgh was built; for while Zephaniah Platt, at whose instigation the town was founded, did not actually live there until 1801, it seems to be generally agreed that his brothers Daniel, Charles, and Nathaniel were all early residents.
Husband Philip ROBLIN UE 1,10,55,121,130,150,171
Born: 17 Dec 1772 - Smiths Clove, Orange, New York, USA 1,55,359
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Died: 17 May 1848 - Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada 121,130
Buried: - Roblin Mills Cemetery, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada 486
Father: Philip ROBLIN Ue (Abt 1750-1788) 1,10,55,121,150,171,358
Mother: Elizabeth Esther MILLER (1754-1815) 10,55,150,171,173
Marriage: 13 Jan 1793 - Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada 1,359
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation, Phillip and his son Phillip had a complex of mills: saw, grist, flouring, fulling, carding, and a blacksmith shop
• Occupation 359 - Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
began the operation of the family gristmill and sawmill at Green Point later Roblin's Mills.
• Emigration 171, USA To Canada, 1783
With his parents
• Residence 359, 1792 - Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
the west side of Long Reach, an area called Green Point.
Later referred to as Roblin's Mills
• Residence 359, 1842 - Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
Philip II built this Regency style "cottage" on the bluff overlooking the harbour,
to replace the original frame house across the street.
The stones, brought over by barge from Kingston, were cut by the prisoners in the penitentiary.
Wife Prudence PLATT 1,55,150,171
Born: 6 Jan 1771 - New York, USA 359
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Father: John PLATT ( - ) 171,359
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1 M Levi ROBLIN UE 1,55,68,109,121,150,171,486
Born: 30 Nov 1793 - Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada 1,359
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Died: 26 Aug 1878 - Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada 1,121,148,486
Cause of Death: Suicide by drowning while temporarily insane
Buried: - Roblin Family Cemetery, Near Fish Lake In Sophiasburg 486
Spouse: Mary SHORTT (Abt 1791-1828) 1,55,68,150,486
Marr: 31 Jan 1815 - Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada 1,359
Spouse: Elizabeth OSBORNE ( - ) 55,150
Marr: 23 Apr 1829 - Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada 960
2 F Elizabeth ROBLIN 55
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3 F Kezia ROBLIN 1,55
Born: 1797 - Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
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Spouse: George DREWRY (Abt 1799-1885) 1,55
Marr: 20 Nov 1820 - Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada 1,120,536
4 M John Palen ROBLIN 1,54,55,109
Born: 16 Aug 1799 - Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada 120
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Died: 12 Nov 1874 - Picton, , Ontario, Canada 120,359
Buried: - Glenwood Cemetery, Picton, Hallowell Twp., Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada 57
Spouse: Nancy Langhorn CONGER (1803-1880) 1,54,55
Marr: 5 Feb 1822 - Prince Edward County, ON, Canada 1
5 F Elizabeth Jane ROBLIN 1,7,52,55
Born: 1801 - Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
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Spouse: Joseph FOSTER ( -1872) 1
Marr: Aug 1826 1,150
6 F Mary ROBLIN 1,55
Born: Feb 1804 - Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada 359
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Buried: - Roblin Mills Cemetery, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada 486
Spouse: Thomas W PORTT (1797-1827) 1,55,486
Marr: 15 Feb 1826 - Hallowell Twp., Prince Edward Co., ON, Canada 1,120,359
Spouse: William STEEL ( - ) 359
Marr: 25 Feb 1836 359
7 M Owen ROBLIN 1,7,52,55,79,109
Born: 8 Aug 1806 - Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada 134
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Buried: - Grove Cemetery, Ameliasburgh, Prince Edward Co., ON 133
Spouse: Huldah Selden CONGER (1811-1896) 52,55,133,134
Marr: 16 Feb 1831 - Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada 120
8 M Caleb ROBLIN 1,55
Born: 19 Jan 1810 - Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada 359
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Buried: - Roblin Mills Cemetery, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada 56,486
Spouse: Sarah KOTCHEPAW (1827-1846) 7,56
9 F Phoebe ROBLIN 1,55
Born: 4 Apr 1812 - Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada 120
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Spouse: Joseph Lockwood ROGERS (1801-1881) 55,120
Marr: 22 Jun 1857 - Picton Methodist Church, Picton, , Ontario, Canada 120
10 M Philip ROBLIN 1,52,55,109
Born: 1814 - Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
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Spouse: Elizabeth Ann BOGART (1826-1908) 1,52,55,79
Marr: 3 Jun 1851 - Adolphustown Township, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada 1,120
General Notes: Husband - Philip ROBLIN UE
According to records of Dr. H.C. Burleigh Adolphus ROBLIN had a bible of his Grandfather Philip.
