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Robert Emmet CURLETTE

Male 1775 - 1812  (37 years)


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  • Name Robert Emmet CURLETTE  [1] 
    Birth 1775  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male 
    Birth Abt 1775 
    at Downpatrick 
    Military 1798  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • He "took part in the Emmett Rebellion in 1798, and had he been caught by the British Government, his fate would have been the same as that of Robert Emmett, who was his cousin, who was executed for his participation in this Rebellion".
    Emigration Abt 1800  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    to Canada 
    Burial
    • His grave has not been found in Prince Edward County.
    Immigration Abt 1800  Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    from Ireland 
    • He settled in the Green Point area.
    Death Abt 1812  [6] 
    at the Battle of Queenston Heights 
    Family history
    • "The family story, passed down over the generations, is that Robert Emmet Curlette was a descendant of the Hugenouts of France." His ancestors "are said to have fled to Ireland. It is not clear at this time exactly when this happened or which route they took. The handed down story in the North American branch of the family is that they first went to Scotland, but left there for Ireland when the Protestants were persecuted in Scotland in the late 1600's."
    Family history
    • "The story in the current Irish branch of the Curlett family, one of whom we have contacted, is that 3 Curlett brothers came to Ireland from England (likely the Isle of Man) with Oliver Cromwell in 1649, or slightly later, as part of the British policy of settling Englishmen (Protestants) on the lands of the dispossessed Irish (Catholics). The 3 brothers are said to have settled in the County of Down in the villages of Inch/Downpatrick, Kilmegan/Dundrum and Kilkeel respectively. A review of birth, baptism and marriage rrecords for the period 1790-1870 (the earliest ones available) for Curlett in Ireland shows three clusters of Curletts around those 3 locations during that period. The earliest records of a Curlett in Ireland [that] we have found to date are of 2 marriages in 1720 in the Inch/Downpatrict area. Thus, the circumstantial evidence supports the Irish branch version."
    Family history
    • "The passed down story in his Canadian descendants is that Robert Emmet Curlett was from the Inch/Downpatrick area of Ireland. The story is told that in 1798 he joined his cousin, Robert Emmet, in the Irish Rebellion of that year against the British. The rebellion failed because the promised French support did not materialize. Robert Emmet, the cousin, was captured by the British and hung as a traitor. Robert Emmet Curlett, along with others, excaped and hid in the coastal caves east of Belfast until they could board a ship out of the country. Several of the excapees, it is said, including Robert Emmet Curlett, after landing in New York, came to the United Empire Loyalist stronghold around Belleville, Ontario. That is the story of how Robert Emmet Curlett came to North America."
    Land
    • Robert did not own land in the area of Green Point either in his name or his wife's name. He may have been a tenant on land belonging to his father-in-law, John Trumpour.
    Military Abt 1812  Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • "The story passed down through the generations is that Robert Emmet Curlett decided to fight on the American side during the War of 1812 and was killed at the Battle of Queenston Heights in February 1812. To date, we have not been able to verify this story and have been unable to find any record of his death."
    Immigration Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • "Why Robert E. Curlett, with his alleged history of anti-British activity, came to a Loyalist stronghold in Upper Canada is not clear. One explanation is that others in his group had family or friends in the Belleville area. It is alleged that one of his travelling companions was a Mr. Wilson, who had descendants who became leaders in Belleville politics."
    Name Robert Curlett  [9] 
    Name Robert Emmet Curlett  [4] 
    Occupation 1807-1812  Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    legal distiller 
    • "It is said (in a family letter, written in 1932 by Grace Curlette Hyman, then aged 77) that, during the period 1807-1812, he operated a legal distillery on lot 44, Concession 2, SW of Green Point. A review of the Prince Edward County land title records shows that all 93 acres of lot 44 were owned by Robert's father-in-law, John Trompour, during that period, so that could be true. We found no record of Robert Emmet Curlett owning any land in Prince Edward County."
    Reference Number 240.5* 
    _TODO Open 
    • Canadian Veterans of the War of 1812. Eric Jonasson. Wheatfield Press, 1981. 70 pages. ISBN: 0920374069. Calgary Public Library, Central Humanities Reference, 929.371 CAN. Catalogue: June 29, 2012.
    _TODO Completed 
    • Helen Peppler hbpeppler@hotmail.com was organizing a Corlett family reunion for July 2012. Ref: Bruce Bulletin, Vol 22, Issue 4, November 2011, pages 6 and 7, Bruce County Branch, OGS.
      Sent email on September 6, 2012. See email under info in Curlette family under Trumpour family "Genealogy Families".
    _TODO Completed 
    • Share information with Colin and Marianne Hodgson. hodgcm@gmail.com.
    _UID C263C75785374EA8A28CF12216A511585ABC 
    Death Feb 1812  Upper Canada, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I4491  Everyone
    Last Modified 8 Dec 2018 

    Father Mr. CURLETTE,   b. Abt 1750, Downpatrick, County Down, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Downpatrick, County Down, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother EMMET,   b. Abt 1750, County Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage Abt 1772  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Family ID F3002  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Christina TRUMPOUR,   b. 1785   d. 1839, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1807  Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 8] 
    Children 
     1. Edward Hamilton CURLETTE,   b. 1807, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Apr 1880, Adolphustown Township, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
     2. John T. CURLETTE,   b. 1808, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Feb 1889, North Fredericksburgh Township, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     3. William B. CURLETTE,   b. 1809, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Mar 1899, Wellington, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
     4. Dr. James Ford CURLETTE,   b. 28 May 1812, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Aug 1898, Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    Family ID F1635  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Apr 2006 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - - Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S847] Hodgson, Colin, A00751, (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. April 1, 1992.), 6 Mar 2006, page 3, A00751. (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S847] Hodgson, Colin, A00751, (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. April 1, 1992.), 6 Mar 2006, page 48, A00751. (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S847] Hodgson, Colin, A00751, (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. April 1, 1992.), 6 Mar 2006, page 134 - Typescript copy of a manuscript titled "The Curlette Family" by Mrs. Louis Hyman, nee Martha Grace Curlette, Montreal, July 10, 1932., A00751. (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S635] Hodgson, Colin, A00551, (Saskatchewan, Canada. February 18, 2001.), 2 Mar 2005, Notes page 1, A00551. (Reliability: 2).

    5. [S635] Hodgson, Colin, A00551, (Saskatchewan, Canada. February 18, 2001.), 2 Mar 2005, Notes page 5, A00551. (Reliability: 2).

    6. [S847] Hodgson, Colin, A00751, (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. April 1, 1992.), 6 Mar 2006, page 6, A00751. (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S635] Hodgson, Colin, A00551, (Saskatchewan, Canada. February 18, 2001.), 2 Mar 2005, Notes pages 4 and 5, A00551. (Reliability: 2).

    8. [S635] Hodgson, Colin, A00551, (Saskatchewan, Canada. February 18, 2001.), 2 Mar 2005, Notes page 2, A00551. (Reliability: 2).

    9. [S762] Burleigh, Dr. H. C., A00670, 19 Aug 2005, page 4. Typewritten page. Land Grants - Sons & Daughters of U. E. No source given., A00670. (Reliability: 2).

    10. [S847] Hodgson, Colin, A00751, (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. April 1, 1992.), 6 Mar 2006, page 99 - Appendix F1 - Pedigree chart of John Trompour Curlett, A00751. (Reliability: 3).


 

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