Germanna was a German settlement in the Colony of Virginia, settled in two waves, first in 1714 and then in 1717. Virginia Lieutenant Governor Alexander Spotswood encouraged the immigration by advertising in Germany for miners to move to Virginia and establish a mining industry in the colony. More at Wikipedia-Germanna.
Categories: Virginia History | Virginia Colony | Germanna Colonies in Virginia
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Hans (Blankenbukler) Blankenbaker 29 Apr 1683 Neuenburg, Baden, Germany - 18 Apr 1772
Melchior (Brombach) Brumbach May 1664 Müsen, Nassau-Siegen, Holy Roman Empire - bef 1746
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Johannes Carpenter abt 1700 Bietigheim, Ludwigsburg, Württemberg, Germany
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Maria (Fischbach) Brombach 07 Apr 1687 Trupbach, Nassau-Siegen, Germany - abt 1760
Philipp Fischbach 1661 Seelbach, Nassau-Siegen, Heiliges Römisches Reich - aft 1715
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Johannes Hoffman 08 May 1692 Siegen, Nassau-Siegen, Germany - 03 Jul 1772
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Johannes Kemper 08 Jul 1692 Müsen, Fürstentum Nassau-Siegen, Heiliges Römisches Reich - abt 1759
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Johann Jost (Kuntz) Counts bef 22 Mar 1674 Niederndorf, Nassau-Siegen, Germany - Jan 1731
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Johann Merten 24 May 1691 Muesen, Nassau-Siegen, Germany - 1758
Francis Michael abt 1675 Bern, Switzerland
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Maria (Otterbach) Merten 05 Nov 1699 Siegen, Nassau-Siegen, Germany
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Hans Jacob Richter 10 Oct 1674 Trupbach, Siegen, Westfalen, Prussia - 07 Aug 1729
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Anna Maria (Sieber) Yager 11 Aug 1680 Bayern, Staudach-Egerndach, Traunstein, Bavaria, Germany - aft 1717
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Johannes (Spielman) Spillman bef 11 Nov 1679 Oberschelden, Nassau-Siegen, Heiliges Römisches Reich - abt 1728
Elizabeth (Spilman) Crim abt 1680 Oberschelden, Germany
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Evelyn (Weaver) Porter abt 1732 Germantown, Virginia - abt 1785
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Nicholas Yager abt 28 May 1676 Weichersbach, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Hessen, Germany - 06 Apr 1764