Collection of material on various Drivers families who came from England and Germany and settled throughout the eastern United States. Many belonged to various Mennonite groups. Information on these families from about 1750 to after 1900 is included. Families now live throughout the United States, especially in the southeastern states. Includes Driver, and related families.

James Driver (ca. 1740-1810) was a landowner in York Co.,Pa. in 1765. He died in Washington Co., Pa. In 1783 he was living in Warrington Twp., York Co., Pa. In 1804 family was living in Maryland. James and his wife Margaret Driver had twelve children. Descendants live in Maryland, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Texas, California and elsewhere. James Driver (ca. 1765-1849), son of James and Margaret Driver, died in Vermillion, Ohio. He was married...

Gives the children of Edward and Sarah Croom. The 1731 birth is given as the child of Edward and Sarah Driver.

While members of the Driver family emigrated to Canada from Ireland, their ancestors originally came from France and were French Huguenots. Joseph Driver (b. 1804) was born in Ireland and married Mary Connor and they immigrated with their children to Ontario, Canada. One of their daughters, Sarah Jane Driver (1838-1912) married Thomas McMichael (1826-1911) in 1862. Thomas was the son William McMichael and Mary A. Beatty. Both William and Mary were...

The Whitfield family immigrated from England to Virginia in 1635.

Family history and genealogical information about the descendants of Rhoda (surname unknown) and Abraham Beaman. Abraham was born ca. 1772. He married Rhoda sometime prior to the year 1800. They lived in North Carolina and were the parents of one known child. Abraham died 19 October 1848 in Pike Co., Alabama. Miles Beaman was the only child of Abraham and Rhoda Beaman. He married Marge Graves. They lived in Nacodoches Co., Texas and were the parents...

Ludwig Treiber (Lewis Driver) arrived in America in 1749 from Holland. He changed his name to Driver because that is the meaning of Treiber. He settled in Pennsylvania where he married Barbara Sprenkle and they had eight children. Information on their descendants is included in this volume. Present descendants live in Virginia, California, and elsewhere. Includes Driver, Cline, Early, Houff, Miller, Shickel, Wampler, Wright, Roller, and related families....

Jesse Coleman was born in 1784 in Virginia and by 1810 moved to South Carolina, where he married Faithy Elizabeth Jordan (b. 1789). They migrated to Georgia circa 1822, then to the western Alabama frontier around 1840. Includes four generations of their descendants in Alabama.

Hans Peter Wampfler (1701-1749) lived in Hingsingen, Alsace and immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1741. His grandson, John Wampler (1768-1845) married Magdalina Garber (1768-1855). They lived in Maryland and Rockingham County, Virginia. Descendants lived in Virginia, Missouri, Ohio, and elsewhere.