Johannes Holtzclaw (1709 - bef. 1752)

Born 17 Jul 1709 in Oberfischbach, Nassau-Siegen, Germany

Ancestors

Husband of Catherine (Russell) Holtzclaw — married 1730 in Fauquier County, Virginia

Descendants

Died before 22 Jun 1752 before age 42 in Prince William County, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

Germany

Virginia

The Ancestry and Descendants of the Nassau-Siegen Immigrants to Virginia 1714-1750 by B. C. Holtsclaw traces many of these families through many generations as far back as the 14th Century using church and guild records.

This group all came from the same area of Germany, Nassau-Siegen, where they worked mostly as miners.

Birth

Birth Date: 1 JUL 1709

Place: Oberfischbach, Germany

Christening Date: 17 JUL 1709^[1]

Godfather was Johannes Otterbach of Trupbach, his mother's brother.

Death

Death Date: BEF 22 JUN 1752

Place: Prince William County, Virginia

Note

Prince William Co VA Deed Book Liber D 1738-1740

June Whitehurst Johnson, 1984

p.31/p.355-359 22 Mar 1740 William Russel Sr of Pr Wm to John Holsclaw of same. 266a part of greater tract granted Wm Russell 9 Feb 1724. part of sd 200a was viz: 150a by just survey was found to contain 191a made over to sd Jno Holsclaw on 28 Nov 1737. corner to ye said Russe'll's greater tract. Side of Turkey Run in Col. Payne's line. Deeds of lease & release William (x) Russell

24 Mar 1739 Wm Russel ack.

Deed Abstracts of Prince William Co VA 1740-41

Ruth & Sam Sparacio, 1989

p.109 Partial Index, Missing DB C

Russell to Holtsclaw

p.105 Election of Burgesses, 1741

p.106 & 107 Thos. Harrison, Candidate

Henry Harding, John Holtsclaw, Jacob Holtsclaw, Martin Harding

Order Book Abstracts of Prince William Co VA 1752-1753

Ruth & Sam Sparacio 1988

Minute Book 1752-1753

p.6 Court held 22 Jun 1752. Present: Thomas Harrison, Richard Blackburn, Robert Wickliff, Richard Kenner, Gent. Justices

L W&T of John Holzclaw dec'd presented by Jacob Holtzclaw, Executor therin named who made Oath. Being proved by oaths of witnesses was admitted to record.

Jacob Holtzclaw & Joseph Hitt acknowledged bond.

Joseph Hitt, Thomas McClanaham, Joseph Duncan & George Neavill orany three to appraise the estate of John Holtclase dec'd which shall be presented to their view and the Executor return an Inventory thereof to the next Court.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S111 Page: p.229

See also:

• B. C. Holtzclaw, Ancestry and Descendants of the Nassau-Siegen Immigrants to Virginia 1714-1750 , (The Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in VA, Inc., 1964)

• B.C. Holtzclaw, The Genealogy of the Holtzclaw Family 1540-1935 (Richmond, Virginia: Old Dominion Press, 1936), p. 54.