Family History Notes and Photos by Bob Mesenbrink

In my previous post, I mentioned several tidbits about the origins of the Squibb family. My Squibb ancestry goes back through Robert Squibb, who in 1721 married Mary Coebourne as reported in the Chester Monthly Meeting of the Quakers. As pointed out by RJF in his comment, the Coebournes had both Irish and Berkshire, England links, and had come from families of some social status and wealth. It is likely that Robert Squibb also had a similar background. Beyond that, nothing is known for sure. The Squibbs were centered in Dorset, England, southwest of Berkshire, but they had Berkshire connections as well. The Visitation of Berkshire, 1665-66 , includes a Squibb pedigree for a Robert Squibb , b. ca. 1606 in Winterbourne Whitchurch, Dorset, living at Reading in Berkshire, and wife Frances Castle. His eldest son was also Robert, born ca. 1642. He married Anne Beckingham. Neither of these Roberts could be the immigrant, Robert who married in 1721. If you look at family trees on Ancestry.