Joseph Holtzclaw (abt. 1735 - abt. 1786)

Born about 1735 in Prince William, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Catherine (James) Holtzclaw — married about 1761 in Fauquier, VA

Descendants

Died about 1786 at about age 51 in Fauquier, Virginia, United States

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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.

Joseph Jacob Holtzclaw, son of Johann Holtzclaw and Catherine (Russell) Holtzclaw,, was born about 1735 in Virginia.

Joseph married Catherine James (Daughter of John James and Dinah (Allen) James ) about 1761.

• Joseph served in Capt. William Edmunds' Company in 1761 in the French and Indian War. He and his wife were members of Carter's Run Baptist Church in Fauquier Co.; Joseph was a delegate to the first general association of the Particular Baptists in Virginia in 1771.
• His wife, Caty Holtzclaw, was paid for supplies furnished the troops in the Revolutionary War.

When Joseph died in 1786, Caty was appointed guardian of the orphans: Archibald, Betsy, Stephen, Eli, Aggy, Franky and Sally Holtzclaw. Apparently another daughter, Cathy Holtzclaw, was born posthumously. Catherine (Caty) died about 1810 (age 74-75). She provided permission for her youngest daughter Catherine "Caty" to marry Joseph Lawler^[1]

See notes on record Elizabeth Holtzclaw, daughter of Johann Holtzclaw and Catherine Russell, for additional information.

Sources

1. ↑ "Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6JPH-LYQG : Sat Jan 13 20:06:17 UTC 2024), Entry for Joseph Lawler and Caty Holtzclaw, 23 May 1801.

• The Ancestry and Descendants of the Nassau-Siegen Immigrants to Virginia 1714-1750 by B. C. Holtsclaw; Digital Copy available from Family Search

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192441813/joseph-holtzclaw: accessed 04 February 2023), memorial page for Joseph Holtzclaw (1735–1786), Find A Grave: Memorial #192441813; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Suzanne Matson (contributor 46774437).

See also:

• Germanna Foundation Store includes Quick Links to Germanna Records on Amazon. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MCB9-BCG : accessed 2015-09-16), entry for Joseph HOLTZCLAW.
• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/SP58-R3N : accessed 2014-10-09), entry for John L. Duncan.

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to Angelique Chamberlain for starting this profile.