Part III � Grubb Family
The name was spelled various ways, Grob, Grobbe, Grubbe, Grupe, Grube, Grubbe, even Kruppa, and Von Grubb. The name is a very old one in England, appearing in the ancient records of Kent, Cornwall, Hertfordshire, and other English counties, as early as 1300, and some instances, still earlier. The English stock generally is of Danish derivation. The Royal Archives at Copenhagen show that the Grubbes have been, since 1127, one of the oldest, and at times, most distinguished noble families of high rank in Germany and Austria.
The various members of the Grubb family in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey are mainly, if not entirely, descendants from early English settlers, who came as early as 1623, to Jamestown Colony, Virginia. There were several named Thomas, John, and Henry, and the right connection becomes confused. They all came from the same area in England. I have used the authority, which I believe to be the best one.
Generation 4. Henry Grubb (1), the son of John Grubb (1), was born 1506, in North Mimms, Hartford, England. He was elected to Parliament from Wiltshire, in 1571, the 14th year in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. He died in 1581.
He married in Hertfordshire, about 1522 to Joan Radcliffe, born 1502, daughter of Sir Richard Radcliffe and Agnes Scrope. (See Radcliffe Family) Henry died in 1581. insert link
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Thomas Grubb, the son of Henry Grubb and Joan Radcliffe, was born in 1533, Eastwell, Potterne, Devizes, Wilts, England
He was married 5 January 1562, in Stoke Climsland Parish, Cornwall County, England, to Agnes Jeffery.
He later lived in St. Dominic Parish, in Cornwall, and was buried there, 19 July 1616. His will was dated 24 May 1616, and proved 23 July 1616, in the Archdeaconry of Cornwall, all children mentioned. He left legacies to the poor of both parishes.
His widow Agnes married Johan Williams (alias Wills) 16 April 16__? at Saint Dominic. She was buried there 22 November 1627, her will proved 9 January 1628, Archdeaconry of Cornwall.
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Generation 2. Henry Grubb (2), the son of Thomas Grubb and Agnes Jeffrey, was baptized 18 February 1581/2, Stoke Climsland Parish, Cornwall County, England. He was a yeoman, (a freeholder, next under the rank of gentleman and/or of a higher class attendant in the service of a nobleman) He had two daughters by his first wife.
He was married/2 1 August 1615, to Joan H___. She was buried 31 March 1635, at Stoke Climsland. They had a son Henry, and probably other children. Henry Grubb (2) was mentioned in the wills of his father in 1616, and brother Edward in 1632, and named in the �Protestation Against Popery. � at Stoke Climsland in 1641/2.
He was married for the third time to Joan Bidgood on 29 April 1637, at Stoke Climsland. He was buried there 19 June 1645.
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Henry Grubb (3), son of Henry Grubb (2) and Joan H___, was a yeoman, and later a butcher. He was baptized in 1617, in Stoke Climsland, Cornwall County, England.
He was married/1 3 February 1641/2, at Stoke Climsland, to Margaret Facie, who died intestate, and Henry was granted administration, on 24 December 1642, Archdeaconry of Cornwall. He was named in the �Protestation Against Popery.
He joined the Society of Friends, and was persecuted, and imprisoned in Trematon Castle, Cornwall, 1662-1663, and evicted from his house for nonpayment of Tithes, in February 1663/4. He died before 1676, in Cornwall, England
His second wife, Willmott ___, was named as wife of Henry Grubb in Stoke Climsland Parish registers from before 1657. She signed her son Henry�s certificate 1676/7. She was mentioned in the wills of her kinsman Richard Grubb in 1683/4, and her son Henry�s will in Pennsylvania in 1695/6.
She was �A Quaker, buried in a field at Stoke Climsland� on 4 February 1696. All children born in Stoke Climsland not before 1642; They are probably not listed in birth order.
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This Henry Grubb (4) was probably the son of Henry Grubb (3) and Willmott ___, although this is not absolutely documented. He arrived Salem, New Jersey, prior to 1679, and settled on the opposite bank of the Delaware River across from his brother, John, at about the same time. He joined the Burlington Monthly Meeting.
