Dibert Family History
Earnest Family History
Hartzell Family History
Hoobler Family History
Kean Family History
McIntire Family History
Parker Family History
Telfer Family History
John deBurtCharles Christopher DibertFrederick DibertChristopher DibertMary (Dibert) HartzellCatherine (Hartzell) ParkerLena (Parker) Telfer
According to several researchers, the earliest known Dibert ancestor was Charles Frederic deBurt who was born about 1660 in France and married Magdalena Margaret (last name unknown) about 1685. Magdalena was born about 1661 in France and died in 1720 in Virginia. They came to America in 1699 on "Ye First Shippe" with Pastor Phillip de Roucheville and many other Huguenot settlers and was one of the founders of Manakintown, Virginia, which was near the current location of the town of Richmond. He helped build Huguenot churches in the Carolinas. He died in 1707 at sea off the coast of Virginia at the age of 47. Charles and his wife, Magdalena, are buried in the cemetery at the Manakintown settlement.
It is believed that Charles and Magdalena had a son, John deBurt, (Jean DeBert aka John Burt) who was born in 1685 and married Mary Seaworth in 1708. A book called "The Kernel of Greatness" states: "Records in the Library of Congress show the following: the first permanent white settlement west of the Susquehanna River was made in 1710, by one John deBurt and wife Mary Seaworth, the daughter of Martin Chartier and his Indian wife." No other proof is known to exist to confirm this. Martin Chartier was a French Indian trader who at one time had traveled with LaSalle. Martin married a Shawnee Indian named Seaworth also known as Pekowi Woman. John and Mary along with Martin and his wife traveled with the Shawnees on the Warriors' Trail into Pennsylvania. In 1710, John and Mary set up their home in what is now Bedford County ¹, Pennsylvania. John set up a trading and trapping post where Dunnings Creek meets the Juniata River. The Indians called the post Fort Wingwan. John and Mary lived peacefully with the Indians for many years. In 1732 near the beginning of the French and Indian War, some renegade Indians and Donegal trappers attacked and massacred John and Mary and seven of their twelve children. The surviving children went to Jamestown, Virginia to live with an uncle.
Proof of the above story is being researched. Records do show that in 1723 a John Burt, of Conestogoe, petitioned and was granted an Indian Trader license in Chester County in 1723 and he was relicensed in 1726. John Burt was also on the Donegal ² tax assessment of 1724.
Christopher Dibert was the son of John and Mary (Seaworth) DeBurt. He was the first generation to use the americanized form of the name Dibert. Early court records also give the name as Divers, Diver, and Divert. Other variations of the name are Diebert, Dybert, Daubert, Dipert, etc. He was born in 1719 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania and survived the Indian attack that killed his parents. He would have been around 13 when his parents were killed and he returned to Virginia to live with an Uncle. In Virgina he married Eve Margaret (last name unknown) and they returned to what is now Bedford County around 1740 with their son Michael. Eve Margaret was born in 1720 in Virginia. Records show that Christopher was also known by "Thomas Christopher" as well as "Charles Christopher". Christopher was killed by Indians in 1757 and Eve died in 1815. Some sources list six children for Christopher and Eve - Michael, Margaret, John, Charles, Sophia and Frederick. However, deeds at the Bedford County Courthouse list four - Michael, John, Frederick and Margaret.
Frederick E. Dibert was the youngest son of Christopher and Eve Margaret Dibert. He was born in 1750 in Dutch Corner, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania (at that time Cumberland County). He married Madaline Steel who was born in 1770 in Bedford Co. Frederick died in 1818 and Madaline died in 1851. Frederick's will is in Will Book 1, page 529 in the Bedford County Courthouse. They are both buried in the Dibert Cemetery in Bedford County. Frederick and Madaline had seven children, Eve, Jacob, Frederick, Mary, Michael, Elizabeth and Christopher.
