Family/Spouse: Sarah CROMER. Sarah (daughter of JacobJr CROMER and Elizabeth FOLK) was born about 1811 in Newberry County, South Carolina [l850 #1077.03]; died before 1870 in Newberry County, South Carolina; was buried in Fairview Bapt Ch Cem, Newberry, Newberry Co, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. David Drayton SUBER was born in in Newberry, South Carolina; died on 10 Aug 1843 in Newberry County, South Carolina.
2. Anna Mary Catherine SUBER was born about 1832 in Newberry County, South Carolina [L850 #557.01]; died before 1870 in Newberry, South Carolina.

Notes:

NOTE 1./
Information on John Suber and his siblings came from Will book L, Newberry County, South Carolina

John married Elizabeth FELKER about 1790 in Newberry, South Carolina. Elizabeth (daughter of Jacob FELKER and Barbara SEIGLER) was born in 1773 in Newberry County, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./
The Dutch Fork area extends from within a few blocks of the Governor's Mansion in Columbia, to within a few miles of the Newberry Courthouse steps. The area known as the "Dutch Fork" consist of the Newberry County towns of Little Mountain, Peak, Pomaria, Prosperity and outlying communities, Chapin and outlying communities east of Lake Murray, in Lexington County and in Richland County, Ballentine, Irmo, White Rock and those areas south of the forks of the Broad and Saluda Rivers at the outskirts of Columbia.

NOTE 2./ Historical Note: The Year Was 1789

The year was 1789 and in the U.S. a young government was beginning to take shape. In its first nationwide election, the popular Revolutionary War general, George Washington, became the country's first president and was sworn in at the first capitol of the United States, Federal Hall in New York City.

In France, a rebellion was underway and with the storming of the Bastille prison, the French Revolution began. In its reporting on the subject, The Times of London, England had the following to say of the conflict:

The spirit of liberty which so long lay in a state of death, oppressed by the hand of power, received its first spark of returning animation, by the incautious and impolitic assistance afforded to America. The French soldier on his return from that emancipated continent, told a glorious tale to his countrymen--"That the arms of France had given freedome to thirteen United States, and planted the standard of liberty on the battlements of New York and Philadelphia." The idea of such a noble deed became a general object of admiration, the [facets?] of a similar state were eagerly longed for by all ranks of people, and the vox populi had this force of argument--"If France gave freedom to America, why should she not unchain the arbitrary fetters which bind her own people.

Later that year, the Marquis de Lafayette, with the advice of Thomas Jefferson who was at the time the American ambassador to France, drafted the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. It was adopted by France's National Assembly in August and ratified by Louis XVI in October.

There was unrest in other parts of the world as well. Sweden and Russia were at war, and briefly, Norway had joined the conflict, although a peace treaty was signed in July 1789.

In a smaller, but well-known conflict, the mutiny on the H.M.S. Bounty was also in the year 1789. On April 28, part of the crew of the Bounty, led by Fletcher Christian, mutinied and set Captain William Bligh and eighteen crewmembers adrift. Bligh managed to get the boat some 3,600 miles to Timor. Some of the mutineers were captured and prosecuted--three were hanged, while others, including Fletcher Christian ended up on Pitcairn Island, where some of their descendants live to this day.

In 1789, there was an epidemic of influenza in New England, New York, and Nova Scotia, which resulted in many deaths due to secondary cases of pneumonia. The new president was among those who fell ill. He caught a cold while visiting Boston, and later, was affected more seriously with influenza, which was dubbed Washington Influenza.

Hans married Rachel WEYMAN about 1769 in Newberry, South Carolina. Rachel (daughter of Hans Peter WEYMAN) was born about 1753 in Craven County, South Carolina; died in Nov 1819 in Dutch Fork, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jacob married Barbara SEIGLER about 1772. Barbara was born about 1746 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; died about 1828 in Newberry County, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ EARLY GERMAN SETTLERS OF SOUTH CAROLINA compiled by Siegbert Frick & Carl W. Nichols <>

Between the years 1730 and 1766 the Colonial government of South Carolina actively encouraged immigration of foreign Protestants to the Province. Appreciable numbers of immigrants from Germany began to arrive in the 1740s. The year 1752 represented the peak of the migration with an estimated 1800 German settlers who arrived on several ships in the fall of that year. Saxe-Gotha, Amelia, Salkehatchie, and the fork of the Broad and Saluda (Dutch Fork) became largely German settlements. The Dutch Fork was the most densely settled, becoming home to 483 settler families by 1760, almost all of whom were of German origin (E. B. Hallman, “Early Settlers in the Carolina Dutch Fork 1744-1760”, Master’s Thesis, Wofford College). It has been estimated that by the year 1765 there were 7500-8000 Germans and German-Swiss who had come to the province of South Carolina (R. L. Meriwether, Expansion of South Carolina, 1730-1765”).

