Cripe Descendants
Jacob GREIB was born in about 1711 and
arrived in Philadelphia on September 28, 1733 on a ship
called Brigatine Richard and Elizabeth. In about 1742, in
York Township, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, Jacob married
Elizabeth ULRICH, who had been born in about 1724. Jacob
and his wife had ten children -- four sons and six
daughters. Jacob died in 1802 in Frankstown, Huntingdon
Co., PA; his will was recorded 20 May 1802 in Huntingdon
Co. The will was written by Jacob in German and signed
"Jacob Greib." This man and his wife were
direct ancestors of Pheobe Mosey, better known as Annie
Oakley. The surname "Greib" mutated to
"Gripe" and "Cripe."
The descendants of Jacob and Elizabeth's ten children
intermarried for generations, vexing many genealogists.
Jacob and his wife were German Baptist Brethren, a.k.a.
Dunkard. The greater portion of their descendants were
Brethren for at least several generations. Included among
their descendants (besides Cripe) are surnames familiar
to any genealogist who has worked Brethren lines:
Blickenstaff, Fouts, Franz, Gouchenour, Harshbarger,
Henricks, Hufford, Latshaw,
Metzger, Mikesell, Miller, Musselman, Neher, Pippinger,
Puterbaugh, Rench, Replogle, Root, Shively, Skiles,
Studebaker, Stutzman, Wagoner, Wolf, Yoder.
The list of descendants you can "click to" HERE is the result of
work done by many genealogists. While I do not have
permission to name the genealogists whose work resulted
in the list, those who have worked Brethren genealogy for
any length of time would be familiar with the
genealogists on whose work this list is based.
The list as it appears requires a few caveats: First,
with the software I use (LDS's PAF), when a descendancy
chart is made, all dates are reduced to a simple year. In
some cases, the year is actually "before" or
"after," but the software will show only the
simple year when it creates a descendancy chart. Second,
the number that immediately follows the name is an
identification number arbitrarily created by the
genealogy software when a name is entered into the data
base. Every person has a unique identification number.
Because the Cripes and their intermarriages are so
complex, I chose to leave the ID numbers. Third,
when the software created the list, the list was created
in pages; I left the page numbers within the text so one
can find descendants noted as, for example, "SEE
PAGE 2 FOR CHILDREN."
Experienced researchers on this line
claim that all CRIPEs in the United States descend from
the immigrant Jacob Greib/Cripe. There is an internet
site for posting queries on CRIPEs: genforum.familytreemaker.com/cripe/. There also is a Brethren mailing list
sponsored by ROOTS-L where the CRIPE folks are sorted out
as they intermingle with other Brethren families. To
subscribe to the Brethren mailing list, send an e-mail to
brethren-request@rootsweb.com with the single word "subscribe" in
the body of the message; do not use the quote marks. To
search old messages to the Brethren list, and there have
been many posts dealing with CRIPE, click here: searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl and type the word "Brethren" in the
search box; it will take you to where you will be able to
search old posts on the Brethen list. But first, be sure
to bookmark this site so you can return.
If you do wish to check out the Cripe descendancy list,
please be aware that it is a long list and will take more
than the usual time to load:
List of CRIPE descendants
Other sites of
interest beyond this web:
Brethren
History & Genealogy
Online posts regarding Jacob's possible ancestry:
Steffen
Buhler's research and analysis, 2004
Nancy
Cripe's post on Brethren list, 2010
(According to Nancy Cripe, Roger P. Minert, Ph.D. A.G., is convinced that Jacob GREIB who was born in
1711 in Deidendorf, Alsace, France, is the same person as
the Jacob GRIBE/CRIPE who arrived in Philadelphia in
1733. Dr. Minert's Ph.D. is in foreign language
education; he is fluent in German. He is an accredited
genealogist.)
CRIPE
GenForum: If
you have a genealogy question dealing with a CRIPE, this
is the place to post it.
YODER Family Info:
Archives Online: This site is
included because so many Cripe descendants also have
YODER ancestors.
Descendants of Jacob
Grieb, research by Pat Mote:
This is another site listing descendants of Jacob
Greib/Cripe, and Pat is sharing for all the internet
community the little story about Jacob that has
circulated for years among family genealogists. Its
source and validity are unknown, but the story has been
passed quietly among genealogists.
If you are a CRIPE descendant with a genealogy page and
would like it listed here, please email Alice at

In years past, there was a Cripe family
newsletter that read by some of the best
researchers on this line. The most recent address I have
for anyone connected to the newsletter is
Cripe Family Newsletter
c/o Jeff Keim
823 South 8th St.
Goshen, IN 46526-4022
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