Homestead Traditional Cache
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A quick cache and dash placed to bring attention to this historically significant location.
Located here are the remains of the homestead of one of the earliest settlers in the region, John Jacob Dreibelbis. He arrived from Europe aboard the ship The Mary on September 26th, 1732. John Jacob was only 23 when he arrived in Philadelphia. To pay for his passage, John Jacob worked for 11 years as an indentured servant in Germantown. His employer, button manufacturer Casper Wister, gave him 153 acres near Fleetwood, then part of Philadelphia County, in 1743.
The home that remains here was constructed in two stages by the descendants of John Jacob. The smaller portion on the right was probably John Jacob's second home with the original being a log cabin. The larger portion came later. John Jacob owned 400 acres in Richmond and Rockland Townships and was the largest taxpayer in the area. Sadly the farm passed out of the Dreibelbis family in 1848 and the barn was destroyed by fire in 2006.
Nearby is the family cemetery highlighted in GC5X204 (now archived). The cemetery was refurbished in 1932 by the Dreibelbis Family Reunion Committee and a monument added. In addition to those listed on the monument it is also the final resting place of 11 Indians and 1 slave.
*All info on this page was found on the John Jacob Dreibelbis Cousins of America Website.
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