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Benjamin's father is said to be Peter Louis Sublett/Soblet, born about 1686 in Sedan, Champagne, France, christened in Germany. Brought with his father on the "Mary Ann". Records found in Henrico Co by 1746; died 24 Nov 1754, Goochland Co VA.
The father of Peter Louis was Abraham Soblet, b. 4 Dec 1648 in Sedan, Province of Champagne, France. Came to America on the "Mary Ann" with his two eldest sons, landing in April of 1710. Abraham died in Mankin Town about 1715, in what would be part of Goochland Co VA . French Hugenot Ancestry - the family fled France for Germany, then Holland, London, and on to America.

"The Huguenot Society of the Founders of Mankin in the Colony of Virginia"
French Place Names in Virginia
James W. Gordon, Jr.; publication date unknown
SUBLETTS, Powhatan County
This Post Office was established under the name Subletts Tavern on March 8, 1819, with William Sublett as postmaster. The name was changed to Subletts on April 28, 1890. From this we may presume the office was named for William Sublett. Susanne Soblet and her three children are mentioned in Brock as among the French refugees coming to Virginia. Abraham, father and son, Jacques, and Louis Sobler are mentioned as being in Manakin Town in 1714. The spelling of the name, in the old records, varies from Sobler to Soblet and Sublett. Abraham Soblet was one of the first vestrymen at Manakin Town. Subletts have been located near the place for the last two hundred years and the family has owned property there for that time.

http://soblet.com/history.htm
EXCERPTS from Family History:
Philbert Soblet and Jean Soblet, both from Beaumont, moved to Sedan in the mid Seventeenth Century, where they both raised large families. Descendants of Philbert Soblet would eventually move to Germany and the Netherlands. Among the children of Jean Soblet and his wife Judith Lombard were Jean Soblet, born in 1644, and Abraham Soblet, who was born December 4, 1648, in Sedan. On March 31, 1675, Abraham Soblet married Susanne Briant in Sedan. There they had several children, including Anne Soblet, who was baptized October 22, 1675. By 1681, Abraham Soblet moved his family to Mannheim, Germany, to escape the increasing persecution against Huguenots in France.
Abraham Soblet and his brother Jean Soblet both moved their families from Sedan, France, to Mannheim, Germany, before Louis XIV's revocation of the Edict of Nantes. A decade later, Abraham Soblet moved his family again to Wesel, Germany, where his son Pierre Soblet was born on August 15, 1695.
Abraham Soblet and his family were living in London, England, when his son Robert Soblet was baptized on May 1, 1698.
On April 19, 1700, the first of four ships, the Mary and Ann, left England with over 200 French and Swiss passengers, and would arrive that summer in Virginia. Among the passengers listed were Abraham Soblet and two children; also aboard that ship was Pierre Chastain, his wife and five children.
When the ship reached the mouth of the James River, it was met by Lieutenant Governor Francis Nicholson, who redirected the Huguenot settlers to William Byrd's land up the James river, rather than their intended destination on Dr. Coxe's Norfolk land.
Byrd's land included an old Indian village recently abandoned by the Monacan tribe. The land was fertile, but was in the remote Virginia wilderness, far from any established towns. This made transporting food, water, and supplies extremely difficult. Since many Huguenots were urban artisans and merchants, not farmers, life in this frontier land would be challenging.
The second ship, the Peter and Anthony, arrived in Jamestown in October 1700; included on that ship were Abraham's wife, Susanne Soblet, and their three remaining children.
By the time the third ship arrived later in the fall, word had spread about the hardship in the new settlement called Manakintown, and many Huguenots on the ship settled elsewhere.
After the death of his first wife, Pierre Chastain married Anne Soblet, the daughter of Abraham Soblet and Susanne Briant. Together they would have eight children and dozens of grandchildren.
Abraham Soblet's son, Pierre Louis Soblet, married Marte Martain, and they would have several children as well. Pierre Louis Soblet's brother, Jacques Soblet, had a son, James, who would have many descendants. Abraham Soblet's youngest son, Robert Soblet, born in London, would die in childhood, and his son Abraham Soblet, Jr., also would have no descendants.
Descendants of Abraham Soblet:
Pierre Louis Soblet:
Children of Pierre Louis Soblet:
Pierre and Elizabeth Sublett
William Sublett and Susannah Allen
Abraham and Elizabeth Sublett
Louis Sublett and Frances Hill
Jacques Sublett
11. Benjamin Sublett and Elizabeth Jordan
Jacques Soblet
Anne Soblet and Pierre Chastain
Abraham Soblet, Jr.
Robert Soblet
11. Benjamin Soblet (born April 23, 1733; died around 1816; Revolutionary War veteran) married Elizabeth Jordan on June 24, 1762.


Benjamin Sublett/Soblet is said to be buried on the old Brady Farm, Gasper River area near the Highland Baptist Church.

Records from Warren Co Deeds:
DB F, p.294 30 May 1814 Benj Sublett Sr to son Mathew Sublett of Charlotte Co VA. Negro now at John Fares of Campbell Co VA. Wit: Wm. Hines, Chas J. Sublett.
DB G, p.42 29 Feb 1815 Benj Sublett Sr to son Benj. B. Sublett for love, 183 acres where I now live. He is to pay balance on land to Michael Finley. Wit: Wm E. Sublett, Martin Forkner
DB H, p.219 26 Aug 1816 Michael Finley & Elenor his wife of Robertson Co TN to Rezin B. Collins for $100. 100a on Clifty Creek. Part of Headright under Certificate #2057 granted Catherine Finley. Begin Geo. Heard's line; SW corner to Benj. B. Sublett's land [originally the headright of Michael Finley], to William McCoy's line #45. Wit: John Hines, Richard D. Neale, Samuel Crosthwait. Rec. 4 Aug 1817. Ack in Logan Co on 21 Dec 1816.

Birth	9 Apr 1732	Goochland County, Virginia
Marriage	24 Jun 1762	Goochland County, Virginia - Elizabeth Jourdan
Death	19 Sep 1816	Warren County, Kentucky

Spouse	Elizabeth Jourdan (1740 - 1800)
Child	Sarah Sublett (1763 - )
Child	Charles Jordan Sublett (1766 - 1846)
Child	Ursula Sublett (1769 - )
Child	Mary Elizabeth Sublett (1771 - )
Child	Benjamin Branch Sublett (1774 - 1842)
Child	Samuel P. Sublett (1776 - 1866)
Child	Matthew Sublett (1781 - 1865)
Child	Martha Jane Sublett (1784 - )
Child	Mary Scott Sublett (1788 - 1862)