Obert Family Line

Obert Family Line

Christopher Robinson, Sr.

Christopher Robinson, Esq., of Cleasby

Also Known As: ""Baron of the Rappahannock""

Birthdate: circa 1645

Birthplace: Hewich, Cleasby Parish, North Yorkshire, England

Denomination: (probably) Anglican / Episcopalian

Death: February 13, 1693 in Hewick Plantation, Middlesex County, Colony of Virginia

Occupation: Owned 4000 acres in Middlesex County, Virginia. He Inherited the Hewick Estate From His Father. He is a charter member of William and Mary. His name is on the wall in the Chapel in the original building there.

Public Service: Middlesex County, Colony of Virginia

Private Secretary to Sir William Berkeley, Governor of Virginia

Public Service: Between 1675 and 1688 Middlesex County, Colony of Virginia

Clerk of Middlesex County

Public Service: 1686 Middlesex County, Colony of Virginia

Coroner of Middlesex County

Public Service: 1691 Middlesex County, Colony of Virginia

Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses

Public Service: Between 26 Oct 1691 and 1693 Middlesex County, Colony of Virginia

Member of the Governor's Council of Virginia

Public Service: 05 Jul 1692 Middlesex County, Colony of Virginia

Secretary of State for the Virginia Colony

A transcription of the Last Will and Testament of Christopher Robinson published in the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography in 1899.

Public Service: 8 Feb 1693 Colony of Virginia

An original Trustee of William & Mary College.

About Agatha Bertram Obert

from http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/ROBINSON/1998-07/0900368069

AGATHA2 OBERT (BERTRAM BARHAM1) was born in Rappahannock, Middlesex Co, VA, and died January 25, 1685/86 in VA (Source: The Robinson Family of Middlesex, Etc, Virginia, Genealogies of Virginia Families V, R-Z p 145).

She married CHRISTOPHER ROBINSON (Source: VA Vital Records #1, Virginia Will Records, Will of Christopher Robinson 1693.), son of JOHN ROBINSON and ELIZABETH POTTER.

Children of AGATHA OBERT and CHRISTOPHER ROBINSON are:

Benjamin Robinson

i.ANNE3 ROBINSON (Source: VA Vital Records #1, Virginia Will Records, Will of Christopher Robinson 1693.), d. living a widow in 1712 (Source: The Robinson Family of Middlesex, Etc, Virginia, Genealogies of Virginia Families V, R-Z p 146); m. DR JOHN HAY.

ii.CHRISTOPHER ROBINSON, COL, b. 1681, (eldest son)Of Hewick, Naval offcr Rapp'k river, Virginia (Source: VA Vital Records #1, Virginia Will Records, Will of Christopher Robinson 1693, The Robinson Fam of Middlesex, VA Gen of VA Fam. V p146, 153.); d. February 20, 1726/27, Middlesex Co, Va; m. JUDITH WORMLEY, October 12, 1703 (Source: Marriage Register, Middlesex Co, VA).

iv.JOHN ROBINSON, b. 1683, Urbana, Middlesex Co, Va (2nd son) (Source: The Robinson Family of Middlesex, Etc, Virginia, Genealogies of Virginia

Notes

From Gen. of VA Families, Vol IV, robinson Family, Robinson and Potter Family Connections. Deeds between Christopher Robinson, Gentleman, and Agatha, his wife one of the daughters of Bartram Obert and James Curtis and Elizabeth his wife another daughter of said Bartram Obert, dated 31 March, 1683/4

Notes for CHRISTOPHER ROBINSON: Will in its entirety is in pages 854-860, VA Vital Records #1, Virginia Will Records, Will of Christopher Robinson 1693 More About CHRISTOPHER ROBINSON. Fact 1: Abt. 1666, Came to Va (Source: The Robinson Family of Middlesex, Etc, Virginia, Genealogies of Virginia Families V, R-Z p 151) Fact 2: Settled an estate on the Rappahannock, Middlesex Co, "Hewick" (Source: VA Vital Records #1, Virginia Will Records, Will of Christopher Robinson 1693 pp854-860.) Fact 3: 1691, Member of the House of Burgesses for Middlesex Co (Source: VA Vital Records #1, Virginia Will Records, Will of Christopher Robinson 1693.) Fact 4: 1692, Appt Secretary of State (Source: VA Vital Records #1, Virginia Will Records, Will of Christopher Robinson 1693.)

