Person Sheet

John Rupert, born 1766, married Margaret Campbell before the 1792 baptism of their
daughter Barbara by Reverend Schwerdfeger35. John was granted land in Osnabruck
before 1790 and patented it in 1797. In 1811, John bought land from his brother Francis
who was already residing in Johnstown NY. In 1807, Margaret Rupert, daughter of
James Campbell UE and wife of John Rupert petitioned the government as DUE36, but
John did not petition at the same time, possibly because he had already received land in
1789.
In 1850, Amanda Rupert, a daughter of John Rupert and the wife of her cousin Levi
Rupert petitioned the government for a land grant as a DUE.
In her petition, Amanda states that her father John is now deceased and if he was alive he
would be 88 years old (born circa 1862) and she names her siblings as Elizabeth aged 58,
Barbara aged 56, Ann aged 57, Katharine, 53, Margaret, aged 47, James no age given,
John aged 33, and your petitioner aged 41, and Mary no age given.
Given that Amanda is the daughter of John, and her husband Levi Rupert is not listed as a
son of Francis, Pader or Peter, he is probably a son of Adam Rupert and Hannah Shaver.
This is a summary of the children of John and Margaret Rupert. More work needs to be
done to identify the married name of the daughters.
1. Elizabeth, born in 1792.
2. Barbara, born May 19 1793. Her baptismal sponsor is Barbara Rupord, probably
her namesake grandmother.
3. Ann, born in 1794.
4. Katharine, born in 1797.
5. Margaret, born in 1803.
6. James, born 1810 dd 1880. James had son Hiram Nicholas Ruport 06 Feb 1850 - 28 Dec 1928 Canada
7. Amanda, born in 1809, wife of her cousin Levi Rupert of Osnabruck. They have
7 children living with them on the 1851 census. There is a marriage bond dated
1832 between Levi Rupert and Mandy Rupert.37
8. John, born in 1817
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9. Mary, no age.