Eric Miller's Family Tree

Immigration

Immigration
Person Isaacs Jacobs Van Bibber
Date 11/8/1684
Place Philadelphia, Philadelphia County
Country United States

Notes
The Van Bibber family that was the first to settle in the New World was the family of Isaacs Jacob Van
Bibber who came to Philadelphia in 1687. He came to America to prepare the way for his parents and the
rest of the family that would soon follow. The Van Bibbers were residents of Krefeld (now Germany) and
had been persecuted in Europe because they were followers of Menno Simons. Other Mennonites from
Krefeld had come to Philadelphia in 1684 at the invitation of William Penn including Herman op den
Graff, who was the husband of two of the sisters of Isaacs Jacob. Isaacs Jacob Van Bibber moved to
Germantown (now a suburb of Philadelphia) and was engaged in commerce.

It was not long before the rest of the family immigrated to Germantown and resided there and in
Philadelphia until moving to Cecil County Maryland. While in Germantown the family got involved in a
religious dispute and perhaps that is what caused the migration to Maryland.