http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I073558&tree=Tree1

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References:

https://www.geni.com/people/Agatha-Robinson/6000000008286408747

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Obert-8

https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LRGQ-Y6Q/agatha-bertram-obert-1652-1685

https://www.ancestry.ca/genealogy/records/bertram-obert-nd-24-20zvb94

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111598102/agatha-bertram-robinson

https://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling?lang=en&pz=timothy+michael&nz=dowling&p=agatha+bertram&n=obert

https://www.genealogieonline.nl/en/genealogy-house-drange/P1709.php

https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I073558&tree=Tree1

https://gw.geneanet.org/chipboulder?lang=en&pz=jacob+friedrich&nz=fischer&ocz=0&p=agatha+bertram&n=obert

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Nana's Maternal 7x Great Grandfather:

My 9x Great Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 10x Great-Grandfather:

Bertram Obert, II (1630 - 1659)

Bertram Obert 2nd

Also known as: "Bartram", "Barham"

Birthdate: ca. 1630

Birthplace: France

Denomination: (probably) Huguenot Calvinist / Episcopalian

Arrival: bet. 1642-1646

Death: bet. June 25, 1659 and January 15, 1660 in Lancaster County, Colony of Virginia

Parents:

Bertram O'bert

1600-1659

Sarah Anne Of Chichester, Bergeron Vaus Obert Haute

1607-1659

Family

Spouse:

Anne Bates

Also known as: "Sarah Anne", "Ann"

Birthdate: ca. 1633

Birthplace: Rappahannock, Middlesex County, Colony of Virginia

Denomination: (probably) Anglican / Episcopalian

Date of Marriage: ca. 1650

Place of Marriage: Middlesex County, Colony of Virginia (or, Lancaster County)

Death: June 14, 1679 in Lancaster County, Colony of Virginia

Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Isaac Bates and Elizabeth Winston

Children:

1. Agatha Bertram Obert Robinson 1652-1685

2. Chichester "Chichley" Obert 1655-1683

3. Lettice Obert Vause 1656 - 1716

4. Elizabeth Obert Curtis 1659-1716

About Bertram Obert, II

Note: he is often mistakenly placed as his father

Biography

Bertram OBERT, was an alien to England, so we believe he must have been

French. In several early records when he traveled back and forth from the

Colonies to England, he was referred to as an alien.

Bertram Obert b: Abt 1629 in prob, France d: January 1659/60 in

Lancaster, VA

. m. Anne d: Aft. November 30, 1659 in prob, Lancaster, VA m: Bef. 1652 in

prob, Middlesex, VA

Married Bertram Obert Jr (born c. 1629) in Virginia in 1650. Marriage record shows birth year. Find a grave suggests a death year of 1679.

From Root Web, about the Obert family: "In 1642, Bertram Obert received 650 acres of land on the north side of the Charles River (later known as York River) probably on Poropotank Creek. This was in the general vicinity of what is today Gloucester/Middlesex County, VA. Obert received this land for transporting himself twice, his wife Sarah and several other headrights. This land adjoined that of Mr. Vaus.

Bertram Obert's will, dated 30 Nov 1659, was proved in Lancaster County, VA on 25 Jan 1659/60. It mentioned a wife Anne, sons Bartram and Chichester and two daughters Lettice and Agatha. He also mentioned the child "my wife now goes with," indicating his wife was pregnant when his will was drawn. This child proved to be a daughter named Elizabeth.

Agatha Obert married Christopher Robinson of Middlesex County. Elizabeth married James Curtis of Middlesex. Daughter Lettice married John Vause who was the son of John Vause and Anne last name unknown. On 3 Dec 1662, son Bartram Obert (the eldest son) deeded 200 acres of land to John Vause.

