Johann Henrich Otterbach (1698 - abt. 1769)

Born 21 Sep 1698 in Trupbach, Fürstentum Nassau-Siegen, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Ancestors

Husband of Agnes (Brumbach) Utterback — married about 1735 in Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died about 1769 at about age 70 in Fauquier, Virginia

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Biography

This profile is part of the Utterback Name Study.

Henry Otterbach has German Roots.

Henry Utterback was born Johann Henrich Otterbach on 21 Sep 1698 in Trupbach, Nassau-Siegen, Germany ^[1] to Johannes Otterbach and Margarethe Dornsieffer. He was christened 25 Sep 1698 in Evangelisch, Siegen, Westfalen, Prussia. ^[2] He immigrated 23 Sep 1734 to Philadelphia, PA on the ship Hope Galley (Daniel Riedt/Reid/Reed, commander) with his sister Maria Clara Noeh and her family, and his nephew Johann Henrich Otterbach. ^{[3] [4] [5]} He went by Henry Utterback from that time on. (Note: Henry's age "30" recorded at entry to America must have been given or copied incorrectly, and should have been 36.) ^[5]

He is the uncle of the uncle-nephew team from whom all the Virginia Utterbacks seem to be descended, also called Henry "the elder". ^[1] His nephew was known as Henry "the younger". They were all part of those immigrants who settled across the River from Germantown in the forks of the Rappahannock and Hazel Rivers, which became known as the Little Fork Group. This land was located in present day Culpeper County and was purchased for speculation purposes and to encourage other Siegerländers to come to Virginia and purchase this land from their kinsmen. ^[6]

Henry married Agnes Brumback/Brumbach about 1735 in Virginia. ^{[7] [8]} Their children (according to the Holtzclaw book, with the numbers used in the Utterback book) were: ^[1]

1. (#49) Henry Utterback Jr., b. ca. 1737 in Fauquier County, Virginia, USA, d. 1805 in Shelby County, Kentucky. He married Patsy Huffman/Hoffman in 1792 in Fauquier County, Virginia, USA.
2. (#30) John Utterback, b. ca. 1740 in Fauquier County, Virginia, USA, d. after 1833 in Fauquier County, Virginia. He married Anna Catherine (--?--) circa 1764 in Fauquier County, Virginia, USA.
3. (#45) Jacob Utterback, b. 3 Aug 1743 in Fauquier County, Virginia, USA, d. 21 Jan 1827 in Woodford County, Kentucky, USA. He married 1) Ann Elizabeth Martin. He 2) married Quency Hanks circa 1829 in Kentucky, USA.
4. (#32) Harman Utterback, b. in 1746 in Fauquier County, Virginia, USA, d. in 1826 in Fauquier County, Virginia. He 1) married Elizabeth Crump in 1769 in Fauquier County, Virginia, USA. He 2) married Margaret Strumatt in 1796 in Fauquier County, Virginia.
5. (#47) Benjamin Utterback, b. 17 Jan 1754 in Germantown, Fauquier County, Virginia, USA, d. Mar 1842 in Morgan County, Indiana. He married Elizabeth Snelling on 15 Nov 1780 in Fauquier County, Virginia, USA.
6. (#50) Peyton Utterback, b. ca. 1760. (?) Note: Holtzclaw found no evidence of this person, but he is listed in the Germanna Foundation database. ^[9]
7. (#51) Charles Utterback, b. 8 May 1769 in Fauquier County, Virginia, USA, d. 14 Feb 1843 in Anderson County, Kentucky. He married Jemima Nelson on 7 Sep 1789 in Fauquier County, Virginia, USA.

According to Holtzclaw, Henry could have died prior to 1770 (because his son, Henry, made several land purchases in 1772 and 1777 (Germanna Record No. 2, p. 60)), almost certainly died before 1782, the first year of the personal tax lists, for in that year Agnes Utterback is shown with one tithable, namely, her youngest son, Charles, while her eldest son, Henry, was an independent tithable. ^{[1] [10]}

Research Notes

The lineage of the Johann Henrich ("Henry") Utterback (originally spelled Otterbach) that married Agnes Brumbach/Brumback ca. 1735 differs between the 1938 book by William Irvin Utterback and the 1964 book by Benjamin Clark Holtzclaw.

