Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Curtis Grubb and Ann Few




Husband Curtis Grubb 1 2

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         Father: Peter Grubb (      -1783) 1 3 4
         Mother: Martha Bates (      -1740) 2


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• Autograph: Curtis Grubb, 28 Aug 1780.

• Note: This may be the same person as : Curtis Grubb.




Wife Ann Few 1

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Children
1 M Peter Grubb 1

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General Notes: Husband - Curtis Grubb


He went to Europe about the year 1765, and remained upon the continent for several years, then returned to America a few years before the commencement of the Revolution. He took an active part in the beginning of the war, and was made colonel of a battalion of militia. He was also made sub-lieutenant of Lancaster County, elected a member of the General Assembly in 1775, 1777, 1778, and 1782. At Cornwall Furnace he manufactured salt-pans for the manufacture of salt for the army.
In the latter part of October, 1777, shortly after the battle of Germantown, his manager, Thomas Edwards (who was elected sheriff in 1782, 1783, and 1784), David Short, founder, John Campbell and John Forster, colliers, and John Peters, all in his employ, were called out in the classes of militia then sent to active duty in the field. To keep his furnace running he was compelled to apply to the Council for permission to retain these men until he had completed the number of salt-pans ordered.
Curtis Grubb was a high-spirited and a good officer. He was also a large slave-owner, holding twenty-five slaves in the year 1780.
On the 22d day of June, 1783, Curtis Grubb, who then resided at Cornwall Furnace, gave to his son Peter one-sixth of Cornwall Furnace and the ore lands, one-third of Hopewell Forge, and one-sixth of all other lands in Lancaster County, except the mills on the Swatara, which he purchased from Michael Straw. These lands, furnace, and forges Peter Grubb, Jr., held in partnership with his father, Curtis, and his uncle, Peter Grubb, Sr.

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Sources


1 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 301.

2 —, Biographical Annals of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (J. H. Beers & Co., 1903), Pg 49.

3 —, Biographical Annals of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (J. H. Beers & Co., 1903), Pg 48.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 614.


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