John Grubb

1652 - 1708  (55 years)

• Name	John Grubb  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	20 Apr 1652	Cornwall, England   [1, 2, 3, 5]
  Christening	16 Aug 1652	Cornwall, England   [7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Death	10 Mar 1708	Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, United States   [2, 3, 5, 8]
  Burial	12 Mar 1708	Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, United States   [3]
  Person ID	I9088	footsteps
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	John Henry Grubb,   b. 1610, Cornwall, England d. 1667, Cornwall, England (Age 57 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Helen Vivian,   b. 1630, England, United Kingdom d. Sep 1698, Cornwall, England (Age 68 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1650	England, United Kingdom   [9]
  Family ID	F3409	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frances Vance,   b. 1660, Kentshire, England d. May 1720, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	1676	Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, United States
  Children	+ 1. Charity Grubb,   b. 29 Sep 1687, Grubbs Landing, New Castle, Delaware, United States d. 27 Nov 1761, Guilford, North Carolina, United States (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4945	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Inscription In 1677, John Grubb (1652-1708) came from Stoke Climsland, C o r n w a ll and settled on the Delaware River at "Grubb's Landing." He was o n e o f t h e f irst Englishmen in Delaware. John and his wife Francis raise d n i n e c h ildren. John Grubb (1652 -1708) was a two-term member of the Pennsylvania Provi n c i a l A ssembly and was one of the original settlers in a portion of Bra n d y w i ne Hundred that became Claymont, Delaware. He founded a large tann e r y t h a t continued in operation for over 100 years at what became known a s G r u b b 's Landing. He was also one of the 150 signers of the Concession s a n d A g r eements for Province of West Jersey. Born in Stoke Climsland, Cornwall, he was the 4th son of Henry Grubb Jr . . H e n r y was an early Quaker who was imprisoned several times for his b e l i e f s. With no chance of being established in his home village, John a n d h i s o l der brother Henry emigrated to the West Jersey colony in 1677 o n t h e K e n t, the first ship of settlers organized by William Penn. While h e a r r i v ed without the funds required to buy his own land, by 1682, he e ar n e d e n ough money to acquire a one-third interest in a 600-acre (2.4 k m 2 ) t r a ct on Naaman's Creek in Brandywine Hundred where he built his ta n n e r y . John was one of the early settlers who greeted William Penn in 1 6 8 2 w h e n he arrived in New Castle before he founded Philadelphia. Ultim a t e l y P enn and Grub b c la sh ed over property they jointly owned and w e r e u n a ble to settle the dispute in their lifetimes.

  
  

• Sources

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