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Matthias "Tice" Van Bibber
Herman Op Den Graeff
Christina Hermania
Isaacs Jacobs Van Bibber
Jacob Isaac Van Bibber
Captain John Peter Van Bibber
Mattias Isaacs Van Bibber
Peter Van Bibber Sr.

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Descendants of JACOB ISAAC VAN BIBBER Generation No. 1 1. JACOB ISAAC1 VAN BIBBER1 was born Abt. 1643 in Duchy Of Cleves, Holland, Utrecht, Netherlands, and died September 07, 1705 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co, Pennsylvania. He married CHRISTINA2 1660 in Duchy Of Cleves, Netherland. She was born Abt. 1643 in Duchy Of Cleves, Netherland, and died September 05, 1711 in St Stephens Par, Cecil Coania, Maryland . Children of JACOB VAN BIBBER and CHRISTINA are: i. MATTIAS2 VAN BIBBER, b. 1661, Crefield, Holland. 2. ii. ISAACS JACOB VAN BIBBER, b. 1663, Duchy Of Cleves, Netherlands; d. September 14, 1723, Cecil Co, Maryland. iii. HENRY VAN BIBBER, b. 1665, Crefield, Holland. iv. HENRICH VAN BIBBER, b. 1685, Crefield, Holland. v. DEBORAH VAN BIBBER, b. 1703, Cecil Co, Maryland. vi. MARGARETTE VAN BIBBER, b. 1705, Cecil Co, Maryland. Generation No. 2 2. ISAACS JACOB2 VAN BIBBER (JACOB ISAAC1)3 was born 1663 in Duchy Of Cleves, Netherlands, and died September 14, 1723 in Cecil Co, Maryland. He married FRANCES SCHUMAKER4 May 25, 1690 in PA?. She was born 1669 in St Stephen's Par, Cecil Co, Maryland. Notes for ISAACS JACOB VAN BIBBER: 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. Children of ISAACS VAN BIBBER and FRANCES SCHUMAKER are: i. JACOB3 VAN BIBBER, b. 1691, Cecil, Maryland. ii. HESTER VAN BIBBER, b. 1693, Cecil, Maryland. 3. iii. PETER VAN BIBBER, SR., b. May 25, 1695, St Stephen's Parish, Cecil Co, Maryland; d. 1769, Lunenburg Co., VA. iv. VERONICA VAN BIBBER, b. 1697, Cecil, Maryland. v. CHRISTINA VAN BIBBER, b. 1698, Cecil, Maryland. vi. CHRISTINE VAN BIBBER, b. 1698. vii. ISAAC VAN BIBBER, b. 1701, Cecil, Maryland. Generation No. 3 3. PETER3 VAN BIBBER, SR. (ISAACS JACOB2, JACOB ISAAC1)5 was born May 25, 1695 in St Stephen's Parish, Cecil Co, Maryland, and died 1769 in Lunenburg Co., VA. He married ANN HONRIETTE6 in Maryland. She was born in Maryland, and died in Virgina. Notes for PETER VAN BIBBER, SR.: The Battle of Point Pleasant took place in what is now Mason County West Virginia on 10 Oct. 1774. The battle site overlooks the Ohio River. The battle was between the English colonists and the Indians and was part of what is known as Dunmore's War. The main cause of Dunmore's War was basically the incursion of the white man into Indian lands and especially the Ohio Valley. The Van Bibber family were early settlers in the Greenbrier and were, like most settlers on the frontier, seeking new and better land. Also, like most pioneers, the Van Bibbers were members of the malitia and were willing to fight for possession of this new land. The battle was a temporary defeat for the white settlers but a great loss for the Van Bibber family who settled on the this primitive frontier. Isaac Van Bibber (sometimes known as Michael) was one of the victims. There were one-hundred and forty whites killed including the commanding officer, Colonel Charles Lewis, but to the family of Isaac Van Bibber it was a loss that would change their entire world. Isaac had several young children and his loss would cause the breakup of the family. Isaac's wife remarried and his son Isaac Jr. would live with the famous Daniel Boone. Kanawha Co., VA records indicated that another son, Matthias, was raised by Isaac's brother Peter Van Bibber. Isaac Van Bibber's group sheet is listed below. Isaac was not the only Van Bibber family member at the Battle of Point Pleasant. Various