Frederick and Madaline's son, Christopher, was born July 3, 1804 in Bedford Co. and married Catharine Earnest. Catherine was born in 1808 in Bedford County. Christopher died November 8, 1865 and his will is recorded in Will Book 4, page 480 in the Bedford County Courthouse. and Catharine died October 20, 1873.
Mary Dibert was the daughter of Christopher and Catharine (Earnest) Dibert. She was born July 3, 1828 in Bedford Co., Pennsylvania. She married Abraham Hartzell on December 19, 1850 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Abraham was born February 28, 1825. Mary and Abraham moved to Greene County, Tennessee around 1870. Mary died April 1, 1912 and Abraham died August 28, 1892. They are both buried in the Pleasant Vale Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery near Bedford, Pennsylvania.
George Adam EarnestCatharine (Earnest) DibertMary (Dibert) HartzellCatherine (Hartzell) ParkerLena (Parker) Telfer
Adam Henry Earnest was born about 1740. He married Eva Catharina Hillebart on November 28, 1757. Eva was born in 1740 in York County, Pennsylvania. Adam was killed by Indians in September 1777 in Ductch Corner, Bedford County, Pennsylvania and Eva and their two youngest sons were taken by the Indians and sold to the British at Fort Detroit. Eva was held for nine years before she returned home with her sons. For the rest of her life, she was known as Indian Eve. The book "Indian Eve" by Emma Replogle describes her experience and is available from the Historical Society in Bedford, Pennsylvania. Eva died in 1815 and is buried in the Messiah Lutheran Cemetery in Bedford County, Pennsylvania.
George Adam Earnest was born April 3, 1762. He married Elizabeth Sammel. She was born April 25, 1764. George died March 28, 1817 in Bedford County and Elizabeth died November 8, 1847. They are both buried in the Messiah Lutheran Cemetery in Bedford County.
Catharine Earnest, daughter of George and Elizabeth Earnest, was born in 1808 in Bedford County and married Christopher Dibert. Christopher was born July 3, 1804. Catharine died on October 20, 1873 and Christopher died November 8, 1865. Catherine and Christopher's daughter, Mary Dibert, married Abraham Hartzell on December 19, 1850.
Abraham HartzellCatherine (Hartzell) ParkerLena (Parker) Telfer
George Hartzell married Eve (last name unknown). Their son, Abraham Hartzell, was born February 28, 1825 in Pennsylvania. He married Mary Dibert on December 19, 1850. Mary was born July 3, 1828 in Bedford County. Abraham served in the Civil War Company F, 56th Infantry, Pennsylvania Vol. Abraham was in the hospital with dysentery during the war and was never healthy after his discharge. In the 1888 he began drawing a government pension. Abraham and Mary moved to Greene County, Tennessee around 1870. Abraham died in Greene County August 28, 1892. Mary died April 1, 1912. They are both buried in Pleasant Vale Cemetery, Greene County, Tennessee.
Catherine Hartzell was born about 1852 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania and married Henry Gilbert Parker. He was known as Gilbert and was born in North Carolina. Catherine and Gilbert's daughter, Lena Mary Parker, married Charles Elmo Telfer.
William HooblerNancy (Hoobler) KeanMargaret Jane (Kean) Telfer
Brothers Adam and John Hubler landed in America on the ship Virtuous Grace of Rotterdam in 1755. Hubler was the German spelling and the next generation changed the spelling to "Hoobler". Adam was a buyer and shipper of horses. He shipped horses from Pennsylvania to the Atlantic Coast. On one trip he was robbed and killed. Adam has three sons, William, Jacob and Samuel.
William was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania and married Mary Spears. They moved to Jefferson County, Ohio about 1820. Their farm was located about three miles south of Wattsville, Ohio. In the 1850's they moved to Steubenville, Ohio where William was a cobbler. When they were older they lived with their daughter, Sarah (Hoobler) Alien in Nebo (now Bergholtz), Ohio. Mary died of injuries when she was thrown from a runaway horse at the age of 71. William died of pneumonia at the age of 84. They are buried in the United Presbyterian cemetery at Scroggsfield, Carroll County, Ohio.
