John Grubb

M, (16 August 1652 - 10 March 1708)

Father*Henry Grubb1 (Jul 1617 - b 1674)
Mother*Wilmot (?)1 ( - 30 Sep 1698)
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Charts Pedigree for Stanley Russell McKinney
Relationship 9th great-grandfather of James Jay McKinney.
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Note He was a tanner and sawyer in Brandywine, DE. He left the following will:
I, John Grubb of the County of Chester in the Province of Pennsylvania, being at present weak in body but of 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 charges be discharged.
Also I give unto my daughter, Charity the wife of Richard beeson, the sum of five pounds.
Also, I give unto my daughter, Phoebe Grubb, the sum of fifteen pounds to be paid to her when she attains the age of eighteen years or is married whichever shall first happen.
Also, I give unto my dear wife, Frances Grubb, one third part of all my personal estate and her choice of one of the best cows upon my plantation besides.
And also, all the rest and personal estate whatsoever and wheresoever, I give devise and bequeath unto my sons Emanuel, John, Joseph, Henry, Samuel Nathaniel and Peter to be equally divided among them, share and share alike and to their heirs and assigns forever as tenants in common and not as joint tenants.
And lastly, I make and ordain my son John and said wife Frances Grubb executors of this my last will and testament whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the twelfth day of the month called February in the said year of the reign of Queen Anne over Great Britain, A.D. 1708.
John Grubb (signed and sealed)2 
Note See The Ancestors of John Grubb that details why the John Grubb that married Helen Vivian is not an ancestor of John Grubb the father of Charity (nee Grubb) Beeson1 
Note The ancestors of John Grubb have a lengthy discussion of John Grubb's life1 
Marriage* Cornwall, England, Leornard has a date of Mar 1708 in Marcus Hook, PA as the marriage date , a date coinciding with his will, yet he has all the children born before 1708 as the mother., Principal=Frances (?)3 
Document©* 

Document(s):
, Principal=Charity Grubb, Witness=Frances (?), Witness=Richard Beeson, Witness=Rachel Pennington, Witness=Isaac Pennington 
Christening*16 August 1652 Stoke Climsland, Cornwall, England2 
Note*3 March 1676 John Grubb, together with William Penn, Richard Buffington, and others, on March 3, 1676, signed the Plan of Government for the Provence of West Jersey.3,4 
Immigration*1677 Imigrated to America from England.3,4 
Occupation*after 1677 Became a prominent pioneer as a legislator, magistrate, farmer and leather manufacturer.3 
Burial* St.Martin's Churchyard, Marcus Hook, PA3 
Will* Philadelphia, PA, His will is also recorded at New Castle, DE. (per Wheeler Genealogy)
THE WILL OF JOHN GRUBB:
I John Grubb of the County of Chester in the Province of Pennsylvania, Tanner, being at present weak in Body but of sound and perfect mind and memory do make this my last Will and Testment in 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 Phoebe 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 Frances Grubb One third part of all my Personal Estate & her Choice of one of the best Cows upon my Plantacon besides. And also all ye Rest and Residue of my Estate both Real and Personal whatsoever, and wheresoever I give 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 to their Heirs and Assigns forever as Tenants in Comon & not as joyntenants. And Lastly I make & ordain my said son John and my said wife Frances Executors of this my last Will & Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal ye Twelfth day of the month called February in the Sixth Year of the Reign of Queen Ann over Great Britian, &c.
Annoq Dni 1707/8.
John Grubb, (Seal)
Signed, Sealed, published & Declared by the above named John Grubb, to be his last Will & Testament in the presence of Tho: Pryor, Tho: Harding, Richard Heath. The mark of John I.R. Redman, Senior.
(Will Book C, page 81, Phila).


The foregoing will was proven on the 26th of March 1708, by Pryor and Harding on affirmation. Letters of administration were granted to John and Frances Grubb on the same date.


SOURCE OF THE INFORMATION; THE GRUBB FAMILY of PENNSYLVANIA AND DELAWARE by G Cope 1893.
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Death*10 March 1708 Marcus Hook, PA3,4,2 

Family

Frances (?)
Marriage* Cornwall, England, Leornard has a date of Mar 1708 in Marcus Hook, PA as the marriage date , a date coinciding with his will, yet he has all the children born before 1708 as the mother., Principal=Frances (?)3 
Children

Citations

  1. [S102] Unknown author, ANCESTORS OF JOHN GRUBB (1652 - 1708) by The Grubb Family Association. Edited by David N. Grubb of Ridgewood, New Jersey. October, 2001. (n.p.: n.pub., unknown publish date).
  2. [S80] Dean Leornard, "Leonard GEDCOM," e-mail message from unknown author e-mail (unknown address) to unknown recipient, April 1999.
  3. [S1] Louise Horton, Genealogy of the Wheeler - Millikan and Allied Families (n.p.: n.pub., 1970).
  4. [S66] Henry Hart Beeson, A Genealogy of the Beeson - Beason Family. Library of Congress C571.B443 (n.p.: n.pub., 1968).
  5. [S70] E-mail: From: e-mail address To: e-mail address
    Subject: [BEESON-L] THE WILL OF JOHN GRUBB Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 18:01:06 EDT.