Johann Adam (Biebel) Bible (1728 - bef. 1795)

Born 2 Apr 1728 in Goersdorf, Alsace, France

Ancestors

Husband of Maria Eva Margaretha (Müeller) Bible — married 19 Nov 1748 in Goersdorf, Alsace

Descendants

Died before 23 Feb 1795 before age 66 in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Adam was born in 1728. He was the son of Hans Georg Biebel (1700 - 1758) and Maria Eva Burckhardt Biebel (1701 - 1760).

Hans/Johann Adam Biebel Arrived in America 30 Nov 1750 on board the ship "Sandwich" which sailed from Rotterdam Holland. The Johann or Hans Adam Biebel who arrived in Philadelphia in 1750 on board the Sandwich was not born in Konigsbach but in Goersdorf in Alsace, the son of Hans George Biebel and of Maria Eve Burckhardt.

He was married in the Lutheran Church at Preuschdorf on 19 Nov 1748 to Maria Eva Margaretha Muller (1735 - 1780), the eldest daughter of Otto Phillip Muller, the miller at the Gorschendorffer mill. The couple had one son born in Goersdorf in 1749 who died the same year. ^[1]. Their children were:

1. Ellen Bible Bible-85 VA,
2. Wilhelmine (Billie) Bible Bible-84,
3. Eva Catherine Biebel Biebel-3,
4. Johan Georg Biebel Biebel-18 1749, Goersdorf, FR,
5. Johann Christian Bible Bible-46 1752-1832 Greene Co, TN Montgomery Co PA,
6. Johann Adam (Biebel) Bible Bible-57 1754-1850 Marion Co, PA Montgomery Co, PA,
7. Lewis Bible Bible-79 1756-1863 Tippecanoe Co, IN PA,
8. Hans Bible Jr Bible-80 1759-1826 Rockingham Co, VA PA,
9. George Bible Bible-54 1760-1839 Pendleton Co WVA Pendleton Co, WVA
10. Elisabeth (Bible) Vandeventer Bible-81 1761-1821 Pendleton Co, WVA Rockingham Co, WVA,
11. Philip Bible Bible-82 1763-1840 Warrensburg, TN PA,

That this man is identical to the 1750 immigrant is proven be the fact that the signature in both the 1748 marriage record and the 1749 baptismal record matches that on the list of passengers on the Sandwich. He sailed on board the Sandwich captained by Mr Hazelwood from Rotterdam Holland along with 200 other passengers and arrived in the port of Philadelphia on 30 Nov 1750.

Military Voucher records for Rockingham County Virginia for the year 1787 listed the following people as having made contributions to the war effort. Adam Bible, one tithable, sons John and Ludwick, seven horses, Adam Bible Jr, one tithable, three horses, George Bible, three horses, Philip Bible, two horses. They settled on Little Dry River in Brooks Gap, Rockingham Co Virginia. Johann Bible died in Rockingham County Virginia in late 1794 or early 1795. Johann Bieble/Bible and family were at Fort Hinkle during the American Revolutionary War. He is established with the Daughters of the American Revolution as a Patriot.

Hans/Johann Adam Biebel Arrived in America 30 Nov 1750 on board the ship "Sandwich" which sailed from Rotterdam Holland. The Johann or Hans Adam Biebel who arrived in Philadelphia in 1750 on board the Sandwich was not born in Konigsbach but in Goersdorf in Alsace, the son of Hans George Biebel and of Maria Eve Burckhardt. He was married in the Lutheran Church at Preuschdorf on 19 Nov 1748, the eldest daughter of Otto Phillip Muller, the miller at the Gorschendorffer mill. The couple had one son born in Goersdorf in 1749 who died the same year. That this man is identical to the 1750 immigrant is proven be the fact that the signature in both the 1748 marriage record and the 1749 baptismal record matches that on the list of passengers on the Sandwich. He sailed on board the Sandwich captained by Mr Hazelwood from Rotterdam Holland along with 200 other passengers and arrived in the port of Philadelphia on 30 Nov 1750. Military Voucher records for Rockingham County Virginia for the year 1787 listed the following people as having made contributions to the war effort. Adam Bible, one tithable, sons John and Ludwick, seven horses, Adam Bible Jr, one tithable, three horses, George Bible, three horses, Philip Bible, two horses. They settled on Little Dry River in Brooks Gap, Rockingham Co Virginia. Johann Bible died in Rockingham County Virginia in late 1794 or early 1795. Johann Bieble/Bible and family were at Fort Hinkle during the American Revolutionary War. He is established with the Daughters of the American Revolution as a Patriot No record of where he is buried.

He died before 23 FEB 1795 in Rockingham County, Virginia.^[2]

History

History: From the Personal Property Tax Lists of Rockingham Co., VA,1795-1813: the # of horses owned was one measure of affluency. The average family had only 1 horse.

These are tax records.

1796 Adam Bible owned 3 horses

1796 Lewis Bible owned 2 horses

1796 Eve Bible owned 1 horse (Apparently Adam Sr, was dead)

1797 Adam Bible owned 3 horses

1797 Lewis Bible owned 4 horses

1797 Eve Bible owned 1 horse (she was listed as head of household)

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Hans Adam Biebel (Adam Bible). Born on 4 Jan 1732 in Goersdorf, Alsace, On 19 Nov 1748, when Adam was 16, he married Maria Eva Müller, daughter of Otto Phillip Müller, in Goersdorf, Alsace. After their first child was born and died, Adam and his young wife left their home clandestinely, since emigration was prohibited at the time, and sailed to America from Rotterdam aboard the ship Sandwich, arriving in Philadelphia on November 30, 1750. After living for some time in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, they eventually settled in the Shenandoah Valley, where they lived the rest of their lives. Adam died in Rockingham County, Virginia before 23 Feb 1795, when his widow and son were appointed administrators of his estate. He was 63 when he died. He is probably buried in the old Bible Cemetery in Rockingham County, which is now on the farm belonging to Kathleen Ritchie and her son, John Henry Ritchie. There are at least 9 graves there, marked only by rocks. Maria Eva appeared on tax lists for a couple years after 23 Feb 1795.

George's Burial Notes

Information on son George(2), buried at Bible Family Cemetery Fulks Run Rockingham County, VA ^[4]

Will: written 12/16/1833, proved 9/5/1839

Birth:

Date: 1767/1768

Place: Probably in Va.

Find A Grave lists birth as 1760.

Burial: Simmons - Bible Cemetery Pendleton County West Virginia, USA

Sources

1. ↑ Information gotten from "Eighteenth Century Emigrants from NorthernAlsace to America" by Annette K. Burgert
2. ↑ "Abstracts of Executor, Administrator, and Guardian Bonds of RockinghamCo, VA 1779-1864" by Marguerite B. Priode. Son George, Wife Eve, posted bond for 1200 pounds, for administration of Hans Adam Bible's estate.
3. ↑ From: Email Wilmer Kerns, 23 Jan 1997. Taxlist on file in VA Archives
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79342254/george-bible : accessed 11 September 2021), memorial page for George Bible (1760–5 Sep 1839), Find A Grave: Memorial #79342254, citing Simmons - Bible Cemetery, Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Gathering Roots (contributor 47213048) .

• Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #189864599 (accessed 19 March 2024)
  Memorial page for PVT Johann Adam “Hans” Bible Sr. (2 Apr 1728-23 Feb 1795), citing Bible Family Cemetery, Fulks Run, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Joe Adolph (contributor 49177217). [memorial only, indicates gravesite is unknown, military markers placed in more recent times.]

Acknowledgements

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