Introduced Methodism into Prince Edward County
Philip Roblin moved from Adolphustown into Sophiasburg, where he located his land at Roblin's Mills, or Green Point, on the High Shore. In addition to clearing the forest, he managed to build and work a grist mill, which proved not only a success to the enterprising miller, but a boon to the settles for miles around, saving them their long and toilsum trips to Kingston, and later to Napanee. The founder of Roblins Mills, or Green Point, married Prudence Platt, by whom he had nine children; many of his descendants lived to be distinguished men and women of their county. 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. He was defeated only once, and that was in 1837, when the cry of Liberal disloyalty was raised; but at the next poll he was elected by a sweeping majority. Notwithstanding that the Premier, Mr. Draper, was a Conservative, he appointed John P. Roblin Registrar of Prince Edward County, a position he held up to the time of his death.
Philip Roblin owned the following lots in 1790 Con 4 Lot 24 Adolphustown - 50 Acres Con 4 Lot 25 Adolphustown - 50 Acres Con 1 (West of Carrying PL) Lot 2 Sophiasburg - 200 Acres Con 1 (West of Carrying PL) Lot 34 Sophiasburg - 150 Acres 10,121
General Notes: Wife - Prudence PLATT
No parents in IGI Nov 2004
Other Platts in the vicinity who were of about the right age to be her siblings include:
1. “John Platt, Senior,” b. about 1759-60, d. 30 Oct. 1840 “at his residence, in Percy [a township in Northumberland County] ... in his 81[st] year.”
2. Jemima Platt, said to have been b. 6 Oct. 1776 at Plattsburgh, Cinton Co., New York, d. 31 Oct. 1853 in Ontario, who m. before 1793, Samuel Williams, of Hallowell Tp., Prince Edward Co., and had twelve children, her second son being named John Platt Williams. We should state that Jemima Platt could not by any possibility have been born at Plattsburgh, which was not incorporated until 1785, and was prior to that time a wilderness. She may however have belonged to the Platt family which subsequently owned the land on which Plattsburgh was built; for while Zephaniah Platt, at whose instigation the town was founded, did not actually live there until 1801, it seems to be generally agreed that his brothers Daniel, Charles, and Nathaniel were all early residents.
Death Notes: Child - Levi ROBLIN UE
Aged 84 years 8 Months
General Notes: Child - Levi ROBLIN UE
Roblin's Mills at Sophiasburgh had one of the best mill sites in the County. Five mills operated within a half mile. The water was diverted from mill wheel to mill wheel by sluices. There was a mill at the edge of the cliff, below it stood the original Roblin mill called the Cooperage. Further down were two mills run off the same wheel-one for sawing and one for grinding. The waters from this mill were carried by overhead sluice to the last mill which stood near the bay. This one is known as Levi Roblin's Mill. Levi built his home on the dock because he loved the water. His mill was run by the pouring water from the sluice over a paddle wheel and it, in turn, worked an arm which turned a flywheel. The Roblin mills were adjacent to the shipyards. - from Picton's 100 Years: 1837-1937 134,171
General Notes: Child - John Palen ROBLIN
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 1837–38. From 1848 to 1856 he was lieutenant-colonel commanding the battalion. He was first warden of the district of Prince Edward, 1841–42.
Roblin represented Prince Edward in the House of Assembly of Upper Canada from 1830 to 1836. Defeated in 1836, he again sat for Prince Edward in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1841, when he defeated David Barker Stevenson*, to 1846. In the latter year he resigned his seat to become registrar of Prince Edward County, crown lands agent, and collector of customs at Picton.
Roblin began his political life as a Reform supporter of Marshall Spring Bidwell and Peter Perry*, but, like his younger cousin David Roblin*, he eventually became somewhat disillusioned with the Reform Party of the 1840s and 1850s, and especially with the policies of George Brown whom he considered too moderate and to be “working for the Tories.”
He was a staunch Wesleyan Methodist. From at least 1848 until 1863, he was a member of the senate of Victoria College at Cobourg, Ontario.
