Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Bibighaus, Samuel H.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Bedminster Township

SAMUEL H. BIBIGHAUS retired merchant, residence 
Philadelphia, was born in 1813, in Philadelphia.  He is a 
descendant of Martin Bibighaus, a native of Whitgenstein, 
Germany, who died in 1742.  His son, John, was born in 1740 
and in 1763 married Magdalena Meichel.  They were members of 
the Reformed church.  They came to Philadelphia October 29, 
1770, in the ship "Sally," and settled in Bedminster 
township, Bucks county, soon after their arrival.  He died 
in 1811, aged 70 years, and she in 1799, aged 48.  They were 
buried in the graveyard at the Tohickon church.  Six 
children were born to this couple, of whom the youngest was 
Henry, father of Samuel H.  Henry was a minister, and in 
1808 went to Philadelphia, where he resided until his death 
in 1851, serving twenty-nine years in the ministry.  He 
married Sarah Sumstone in 1800, and she died in 1841.  They 
had eleven children.  Samuel H., the eighth child, received 
a common school education in Philadelphia.  Belonging to a 
large family he was early thrown upon his own resources, and 
in 1827 was employed as a clerk, which business he followed 
until he was 21 years old.  He then engaged in business for 
himself and continued until 1865 when he retired.  In 1846 
he was married to Maria B., daughter of George and Catherine 
Lerch, of Easton, Pa.  They have had four children, all of 
whom are deceased:  William, George, Sallie, and Eliza.  Mr. 
Bibighaus is a member of the First Reformed church of 
Philadelphia, and for thirty years has been treasurer of the 
same.