lists also include Captain John, Peter, and John Jesse Van Bibber as participants in the battle. Children of PETER VAN BIBBER and ANN HONRIETTE are: 4. i. PETER4 VAN BIBBER, JR., b. 1723, St Stephen's Parish, Cecil Co, Maryland; d. March 07, 1799, Pt Pleasant, Mason Co, Virginia. ii. REVEREND ISAAC MICHAEL VAN BIBBER, b. 1725, Strasburg, Chester Co, Pennsylvania; d. October 10, 1774, Point Pleasant, WV. iii. JOHN PETER VAN BIBBER, b. January 07, 1731/32, Lebanon Co, Pennsylvania; d. 1820. iv. BRIGETTA VAN BIBBER, b. April 29, 1735, Lebanon Co, Pennsylvania; d. 1830. v. JAMES VAN BIBBER, b. 1737, Lebanon Co, Pennsylvania. Generation No. 4 4. PETER4 VAN BIBBER, JR. (PETER3, ISAACS JACOB2, JACOB ISAAC1)7 was born 1723 in St Stephen's Parish, Cecil Co, Maryland, and died March 07, 1799 in Pt Pleasant, Mason Co, Virginia. He married MARJORY BOUNDS8 1756 in Lunenburg Co., VA, daughter of JAMES BOUNDS and ANN DYKES. She was born 1740 in Somerset, Maryland, and died 1844 in St. Charles, Maryland. Notes for PETER VAN BIBBER, JR.: Children of PETER VAN BIBBER and MARJORY BOUNDS are: i. PETER5 VAN BIBBER, JR., b. August 15, 1757, Hallifax, Virginia; d. October 08, 1838, Ripley County, Indiana. ii. JOHN JESSE VAN BIBBER, b. August 08, 1759, Halifax County, Virginia; d. April 10, 1852, Mason Co, Virginia. iii. ELEANOR VAN BIBBER, b. Abt. 1762, Halifax, Virginia; d. Tennessee. 5. iv. SOPHRONIA VERONICA VAN BIBBER, b. 1764, Halifax, Virginia; d. March 27, 1824, Gallia County, Ohio. v. JAMES VAN BIBBER, b. May 08, 1766, Halifax, Virginia; d. Calloway County, Missouri. vi. JESSE VAN BIBBER, b. August 08, 1769. vii. MATTHIAS VAN BIBBER, b. November 24, 1774, Greenbrier County, Virginia. viii. JACOB VAN BIBBER, b. 1775, Green Co, Virginia; d. 1839, Greenup County, Kentucky. ix. JOSEPH VAN BIBBER, b. 1776, Green Co, Virginia; d. September 1796, Point Pleasant, Mason County, Virginia. x. NANCY VAN BIBBER, b. 1778, Green Co, Virginia. xi. OLIVE VAN BIBBER, b. January 13, 1783, Greenbriar Co, Kentucky; d. November 12, 1858, Ashgrove, Green, MO. Generation No. 5 5. SOPHRONIA VERONICA5 VAN BIBBER (PETER4, PETER3, ISAACS JACOB2, JACOB ISAAC1)9 was born 1764 in Halifax, Virginia, and died March 27, 1824 in Gallia County, Ohio. She married GEORGE DIXON10 March 20, 1782 in Alderson, West Virginia. He was born February 17, 1754 in Augusta County, Virginia, and died February 27, 1840 in Foster, Warren County, Indiana. Children of SOPHRONIA VAN BIBBER and GEORGE DIXON are: i. NANCEY6 DIXON. ii. PETER DIXON, b. 1788, Talcott, West Virginia. 6. iii. EUNICE O. DIXON, b. 1789, Talcott, Greenbrier/Monroe County, West Virgina; d. 1850, Madison Co., Indiana. iv. JESSE DIXON, b. 1794, Talcott, West Virginia. v. HENRY DIXON, b. 1798, Talcott, West Virginia. vi. OLIVE DIXON, b. 1800, Talcott, West Virginia. Generation No. 6 6. EUNICE O.6 DIXON (SOPHRONIA VERONICA5 VAN BIBBER, PETER4, PETER3, ISAACS JACOB2, JACOB ISAAC1)11 was born 1789 in Talcott, Greenbrier/Monroe County, West Virgina, and died 1850 in Madison Co., Indiana. She married JACOB DAVIS12,13 January 25, 1806 in Talcott, Monroe County, West Virginia13, son of WILLIAM DAVIS and MARY PACKWOOD. He was born 1785 in Greenbrier/Monroe Co., West Virginia, and died Bef. 1850 in Madison Co., Indiana. Notes for JACOB DAVIS: 1806 - Coincident with his marriage there, Jacob Davis was received into the Old Greenbrier First Baptist Church. 