NOTE 2./ Hans Suber Family <>

The Suber family of the S.C. Dutch Fork was founded by Hans Michael Zuber who arrived in S.C. about 1752. German Church records of the family are found in Werner Hacker's "Kurpfaelzische Auswanderer vom Unteren Neckar in 18. Jahrhundert." Hans Michael Zuber, b. 1710, Baiertal, Germany, m. (1) 26 Aug 1738, Anna Marie Wittman, b. 1712, d. Feb 1748, Leimen, Germany; m. (2) Ester Margretha Hermann, b. 1717, Leimen, Germany, and after arrival in S.C., m. (3) Elizabeth Miller.

John Michael SUBER was born in 1710 in Baiertal, Germany. He died after 1772 in Newberry County, South Carolina. John Michael Suber (also written Saeber, Schover, Souber, Zuber) arrived at
Charlestown, SC on board the ship CUNLIF in September 1752 with some 500 other German passengers. With him were three of his children: Elizabeth, 10; Hans Bjorg (listed as Hans Erick in Council Journal immigration record), 9; and Conrad, 3. John Michael made petition for a land grant to the Council at
Charlestown for 200 acres (50 acres per family member). Elizabeth Miller (also written Millerin -- the "in" denoting female), also a passenger on the CUNLIF with her son Hans Michael, 5, made petition for a 100 acre grant adjacent to John Michael's. Colonial plats describe the land as lying in the fork between Broad River and Saludy (Saluda) River on Second Creek. John Michael Suber and third wife Elizabeth Millerin lived in the Broad River section between Second Creek and Heller's Creek. He was granted two other tracts of land, one of 250 acres (1769) and another 150 acres (1772).

Hans Michael Zuber was granted a 200 acre tract on Heller's Cr. adjacent the 100 acre tract of Elizabeth Millerin. Plats for these two tracts were certified on the same day, 18 June 1753. Hans Michael and Elizabeth Miller Suber are believed to be buried in Suber Cemetery #4 located on the 100 acre survey of 1753 to Elizabeth Millerin.

NOTE 2./ DESCENDENTS OF EZEKIEL SUBER at <>

John Michael SUBER was born in 1710 in Baiertal, Germany. He died after 1772 in Newberry County, South Carolina. John Michael Suber (also written Saeber, Schover, Souber, Zuber) arrived at
Charlestown, SC on board the ship CUNLIF in September 1752 with some 500 other German passengers. With him were three of his children: Elizabeth, 10; Hans Bjorg (listed as Hans Erick in Council Journal immigration record), 9; and Conrad, 3. John Michael made petition for a land grant to the Council at
Charlestown for 200 acres (50 acres per family member).

Elizabeth Miller (also written Millerin -- the "in" denoting female), also a passenger on the CUNLIF with her son Hans Michael, 5, made petition for a 100 acre grant adjacent to John Michael's. Colonial plats describe the land as lying in the fork between Broad River and Saludy (Saluda) River on Second Creek.
John Michael Suber and third wife Elizabeth Millerin lived in the Broad River section between Second Creek and Heller's Creek. He was granted two other tracts of land, one of 250 acres (1769) and
another 150 acres (1772). He and Elizabeth are believed to be buried in Suber Cemetery #4 located on the 100 acre survey of 1753 on Hellers Creek. There, a number of the gravesites are marked by uninscribed fieldstones.

He was married to Anna Marie WITTMAN on 26 Aug 1738 in Leimen, Germany. Anna Marie WITTMAN was born in 1712 in Leimen, Germany. She died in Feb 1748. John Michael SUBER and Anna Marie
WITTMAN had the following children:
3 i. Hans Ulrich (John Erick) ZUBER was born
in 1740 in Leimen, Germany. He died in 1741 in Leimen, Germany.
4 ii. Elisabeth ZUBER was born in 1741 in Leimen, Germany. Listed Elizabeth Suber, age 10, on Council
Journal immigration record.
5 iii. Hans Bjorg ZUBER.
6 iv. Eva Barbara ZUBER was born in 1745 in Leimen, Germany.

He was married to Ester Margretha HERMANN. Ester Margretha HERMANN was born in 1717 in Leimen, Germany. John Michael SUBER and Ester Margretha HERMANN had the following children:
+7 i. Conrad ZUBER.
8 ii. Wolrath SUBER was born 1751 in Germany.

He was married to Elizabeth MILLER. John Michael SUBER and Elizabeth MILLER had the following children:
9 i. John SUBER.
10 ii. John Uriah SUBER.

Hans(John) married Anna Marie WITTMAN on 26 Aug 1738 in Leimen, Germany. Anna (daughter of Georg WITTMANN and Anna Barbara SCHULER) was born on 13 Mar 1712 in Leimen, Germany; died on 20 Feb 1748 in Leimen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]