Abraham Robar (1723 - 1799)

Born 5 Dec 1723 in Brevilliers, Principauté de Montbéliard, Saint-Empire Romain Germanique

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Catherine (Lods) Robar — married 31 Mar 1750 in Brevilliers, Haute-Saone, Franche-Comte, France

Descendants

Died 2 Oct 1799 at age 75 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

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Biography

Abraham Robar was a Huguenot emigrant (1540-1790).

Abraham was born in 1723. Abraham Robar ... He passed away in 1799. ^[1] Abraham Robar/Robert was born in 1723 in Brevilliers, Haute-Saone, Franche-Cote, France. His wife Elizabeth was born in Hericourt, Doubs, Franche-Comte, France. This couple had 5 children. Abraham's father Isaac Robar was born in 1668 in Montbeliard, Alsace, France. He died in 1748-12-02 in Brevilliers, Montbeliard,Doubs, France. He married Julianne Devin (1671-03-07/ 1748-11-23) of the same place.Abraham is the only recorded child.

Person: Abraham ROBERT

Birthday: 1723

Birthplace: Brevilliers, Montbeliard, FRANCE

Mother: Julianne DEVIN

Father: Isaac ROBERT

Sex: male

Elizabeth Catherine Robert born ca. 1741

John George Robar born ca. 1756

Dave Conrad info: d. 2 October 1799 at Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia (Source: St. Johns Records).

Spouse: Elizabeth Catherine LOWE, b. 1716, d. 1793 (Chris Fretwell identifies her as Lods, not Lowe:

He married 7. Elizabeth Catharine Lods on March 31, 1750^[2])

Children and grandchildren:

1. Elizabeth Catherine ROBAR (1751 - 1812)
2. George ROBAR (ca. 1756 - 1801); 10 grandchildren
3. George [Andrew] ROBAR (ca. 1758 - )
4. Catherine Margaretha ROBAR (ca. 1761 - )
5. Pierre ROBAR (ca. 1762 - 1801)

Chris Fretwell info:

Notes for Abraham Robert:

>From the file of Allan Griffith

Dora Page has sent me the following historical note: Abraham ROBART lived in Chagny, France, a small village near Montbeliard. He arrived in Halifax on the Speedwell in 1752. He was a stone mason 30 years old & illiterate (ships manifest shows he signed X). He served his indenture by building fortifications on George's Island in Halifax Harbour then moved to Lunenberg & later to the Sable River region.

More About Abraham Robert: Immigration: 1752, Speedwell

Children of Abraham Robert and Elizabeth Lods are:

1. Elizabeth Catherine Robert, born Abt. 1741; died December 28, 1812; married (2) Christophe Jacques Vienot April 13, 1761.
2. Pierre Robert, born May 22, 1754 (Source: St. Johns Records); died July 07, 1801 (Source: St. John's Anglican Church.); married Susannah Catherine Bezanson March 16, 1784.
3. George Robert, born April 30, 1756 (Source: St. Johns Records); died July 01, 1801; married Maria Margaret Daree August 17, 1779 (Source: st. Johns Records) More About Maria Margaret Daree: Baptism: January 16, 1755, Saint John's Anglican
4. Andrew Robert, born 1758; married Greta Barbara Motz April 21, 1778 (Source: ZLL). More About Andrew Robert: Baptism: October 18, 1758, Saint John's Anglican More About Greta Barbara Motz: Baptism: June 16, 1755, Saint John's Anglican
5. Catherine Margaret Robert, born 1761. More About Catherine Margaret Robert: Baptism: February 26, 1761, Saint John's Anglican

ABRAHAM2 ROBERT (ISAAC1) died October 02, 1799 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, CANADA. He married ELISABETH CATHERINE LODS March 31, 1750 in Brevilliers, Montbeliard, France.

Notes for ABRAHAM ROBERT: He was a mason who, at the age of thirty, came to Halifax on the Speedwell with his wife and infant daughter. On the 22 July 1752, they arrived in Halifax indebted for 151.14.0. He had to work off his debt of passage on the fortification of George's Island in Halifax Harbour before leaving for Lunenburg on 15 June 1753. He and his family lived on a thirty acre lot assigned to him before he left Halifax (north-west range, lot B-54).