The records indicate Bartram Obert was an "alien" meaning he was not a British subject. It is possible he was of Dutch extraction.

The families with whom Obert associated were very prominent in early Virginia, and came from the ranks of the British landed gentry. There are many records in Middlesex that mention the Obert family."

Sources

Source number: 1080.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: PKS Source Information Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

Find a grave

Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi. Name: Ann Obert Birth Date: 1630 Birth Place: Virginia, United States of America Death Date: 1679 Death Place: Virginia, United States of America Has Bio?: Y URL: https://www.findagrave.com/mem...

U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA Name: Anne Obert Gender: Female Birth Place: VA Birth Year: 1633 Spouse Name: Bertram Obert Spouse Birth Place: VA Spouse Birth Year: 1629 Marriage Year: 1650 Marriage State: VA Number Pages: 1

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References:

https://www.geni.com/people/Bertram-Obert-II/6000000010761707764

https://www.ancestry.ca/genealogy/records/bertram-obert-nd-24-20zvb94

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111598194/bertram-obert

https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/robinson@rootsweb.com/thread/15831777/

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Obert-200

https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/bertram-obert-24-2p1cxsl?geo_a=r&o_iid=62817&o_lid=62817&o_sch=Web+Property

https://gw.geneanet.org/chipboulder?lang=en&pz=jacob+friedrich&nz=fischer&p=bertram&n=obert

Anne Bates:

https://www.ancestry.ca/genealogy/records/ann-bates-24-2kd2wb

https://www.geni.com/people/Anne-Obert/6000000010761709440

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Nana's Maternal 8x Great Grandfather:

My 10x Great Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 11x Great-Grandfather:

Parents:

Jean O'Bert

1580-1647

Sainte Marcotte

1580-1650

Family

Spouse:

Sarah Anne Of Chichester, Bergeron Vaus Obert Haute

Sarahanne Bergeron

Also known as: "Sarah Chichester"

Birthdate: ca.1607

Birthplace: England

Denomination: (probably) Huguenot Calvinist / Episcopalian

Date of Marriage: bef. 1642

Place of Marriage: [location unknown]

Arrival: bet. 1642-1646

Death: ca. November 30, 1659 in Charles River County, Colony of Virginia

(or, Lancaster County)

Immediate Family:

Daughter of Eol Bergeron and Eol De Montaguerre

Children:

1. Bertram Obert, II (1630 - 1659)

About Bertram O'bert

References:

https://www.geni.com/people/Bertram-Obert-Sr/6000000025608830062

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Obert-4

https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LKD9-8CQ/bertram-obert-sr.-1600-1660

Sarah Anne Of Chichester, Bergeron Vaus Obert Haute:

https://www.ancestry.com.au/genealogy/records/sarah-anne-of-chicester-bergeron-vaus-obert-haute-24-6dkyxj

https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I072640&tree=Tree1

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Nana's Maternal 9x Great Grandfather:

My 11x Great Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 12x Great-Grandfather:

Jean O'Bert (1580 - 1647)

Birthdate: 1580

Birthplace: Helfaut, Pas de Calais, Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France

Denomination: (probably) Huguenot Calvinist

Resident: Nielles-lez-Boullonnois

Death: bet. 1648-1650 in Helfaut, Pas de Calais, Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France

Parents:

Jean Obert

1550-

[unknown mother]

Family

Spouse:

Sainte Marcotte

1580-1650

Sainte O'Bert

Date of Marriage: bet. 1599-1605

Place of Marriage: Helfaut, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

Immediate Family:

Daughter of Alexandre Marcotte de Samette and Marie Leverd

Children:

1. Bertram O'bert 1600-1659

2. Jacques Obert ca 1610-1690 Married before 1644, Lederzeele, 59143, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, to Marie Jeanne Theuillierz ca 1620-ca 1690

3. Obinne Obert ca 1610- With Nicolas Carlier ca

1610- / 1640 Obinne Obert ca 1610- Married in 1640 to Liévin Cordier ca 1610-

4. Luc Obert ca 1615-1653..1661 Married 5 May 1647, Remilly-Wirquin, 62380, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, to Sainte Choc du Queel ca 1613- 1671