William and Mary's daughter, Nancy, was born about 1818 and married Francis (Frank) Kean on February 23, 1837.
John KeanFrancis KeanNancy (Kean) Telfer
Sir John Keane was born in 1750 in Antrim, Ireland. His wife's name was Jane but her surname is unknown. Sir John died about 1820 in Ireland.
John and Jane's son, was also named John. He was born on June 23, 1779 in Antrim, Ireland and married Mary McNeil on September 20, 1798. Mary was born September 16, 1782 in Antrim, Ireland. After his marriage, he was pressed into the British army. After serving for two or three years, he deserted and came to America. He located in Washington County, Pennsylvania where he taught school. In 1814, he was rejoined with his wife and children. The family moved to Ohio and lived a short time in Salem, Jefferson County, Ohio. They then moved to Washington Township, Carroll County, Ohio and leased a tract of land to farm. He also taught school and was the first school teacher in the county. John and Mary later moved to Bergholz, Jefferson County, Ohio. John died April 4, 1856 in Scroggsfield, Carroll County, Ohio and Mary died September 19, 1878 in Fox Township, Carroll County, Ohio.
Francis Kean was born June 18, 1815 in Salem, Jefferson County, Ohio, the son of John and Mary Kean. Francis married Nancy Hoobler on February 23, 1837 in Jefferson County, Ohio. Nancy was born about 1818 in Ohio and died in 1856. Francis and Nancy had eight children. After Nancy died, Francis married Sarah Hunter. Francis died March 19, 1890 in Lee Township, Carroll County, Ohio.
Nancy and Frank's daughter, Margaret Jane Kean, married William Morris Telfer.
Samuel McIntireSarah (McIntire) TelferWilliam Morris TelferCharles Elmo TelferRoscoe Alden Telfer
Samuel McIntire was born in 1779 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Peter McIntire. His mother's name is not known. Samuel learned the trade of weaver and moved to Washington County, Pennsylvania where he married Elizabeth Steen. Elizabeth Steen was born in 1789 in Pennsylvania. In 1818 Samuel moved to Ohio and leased land in Salem Township, Jefferson County. In 1825 he moved to Rock Township, Jefferson County (now Lee Township, Carroll County) where he owned 80 acres. Samuel and Elizabeth were members of the Seceder Church. They had seven children, Sarah, Samuel, Steen, Martha, Peter, Elizabeth, and James. Samuel McIntire died in 1835 and Elizabeth died in 1854.
Sarah McIntire, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth, was born in 1817 in Pennsylvania and married Nathaniel Telfer on December 29, 1836 in Carroll County, Ohio. Nathaniel Telfer was born March 5, 1816 in Pennsylvania. It is believe that he is the son of James and Margaret Telfer. Sarah and Nathaniel had four children, Samuel, Margaret, William Morris, and James. Nathaniel died on December 25, 1894 in Bergholz, Springfield Township, Jefferson County, Ohio and Sarah died on January 31, 1898 in Mechanicstown, Carroll County, Ohio. They are both buried in Grandview Cemetery, Carroll County, Ohio.
Lena (Parker) TelferHenry Gilbert Parker was born in North Carolina and went by his middle name, Gilbert. Gilbert was the son of Stephen and Delilah (Edwards) Parker. Gilbert married Catharine Ann Hartsell on 7 May 1871 in Washington County, TN. Catherine was born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania 1 Jun 1852. Catharine moved with her family to Greene County, Tennessee around 1870.
Gilbert and Catherine had eight children, Lena Mary, Anna, George Henry "Frank", Charles, Elbert, William, May and Hartsell. Their daughter, Anna, married Jesse Booher in 1896 in Tennessee and moved to Missouri. Gilbert and Catharine followed in 1900. Their daughter, Lena, stayed in Tennessee with her grandparents. She married Charles Telfer in 1904 in Greene County, Tennessee and moved to Indiana. Their son Frank never married and died in 1950 in Missouri. Their son, Charles, also stayed in Tennessee and died in 1944. Elbert married Katie Apperson in Miller County, Missouri and he died in 1919. May married George Malloy in Missouri. She died in 1915. William, May and Hartsell were children when their parents moved to Missouri. Records were found of their school attendance at Wood School in Logan Twp, Wayne County, Missouri. No information has been found for Hartsell and William.
