John Brubaker (ca. 1750-ca. 1825) was born in Germany and probably immigrated to America as a boy with his parents. He married Anna Myers, daughter of Jacob Meyer, in 1774, in Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. They had eight children, 1775-1794. The family migrated to Franklin County, Virginia, ca. 1789; and moved to Botetourt County, Virginia, ca. 1804. Descendants lived in Virginia, Ohio, Iowa, Kansas, Illinois, California, and elsewhere.

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Joseph J. Flory, the father of Jacob, came from the German Palatinate in 1733 and settled in Pennsylvania. Jacob was probably born in Maryland not later than 1760 and appears in Virginia by 1786. Joseph may have been French originally because he is noted as a Hugenot.