The Doub family is believed to be a French family that emigrated from the Moselle region of France, in the time of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, and settled in Germany. There are several branches of the Doub family, but the two earliest branches are the Maryland Doubs and the North Carolina Doubs. A Doub family member, John Nicholas Daub, came with his wife and family to the New World in 1752, spreading widely in mid-Atlantic colonial America.
John Nicholas Doub. He was the ninth and last child of Hans Ludwig Daub and Maria Juliana Gros. He married to Anna Maria König.
Anna Maria König, wife of John Nicholas Doub, was the daughter of Frantz König and Rahel Bucke.
:They came from Germany to Frederick Co. with three children:
* Johann Jacob Doub.
* Maria Elizabeth ; married to Valentine Lingenfelter.
* Catharine Magdalena.
:Their fourth child, Maria Magdalena in Frederick Co., Maryland.
Another Doub, Johan Doub, was born March 27, 1742 in Littfred , Germany. He married Mary Eve Spainhour, daughter of Jacobus Wernhardt Spainhour and Elizabeth Lohner, and died October 20, 1814 in Vienna, Forsyth Co., North Carolina.
The Maryland Doubs
John Jacob Doub was born in Minfeld, and moved to the new world with his parents, John Nicholas Doub and Anna Maria König. He then moved into Maryland from Pennsylvania, and died in Frederick Co., Maryland. The Maryland branch settled first in Frederick, Maryland, then further into frontier Maryland, starting in the early 18th century. Several early Doubs were active land speculators in Frederick, and their names are mentioned on many colonial-era deeds. Jacob Doub married Louisa Bowlus , who was born in Frederick Co., Maryland, daughter of Andreas Bowlus and Anna Maria his wife, and who died at Middleton, Frederick Co. Together they had seven sons, and two daughters, Rosanna and Catherine:
George, who went west and settled in Louisville, Kentucky. He had a son, John Doup and two daughters, Lydia Elizabeth, who married her first cousin Daniel; Elizabeth.
Jacob settled near Myersville, Maryland, on the Eldridge farm, and is buried in the old Jerusalem graveyard. He had six sons: John, Daniel, George, Jacob, Jonathan and David ; and daughters: Elizabeth Mrs John Harp, and Catherine Mrs Joseph Bowlus.
Abraham settled near Myersville. He married a Miss Catherine Thomas from Washington Co, Maryland, and had eight children: Joel, Enos, Ezra, Samuel, Elizabeth, Mary, Catherine and Lydia.
Valentine married a Miss Kemp, and settled near Frederick, Maryland, on the Miller farm, where a number of the family is buried. They had three sons: Joshua, Ezra and Valentine. Joshua had sons and a daughter, Mrs William B. McCleery, in Frederick, Maryland. Ezra had one son, Wilton, who went to California. Valentine had one son, Charles.
Henerey went west, and is the father of the Ohio Doubs.
Frederick died young, leaving a wife and a daughter.
Maryland Doub family members were active in the taming of the Western Maryland frontier, and played a prominent role in the agriculture, economy, and politics of Washington County, Maryland from the earliest days of the county. An Ezra Doub ran for the Maryland legislature in 1841 on the Whig ticket, and lost. John Doub was born in Frederick Co, Maryland. He married Catharine Routzahn. They settled at Beaver Creek, Wahs. Co, Maryland, two and a half miles south of Middletown. John and Catherine Doub had nine children, seven sons and two daughters:
Samuel married Lydia Stouffer. He lived near Keedysville where he died. They had but one son, Frisby, who died as a bachelor.
Elizabeth married Samuel C. Stouffer.
Jonathan settled near Beaver Creek, and married Catherine Rinehart. They had two sons, Jelty and Daniel, and one daughter who married Lawson Harp.
John died as a bachelor.
Catherine married Andrew Funk.
Jacob died in childhood.
Mary was not married.
Philip Routzhan lived and died at the home place. He married Cornelia Witmer. Their children are Lewis P., Daniel J., Albert, Franck and Mrs Summers. Lewis P. And Frank owned the Mill property at Beaver Creek.
Caroline Henry Eakle.
John Doub died in Beaver Creek, Washington Co., Maryland. The Doub's Mill, the Doub's Mill Historic District and the Doub Farm in Keedysville are named after him. Another Doub family farm in Boonsboro, Maryland was reportedly used as a field headquarters during the Battle of Antietam; the family had fled the battlefield and taken refuge in the western Maryland hills.
Notable Doub family members
Rev. Peter Doub, early North Carolina Methodist preacher and advocate of women's education, Peter Doub was one of three founders of Greensboro Female College. He was the son of Johan Doub, native of Germany, and Mrs. Mary Eve Spainhour Doub, of Swiss parentage.
Ezra Doub, Frederick, then Boonsboro, landowner and Whig candidate for Maryland House of Representatives, 1841. Justice of peace for the Frederick County, 1845
Samuel Doub, builder of the Doub Farm in 1851. Married to Lydia Stouffer, his son Frisby was born January 1, 1844.
Emma Katie Doub, Maryland educator, donated the Doub's Woods to Washington County and owned the land where the "Emma K Doub School for Integrated Arts & Technology" has been build and is named after her.
William Offutt Doub, pioneer in environmental and energy law, former Atomic Energy Commissioner. Son of Albert Alvin Doub jr., attorney ; grandson of judge Albert Alvin Doub Sr.
J. Peyton Doub, environmental scientist and author, senior staff scientist with US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, son of William Doub
Albert A. Doub, international energy expert with US Energy Association, son of William Doub