Gilbert died 28 Oct 1914 in Wayne County. Catherine died 21 Jun 1917. They are both buried in Rowland-Wood Cemetery in Wayne County along with their daughter, Anna Booher, and son, Frank Parker. Top of Page
James TelferNathaniel TelferWilliam Morris TelferCharles TelferRoscoe Telfer
Alexander TELFER, a native of Scotland, came to America and settled in Pennsylvania. A deed in the Juniata County, PA Court House lists children James, Thomas (married to Jane), Samuel, and Elizabeth (married to Joseph ROBINSON). A will is mentioned, but has never been located. Thomas and Samuel were both teachers and the Telfer's were members of the Presbyterian church. It is known that Thomas died in Pennsylvania and James and Samuel both moved their families to Jefferson County, OH. A deed in the Jefferson County Courthouse shows that James bought land in Jefferson County in 1832. Jefferson County Cemetery Inscriptions lists James TELFER, born 1788 and died in 1841.
The 1850 census lists a family headed by Margaret TELFER in Jefferson County, OH. It is believed that Margaret TELFER is the widow of James TELFER. The 1850 census listed six children aged 12 through 32 but age listings from the 1830 and 1840 census indicate a total of eight children. It is possible that James and Margaret TELFER were the parents of Nathaniel TELFER who married Sarah McINTIRE December 29, 1836 in Carroll County, OH. This theory has not yet been proven.
Nathaniel and Sarah (McIntire) TELFER lived in Carroll County, Ohio. They had three sons and a daughter. Their son, Samuel, died of disease in LaFayette, Tennessee while serving in the Civil War. Another son, James, was a school teacher in Carrol County, Ohio. Their son, William Morris TELFER married Margaret Jane KEAN and lived in Ohio and West Virginia before moving his family of seven children to Grant County, Indiana. Nathaniel died December 25, 1894 and Sarah died January 31, 1898. They are buried with their son James at Grandview Cemetery in Carroll County, Ohio. Nathaniel's will is filed in the Jefferson County Courthouse in Steubenville, Ohio.
William Morris TELFER worked as a glass worker, a sewing machine repairman and an insurance agent. William and Margaret's children were Alice, William Morris Jr, Frank, Sada, George Fred, Charles Elmo and Nancy. William died in Jonesboro, Indiana March 28, 1909. Margaret died December 22, 1914 in Marion, Grant County, Indiana. They are both buried in Riverside Cemetery, Gas City, Indiana.
William and Margaret's son, Charles Elmo, married Lena PARKER in Greene County, Tennessee on April 10, 1904. Charles and Lena TELFER lived in Jonesboro and Elwood, Indiana before moving to Alexandria, Indiana. Charles worked as a glassworker and in several factories. Charles and Lena also operated an old people and children's home in Alexandria. Charles died November 22, 1943 in Anderson and Lena died December 13, 1944 in Alexandria. Their children were Roscoe Alden, Margaret Catherine and Sadie Mary TELFER. Sadie died at the age of 22 on March 24, 1936. Roscoe married Beatrice TOMLINSON and Margaret married Paul OLIVER. They both raised families in Alexandria. Roscoe died on June 28, 1961 and Margaret died on February 27, 2004 They are all buried in the Parkview Cemetery, Alexandria, Indiana.
¹ The area of Pennsylvania where the deBurts/Diberts settled was originally Chester County which was created in 1682. In 1729 Lancaster County was created from part of Chester County and on January 27, 1750 Cumberland County was created from part of Lancaster County. On March 9, 1771, Bedford County was formed from Cumberland County.
² Donegal Township was organized in 1723, from a part of Conestoga. It is now part of Lancaster Co.