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Isaacs Jacobs Van Bibber

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Came to America for religious freedom 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. The Van Bebbers, also spelled Vanbebber, and Van Bibber, were originally from Holland. The name “Bebber” is derived from the village of that name in the Dutchy of “Cleves”, or the village taken its name from the family. The prefix of “Van” also indicates high respectability. Isaacs Jacob Van Bibber 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 Minnonites and followers of Menno Simons. At the invitation of William Penn a number of persons emigrated from Holland and Palatinate and settled in Germantown, Pa., in 1683 including Herman op den Graff who was the husband of two of the sisters of Isaacs Jacob Van Bibber. On the 11th of June, 1683, William Penn conveyed to Govert Remke, Lenarts Arets, and Jacob Isaacs Van Bibber, a baker, all of Crefeld, one thousand acres of land each, and they, together with Telmer, Streypers and Sipman, constituted the original purchasers of land in Germantown which is now a suburb of Philadelphia. 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.

Came to America for religious freedom
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. The Van Bebbers, also spelled Vanbebber, and Van Bibber, were originally from Holland. The name “Bebber” is derived from the village of that name in the Dutchy of “Cleves”, or the village taken its name from the family. The prefix of “Van” also indicates high respectability.

Isaacs Jacob Van Bibber 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 Minnonites and followers of Menno Simons. At the invitation of William Penn a number of persons emigrated from Holland and Palatinate and settled in Germantown, Pa., in 1683 including Herman op den Graff who was the husband of two of the sisters of Isaacs Jacob Van Bibber.

On the 11th of June, 1683, William Penn conveyed to Govert Remke, Lenarts Arets, and Jacob Isaacs Van Bibber, a baker, all of Crefeld, one thousand acres of land each, and they, together with Telmer, Streypers and Sipman, constituted the original purchasers of land in Germantown which is now a suburb of Philadelphia. 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.

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