Gertrude (Caretrout) Crim (1713 - 1767)

Born 1713 in Prussia

Wife of John Crim — married 1735 in Germany

Descendants

Died 1767 at about age 54 in Fauquier, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

Gertrude Caretrout was born in 1713 in Germany and died in 1767 Fauquier, Virginia Colony.

She married John Crim about 1735 in Germany. To this union would be born at least five children; John, Harmon, Jacob, Peter and Joseph.

Property

John and Gertrud deed away 127 1/2 acres in the Little Fork of the Rappahannock to William George of Culpeper 19 MAR 1767

History of Germanna

The first German settlers to immigrate to the Virginia Colony came to what came to be Germanna, Virginia in 1714. ^[1]

In the 1730s, and after, more Germans settled the Little Fork area (Culpeper County): Harman Back/Bach, Harman Button, Johann Button, Johnann Just Coons/Cuntz/Koontz, Jacob Fischbach, Johann Crim/Grimm, Jacob Heimbach/Hanback, Heinrich Hoffman/Huffman, Johann and Harman Mueller/Miller, Johannes Noeh/Nay, Johann Henrich Otterbach/Utterback, John Rector, Georg Weidmann/Wayman, Tillman Wiessgerber/Whitescarver, Johannes Jung/Young.^[2]

Grimm/Crim, Johann and wife Gertrud son of Elisabeth Spilman, sister of John Spilman, the 1714 Immigrant...^[3]

Brother-in-law Grimm/Crim, Johannes Jacob and wife Margaret, brother of Johannes and son of Elisabeth Spilman, sister of John Spilman, the 1714 Immigrant...^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ History of Germanna History of Germanna
2. ↑ Research Your Germanna Roots
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} List of Original Germanna Settlers

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile created through the import of Thomas Sheffield Descendants.ged on Dec 21, 2011 by Michael Sheffield
• WikiTree profile Caretrout-1 created through the import of LaurieSherrod8Generations_102712.ged on Oct 27, 2012 by Laurie Holleman.