User Home Pages: The Graybill Family of Virginia and Norris' of Md. & Pa.
| "Under The Spreading Chestnut Tree", the history of Garrett, Somerset Co., Pa. was published in 2006. A real labor of love for my parents home town. There are still copies of it available from my home. Much history has been added to my files from 2000 to Feb 2008. The search still continues for the family of John Roby, born in England who first appears in the 1851 census records of a "Poor House". So began my Roby line. On the Graybill end the family history called "Blue Ridges, Green Valleys & Graybill's came off the press and is now available from our home address. Over 500 pages and 200 photographs of the family that proves over and over again... Genealogy is never complete!! The family I have outlined begins with Jost of Zaziwil, Grosshochstetten, Canton Bern, Switzerland and his three sons Jost, Peter and Michael.Many lines are complete from approximately 1650 to 1999. Peter the son who is our direct line is: PETER KREHBIEL born about 1630 in Switzerland MICHAEL KREHBIEL born 1680 at Weierhof, Germany JAKOB KREHBIEL born about 1700 Weierhof, Germany CHRISTIAN GREBIL born 1719 in Germany died January 16, 1787 in Pa JOHN GRAYBILL born 1745 and moved to Botetourt Co., Virginia SOLOMON GRAYBILL 1774 - 1849 SOLOMON GRAYBILL 1810 - ? SOLOMON GRAYBILL 1847 - 1928 Christian is buried in the old Graybill cemetary at West Earl Township, Lancaster Co., Pa.John left Pa. and went to Botetourt Co., Va. in early 1780.His home became a "preaching place". Other families being researched are BLACK and ORANGE of Botetourt Co., Va. Our gfather JAMES EDWARD married ELIZA ORANGE daughter of JOHN ORANGE and NANCY JANE BLACK all of the Botetourt Va. area.These lines I am trying hard to identify for our history. Other lines of Jim and Lois Norris Graybill are: KRETSINGER, MCKINSEY, HOOVER, WARBLE, WILHIDE of Washington Co., Md.ROBY and HULME of Blackrod, Lancashire, England and later of Pa and Ill.NORRIS family of Allegany Co., Md.LENHART, BOWMAN and ZUFALL families of Somerset Co., Pa. | The Graybill Family of Virginia and Norris' ofMd. & Pa. Updated March 24, 2008 |
Lois Norris Graybill | |