J. K. Johnson
Lennox and Addington Hist. Soc. (Napanee, Ont.), III (Thomas Willet Casey papers), 2, pp.11585–600; IV (Roblin family papers) 1, pp.14993–15002 (copies at PAC). PAC, RG 9, I, B5, 6; C4, 4; C6, 8; RG 68, 1. PAO, Legislative Assembly papers, biographical sketches of the members of the assembly, 1792–1840, comp. J. S. Carstairs and W. D. Read. J. of Education for Ont., XXVIII (1875), 12. Armstrong, Handbook of Upper Canadian chronology.
© 2000 University of Toronto/Université Laval
Federal Census of 1871 (Ontario Index)
ROBLIN , JOHN P
Sex: Male Age: 71 Birthplace: ONTARIO Religion: Wesleyan Methodist Origin: ENGLISH Occupation: REGISTRAR District: PRINCE EDWARD ( 059 ) Sub-district: Picton Town ( E ) Division: 1 Page: 13 Microfilm reel: C-9989 - C-9990 Reference: RG31 — Statistics Canada 10
Death Notes: Child - Mary ROBLIN
23 Jul 1875 from Jerry Turner
23 Jul 1852 in Cemetery Transcriptions (year doesn't add up with age however)
General Notes: Child - Owen ROBLIN
Roblin Mills was dismantled and reconstructed as part of the Black Creek Pioneer Village near Toronto, where it still grinds out flour. - built by Owen.
Another leading member of the family was Owen Roblin, a son of Philip. He was born in Sophiasburgh, and, after receiving his education under Jonathan Greely, removed to Ameliasburgh, where, in 1829, he took up four hundred acres in the third concession. This land is in part now held by W. J. McFaul and H. G. Staffordshire; and the latter lives on the old homestead. Owen Roblin conducted a general store and ashery, doing a large, and profitable business in sending the lye to Montreal. In 1838, or 1839, he traded lot 76 with John B. Way for lot 81, where the Ameliasburgh Roblin's Mills and homestead now stand. The village of Roblins Mills, or Ameliasburgh, as it is officially known, was first called Way's Mills, and was situated in the bend of the horseshoe below the hill on the present village stands.
On taking possession of the Way property, Owen Roblin commenced to improve the water-power; his first act was to excavate the present canal from the lake. The extent of this work may be estimated from the fact that the blasting powder alone cost the equivalent of one thousand dollars. Besides farming five hundred acres, and attending to his many trading schemes and flouring mills, this busy man ran saw and carding mills. From his flour mills he shipped immense quantise of wheat and rye flour to Montreal; and during the Crimean War he exported day and night.
Owen Roblin was a Justice of the Peace and Commissioner for taking affidavits; and for many years was a County Councillor and Reeve of his township. A post office was first opened in the village by a man called Meacham, who was Postmaster there for three years, when he was promoted to Belleville; and the Roblin's Mills' office was closed. It was reopened in 1845, with Owen Roblin as Postmaster, who held the post until his death, when he was said to be the oldest Postmaster in Canada. He was succeeded by his grandson, William H. C. Roblin, the present Postmaster. This grandson also closely followed Owen's son, Edward, as clerk of the Fourth Division Court, the interim holder of the post being William C. DeLong.
One of the best known and most progressive men in the county, Owen Roblin, lived to the old age of ninety-seven years, only dying as recently as 1903. He married Huldah Selden Conger, a daughter of old Squire Stephen Conger; she died in 1896, aged eighty-five years.
Federal Census of 1871 (Ontario Index)
ROBLIN , OWEN
Sex: Male Age: 64 Birthplace: ONTARIO Religion: Wesleyan Methodist Origin: ENGLISH Occupation: MERCHANT District: PRINCE EDWARD ( 059 ) Sub-district: Ameliasburgh ( C ) Division: 3 Page: 50 Microfilm reel: C-9989 Reference: RG31 \emdash Statistics Canada
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Federal Census of 1871 (Ontario Index)
ROBLIN , PHILIP
Sex: Male Age: 56 Birthplace: ONTARIO Religion: Wesleyan Methodist Origin: WELSH Occupation: MILLER District: PRINCE EDWARD ( 059 ) Sub-district: Sophiasburgh ( F ) Division: 2 Page: 42 Microfilm reel: C-9990 Reference: RG31 — Statistics Canada
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Born: Dec 1821 - Folkestone, , Kent, England
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Wife Margaret PLEDGE 28
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Baptised 20 December 1818. Buried at the Old Baptist Ground Folkestone with her Mother Elizabeth.