William I. Utterback's book "The Utterback Family, 1620-1938" stated, without evidence, that this Henry Utterback (#29 in the book) was born in old Germantown, Virginia ca. 1725, ^[11] the son of John Utterback/Otterbach (#9), who was born 15 Apr 1702: ^{[11] [12]}

"9. John² Utterback, (Johannes Otterbach) (Herman¹): b. April 15, 1702 at Trupbach, near Siegen, Germany; d. at Germantown, Va., after 1772; m. _______
Issue:

• 28. Harmon Utterback, b. 1724; m. _______
• 29. Henry Utterback, b. 1725; m. Agnes Brumback."

"29. Henry³ Utterback, (John², Herman¹): b. abt. 1725 in old Germantown, Prince William Co., Va.; had his home on a part of the original grant of land made by Lord Fairfax to the German Colonists of 1720 as determined from a court record now on file in the Clerk's Office of Prince William Co., Va., in Deed Book I, p. 156, under date of July 28,1746; m. 1735 to Agnes Brumback, dau. of Melchior and Elizabeth Brumback, and sister of Mrs. Stephen Hatzenbiller, Maria Gertraudt (Brumback) Neuschwanger, and Mrs. Christopher Wingle as shown in that old 1746 deed granted "for natural love and affection"; she b. 1720 in Prince William Co.; d. in Germantown, Fauquier Co., Va.
Issue:

• 49. Henry Utterback, b. abt. 1758; m. Patsy Huffman.
• 50. Peyton Utterback, I, b. abt. 1760; m ?; as determined from old Tax Lists; n. f. r.
• 51. Charles Utterback, b. 1769; m. Jemima Nelson."

B.C. Holtzclaw's 1964 "Ancestry and Descendants of the Nassau-Siegen Immigrants to Virginia" offers the following corrections and is the basis for the information used in this profile: ^{[1] [10]}

"Professor William I. Utterback, Marshall College, Huntington, W. Va., published in 1938 "The Utterback Family, 1620-1938" an excellent genealogy of the Utterback family. However, there seems to me to be some need for corrections in his account of the first four generations of the family. He traced all the Virginia Utterbacks back to Harman Utterback, the 1714 immigrant, through his sons John Philip and John, while it seems to me that the evidence we have shows that they were all descended from Harman Utterback's nephew and great-nephew, the two Henry Utterbacks who came over in 1734."

"Henry Utterbach of Fauquier Co., Va. or Johann Henrich Otterbach, b. Sept. 21, 1698 at Trupbach, son of Johannes and Margarethe (Dornsieffer) Otterbach, seems to be the Henry Utterback who soon after his arrival in Virginia in 1734 married Agnes, daughter of Melchior and Elizabeth Brumback of the 1714 colony, and settled at Germantown on the Brumback land, which was deeded to him and his wife Agnes by the other Brumback heirs in 1746 (Germanna Record No. 2, p. 60). Agnes (Brumback) Utterback was probably b. ca. 1720, much younger than her husband, and d. in Fauquier Co., Va. some time between 1790, when she deeded the Germantown land to her youngest son, Charles Utterback, and 1804, when Charles and his eldest brother, Henry Utterback,, deeded away the same land (Germanna Record No. 2, p. 61). Henry Utterback (Sr.) was excused from levies in Fauquier Co. June 24, 1762, an indication of the fat that he was probably around 60 years of age, when men were frequently excused from taxes. This fits with the hypothesis that he was the Johann Henrich Otterbach born in 1698. I think that he probably died prior to 1770, when the Henry Utterback charged with the 100 acres at Germantown was probably his eldest son, Henry. It is more certain that the 200 acres charged to Henry Utterback in 1777 was the son, for the latter had purchased an additional 100 acres at Germantown in 1772 (Germanna Record No. 2, p. 60). It is quite certain that Henry, Sr. was dead by 1782, the first year of the personal tax lists, for in that year Agnes Utterback is shown with 1 tithable, namely, her youngest son, Charles, while her eldest son, Henry, was an independent tithable. "

"The evidence I have indicates that the following men, all of whom were definitely identified with Fauquier Co., were sons of Henry Utterback (b. 1698) and his wife Agnes Brumback: Henry No. 49, John No. 30, Jacob No. 45, Harman No. 32, Benjamin No. 47, and Charles No. 51, in the very probable order of their births."