He was married 24 May 1683, Burlington Monthly Meeting, to Mary Perkins, daughter of William and Mary Perkins, who came over on the ship "Kent," in 1667.
From: �Burlington, a Provincial Capitol,�
�He was a tavern keeper on side of High Street near the Wharf (Delaware River) and is the earliest of which I have found a record. He was licensed to keep an ordinary in 1681, but it is probable that this was a renewal. � by George DeCou
From: Burlington, New Jersey Records
�Pisgah for Thomas Budd. Henry Grubb, of Burlington, innholder, conveyed to Thomas Budd of Philadelphia, merchant, 4, 7m0 1695, a tract of 50 acres. �
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There was at that time, same locale, an Obadiah Holmes who was a planter. He was a Baptist, and ordered to be whipped, but no connection can be made.
She was married/2, as wife/2, to Edward Beeson (See Beeson Family, Part III). She was married/3 to Joseph Rich, Sr. about 1714/5 Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania. She died before 1730 (See Rich Family, Part III)
John Grubb (2), the son of Henry Grubb (3) and Willmott ___, was born 20 April 1650, in Stoke Climsland, Cornwall, England. He arrived in New Jersey, the Delaware River, on the ship �Kent� in 1667. He was not a Quaker, but like his ancestors, adhered to the Church of England.
He was married March 1708 in Marcus Hook, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, to Francis __. John obtained a grant of land, in 1677, at Upland, now Chester County, Pennsylvania, and on 19 September 1682, another 600 acres, and various other lands at Marcus Hook, Brandywine, Newcastle, Delaware. He was the most prominent of all the early settlers of the name Grubb. John died 10 March 1708 at Marcus Hook, and was buried in the St. Martins Churchyard.
�Will Book C,� page 81, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
I, John Grubb, of the County Chester in Province of Pennsylvania, Tanner, being at present weak in body, but sound and perfect mind and memory, do make this my last will and Testament in the manner following,
That is to say: First, my will is that all my just debts and funeral charges be paid and discharged - Also I give unto my Daughter Charity, the wife of Richard Beeson, the sum of five pounds; Also I give unto my daughter Phebe Grubb, the sum of fifteen pounds, to be paid her when she attain her age of eighteen years or is married, which shall first happen; Also I give unto my dear wife Francis Grubb, one third part of all my personal estate, and her choice of one of the cows upon my plantation, besides, and also all ye rest and residue of my estate, both real and personal whatsoever. And wheresoever, I give and devise and bequeath unto my sons, Emanuel, John, Joseph, Henry, Samuel, Nathaniel, and Peter to be equally divided between them, share and share alike and their heirs and assigns forever, as tenants in common, and not as joyntenants. And lastly, I make and ordain my said son John, and my said wife Frances, Executors of this my last will and Testament. in Witness whereof I have set my hand and seal ye twelfth day of the month called February in the sixth year of the reign of Queen Ann over Great Britain, and C 1707-8. John Grubb (seal)�
After John�s death, Francis married Richard Buffington, Sr., a close associate of John�s, and lived in Randolph County, North Carolina, and had other children. She died in 1712, in Bradford Twp. Chester County, Pennsylvania. All children, but Emanuel, were Quakers.
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Hertfordshire Visitations
Grubb Family of Delaware, Pennsylvania., and New Jersey, by Gilbert Cope
Smedley Genealogy, page 381, 382, by Cope
Royalists After Execution of Charles I, Settled in Cornwall, England
Marriage Records before 1699, by Clemens, 1926
Quaker Records of Pennsylvania, Lesson 24
Will Book C, page 81, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Genealogy Cope, Volume 6
Futheu and Cope History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, p 635
DAR Magazine, Vol 6
Comp. of American Genealogy, page 220
Vol 5, Boston Transcript
History of Mendenhall Fam. p 25, by Wm Mendenhall of Bath, England
Moore, Weslach and Baldwin Printers, Cincinnati 1865
BM�Grubb Family� Alfred R. Justice CollectionN, Genealogy Society of Pennsylvania., 1300 Locust St., Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCornwall Connection/Rich and Grubb Families, by Hansen