1810- In the census for that year Jacob is recorded as living with his wife and 3 sons on land adjoining that of his father William and uncle Richard Davis. He remained here just after the death his father in 1815. At this time he sold all his land and departed the area enroute to Indiana. Obituary of William T. Davis (son of Jacob) stated that Jacob, with his family, floated down the Ohio River on a flatboat to Cinncinnati, Ohio in the spring of 1815. Their boat was loaded with salt and whetstones (a much prized and valuable commodity at the time). That same year they continued down the river to the town of Madison, Indiana where they landed and made their first home about four miles below Paris in a portion of Jefferson County, Indiana which later became Jennings County. In 1816 William recieved a land patent to 360 acres (two parcels) located near the Graham Fork of the Muscatuck River in Jefferson County. After this they lived 5 years on what is known as Hester Island. Then they moved to Azelia in Bartholomew County. (From Banner Plain Dealer, North Vernon, Jennings Co. Indiana]. 1820 - Census of that year enumerates Jacob and his family (w/mother Mary) in Delaware County (later became Bartholomew Co.). He also purchased land near Azelia area, T8, R 6, Sect. 35. William Packwood (possibly his maternal grandfather or an uncle) bought land the same day, Aug. 20th 1820, right next door. (NOTE: There were several other brothers of William Packwood who settled in this same area). 1830 - Jacob and family still listed as residents of Bartholomew County now living with 10 children. 1834 - Jacob sold land in Bartholmew Co. and that same year bought land on the Grant/Madison Co. line. He is identified in the histories of both counties as a prominent early settler. He resided in Fairmount Township and the history of that community includes various references to Jacob Davis including an incident in which he helped pursue and kill a record size bear. 1837 - Jacob sold his land in Fairmount to his son Joseph and moved to the Town of Summit where they purchased and lived on a small lot. He is recorded still living here during the 1840 census but apparently died before 1850 when he is absent from that count. In the period following his death (between 1850 and 1860) many members of his family who had previously resided in the counties south of Indianapolis apparently sold out and departed, some to Iowa, some to Wisconsin and others to parts unknown. Children of EUNICE DIXON and JACOB DAVIS are: i. WILLIAM T.7 DAVIS, b. 1806, Union, Monroe Co., West Virginia; d. September 13, 1893, Brewersville, Jennings Co., Indiana; m. ROSEY JONES, July 14, 1831, Jennings County, Indiana13; d. Bef. 1870, Jennings County, Indiana. ii. JAMES WARD DAVIS, b. May 30, 1808, Greenbrier/Monroe Co., West Virginia; d. December 19, 1882, Plumb Hollow, Freemont, Iowa; m. ELIZABETH J. GORDON, January 03, 1839, Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana. iii. RICHARD DAVIS, b. 1809, Greenbrier/Monroe Co., West Virginia; d. March 06, 1894, Clackamas Co., Oregon; m. EDNEY THOMAS, April 07, 1836, Grant County, Indiana; d. December 1894, Clackamas Co., Oregon. Notes for EDNEY THOMAS: As a result of her marriage to Richard Davis outside of the Quaker Church to which her family belonged Edney (Edna) was officially disowned by the Community of Friends as recorded in the minutes of their meeting on 11 May, 1836. At a later date her sister was also disowned and the entire Thomas family apparently quit the Church shortly thereafter when her fathre Solomon Thomas started the Bretheren Church in Grant County, IN. iv. JACOB DAVIS, b. Abt. 1810, Greenbrier/Monroe Co., West Virginia. v. THOMAS DAVIS, b. Abt. 1811, Greenbrieer/Monroe Co., West Virginia. vi. JOHN D. DAVIS, b. Abt. 1813, Greenbrier/Monroe Co., West Virginia. vii. EDITH DAVIS14,15, b. 1814, Greenbrier/Monroe County, West Virgina; d. Abt. 1890, Stanton, Dunn Co., Wisconsin; m. (1) WILLIAM H. TAYLOR, June 12, 1831, Bartholomew County, Indiana; m. (2) JOHN