Gribbel and Elkins families
Subtitle: Wood, Latta, Bingham, McIntire, Fox, Crozer and allied families
Published: 1962
Place of publication: Huntingdon Valley, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 120
Description: "William Gribbell ... was buried Dec. 16, 1703 ... at Camborne, Cornwall, England. He married at Camborne, ... Sept. 7, 1657, Katheryn Butcher, who was buried there July 13, 1728 ... In Camborne Parish Records, William was entered as "first of the Gribbells in these parts."--P.17. William's descendant James Gribble, Jr. (1829-1914), son of James and Elizabeth (Blamey) Grimble was a blacksmith at Tuckingmill, Cornwall, England. He married Ann Simmons 6 March 1855 in Cornwall, " ... came the United States in 1857, and was a plumber at 352 East 87th Street, New York City; died there Jan. 2, 1914 and is buried in Rural Cemetery at White Plains, N. Y. His wife, Ann Simmons Gribble, born May 1, 1830, died Aug. 18, 1870."--P.19. "William Elkins, the first of the name in Philadelphia, was born in Virginia 1751; died July 29, 1798. ... He married Jan. 10, 1774 ... Mary Points, who died only a few months after husband, Sept. 21, 1798 age 50 yrs."--P. 73. Their descendant, Natalie Fox Elkins, daughter of George W. and Natalie (Fox) Elkins, married John Gribbel, 2d (b. 1916) on 28 June, 1938. He was the son of Wakeman Griffin and Margaret (Latta) Gribbel and a descendant of William Gribbel (d. 1703) of Camborne, Cornwall, England. Descendants and relatives lived in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New York, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, Virginia and elsewhere.