Daniel Robert, II

Daniel ROBERT was born at Basle, Switzerland, in 1625, married Marie Petremand, and located at St. Imier, Switzerland, where, in 1656, their son Pierre ROBERT was born. The early ROBERT ancestors are supposed to have gone from France to Wales, then to have returned to France, later joining the persecuted Protestant refugees who settled in Switzerland. It appears from the Welsh motto on the coat of arms that Daniel ROBERT's ancestor must have lived for awhile in Wales and received knighthood during that period of allegiance to the Welsh ruler. The descendants of Christopher ROBERT (founder of Robert College in Constantinople) claim the same coat of arms used by Rev. Pierre ROBERT's descendants, which indicates that Christopher, also, was from the line of Daniel ROBERT and Marie PETREMAND. In the main Library of NYC is a book written by a ROBERT descendant, and in the book claim is made that ROBERTs were found in Wales at a very early period, but the name was then spelled RHOBERT.

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Source 1:

From the research files of

Pat Ezell,Texas

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Source 2:

Name: Daniel ROBERT II

Sex: M

Birth: 1625 in Mountain DuDroit, Sonvilier, St. Imier,Switzerland

Death: 1679 in St. Imier, Switzerland

Burial: St. Imier., Switzerland

Change Date: 15 OCT 2006

Father: Pierre ROBERT I b: 1598 in Mountainsdudroit, Sonvilier, St. Imier,switzerland

Mother: Judith SAGNE b: 1601 in Mountainsdudroit, Sonvilier, St. Imier,Switzerland

Marriage 1 Marie PETREMAND b: ABT 1630 in Basle, Basleland, Switzeland

Married: 1 APR 1651 in St. Imier., Switzerland

Children

Pierre ROBERT II b: 30 DEC 1655 in St. Imier., Switzerland

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Source 3: ~ Mrs. Pamela D. Hudson ~

Pierce County, Georgia USA

Link: http://www.redbirdacres.net/roberts.html

Generation No. 6

8. Daniel Robert (Pierre5, Daniel4, Guillame "William Robert"3, Humbert2, Jehan1) was born Abt. 1625 in Mount Du Droit De Sonvilier, Saint Imier, Bern, SWITZERLAND, and died Abt. 1698 in Saint Imier, Bern, SWITZERLAND. He married Marie Petremand April 01, 1651 in Saint Imier, Bern, SWITZERLAND. She was born Abt. 1630 in Saint Imier, Bern, SWITZERLAND, and died Bet. 1656 - 1726 in Saint Imier, Bern, SWITZERLAND.

Notes for Daniel Robert:

Daniel Robert and Marie Petremand are my biological maternal 9th great grandparents.

The following is from "Our Family Circle," by Annie Elizabeth Miller, 1957 (the majority also included in "Three Pioneer Rapides Families" and "General Leroy Augustus Stafford," both by George Mason Graham Stafford):

"Daniel ROBERT was born at Basle, Switzerland, in 1625, married Marie Petremand, and located at St. Imier, Switzerland, where, in 1656, their son Pierre ROBERT was born. The early ROBERT ancestors are supposed to have gone from France to Wales, then to have returned to France, later joining the persecuted Protestant refugees who settled in Switzerland. It appears from the Welsh motto on the coat of arms that Daniel ROBERT's ancestor must have lived for awhile in Wales and received knighthood during that period of allegiance to the Welsh ruler. The descendants of Christopher ROBERT (founder of Robert College in Constantinople) claim the same coat of arms used by Rev. Pierre ROBERT's descendants, which indicates that Christopher, also, was from the line of Daniel ROBERT and Marie PETREMAND. In the main Library of NYC is a book written by a ROBERT descendant, and in the book claim is made that ROBERTs were found in Wales at a very early period, but the name was then spelled RHOBERT.

Pierre ROBERT, (son of Daniel and Marie), married Jeanne BRAYE (later called BRAYER), and they, with their 11-year-old son, Pierre Jr., emigrated with the colony of French Huguenots which landed at Beaufort, then moved further north and settled at Santee, St. James Parish, called French Santee to distinguish it from the English Santee, St. Stephens Parish, both of which settlements were on the south side of the Santee river, about sixty miles above Charleston, South Carolina USA.

Rev. Pierre ROBERT, son of Daniel and Marie ROBERT of Basle, Switzerland (French Huguenots) was born at St. Imier, Switzerland, in 1656, died at Santee, SC, 1715 and was buried in that locality, but the exact place of the grave is not known to the present generation. Married in 1674, Jeanne BRAYE, daughter of Jehu and Susanne BRAYE, of Basle, Switzerland. Jeanne was b. Basle, died at Santee, SC in 1717."

Child of Daniel Robert and Marie Petremand is:

+ 9 i. Pierre "Minister"7 Robert, born February 03, 1656 in Bern, Saint Imier, SWITZERLAND; died Abt. 1715 in French Santee Jamestown, Berkley County, South Carolina USA.

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