CRYE16,17, June 12, 1834, Sand Creek, Bartholomew Co., Indiana18; b. 1806, Mecklenburg Co., North Carolina; d. 1872, Stanton, Dunn Co., Wisconsin. Notes for EDITH DAVIS: On the 1880 WI Census, Dunn Co there is this listing: 152 164 Crye, Isiah 35 farmer IN NC IN Mary 27 IN TN VA James M 5 WI IN IN Jacob 1 WI IN IN Johnathan 3 WI IN IN 153 165 Crye Eda 64 IN VA VA Notes for JOHN CRYE: LDS Family Registry. Crye, John b. 1805? NC F Joseph FR221817 pd taxes, 1842-44 Madison Co., Indiana d. 1870? WI? M Anna m. 1834 IN SP Edith Davis Taylor John and Edith Crye moved with their family from Madison County, Indiana where they had resided since 1836 and came to Dunn County (west of Chippewa Falls) Wisconsin in 1862, locating in its wildest portion -- their nearest neighbor being 3 miles away, while the nearest school was at Menomonie, 14 miles distant. In this isolated locality the family lived for several years. (From a Biography of their son, Zachariah Crye). In a final land claim document dated 25 Sept 1872, John Crye laid claim to 160 A (near Boyceville) in Stanton Twp, Dunn Co. stating that he was "...the head of a family consisting of a wife and 12 children...and has built a house thereon of logs 16 x 18 ft., one and a half stories high, shake roof, board floor, with 2 doors and 1 window ...has chopped 3 more acres, has built a stable and hog pens, and has set out plum and apple trees, current bushes, gooseberry bushes and strawberry vines." viii. JOSEPH DAVIS, b. May 01, 1818, Indiana; d. October 01, 1855, Jennings County, Indiana; m. EMILY BOYD, June 21, 1840, Jennings County, Indiana; d. Aft. 1870, Jennings County, Indiana. ix. UNK1 DAVIS. x. UNK2 DAVIS. xi. PERMILIA DAVIS, b. February 16, 1820, Indana; d. Abt. 1900, Saltfork, Grant County, Oklahoma; m. JOHN BREWER, 1837, Grant County, Indiana. xii. ANDREW J. DAVIS, b. June 08, 1823, Azelia, Bartholomew County, Indiana; d. March 09, 1913, Natoma, Osborne County, Kansas; m. ABIGAIL MAPES, January 24, 1841, Jennings County, Indiana. Notes for ANDREW J. DAVIS: There is no substantiated direct documentation establishing the paternity of Andrew Davis. However, descendant Judy Hopkins has concluded that he was the son of Jacob and Eunice Davis on the basis of substantial and convincing circumstantial evidence. Andrew served honorably in the Union Army as a Private during the Civil War. He enlisted at Fontanelle, Iowa in a Company commanded by Capt. L. H. Calan, in the 4th Cavalry Regiment of the Iowa Volunteers on 21 Dec., 1863. The Regiment was commanded by Colonel Winslow. Andrew was honorably discharged for disability at Davenport Iowa on 22 August, 1865. He sustained an injury to his spinal chord that disabled him from performing and bodily labor for the remainder of his life. xiii. UNK3 DAVIS. xiv. UNK4 DAVIS. xv. ELIZABETH DAVIS, b. 1832; m. JOHN REID, November 26, 1849, Delaware County, Indiana. Endnotes 1. lDS Ancestor File - AFN: 1JM2-G9M. 2. LDS Ancestor File -. 3. LDS Ancestor File - AFN: 1JM2-GC2. 4. LDS Ancestor File - AFN: 1JM2-G26. 5. LDS Ancestor File - AFN: 1JM2-G3D. 6. LDS Ancestor File - AFN: 1JM2-F5M. 7. lDS Ancestor File - AFN: 1JM2-F6T. 8. lDS Ancestor File - AFN: 1JM1-GRD. 9. lDS Ancestor File - AFN: 1CWZ-JPN. 10. LDS Ancestor File - AFN: 1CWZ-JNG. 11. Pedigree file provided by Judy Hopkins, 8/22/98.. 12. Information provided by Paul Sigler from the records of Judy Hopkins, 8/98.. 13. Pedigree file provided by Judy Hopkins, 8/22/98.. 14. Information provided by Paul Sigler from the records of Judy Hopkins, 8/98.. 15. Infomation provided by Irene Morgan, 4/98.. 16. Information provided by Paul Sigler from the records of Judy Hopkins, 8/98.. 17. Infomation provided by Irene Morgan, 4/98.. 18. FTM CD 2.