He received livestock in 1754 - one cow and one sheep, which he had to share with his neighbour. In 1756 he went on a cattle expedition to retrieve abondoned livestock leftover from the expulsion of the Acadians one year earlier in 1755.

See passport in "The Montbeliardians and the Settlement of Lunenburg."

Source: Same as parent's, Bell registry, passenger lists, Cannon-Harris papers, Churches: Lunenburg: St.John's Anglican.

Passport of 1752

The bourgeois masters of the city of Hericourt certify to whom it may concern that George Frederich Bailly, Jean Jacque Grossenaud and Jean George Lods, all born in this city, and Abram Robere, born in Brevilliers, a village belonging to the seigneurial lands, have all, since birth, practiced in the religion of the Augsburg Confession, still practice it today and still perform its rituals. They have always behaved as honest people, and that they have been worthy of the right to bear arms. They have come and testified before us that they want to remove themselves with their families, that is to say the said G. Baily, J. Grossenaud and A. Robere, and the said J. Lods being a Boy, in order to settle elsewhere.

They have requested from us the present certificate that we have granted them in order to bear witness to the truth. We beg all those that they will address to let them go back and forth without any impediment and to give them assistance, if needs be, without a promise of reciprocity. Further they have requested from us, in response to a further request on them, that we certify that there are no contagious diseases in our city, which the stamp in the margin attests to.

Having all papers and stamps in order added to our present certificate, and having been signed by our secretary, we had the seal with the arms of our city affixed to it. Done in our cit y hall, the 11 April 1752.

J. F. Bovon, Secretary.

1752 Speedwell: Captain: Jos. Willson From: Rotterdam 16 May 1751 Arrival: Halifax Left with 216 passengers. Arrived with 269 passengers. Thirteen people died during the voyage (6 %).

Abraham Robert, 30 Mason Elizabeth Elizabeth Catharine

"ROBAR","Abraham","D","1799-10-02",,"SJAL","h/Eliz Cath","76y","Lunenburg" Spouse: Elizabeth Catherine LOWE, b. 1716, d. 1793 (Chris Fretwell identifies her as Lods, not Lowe: He married Elizabeth Catharine Lods Bef. 1741.)

Children:

1. Elizabeth Catherine ROBAR (1751 - 1812)
2. George ROBAR (ca. 1756 - 1801); 10 grandchildren
3. George [Andrew] ROBAR (ca. 1758 - )
4. Catherine Margaretha ROBAR (ca. 1761 - )
5. Pierre ROBAR (ca. 1762 - 1801)

ROBERT, ABRAHAM .... LUNENBURG mason from Montbeliard, Speedwell. 1752, ae 30. bur 2 Oct 1799 m. Elizabeth, m.(2)Catherine , bur. 1793 ae 77. Ch. Elizabeth Catherine, Pierre, John George, Andrew, Catherine.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Doug Coldwell, Mar 29, 2012
2. ↑ Rootsweb
3. ↑ Planters and Pioneers - E.C.Wright

• https://archive.org/details/registerofforeig0000bell Register of the Foreign Protestants of Nova Scotia (Ca. 1749-1770) Winthrop Pickard Bell, and J. Christopher Young, 2003. Vol. 2, p. 475
• http://www.progenealogists.com/palproject/ns/1752speed.htm - NOTE: This web page no longer exists.
• http://www.flora.org/nancy/lunenburg/genealogy/u/t/6/Abraham_ROBERT.html - NOTE: This website no longer exists.
• Birth, Marriage, Death Records of St John's Anglican Church, Lunenburg Don Shankles Listing.
• Dave Conrad info:d. 2 October 1799 at Lunenburg, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia (Source: St. Johns Records).

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2BY-WVPS : 13 September 2020), Abraham Robar, ; Burial, Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada, St. John's Anglican Church Crypt; citing record ID 175141297, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• Doug Coldwell, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Doug and others.