The Washington herald., 1917-09-09

Grubbe means In Germanic languages
Just what pit does In English. and
probably the first of that named were
| those who dwelt in the vicinity Of
a pit and were called after their
| locality.
Among the earliest settlers of the
Delaware River-before the coming of
Penn-was John Grubbe and his wife
Frances. They had the following nine
children who established the name
pretty firmly in this country: EN-
manuel, born In 1892 who married Ann
Hedge Cock; John, who married
Rachel Buckley; Charity. who married
Richard Beeson; Phebe. who married
Richard Burlington; Joseph, whose
wife's name is unknown; Henry, about
whom little is known; Samuel, who
married Mary Bellerby; Nathaniel,
carpenter, who married Ann Moore,
and Peter, prominent manufacturer,
who died unmarried.
To onote a family genealogist. this
John Grubbe, of Grubbs Landing,
Delaware, was a member of the
same original stock as that which for
centuries has had for its principal
seat Eastwell House. Potterne, Wilt
shire" And, according to this same
lIc dnCtSlOT OIL lnlS IAf0-
| lily went from Denmark to Wilt
shire circa 1885," ever since which
time the members of the family have
been country gentlemen and prom
inent landowners"
Concerning the immediate family to
which the American Grubbes or
Grubbs belong the genealogist tells
us that Henry Grubbe, esquire, was
member of Parliament for Davies in
1871. His son, Thomas Grubbe,
esquire, of Eastwell House, who died
| in 1917. had two sons, the second Of
whom was Thomas Grubbe, NJ. A, Of
! Oxford University, who. being a
younger son, did not reside at East
we'll House. but lived at Crandield.
Bedfordshire. His son, John Grubbe
who was born in 1910. was a follower
of King Charles and married Helen
Vivian. His son, John Grubbe, who
was born in 1862, was the founder of
the family in this country. In 1916 he
was one of the signers, with William
Penn, Richard Burlington and others,
of the plan for the Government of
the Province Of West Jersey"
Many of the most admirable Of the
early settlers of this country were
men bred to toll and hardships-men
of rough exteriors and lofty princi-
Piles. Many American of today pride
themselves on the possession of just
this sort of forebears. One of the
| genealogist of the Grubbe family,
however. would seem to look for ex-
| cuses for the fact that the original
| American Grubbe or Grub appears to
be man OF toll and simple modes of
| living, and tells us that II was only
lin practical recognition OF the needs
Of a pioneer people" that he erected
a tsnnery near Grubbes Landing"
| And then when he accounts for the
| feet that his sons followed various
1 humble but honest pursuits-like al
most all Of the American colonists-
this genealogist explains that accord
ing to the custom then prevailing
among the most prominent of the set
| tiers he had each one of his sons
taught a practical trade in order to
be prepared for every contingency In
cident to those times" Just two
more interesting facts connected with
! the life of John Grubbe-who was an
| ancestor to be proud Of no matter
how we choose to interpret the
meager records that remain concern
| ing him-he remained a loyal sup
porter of the established church of
| England; though a friend of William
Penn, was nothing of a Quaker; and
the name of his wife was Frances
| Nane.