About Jean O'Bert

Events

around 1580: Birth - Helfaut, 62570, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE

Sources: Various records and data on GenNPdC by Pascale Deloison-Motheron -

around 1605: Marriage (with Sainte MARCOTTE) - Helfaut, 62570, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE

Sources: Various records and data on GenNPdC by Pascale Deloison-Motheron

10 December 1610: Rente - Saint-Omer, 62500, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE

Sources: CM and acts of the Gros des notaires de St-Omer 1550-1790 - GenNPdC - statements by Yves LEMAIRE (+) , H. LORGE, Dr. Ph. DERIEUX, P. MOTHERON, B. CHOVAUX or J. BRISMALIN -

before April 24, 1647: Death - Helfaut, 62570, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE

References:

https://gw.geneanet.org/hecquetjf?lang=en&pz=sebastien+ernest+auguste+pascal+jean+yves&nz=hecquet&p=jean&n=obert

https://gw.geneanet.org/duboiscocquet?lang=en&pz=ronan+yans+alban&nz=dubois+palandre&p=jean&n=obert

https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=https://gw.geneanet.org/paul62%3Flang%3Dfr%26n%3Dmarcotte%26p%3Dsainte&prev=search&pto=aue

https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LKD9-8CQ/bertram-obert-sr.-1600-1660

https://gw.geneanet.org/arnac?lang=en&pz=jeanne&nz=gineste+444.2.1a.5.5&ocz=2&p=jean&n=obert&oc=1

https://gw.geneanet.org/hecquetjf?lang=en&pz=sebastien+ernest+auguste+pascal+jean+yves&nz=hecquet&p=jean&n=obert

Sainte Marcotte:

https://gw.geneanet.org/arnac?lang=en&pz=jeanne&nz=gineste+444.2.1a.5.5&ocz=2&p=sainte&n=marcotte

https://gw.geneanet.org/paul62?lang=en&p=sainte&n=marcotte

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Nana's Maternal 10x Great Grandfather:

My 12x Great Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 13x Great-Grandfather:

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Colonial Huguenot History

Flag of French Huguenots

Early emigration to colonies

The Huguenots in America. Huguenot settlers immigrated to the American colonies directly from France and indirectly from the Protestant countries of Europe.

In 1700 several hundred French Huguenots migrated from England to the colony of Virginia, where the King William III of England had promised them land grants in Lower Norfolk County. When they arrived, colonial authorities offered them instead land 20 miles above the falls of the James River, at the abandoned Monacan village known as Manakin Town, now in Goochland County. Some settlers landed in present-day Chesterfield County. On 12 May 1705, the Virginia General Assembly passed an act to naturalise the 148 Huguenots still resident at Manakintown. Of the original 390 settlers in the isolated settlement, many had died; others lived outside town on farms in the English style; and others moved to different areas. Gradually they intermarried with their English neighbours. Through the 18th and 19th centuries, descendants of the French migrated west into the Piedmont, and across the Appalachian Mountains into the West of what became Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, and other states. In the Manakintown area, the Huguenot Memorial Bridge across the James River and Huguenot Road were named in their honour, as were many local features, including several schools, including Huguenot High School.

Persecution of the Huguenots according to Romeyn de Hooghe

http://www.huguenot-museum-germany.com/huguenots/galleries/romeyn-de-hooghe/001-hooghe-tirannien.php

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Obert History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Obert is a name of Anglo-Saxon origin and came from the baptismal name Hubert. [1] As the naming tradition grew in Europe baptismal names began to be introduced in many countries. Baptismal names were sometimes given in honour of Christian saints and other biblical figures. There are very few Christian countries in Europe that did not adopt surnames from these religious figures.

However, another source claims the name could have been a nickname "from the small Falcon or Hawk so called (Old French hobert, a hobby, hawk)."

