I am desended from the Van Bebber's (Isaac) this Van Bebber (Bibber) family was one of the founding families of Germantown (Bebber's twp) Pa in the late 1600's at the invite of William Penn. I do know the name is spelled both Bebber and Bibber. And I have heard that part of the family did leave Pennsylvania, for Delaware and Maryland. Perhaps they are distantly connected to your Mary Ann. There is a lot of info on the Van Bebber family on roots web and also a mailing list specifically for the Van Bibber family, also a mailing list called "the original 13" that also has many listers that might have some info for you. My Van Bebber line ends in the early 1700's so I have no info on a later generations. But do try to post a query to those other mailing lists and do a google search. There is a lot of info out there on this particular family. Good Luck M ----- Original Message ----- From: bstrain2883@aol.com<mailto:bstrain2883@aol.com> To: PADUTCHgenONLY-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:PADUTCHgenONLY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 8:47 AM Subject: [PDGO] Re: Mary Ann Van Bibber This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3dB.2ACI/1263.1355.645.656.3267.3557.4329.1.2<http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3dB.2ACI/1263.1355645.656.3267.3557.4329.1.2> Message Board Post: Roberta, I am researching Mary Ann Van Bibber and Dudley Bonds. They are my gr gr grandparents. Their daughter Rebecca S Bonds married ny great grandfather, James A Nichols in Arkansas. There are so much conflecting data on Mary Ann it is almost impossible to get the facts straight. I did write to The Maryland Historical Society requesting a copy of the page of the Bible that was Dudley Bonds and was said to have information I am seeking. I have yet to get a response from the Historical Society but hope to soon. I would appreciate any help you could provide me. Thank you, Barbara bstrain2883@aol.com<mailto:bstrain2883@aol.com> ==== PADUTCHgenONLY Mailing List ==== ONLY GENEALOGY chat is allowed on this list. If you want to talk culture, history and so on, join our sister list, PENNA-DUTCH. ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx<http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx>