Individual Details
Issac Jacob VANBIBBER
(Abt 1661 - 14 Sep 1723)
The Van Bibber family that was the first to settle in the New World was the family of Isaacs Jacob Van Bibber. He came to America in 1684 and to Philadelphia in 1687. His mission was to prepare the way for his parents and the rest of the family who would soon follow. The Van Bibbers were residents of Krefeld, which is now located in Germany. They 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 Isaac's aunt Liesbet, and who later married Isaac's sister, Deborah. Isaac Jacob Van Bibber later moved to Germantown, which is now a suburb of Philadelphia, and he was engaged in commerce. Before long the rest of his family followed him to Germantown and settled there.
While in Germantown the family became involved in a religious dispute. Around the same time, Isaac Jacob von Bebber and Reynier Herman von Burkelow moved their families to Cecil County, Maryland, the Bohemia Manor area. Again, most of the family followed him. The migration to Maryland was caused by the religious dispute, because the Van Bibbers became part of the Labadist community, a mystic offshoot of the Mennonites, similar to the Quakers. Around 1690, Isaac married Fronica Shoemaker or Schumacher. Some sources say they were married on May 28, 1690 in Cecil County, Maryland. If that is the case, it is possible that Isaac and Fronica were betrothed in Germantown, and then were married in Maryland after the VanBibber's move. The VanBibber family that settled in Maryland had many notable descendants.
Fronica died about 1708. Isaac Van Bibber's will was proved on November 25, 1723 in Cecil County, Maryland. He says he is 62 years old. The will names three sons, Jacob, Peter, and Isaac, and three daughters, Hester, Christina and Veronica.
Members of the Van Bebber family arrived at Philadelphia shortly after William Penn, having been recruited by him in Europe. Isaac Jacobbs Van Bebber was one of the original immigrants from Krefeld, Germany (a few miles from the Holland border), who arrived in Germantown, then a separate settlement from Philadelphia, on November 8, 1684. --Mennonite Family History, The Van Bebber/Van Bibber Family, by David V. Stivison, Esq., Volume 4, No. 3, January 2001, Van Bibber Pioneers E-Newsletter. ***
While in Germantown the family became involved in a religious dispute. Around the same time, Isaac Jacob von Bebber and Reynier Herman von Burkelow moved their families to Cecil County, Maryland, the Bohemia Manor area. Again, most of the family followed him. The migration to Maryland was caused by the religious dispute, because the Van Bibbers became part of the Labadist community, a mystic offshoot of the Mennonites, similar to the Quakers. Around 1690, Isaac married Fronica Shoemaker or Schumacher. Some sources say they were married on May 28, 1690 in Cecil County, Maryland. If that is the case, it is possible that Isaac and Fronica were betrothed in Germantown, and then were married in Maryland after the VanBibber's move. The VanBibber family that settled in Maryland had many notable descendants.
Fronica died about 1708. Isaac Van Bibber's will was proved on November 25, 1723 in Cecil County, Maryland. He says he is 62 years old. The will names three sons, Jacob, Peter, and Isaac, and three daughters, Hester, Christina and Veronica.
Members of the Van Bebber family arrived at Philadelphia shortly after William Penn, having been recruited by him in Europe. Isaac Jacobbs Van Bebber was one of the original immigrants from Krefeld, Germany (a few miles from the Holland border), who arrived in Germantown, then a separate settlement from Philadelphia, on November 8, 1684. --Mennonite Family History, The Van Bebber/Van Bibber Family, by David V. Stivison, Esq., Volume 4, No. 3, January 2001, Van Bibber Pioneers E-Newsletter. ***
Events
| Birth | Abt 1661 | Krefeld, Holland | |||
| Arrival | 1683 | Isaac Jacobs VanBebber, son of Jacob Isaac VanBebber, from Crefeld, came to America in 1683 in command of a vessel belonging to Lord Baltimore's fleet. |  | ||
| Residence | 8 Nov 1684 | Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America | |||
| Marriage | 25 May 1690 | Saint Stephens Parish, Cecil, Maryland, British America - Veronica "Fronika" SCHUMACHER | |||
| Naturalization | 1701 | Isaac VanBiber, Gent. of Cecil County, Merchant., Maryland | |||
| Religion | 23 May 1708 | Mennonite | |||
| Death | 14 Sep 1723 | Cecil, Maryland, British America | |||
| Will | 14 Sep 1723 | Proven, November 25, 1723, aged about 62 years., | |||
| Burial | Saint Stephens Cemetery, Cecil County, Maryland |
Families
| Spouse | Veronica "Fronika" SCHUMACHER (1669 - 1708) |
| Child | Peter VANBIBBER I (1695 - 1769) |
| Father | Jacob Isaac VAN BIBBER (1630 - 1705) |
| Mother | Christiana VAN DULCKEN (1640 - 1711) |
Notes
Arrival
Isaac Jacobs VanBebber, son of Jacob Isaac VanBebber, from Crefeld, came to America in 1683 in command of a vessel belonging to Lord Baltimore's fleet. He was in Germantown by November 8, 1684. He was followed by his father and brother, Matthias, in 1687. A sister, Deborah, who had preceded them to America in 1683 was married to Hermann op den Graeff.The settlement on the Skippack began in 1702, Matthias VanBebber gave 100 acres for a Mennonite Church, which was built about 1725. The settlement was known for the next half century as Bebber's Township, or Bebber's Town. Matthias and his eldest brother, Isaac Jacobs VanBebber, removed to Bohemia Manor, Cecil County, Maryland, in 1704. He purchased the largest estate in Cecil County, Maryland, known at St. Augustine Manor. His brother, Isaac Jacobs, built the first grist mill in Cecil County, located on the waters of the Bohemia River. Later he purchased land called Salem on the east side of Chesapeake Bay in Baltimore County, now called Cecil County.
Henry VanBebber, another son of Jacob Isaacs VanBebber, was a coffee merchant in Amsterdam. He emigrated to America shortly before 1721, and settled on the banks of the Bohemia River, Cecil County, Maryland. His will was found in Orphan's Court and was written in the original Dutch language. Isaac, Mathias and their father were merchants on High Street in Philadelphia before moving the Cecil County, Maryland in 1704.