Descendants of JACOB ISAAC VAN BIBBER

Generation No. 1

1. JACOB ISAAC1 VAN BIBBER1 was born Abt. 1643 in Duchy Of Cleves, Holland, Utrecht,
Netherlands, and died September 07, 1705 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co, Pennsylvania. He married
CHRISTINA2 1660 in Duchy Of Cleves, Netherland. She was born Abt. 1643 in Duchy Of Cleves,
Netherland, and died September 05, 1711 in St Stephens Par, Cecil Coania, Maryland .

Children of JACOB VAN BIBBER and CHRISTINA are:
i. MATTIAS2 VAN BIBBER, b. 1661, Crefield, Holland.
2. ii. ISAACS JACOB VAN BIBBER, b. 1663, Duchy Of Cleves, Netherlands; d. September 14, 1723, Cecil
Co, Maryland.
iii. HENRY VAN BIBBER, b. 1665, Crefield, Holland.
iv. HENRICH VAN BIBBER, b. 1685, Crefield, Holland.
v. DEBORAH VAN BIBBER, b. 1703, Cecil Co, Maryland.
vi. MARGARETTE VAN BIBBER, b. 1705, Cecil Co, Maryland.

Generation No. 2

2. ISAACS JACOB2 VAN BIBBER (JACOB ISAAC1)3 was born 1663 in Duchy Of Cleves, Netherlands,
and died September 14, 1723 in Cecil Co, Maryland. He married FRANCES SCHUMAKER4 May 25,
1690 in PA?. She was born 1669 in St Stephen's Par, Cecil Co, Maryland.

Notes for ISAACS JACOB VAN BIBBER:
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.

Children of ISAACS VAN BIBBER and FRANCES SCHUMAKER are:
i. JACOB3 VAN BIBBER, b. 1691, Cecil, Maryland.
ii. HESTER VAN BIBBER, b. 1693, Cecil, Maryland.
3. iii. PETER VAN BIBBER, SR., b. May 25, 1695, St Stephen's Parish, Cecil Co, Maryland; d. 1769,
Lunenburg Co., VA.
iv. VERONICA VAN BIBBER, b. 1697, Cecil, Maryland.
v. CHRISTINA VAN BIBBER, b. 1698, Cecil, Maryland.
vi. CHRISTINE VAN BIBBER, b. 1698.
vii. ISAAC VAN BIBBER, b. 1701, Cecil, Maryland.

Generation No. 3

3. PETER3 VAN BIBBER, SR. (ISAACS JACOB2, JACOB ISAAC1)5 was born May 25, 1695 in St
Stephen's Parish, Cecil Co, Maryland, and died 1769 in Lunenburg Co., VA. He married ANN
HONRIETTE6 in Maryland. She was born in Maryland, and died in Virgina.

Notes for PETER VAN BIBBER, SR.:
The Battle of Point Pleasant took place in what is now Mason County West Virginia on 10 Oct. 1774. The
battle site overlooks the Ohio River. The battle was between the English colonists and the Indians and was
part of what is known as Dunmore's War. The main cause of Dunmore's War was basically the incursion of
the white man into Indian lands and especially the Ohio Valley.

The Van Bibber family were early settlers in the Greenbrier and were, like most settlers on the frontier,
seeking new and better land. Also, like most pioneers, the Van Bibbers were members of the malitia and
were willing to fight for possession of this new land.

The battle was a temporary defeat for the white settlers but a great loss for the Van Bibber family who
settled on the this primitive frontier.

Isaac Van Bibber (sometimes known as Michael) was one of the victims. There were one-hundred and forty
whites killed including the commanding officer, Colonel Charles Lewis, but to the family of Isaac Van
Bibber it was a loss that would change their entire world.

Isaac had several young children and his loss would cause the breakup of the family. Isaac's wife remarried
and his son Isaac Jr. would live with the famous Daniel Boone. Kanawha Co., VA records indicated that
another son, Matthias, was raised by Isaac's brother Peter Van Bibber. Isaac Van Bibber's group sheet is
listed below.

Isaac was not the only Van Bibber family member at the Battle of Point Pleasant. Various lists also include
Captain John, Peter, and John Jesse Van Bibber as participants in the battle.

