Johann Adam "Hans" Bible

A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA. DAR Ancestor #: A132793

Johann Adam “Hans” Bible BIRTH 2 Apr 1728 Goersdorf, Departement du Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France DEATH 23 Feb 1795 (aged 66) Rockingham County, Virginia, USA BURIAL Burial Details Unknown

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Information from "Eighteenth Century Emigrants from Northern Alsace to America" by Annette K. Burgert

DEATH: BEF 23 FEB 1795, Rockingham Co, VA

"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.

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 only1 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 horses1797 Eve Bible owned 1 horse (she was listed as head ofhousehold)

From: Email Wilmer Kerns, 23 Jan 1997. Taxlist on file in VA Archives

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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.

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He is probably buried in the old Bible Cemetery in Rockingham County where there are 9 graves, marked only by rocks.

After their first child was born and died, Adam and his wife left their homes 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 some time in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, the eventually settled in the Shenandoah Valley, where they lived the rest of their lives.

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Johann Adam “Hans” Bible BIRTH 2 Apr 1728 Goersdorf, Departement du Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France DEATH 23 Feb 1795 (aged 66) Rockingham County, Virginia, USA BURIAL Burial Details Unknown

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34981718/johann-adam-bible

Children Photo Johann Christian Bible 1752–1832

Photo John Adam Bible 1754 – unknown

Photo Lewis Bible 1755–1863

Eva Catherine Bible Fulk 1756 – unknown

Photo Johann Adam Bible 1759–1826

Photo George Bible 1760–1839

Elisabeth Bible Vandevender 1761–1821

Philip Bible 1763–1840

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GEDCOM Note

&ltp&gtMarriage: 19 NOV 1748 in Goersdorf,Preuschdorf,Alsace &lt/p&gt&ltp&gtChildren: &lt/p&gt&ltp&gtJohann Georg Biebel&lt/p&gt&ltp&gtJohann "Christian" Bible&lt/p&gt&ltp&gtEva Catherine Bible&lt/p&gt&ltp&gtJohann "Adam" Bible Jr.&lt/p&gt&ltp&gtGeorge Bible&lt/p&gt&ltp&gtElizabeth Bible&lt/p&gt&ltp&gtPhilip Bible&lt/p&gt&ltp&gtLewis (Ludwig) Bible&lt/p&gt&ltp&gtJohn Bible&lt/p&gt&ltp&gtSusannah Bible&lt/p&gtHenry (??) [Unproven] Bible