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 1755 - 1791 (36 years)
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| Name |
CRIBBS, Capt. John [1] |
| Title |
Capt. |
| Born |
11 Jan 1755 |
New Hanover Twp., Montgomery Co., Pa.  [1] |
| Christened |
31 Mar 1755 |
New Hanover church, Montgomery Co., Pa. [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
04 Nov 1791 |
at St. Clair's defeat |
| Person ID |
I440 |
Butler Spangs |
| Last Modified |
11 Oct 2013 |
| Father |
KREBS, Johann Jacob, b. 01 Feb 1730, New Hanover Twp., Montgomery Co., Pa. , d. Abt 1766, Rockland Twp., Berks Co., Pa. (Age 35 years) |
| Relationship |
Natural |
| Mother |
FEDELE, Sarah, b. Abt 1735 |
| Relationship |
Natural |
| Married |
04 Apr 1754 |
New Hanover Lutheran church [1] |
| Notes |
- [Tracey3.FTW]
This info was given in Pa. Archives, 2nd series, vol. 2, p. 638.
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| Family ID |
F217 |
Group Sheet |
| Family |
HARROLD, Catherine, b. 1760, Westmoreland Co., Pa. , d. Between 1790 and 1854 (Age 30 years) |
| Married |
Between 1778 and 1979 |
Westmoreland Co., Pa. |
| Children |
| | 1. CRIBBS, Christopher, b. 10 Feb 1780, Hempfield Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pa. , d. 25 Sep 1850, Hempfield Twp., Westmoreland Co., Pa. (Age 70 years) |
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| Family ID |
F215 |
Group Sheet |
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| Notes |
- [Tracey3.FTW]
Sponsors at his baptism were Michael Fedele, Sr. and his wife, grandparents.
He was in the Revolutionary War. He enlisted first as a private in the 8th Pennsylvania regiment of the Continental Line, and is said to have served throughout the war. He attained the rank of Captain. After the war he held the rank of Major. The Pa. Archives, 5th series, vol 3, p 1379, give a list of the militia officers in the First Battalion, "agreeable to election" of the Westmoreland "Matltia", dated July 7, 1789. The Colonel was Christopher Truby, and the Major was John Cribbs. Later, John accompanied General Arthur St. Clair in his campaign against the Indians, and was killed in the battle when St. Clair was defeated on May 4, 1791. This was during the Northwest Indian Wars. (See Gresham's History of Westmoreland County, and other histories of the time.)
John appears on a tax list of 1789 in Armstrong township of Westmoreland Co., with one tract of land (Pa. Archives, 3rd series, vol 22). His home, however, seems to have been in Hempfield Township, where he appears in the federal census of 1790, as having one male over 16 years (himself), 6 under 16 years, and 3 females.
John, with his brother-in-law John Harrold, was an Administrator of his Father-in-law's estate, that of Christopher Harrold Sr., and signed the bond as such on April 7, 1787. He had acted as the trusted agent of Christopher Harrold for a number of years, as shown by an account of claim made by him against the estate. He also signed the agreement among the heirs of Christopher Harrold which made over the home farm property to the youngest son Daniel Harrold.
After his death in 1791, the administration on his estate was granted to the widow Catherind Cribbs and William Jack, on July 8, 1792. Daniel Harrold and Michael Huffnagle were the sureties on the bond. (Westmoreland Adm. Docket A, p 157)
See Cribbs family genealogy for a list of items enumerated.
He was a potter by trade. Most probably he had learned this trade while a youth from his uncle Michael Fedele Jr., who was a potter. Several of his sons also became potters.
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- [S74] The Cribbs Family Genealogy, Joseph M. Kellogg.
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