Children of PETER VAN BIBBER and ANN HONRIETTE are:
4. i. PETER4 VAN BIBBER, JR., b. 1723, St Stephen's Parish, Cecil Co, Maryland; d. March 07, 1799, Pt
Pleasant, Mason Co, Virginia.
ii. REVEREND ISAAC MICHAEL VAN BIBBER, b. 1725, Strasburg, Chester Co, Pennsylvania; d.
October 10, 1774, Point Pleasant, WV.
iii. JOHN PETER VAN BIBBER, b. January 07, 1731/32, Lebanon Co, Pennsylvania; d. 1820.
iv. BRIGETTA VAN BIBBER, b. April 29, 1735, Lebanon Co, Pennsylvania; d. 1830.
v. JAMES VAN BIBBER, b. 1737, Lebanon Co, Pennsylvania.

Generation No. 4

4. PETER4 VAN BIBBER, JR. (PETER3, ISAACS JACOB2, JACOB ISAAC1)7 was born 1723 in St
Stephen's Parish, Cecil Co, Maryland, and died March 07, 1799 in Pt Pleasant, Mason Co, Virginia. He
married MARJORY BOUNDS8 1756 in Lunenburg Co., VA, daughter of JAMES BOUNDS and ANN
DYKES. She was born 1740 in Somerset, Maryland, and died 1844 in St. Charles, Maryland.

Notes for PETER VAN BIBBER, JR.:

Children of PETER VAN BIBBER and MARJORY BOUNDS are:
i. PETER5 VAN BIBBER, JR., b. August 15, 1757, Hallifax, Virginia; d. October 08, 1838, Ripley County,
Indiana.
ii. JOHN JESSE VAN BIBBER, b. August 08, 1759, Halifax County, Virginia; d. April 10, 1852, Mason
Co, Virginia.
iii. ELEANOR VAN BIBBER, b. Abt. 1762, Halifax, Virginia; d. Tennessee.
5. iv. SOPHRONIA VERONICA VAN BIBBER, b. 1764, Halifax, Virginia; d. March 27, 1824, Gallia
County, Ohio.
v. JAMES VAN BIBBER, b. May 08, 1766, Halifax, Virginia; d. Calloway County, Missouri.
vi. JESSE VAN BIBBER, b. August 08, 1769.
vii. MATTHIAS VAN BIBBER, b. November 24, 1774, Greenbrier County, Virginia.
viii. JACOB VAN BIBBER, b. 1775, Green Co, Virginia; d. 1839, Greenup County, Kentucky.
ix. JOSEPH VAN BIBBER, b. 1776, Green Co, Virginia; d. September 1796, Point Pleasant, Mason County,
Virginia.
x. NANCY VAN BIBBER, b. 1778, Green Co, Virginia.
xi. OLIVE VAN BIBBER, b. January 13, 1783, Greenbriar Co, Kentucky; d. November 12, 1858, Ashgrove,
Green, MO.

Generation No. 5

5. SOPHRONIA VERONICA5 VAN BIBBER (PETER4, PETER3, ISAACS JACOB2, JACOB ISAAC1)9
was born 1764 in Halifax, Virginia, and died March 27, 1824 in Gallia County, Ohio. She married
GEORGE DIXON10 March 20, 1782 in Alderson, West Virginia. He was born February 17, 1754 in
Augusta County, Virginia, and died February 27, 1840 in Foster, Warren County, Indiana.

Children of SOPHRONIA VAN BIBBER and GEORGE DIXON are:
i. NANCEY6 DIXON.
ii. PETER DIXON, b. 1788, Talcott, West Virginia.
6. iii. EUNICE O. DIXON, b. 1789, Talcott, Greenbrier/Monroe County, West Virgina; d. 1850, Madison
Co., Indiana.
iv. JESSE DIXON, b. 1794, Talcott, West Virginia.
v. HENRY DIXON, b. 1798, Talcott, West Virginia.
vi. OLIVE DIXON, b. 1800, Talcott, West Virginia.

Generation No. 6

6. EUNICE O.6 DIXON (SOPHRONIA VERONICA5 VAN BIBBER, PETER4, PETER3, ISAACS JACOB2,
JACOB ISAAC1)11 was born 1789 in Talcott, Greenbrier/Monroe County, West Virgina, and died 1850 in
Madison Co., Indiana. She married JACOB DAVIS12,13 January 25, 1806 in Talcott, Monroe County, West
Virginia13, son of WILLIAM DAVIS and MARY PACKWOOD. He was born 1785 in Greenbrier/Monroe
Co., West Virginia, and died Bef. 1850 in Madison Co., Indiana.

Notes for JACOB DAVIS:
1806 - Coincident with his marriage there, Jacob Davis was received into the Old Greenbrier First Baptist
Church.

