Van Bibber Ship List

Ship Passenger Lists" 1641-1825, Carl Boyer, 3rd, 1980. P 7, "Einwanderder in Pennsylvania Vor 1700", Jahruch fur (two dots over the u) Auslanddeutsche Sippenkunde, I (1936), 53-54 {Lancour No. 116].
Bebber Van, Jakob Isaaks, Backer (dots over the a) aus Krefeld, 1687.
Bebber Van, Jakob Isaaks und Matthias, sohne (dots over o) des vorigen, 1684 und 1687.
P 8 Schumacher, Peter, von Kriegsheim, 1685 mit 7 kindern und einer Verwandten.
Translated, last two words, one relative.
It reads: Schumacher, Peter, from Kriegsheim, with 7 children and one relation (relative). (Not a Frau, wife, as entered on others listed). In my German and English Dictionary I find the V is a B, Berwanbt means relative, kin.
P 8 Schumacher, Sarah, Von Kriegsheim, mit 7 kindern, vor 1689. This is widow of George Schumacher, who died enroute to Pennsylvania, 1689. Sister-in-law to Peter Schumacher, above. See, Genealogy of the Shoemaker Family of Cheltenham Pennsylvania, Benjamin D. Shoemaker.
(Descendants of George and Sarah Schumacher), Introduction & Historical Notes, p 6 reference, The Pennsylvania Magazine, Vol. 8, p 337, in a list of families who arrived in Philadelphia 1682-1687, has Sarah, his cousin.
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RECORDS OF CECIL COUNTY MARYLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Isaac Van Bibber, Baltimore Committee of Correspondence
Letter written by Mr. Samuel Adams

Isaac Van Bibber, a member of the Baltimore committee of correspondence, in response to the British Coercive Acts - the Boston Port Bill and the Boston Tea Party, Tuesday, May 31st, 1774 from the Chronicles of Baltimore:

In consequence of the passage by the British Parliament of the Boston Port Bill--a bill intended to shut out the people of Boston from commercial intercourse with every part of the world--the people of Boston assembled in town-meeting at Fanueil Hall on the 13th day of May, 1774, and voted "that if the other colonies would come into a joint resolution to stop all importations from Great Britain, and every part of the West Indies, till the act blocking up the harbor be repealed, the same will prove the salvation of North America and her liberties." This resolve was transmitted to the people of Baltimore, in a letter written by Mr. Samuel Adams to Mr. Win. Lux, of Baltimore. Mr. Adams said: "The people receive this edict with indignation. It is expected by their enemies, and feared by some of their friends, that this town singly, will not be able to support the cause under so severe a trial. As the very being of every colony, considered as a free people, depends upon the event, a thought so dishonorable to our brethren cannot be entertained, as that this town will now be left to struggle alone. The town of Boston is now suffering the stroke of vengeance, in the common cause of America. I hope they will sustain the blow with a becoming fortitude, and that the effects of this cruel act, intended to intimidate and subdue the spirits of all America, will by the joint efforts of all, be frustrated."

In the Maryland Journal of the 28th of May, 1774, a notice appeared, of which the following is a copy: "On Tuesday last, a few hours after the arrival of an express from Philadelphia relative to the situation of affairs at Boston, a number of merchants and respectable mechanics of this town met at the Court-house, and appointed a committee to correspond with the neighboring colonies, as the exigency of affairs may make it occasionally necessary."

This committee was Robert Alexander, Robert Christie, Sr., Isaac Van Bibber, Thomas Harrison, John Boyd, Samuel Purviance, Jr., Andrew Buchanan, Wm. Buchanan, John Moale, Wm. Smith, Win. Lux, and John Smith. They met at the Court-house on Tuesday, May 31st, 1774, Captain Charles Ridgely acting as chairman.

-The Chronicles of Baltimore; being a complete history of "Baltimore Town" by John Thomas Scharf; Published: Baltimore, Turnbull Bros., 1874

NOTE; A committee of correspondence was organized by the local governments of the American colonies to coordinate communication outside of the colony. These served an important role in the American Revolution. The committees of correspondence rallied opposition on common causes, and so the committees were the beginning of a formal political union among the colonies. The First Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia September 5, 1774

                                           Isaac Van Bibber (Additional Notes)

The Van Bibbers came originally from Utrecht, Holland, and settled on part of " Bohemia Manor " in Cecil County, Maryland. Some of the descendants of these settlers moved to Baltimore, and went into the shipping business at Felts Point, then a rival of Baltimore, but now part of it. They were very successful, and built a handsome house on Thames Street, the woodwork of which was secured in recent years by J. Alexis Shriver, and taken to his home at " Olney", Harford County, Md.

After having amassed considerable money at Fells Point, Washington Van Bibber (1778-1849) and his wife Lucretia Emory, moved to " Avondale", in Carroll County, Md.. a few miles beyond Westminster, and took up the home of Legh Master, who had an iron furnace there, and who in a fit of anger pushed one of his colored servants into a burning furnace.

While at Avondale the Van Bibbers. through Isaac Van Bibber, just 100 years ago-1844-as a result of his collections, built the Episcopal Church in Westminster. All the Van Bibbers of Avondale are buried in this church yard. And there they reinterred the body of Legh Master, originally buried at Avondale."

Dr. W. Chew Van Bibber, one of the brothers, however, moved to Baltimore, and was for many years a very successful doctor on Franklin St., residing where the, present Y. M. C. A. building now stands. Miss Alice Van Bibber, one of his daughters, lives on Bolton Street. Baltimore.

Isaac Van Bibber was born January 17. 1810, studied law and was admitted to the bar; spent three years in European travel, returned to "Avondale", and died there September 28, 1847 [J. A. S.]

                                        Ware Church Cemetery

The following info. was found in our Tombstones of Mathews Co.,Va. on page 98 -North End Cemetery (Between the Branches of North River) Perhaps of interest is the fact that John Page, of North End, who served as a member of the Council & General Court in 1768, died in 1774.

 (1) In 1782, Abraham Van Bibber was taxed on 550 acres & Isaac Van Bibber was taxed on 500 acres the same year.

 (2) In 1791, when the first tax list was made for the new county of Mathews, Abraham Van Bibber was taxed on 925 acres.

(3) The home was named North End.
The Vestry of Ware Episcopal Church in Gloucester Co., gave to the Joseph Bryan Branch of the Association for the Preservation of Va. Antiquities a section of the Ware Church Cemetery for isolated & uncared for gravestones.
The following stones have been moved to Ware Church & are in lots 148 and 149:

Vanbibber, John.
Publication 7 June 1766.
Other Format Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Grants, reels 288-311.
Note Location: Hampshire County.
Description: 271 acres on the South Branch.
Vanbibber, John. grantee.
Subject - Topical Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- West Virginia -- Hampshire County
Subject -Geographic Hampshire County (W. Va.) -- History -- 18th century
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