"I can find no documentary reference to Joel Utterback No. 46 nor to Peyton Utterback No. 50."

So, according to the research by B.C Holtzclaw, instead of the lineage outlined in the W.I. Utterback book:

#29 Henry Utterback (#9 John, #1 Herman), b. 1725; m. Agnes Brumbach

is really

Henry Utterback "the elder" (Johannes b. 1659, Johannes b. 1622), b. 1698; m. Agnes Brumbach

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Holtzclaw, B.C. Ancestry and Descendants of the Nassau-Siegen Immigrants to Virginia 1714-1750 (Harrisonburg, Virginia: The Germanna Foundation, 1964) Ancestry and Descendants of the Nassau-Siegen Immigrants to Virginia 1714-1750] (1964, Germanna Foundation), pp. 491-492; see also the "Corrections in the Utterback Genealogy in America" section, pp. 488-492.
2. ↑ "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898," database, FamilySearch : 10 February 2018, Johan Henrich Otterbach, 25 Sep 1698; citing ; FHL microfilm 598,262.
3. ↑ Strassburger, Ralph Beaver. Pennsylvania German Pioneers; a publication of the original lists of arrivals in the port of Philadelphia from 1727 to 1808, edited by William John Hinke; Norristown, Penn., Pennsylvania German Society, 1934, List 37A pp. 142-145 (printed in Colonial Records, Vol. III, p. 570).
4. ↑ U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010. Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012. Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Year: 1734; Page Number: 81. Entry for Johan Henrich Otterbach via Ancestry.com
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Martin, William A. A Martin Genealogy Tied to the History of Germanna, Virginia; Heritage Books, Inc., 1995, Bowie, Maryland. Call Number: ISBN 0-7884-0184-X; page 28.
6. ↑ Germanna Foundation, List of Original Germanna Settlers, "The Little Fork Group", published September 10, 2013.
7. ↑ Source: #S-2052243492 Source number: 1967.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JJH. Note: Ancestry.com record; Birth date: 1698; Marriage place: VA; APID: 1,7836::1250782
8. ↑ Source: #S-2052430205 Birth year: 1698; Birth city: Germantown; Birth state: VA. Note: Ancestry.com record; Birth date: 21 September 1698; Birth place: Germantown, Fauquier, VA; Death date: 1782; Death place: Shenandoah; Marriage date: 1734; APID: 1,4725::1917691
9. ↑ The Germanna Foundation database entry for Johann Henrich Otterbach (b. 21 Sep 1698), Person ID: I093641, Germanna Genealogy. (Membership required.)
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} Ancestors of Mary Verinda Utterback, with numerous quotations from B.C. Holtzclaw's book including his "Corrections in the Utterback Genealogy in America" section.
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} Utterback, William Irvin. Utterback history and genealogy of the Utterback family in America, 1622-1937: Family record of Herman Utterback and his descendants, (1622-1937) (Marshall College, West Virginia, Gentry Bros, 1937), page 37.
12. ↑ Utterback. Utterback history, page 35.

See also:

• Vann, Elizabeth Chapman Denny and Dixon, Margaret Collins Denny Title: Brumback-Hotsinpiller Genealogy
• Source: S-2052243492 Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived Note: APID: 1,7836::0
• Source: S-2052430205 Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Note: APID: 1,4725::0
• Section: Family record of Herman Utterback and his descendants, (1622-1937)

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Otterbach-40 created through the import of WORCESTER_2012-07-31.ged on Jul 31, 2012 by Bob Worcester.
• Thank you to Phillip Utterback for creating WikiTree profile Utterback-130 through the import of Utterback.ged on Jun 27, 2013.
• WikiTree profile Utterback-53 created through the import of Heugatter_Shields_Bachman.ged on Aug 24, 2011 by Curtis Shields.