[Ancestor] Daubenspeck

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1 M Jacob Daubenspeck ^{3 4 5 6}

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            AKA: George Daubenspeck 1 2
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           Died:  - Clarion Co, PA
         Buried:  - Squirrel Hill, Clarion Co, PA

         Spouse: Barbara Geiger (      -      ) 6

         Spouse: Unknown (      -      )
           Marr: Clarion Co, PA

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General Notes: Husband - [Ancestor] Daubenspeck

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The Dovenspike family is one of old German ancestry, the name being originally Daubenspeck, and the founder of the name in America came hither at an early day. It is said in the year 1684 he came to this country from his home in Hesse-Cassel, in northeast Germany, arriving here about the time that William Penn and his followers did, and settling on a tract of land now within the city limits of Philadelphia. His son, Jacob Daubenspeck, with a family of five sons and four daughters, moved west to what is now Butler County, and settled on a tract of land which is still [1913] owned by the Daubenspecks. It is from three sons of Jacob, namely, John, Lewis and Henry, that all the Dovenspikes and Daubenspecks, in this vicinity are descended. [GPHAV, 882]

In 1681 members of the Daubenspeck family left Hesse Kassel, Prussia, going to England, because of religious persecution. They joined the colonists under William Penn, came to America, and assisted in the settlement of Philadelphia. They located on a large farm in the vicinity of Philadelphia. For about one hundred years after this period we have no definite information as to the fortunes of this family, but shortly after the Revolution, we again have an uninterrupted record. At that time there were many members of this family located in Lehigh, Northumberland and Luzerne counties, and they were all unusual in stature. The family characteristics were large blue eyes, erect figure, and large, sinewy bodies. They often weighed more than two hundred pounds, and were from six feet to six feet seven inches in height. [GPHWP, 1302]

In 1681 three brothers named Daubenspeck left Hessen, Germany, came to America and settled in what is now within the city limits of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and their descendants scattered over Northumberland, Luzerne and Schuylkill counties. In 1796, Jacob Daubenspeck moved to the western part of the state and settled near Bruin, Pennsylvania. He brought with him his wife and five sons and three daughters, all grown to manhood and womanhood. [GPHWP, 1601]

In 1681, Peter, John and Jacob Daubenspeck, brothers, left Hessen on the Rhine, in Germany, and traveled overland to England, arriving as William Penn was leaving England with some colonists for America. They cast their lot with them and settled in Philadelphia, in the latter part of 1681.
The three brothers and their descendants lived in Philadelphia and the nearby counties of Northumberland, Schuylkill, Luzerne, and Lehigh, until after the close of the Revolutionary War. Then Jacob Daubenspeck and four sons and four daughters migrated to near Bruin, Butler County, Pennsylvania, from Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, arriving there in 1795. [HBC 1927, 835]

They took up a section of land there and built a home, three miles west of Bruin. All the sons and daughters were then grown up.

The name Doverspike is found in early records of Armstrong county in that form and also Dauberspike. It was originally written Daubenspecht, and the family is of German origin. The ancestors of the American branches in this region came with William Penn in 1682 to Philadelphia, where they owned land now included within the city limits. Some of them moved to Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.

In an account of the Daubenspeck reunion held in Bruin Park, in Butler County, Pennsylvania, Aug. 19, 1913, it is related that "There are at present twenty farms all adjoining each other, owned by descendants of the first Daubenspecks landing here" (Butler county). "This may not be said of another clan in Pennsylvania. These farms are all underlaid with coal, all produce oil or gas but two. These lands are elevated and picturesque, well watered, and by some said to be among the most beautiful spots in the State. As a clan they are hardworking, sober and industrious, and are found not only on farms here, but among the professions."

We know of some Daubenspecks in Germany. Jacob Daubenspeck, of Berlin, and Fritz Daubenspeck, of the village of Daubenspeck-on-the-Rhine, Hessen, Germany. Fritz Daubenspeck visited in America, in 1909, visiting W. S. Daubenspeck, of Los Angeles, California, and H. S. Daubenspeck, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 444.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 165.

3 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 405.

4 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1327.

5 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 464.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1303.