1810- In the census for that year Jacob is recorded as living with his wife and 3 sons on land adjoining that
of his father William and uncle Richard Davis. He remained here just after the death his father in 1815. At
this time he sold all his land and departed the area enroute to Indiana.

Obituary of William T. Davis (son of Jacob) stated that Jacob, with his family, floated down the Ohio River
on a flatboat to Cinncinnati, Ohio in the spring of 1815. Their boat was loaded with salt and whetstones (a
much prized and valuable commodity at the time). That same year they continued down the river to the
town of Madison, Indiana where they landed and made their first home about four miles below Paris in a
portion of Jefferson County, Indiana which later became Jennings County. In 1816 William recieved a land
patent to 360 acres (two parcels) located near the Graham Fork of the Muscatuck River in Jefferson
County. After this they lived 5 years on what is known as Hester Island. Then they moved to Azelia in
Bartholomew County. (From Banner Plain Dealer, North Vernon, Jennings Co. Indiana].

1820 - Census of that year enumerates Jacob and his family (w/mother Mary) in Delaware County (later
became Bartholomew Co.). He also purchased land near Azelia area, T8, R 6, Sect. 35. William Packwood
(possibly his maternal grandfather or an uncle) bought land the same day, Aug. 20th 1820, right next door.
(NOTE: There were several other brothers of William Packwood who settled in this same area).

1830 - Jacob and family still listed as residents of Bartholomew County now living with 10 children.

1834 - Jacob sold land in Bartholmew Co. and that same year bought land on the Grant/Madison Co. line.
He is identified in the histories of both counties as a prominent early settler. He resided in Fairmount
Township and the history of that community includes various references to Jacob Davis including an
incident in which he helped pursue and kill a record size bear.

1837 - Jacob sold his land in Fairmount to his son Joseph and moved to the Town of Summit where they
purchased and lived on a small lot. He is recorded still living here during the 1840 census but apparently
died before 1850 when he is absent from that count. In the period following his death (between 1850 and
1860) many members of his family who had previously resided in the counties south of Indianapolis
apparently sold out and departed, some to Iowa, some to Wisconsin and others to parts unknown.

Children of EUNICE DIXON and JACOB DAVIS are:
i. WILLIAM T.7 DAVIS, b. 1806, Union, Monroe Co., West Virginia; d. September 13, 1893,
Brewersville, Jennings Co., Indiana; m. ROSEY JONES, July 14, 1831, Jennings County, Indiana13; d.
Bef. 1870, Jennings County, Indiana.
ii. JAMES WARD DAVIS, b. May 30, 1808, Greenbrier/Monroe Co., West Virginia; d. December 19,
1882, Plumb Hollow, Freemont, Iowa; m. ELIZABETH J. GORDON, January 03, 1839, Muncie,
Delaware County, Indiana.
iii. RICHARD DAVIS, b. 1809, Greenbrier/Monroe Co., West Virginia; d. March 06, 1894, Clackamas Co.,
Oregon; m. EDNEY THOMAS, April 07, 1836, Grant County, Indiana; d. December 1894, Clackamas
Co., Oregon.

Notes for EDNEY THOMAS:
As a result of her marriage to Richard Davis outside of the Quaker Church to which her family
belonged Edney (Edna) was officially disowned by the Community of Friends as recorded in the
minutes of their meeting on 11 May, 1836. At a later date her sister was also disowned and the entire
Thomas family apparently quit the Church shortly thereafter when her fathre Solomon Thomas started
the Bretheren Church in Grant County, IN.

iv. JACOB DAVIS, b. Abt. 1810, Greenbrier/Monroe Co., West Virginia.
v. THOMAS DAVIS, b. Abt. 1811, Greenbrieer/Monroe Co., West Virginia.
vi. JOHN D. DAVIS, b. Abt. 1813, Greenbrier/Monroe Co., West Virginia.
vii. EDITH DAVIS14,15, b. 1814, Greenbrier/Monroe County, West Virgina; d. Abt. 1890, Stanton, Dunn
Co., Wisconsin; m. (1) WILLIAM H. TAYLOR, June 12, 1831, Bartholomew County, Indiana; m. (2)
JOHN CRYE16,17, June 12, 1834, Sand Creek, Bartholomew Co., Indiana18; b. 1806, Mecklenburg Co.,
North Carolina; d. 1872, Stanton, Dunn Co., Wisconsin.

