Doub facts for kids

The Doub family is thought to be a French family that moved from the Moselle area in France. They left around 1685, when the Edict of Nantes was canceled. This important law had given rights to Protestants in France. When it was canceled, many Protestants, like the Doubs, had to leave. They first settled in Germany before some later moved to America.

The Doub Family in America

The Doub family has many different branches, like different parts of a tree. The two earliest and most well-known branches started in America. One branch settled in Maryland, and the other settled in North Carolina.

The Maryland Doubs

One important member of the Doub family was John Nicholas Daub (sometimes spelled Taub or Doub). He came to America in 1752 with his wife and children. His family then spread out across the middle Atlantic colonies.

John Nicholas Doub's Family

• John Nicholas Doub was born on March 19, 1722, in Minfeld, Germany. He was the last of nine children born to Hans Ludwig Daub and Maria Juliana Gros. He married Anna Maria König on February 7, 1741. He passed away around 1790 in Frederick County, Maryland.
• Anna Maria König was born on July 31, 1718, also in Minfeld, Germany. She was the daughter of Frantz König and Rahel Bucke. She was John Nicholas Doub's wife and passed away before 1790 in Frederick County, Maryland.

When John Nicholas and Anna Maria came to America from Germany, they brought three children with them:

• Johann Jacob Doub was born on February 27, 1744, in Minfeld. He later passed away in 1824 in Frederick County, Maryland.
• Maria Elizabeth was born on May 21, 1746, in Minfeld. She married Valentine Lingenfelter and passed away on September 28, 1765, in Frederick County, Maryland.
• Catharine Magdalena was born on June 8, 1749, in Minfeld.

Their fourth child, Maria Magdalena, was born in America on January 22, 1756, in Frederick County, Maryland.

The North Carolina Doubs

Another important Doub family member was Johan Doub. He was born on March 27, 1742, in Littfred, Germany (which is now called Kreutzal). He married Mary Eve Spainhour. She was the daughter of Jacobus Wernhardt Spainhour and Elizabeth Lohner. Johan Doub passed away on October 20, 1814, in Vienna, Forsyth County, North Carolina.