John Philbeck

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• Cemetery: Old Hopewell Methodist Cemetery Near Hollis, NC

Family/Spouse: Rhoda Washburn. Rhoda (daughter of John Washburn and Mary Magness) was born in 1804; died in 1848. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. James A. Philbeck died in 1864 in Kentucky.
2. William J Filbeck and died.
3. John Addis Philbeck and died.
4. Mary Philbeck and died.
5. Rhoda C Philbeck and died.
6. Delphi Emeline Philbeck and died.
7. Sarah Pricillia Philbeck was born on 25 Nov 1834; died on 7 Dec 1909 in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
8. Josiah (Joe) Philbeck was born in 1836; died on 14 May 1861 in Yorktown, York, Virginia.
9. Amos Philbeck and died.
10. Benjamin E Philbeck was born on 7 Nov 1840; died on 6 Jul 1862 in Richmond, Virginia.
11. David (Dave) Philbeck was born in 1842; died on 15 Aug 1862 in Raleigh, NC.
12. Margaret Philbeck and died.
13. Martha Jane Philbeck was born on 4 Jan 1846; died on 9 Jul 1934 in Polk County, NC.
14. Edward Gabriel Philbeck and died.

Family/Spouse: Susanna D. Davis. Susanna (daughter of William Fernilson Davis and Sarah "Sally" Womack) was born on 9 Mar 1818 in Rutherford County, North Carolina; died in 1901 in Cleveland County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Rosa "Rossie" Linda Ellis Philbeck was born on 18 Dec 1856 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died on 19 Jan 1942 in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
2. Malcolm Pierce Philbeck was born on 23 Oct 1853; died on 4 Jul 1936.
3. Sidney Nimrod (Nelson) Fernelson Philbeck was born on 16 Jan 1859; died on 11 Sep 1914.
4. Louisa Philbeck was born about 1861; died about 1861.

William married Caroline. Caroline and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Wilhelm Ernst was from Felback, Germany. He left there and went to Scotland where he married and had 5 sons (Johan, George, Peter, William, Phillip). Johan (John) left Scotland with the Goss family (cobblers by trade)on the British ship "Good Intent", arrived in America October 23, 1754. John went to the colony of South Carolina. Wilhelm and Maria and 4 remaining sons followed him in October 1771 on the brigantine, "Recovery". They declared their qualification oath in Philadelphia on Oct. 31,1771. Then they followed John. According to E. Hobart Peters (Head of Research, Raleigh, NC, 1965), much of the early tendency to vary the name came from "carelessness on the part of the clerks, poor hearing, etc." From this sprang a variety of misspellings probably unmatched with any other name. In 1797 we find the name spelled "Filpeck" and "Philpeck." Wilhelm Ernst, in bowing to English phonetic pronunciations, not only changed his given names to William and Ernest, but changed his surname to "Felback," which the closest the American tongue could come to the true pronunciation. We also find that his son, William, Jr., was commonly known as William Felpick. As late as 1850, both William and George had settled on the form "Philpeck," which was the commonly used form in the Piedmont region of NC. John, son of William, used "Philbeck" around 1825 and is still used today in that region.

Wilhelm married Maria Elizabeth Hofmann. Maria was born about 1745 in Scottland; died in 1805 in Union County, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]