Notes for EDITH DAVIS:
On the 1880 WI Census, Dunn Co there is this listing:
152 164 Crye, Isiah 35 farmer IN NC IN
Mary 27 IN TN VA
James M 5 WI IN IN
Jacob 1 WI IN IN
Johnathan 3 WI IN IN
153 165 Crye Eda 64 IN VA VA

Notes for JOHN CRYE:
LDS Family Registry.
Crye, John

b. 1805? NC F Joseph FR221817
pd taxes, 1842-44 Madison Co., Indiana
d. 1870? WI? M Anna
m. 1834 IN SP Edith Davis Taylor

John and Edith Crye moved with their family from Madison County, Indiana where they had resided
since 1836 and came to Dunn County (west of Chippewa Falls) Wisconsin in 1862, locating in its
wildest portion -- their nearest neighbor being 3 miles away, while the nearest school was at
Menomonie, 14 miles distant. In this isolated locality the family lived for several years. (From a
Biography of their son, Zachariah Crye).

In a final land claim document dated 25 Sept 1872, John Crye laid claim to 160 A (near Boyceville) in
Stanton Twp, Dunn Co. stating that he was "...the head of a family consisting of a wife and 12
children...and has built a house thereon of logs 16 x 18 ft., one and a half stories high, shake roof, board
floor, with 2 doors and 1 window ...has chopped 3 more acres, has built a stable and hog pens, and has
set out plum and apple trees, current bushes, gooseberry bushes and strawberry vines."

viii. JOSEPH DAVIS, b. May 01, 1818, Indiana; d. October 01, 1855, Jennings County, Indiana; m. EMILY
BOYD, June 21, 1840, Jennings County, Indiana; d. Aft. 1870, Jennings County, Indiana.
ix. UNK1 DAVIS.
x. UNK2 DAVIS.
xi. PERMILIA DAVIS, b. February 16, 1820, Indana; d. Abt. 1900, Saltfork, Grant County, Oklahoma; m.
JOHN BREWER, 1837, Grant County, Indiana.
xii. ANDREW J. DAVIS, b. June 08, 1823, Azelia, Bartholomew County, Indiana; d. March 09, 1913,
Natoma, Osborne County, Kansas; m. ABIGAIL MAPES, January 24, 1841, Jennings County, Indiana.

Notes for ANDREW J. DAVIS:
There is no substantiated direct documentation establishing the paternity of Andrew Davis. However,
descendant Judy Hopkins has concluded that he was the son of Jacob and Eunice Davis on the basis of
substantial and convincing circumstantial evidence.

Andrew served honorably in the Union Army as a Private during the Civil War. He enlisted at
Fontanelle, Iowa in a Company commanded by Capt. L. H. Calan, in the 4th Cavalry Regiment of the
Iowa Volunteers on 21 Dec., 1863. The Regiment was commanded by Colonel Winslow. Andrew was
honorably discharged for disability at Davenport Iowa on 22 August, 1865. He sustained an injury to
his spinal chord that disabled him from performing and bodily labor for the remainder of his life.

xiii. UNK3 DAVIS.
xiv. UNK4 DAVIS.
xv. ELIZABETH DAVIS, b. 1832; m. JOHN REID, November 26, 1849, Delaware County, Indiana.

Endnotes

1. lDS Ancestor File - AFN: 1JM2-G9M.
2. LDS Ancestor File -.
3. LDS Ancestor File - AFN: 1JM2-GC2.
4. LDS Ancestor File - AFN: 1JM2-G26.
5. LDS Ancestor File - AFN: 1JM2-G3D.
6. LDS Ancestor File - AFN: 1JM2-F5M.
7. lDS Ancestor File - AFN: 1JM2-F6T.
8. lDS Ancestor File - AFN: 1JM1-GRD.
9. lDS Ancestor File - AFN: 1CWZ-JPN.
10. LDS Ancestor File - AFN: 1CWZ-JNG.
11. Pedigree file provided by Judy Hopkins, 8/22/98..
12. Information provided by Paul Sigler from the records of Judy Hopkins, 8/98..
13. Pedigree file provided by Judy Hopkins, 8/22/98..
14. Information provided by Paul Sigler from the records of Judy Hopkins, 8/98..
15. Infomation provided by Irene Morgan, 4/98..
16. Information provided by Paul Sigler from the records of Judy Hopkins, 8/98..
17. Infomation provided by Irene Morgan, 4/98..
18. FTM CD 2.

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