Person Sheet


Name Francis RUPERT, 5G Uncle
Father Adam RUPERT (1734-1790)
Mother Barbara
Spouses:
Elizabeth Coghnet
Francis Rupert born circa 1759 married Elizabeth Coghnet (or Von Goghnet) in
Mar 11 1794. He died before 1824. Probably buried in Johnstown, NY. His widow was
still alive on the 1850 US census of Johnstown. His son Adam F petitioned to have
Francis Rupert added to the UE list.
Francis Rupert's wife Elizabeth Coghnet was widowed and in the 1851 Canada West Census. 
She was 84 years old. and living with Adam RUPERT and his wife Dorothy.
This Adam Rupert shows he is 46 in the census which would have his birthdate as 1805. Adam and Dorothy's 
children are:
Catherine, Mary, Amos, Hiram, George, Julia, Helen, Henry. 


Francis Rupert, eldest son of Adam Rupert of Osnabruck
A lot of the information I found about Francis Rupert, UE was in the many claims and
petitions for land filed by his eldest son Adam F. Rupert. It seems that Adam F. Rupert
and his uncle Adam and his cousin Adam P. Rupert were always confused by the
Surveyor’s office. As a result, Adam F. had to file numerous petitions and claims to have
his father added to the UE list so that he could claim more land as a SUE. Adam F. got
statements from various persons to show that his father was a soldier in Captain Samuel
Anderson’s company in the KRRNY. Adam F. Rupert’s credentials were finally
accepted in 1850.
Francis Rupert is always described as the eldest son and heir at law of Adam Rupert of
Osnabruck and as such he probably kept an interest in the property his father abandoned
in Johnstown NY. Francis Rupert received land in Charlottenburg before 1784. At that
time he went to the United States, probably to get his father’s family who remained in
Johnstown, NY.
Francis Rupert is listed in the Schedule of location for Lunenburg District in 1790.
Francis Rupert returned to Johnstown, NY after the 1790 census and he married
Elizabeth Coughnet in 179414 in Johnstown. An Elizabeth Rupert, widow is on the 1850
census of Mohawk, Montgomery, aged 75 years old. She is quite possibly the widow of
Francis Rupert, who was a bit older than her. Elizabeth Coughnet is possibly a cousin of
her husband Francis since an Elizabeth Rupert married Johannes Coghnet in 1766 in
Stone Arabia. She was definitely a cousin to Philip VanKoughnet of Cornwall.15
Francis’eldest son is Adam F. Rupert of Osnabruck who states on his 1849 petition that
he is 57 years old, which means that he is born in 1792-93, so before Francis’ marriage to
Elizabeth Coughnet. Adam F. is also the only child of Francis who is not baptized in
Caughnawaga Reformed Church. Since he is accepted as the eldest son and heir at law
of his father, his parents must have been legally married at the time of his birth. Given
his choice to come back and settle in Osnabruck, while his siblings all stayed in New
York, there is a good chance that his mother was not Elizabeth Coughnet and that his
mother’s family was a Loyalist family from Osnabruck.
Adam F. Rupert worked tirelessly to have his father added to the UE list.
Francis Rupert, UE appears on the 1800, 1810 and 1820 census of Johnstown,
Montgomery, NY with his growing family. He died before July 1825 when his son
Adam F. claimed land in Osnabruck as his heir.16
All his other children appeared to stay in NY. Their baptism and many of their records
can be found in the parish register of Caughnawaga Reformed Church, now known as
Fonda Reformed Church and St.James Episcopal Church. This U.S. branch of the family
does not seem to be aware of their Loyalist connections.
In his 1849 petition 17Adam F. states that he is 57 years old and that if his father Francis
was still alive he would be upward of ninety years old (born before 1759) He also names
his siblings: John, aged 52, Francis aged 50, Peter, aged 49, Nancy aged 47, William
aged 34, Henry aged 44, Elizabeth aged 42, Margaret, aged 40, Mary Ann aged 33,
Catherine aged 36, Joshua aged 34, and finally Barbara, aged 32
To summarize the children of Francis Rupert UE (before 1759-1725)
1. Adam F. Eldest son and heir at law, born 1792-93 if 57 in 1849. Married Polly in
United States and had a few children baptized in Johnstown, NY.
--Children of Adam F RUPERT and Polly:
  Margaret, Mary Cath,John, William H. (ref 1851 census)
2. John, born December 11 1796, baptized in Caughnawaga Reformed Church.
3. Francis, born November 29, 1798, baptized in Caughnawaga Reformed Church
4. Peter, born October 8 1800, baptized in Caughnawaga Reformed Church
5. Nancy, December 6 1802 , baptized in Caughnawaga Reformed Church.
  More about Nancy:
   Died 22 Apr 1852 in Johnstown, Fulton, New York
   Nancy married John G. Decker on ___ in Johnstown, New York and had several Children.
Children:
	John H Decker 1826–1901
	Elizabeth Margaret Decker Snyder 1828–1913
	George Freeman Decker 1831–1907
	Anson Decker 1832–1835
	Anne Sarah Decker 1840–1926
   https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34634101/nancy-decker
6. Henry, aged 44 in 1849 so born in 1805
7. William, born April 17 1807, baptized in Caughnawaga Reformed Church
8. Joshua, born April 13 1809, baptized in Caughnawaga Reformed Church
9. Barbara, born June 13 1811, baptized in Caughnawaga Reformed Church
10. Catherine, aged 36 in 1849 per Adam’s petition, so born in 1813
11. Elizabeth, born October 25 1815, baptized in Caughnawaga Reformed Church
12. Mary Ann, born November 19 1818, baptized in Caughnawaga Reformed Church
13. Margaret, born January 8 1821, baptized in Caughnawaga Reformed Church

Francis Rupert was also in the Royal Yorker (KRRNY) and he received a lot in township of Charlottenburg 6th concession, lot 17.
In 1811, the same Francis Rupert, now of Johnstown, County of Montgomery, Ny (later Fulton) sold the lot in Osnabruck to John Rupert.
According to an affidavit signed by a Mr. Moore of Osnabruck, Francis Rupert then died intestate in Montgomery, NY around 1824 (about 12 years before 1836) and his eldest son and heir at law was Adam F. Rupert.
Last Modified 31 May 1999 Created 26 Nov 2004 by Michael Rupert

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