Individual Details

Abraham RIBLET

(26 Jul 1771 - Abt 1813 or 1814)

There are no deed or estate records for Abraham Riblet that name his children.. However, there are exact birth dates for he and his wife as well as his children in family trees. A family Bible or family record has not been located for him. According to family information, his wife Catherine married Frederick Dishong after his death. Four of his children married children of Frederick Dishong. The widow and children of Frederick Dishong are named in a deed in Fulton County. There is a court case in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania that names Abraham Riblet and his son Henry and indicates he had died by 1815 in Hopewell Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. His widow Catherine appears on an 1814 tax list in Hopewell Township, Bedford County so he died sometime prior to this. There is a death record for his son Bartholomew in Cambria County that gives his parents' names as Abraham Riblet and Catherine. Family information gives her maiden name as Catherine Long but no document has been found that gives her maiden name. There was a Catherine Holms born in Maryland living with Bartholomew in the 1850 census. I believe this to be her and that the last name of a grandson above her was listed as her last name by the census taker. There are multiple marriages between Riblets (various spellings) and Dishongs in succeeding generations. Children, grandchildren and great grandchildren of Abraham and Catherine Riblet lived in Bedford, Cambria, and Fulton Counties in Pennsylvania. They intermarried with some of the same families such as Conner, Clevenger, Bowser, etc.

There was another Abraham Riblet from Lancaster County born about 1753 or 1758 who was in the Revolutionary War. The pension file for this Abraham Riblet shows that he was living in Lancaster County in 1818 when he applied for a pension and was living in Lebanon County in 1820. Many people erroneously assume these two Abraham Riblets are the same person.

Events

Birth26 Jul 1771Allen Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Marriage6 Oct 1791Catherine LONG
MiscellaneousFrom 1793 to 1813appears on the tax lists - Hopewell Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Miscellaneous1 Oct 1798was taxed on one dwelling house valued at $6 and 100 acres valued at $156 - Hopewell Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Residence1 Oct 1798Hopwell Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Miscellaneous22 Oct 1801was appointed by his brother, John Riblet, as his lawful attorney to sell his interest in property from their father's estate - Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Property13 Jan 1802144 acres to Jacob Moyer for 42 pounds for his brother, John Riblet - Hopewell Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Residence13 Jan 1802Hopewell Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
DeathAbt 1813 or 1814Hopewell Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania

Families

SpouseCatherine LONG (1773 - )
ChildHenry RIBLET (1792 - 1868)
ChildAnn RIBLET (1794 - )
ChildMary Susan RIBLET (1796 - )
ChildBartholomew RIBBLET (1798 - 1855)
ChildElizabeth RIBLET (1800 - 1882)
ChildMargaret RIBLET (1802 - 1872)
ChildAbraham RIBBLETT (1805 - 1881)
ChildJohn RIBLETT (1808 - 1899)
ChildSarah Ann RIBLET (1810 - 1857)
ChildDavid D. RIBBLETT (1813 - 1863)
FatherBartholomew RIBLET (1731 - 1793)
MotherCatharine LIVENGOOD (1734 - 1814)
SiblingRegina RIBLET ( - 1800)
SiblingJohn RIBLET (1756 - 1835)
SiblingChristian RIBLET (1761 - 1844)
SiblingHenry RIBLET (1763 - 1839)
SiblingAnna ELIZABETH (1765 - )
SiblingMary Ann "Polly" RIBLET (1767 - 1863)
SiblingMargaret RIBLET (1768 - 1843)
SiblingElizabeth RIBLET (1776 - 1870)

Notes

Miscellaneous

Abraham "Replit" was living on land owned by Samuel Riddle and adjoining land of Thomas Nixon on 1 October 1798 when he was taxed by the United States for one log house, 14 x 16, valued at $6 and 100 acres valued at $156.

Property

Articles of agreement from Abraham Riblet to Jacob Moyer were signed after the original deed stating that Abraham Riblet would execute a deed to Jacob Moyer once John Smith, Bartholomew Riblet's grandson and one of his heirs, became 21. John Riblet gave Jacob Moyer two notes for 21 pounds each that he was to deliver to Abraham Riblet once he received a deed for the property. It appears that since Bartholomew Riblet's grandson was not 21, Abraham Riblet should not have made the original deed.

Death

Abraham Riblet is listed on the 1813 tax list and Catherine Riblet is listed on the 1814 tax list so Abraham must have died sometime between 1813 and 1814.

Endnotes

1. "United States Direct Tax of 1798: Tax Lists for the State of Pennsylvania," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 28 January 2019), Abraham Replit.

2. Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Bedford County Deed Records, AA:240-241, Letters of Attorney from John Riblet to Abraham Riblet, 22 October 1801; recorded 18 January 1802; Bedford County Courthouse, Bedford, Pennsylvania.

3. Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Bedford County Deed Records, F:314-315, Abraham Riblet to Jacob Mover, 13 January 1802; recorded 3 August 1803; Bedford County Courthouse, Bedford, Pennsylvania.

4. Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Bedford County Deed Records, AA:298-299, Articles of agreement from Abraham Riblet to Jacob Moyer, 20 February 1802; recorded 2 March 1802; Bedford County Courthouse, Bedford, Pennsylvania.

5. Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Bedford County Deed Records, F:314-315, Abraham Riblet to Jacob Mover, 13 January 1802; recorded 3 August 1803; Bedford County Courthouse, Bedford, Pennsylvania.

6. Thomas Sergeant; William Rawle, Jun., Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Multi-volume set (Philadelphia: Kay & Brother, 1874), XII:115-130.