How We Came to Be--

Résumé du livre

John Crabill (ca. 1720/1726) emigrated from Switzerland (via Rotterdam) to Philadelphia in 1727 with his parents; the only other Crabill on the passenger list was Christian Crabill. John purchased land near Toms Brook in Shenandoah County, Virginia in 1749. Descendants lived in Virginia, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, California and elsewhere. Includes ancestry to the 1400s in Switzerland (spelling the surname Krebiel, Kreybuehl, Krehbill, Krähenbül, etc.).