The prominent surname Obert originated in France, a country which has been a dominant presence in world affairs for centuries. The earliest forms of hereditary surnames in France were the patronymic surnames, which are derived from the father's given name, and metronymic surnames, which are derived from the mother's given name. The patronyms were derived from a variety of given names that were of many different origins. As well as the names of the saints of the Christian Church, many of the most common French surnames are derived from personal names of Germanic origin. They derive from the language of the Franks, who controlled France between the mid-5th and early 8th centuries. The name Obert is derived from the Old German given name Alberic. Looking back even further, we found the name was originally derived from the Latin word Albericus.

Early Origins of the Obert family

The surname Obert was first found in Burgundy (French: Bourgogne), an administrative and historical region of east-central France in the eastern part of France where one can trace this distinguished name since very early times.

This surname is generally believed to be derived from Albert, an ancient baptismal name. The closest gallo-germanic form of the name was found in the name of Aubertus which according to MM A. Bernard and A. Bruel is recorded in the "Recueil des chartres de l'abbaye de Cluny" some time during the year 922. This same spelling surfaced again around the year 1136 in the cartulary of Saint Cyprien of Poitiers. It is believed that the original name was "Athalbertus," which was first noted during the end of the 6th century.

As it is so frequently found during that period, the name keeps on reappearing under different forms and for this particular name we find many variations such as Adalbertus during the 6th century, Aalbertus and Atalbertus during the 10th century.

From its original settlement the family branched to all the different regions of France, and today the name is encountered, in its several variations, depending on the area, in most parts of France.

The surname Obert was first found in Norfolk as "Hubbard is a characteristic Norfolk name. The early form of the name in this and the neighbouring counties, both in Domesday times and in the centuries immediately following, was Hubert, occasionally written Huberd; and we find that Robert Hubert or Hoberd was rector of Seaming at the close of the 14th century."

Over in Yorkshire, the Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379 listed: Petrus Hubard; Alicia Hubard; Isabella Hoberd; and William Hoberd as all residing there at that time.

"The Visitation of Essex (1541) gives the surname of the family of Huberd indiscriminately as Huberd, Hobert, Hubert, and Hobart. Memorials of a family spelt indifferently Hubbard or Hobart are (or were) to be found in Little Plumstead Church, Norfolk."

Some of the family did migrate to Scotland, but much later on and in small numbers: "Patrick Hobart, was burgess of Dundee in 1649."

Early History of the Obert family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Obert research. Another 103 words (7 lines of text) covering the year 1136 is included under the topic Early Obert History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Obert Spelling Variations

Spelling variations in names were a common occurrence before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago. In the Middle Ages, even the literate spelled their names differently as the English language incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other European languages. Many variations of the name Obert have been found and include: Aubert, Auber, Aubers, Aubbert, Aubber, Aubbers, Aubère, Aubèrre, Auberg, Obert, Ober, Obers, Obbert, Obber, Obbers, Obère, Obèrre, Oberg, Haubert, Hauber, Haubers, Haubbert, Haubber, Haubbers, Hauberg, Hobert, Hober, Hobers, Hobbert, Hobère, Hobèrre, D'Aubert, D'Auber, D'Aubers, D'Aubbert, D'Aubber, D'Aubbers, D'Aubère, D'Aubèrre, D'Auberg, Aubet, Aubey, Aubay, Aubé, Aubée, Aubbet, Aubbey, Aubbay, Aubbé, Aubbée, Aubère, Aubèrre and many more.

Early Notables of the Obert family (pre 1700)

Notables of this surname at this time include: Sir James Hobart (d. 1507) of Monks Eleigh, Suffolk, Attorney General during the reign of King Henry VII. , He was the youngest son of Thomas Hobart of Leyham in Norfolk. Sir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet SL (c. 1560-1625), of Blickling Hall, an English judge and politician. He was Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, from a family long settled in Norfolk and Suffolk, was great-grandson of Sir James Hobart. [q. v.]. He was the son of Thomas Hobart of Plumstead, Norfolk. He would establish the first of the two baronetcies for the Hobart...

Another 110 words (8 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Obert Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Obert Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Bartram Obert, who arrived in Maryland in 1646

Obert Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

George Obert, who arrived in New Jersey in 1770

Peter Obert, who landed in New Jersey in 1770