List of immigrants in 1714, the first Germanna colony:
1714 Colony from Siegerland:
- Melchior Brombach and wife Maria Elisabetha Fischbach
- Jost Cuntze/Koontz and wife Anna Gertrud Reinschmidt and three(?) children
- Philip Fischbach/Fishback and wife Elizabeth Heimbach
- the Rev. Johann Heinrich Hager and wife Ann Catharina Friesenhagen
- Peter Heide/Hitt and wife Elisabeth Otterbach
- Johannes Hoffman
- Hans Jacob Holtzklau/Holtzclaw and wife Anna Margaretha Otterbach
- Johannes Kemper/Camper
- Johann Jost Merdten/Martin and wife Maria Cathrina Otterbach??
- Hermann Otterbach/Utterback and wife Elisabeth Heimbach
- Johann Jacob Richter/Rector and wife Anna Elisabeth Fischbach
- Johannes Spielmann
- Johann Heinrich Weber/Weaver and wife Anna Margarethe Huttman
Almost the same list, broken down by place of origin, from the [https://germanna.org/2013/09/10/list-of-original-germanna-settlers/ Germanna Foundation website]:
Switzerland
Albrecht, Johann Juste
Müsen
- Brombach/Brombach, Melchior/Melcherd
- Kemper/Camper, Johannes
- Merten/Martin, Johann Jost/John Joseph
Niederndorf
- Cuntze/Koontz, Jost and wife Anna Gertrud Reinschmidt, children: Johannes, Anna Elisabeth, Catherina
Trupbach
- Fischbach/Fishback, Philip and wife Elisabeth Heimbach; children: Maria Els (Elisabeth), Johannes, Hermann, Maria Els (Elisabeth)
- Otterbach/Utterback, Hermann and wife Elisabeth Heimbach; children: Johann Philip, Johannes, Ellsbeth, Elisabeth Cathrina, Maria Cathrina, Anna Catharina
- Richter/Rector, Hans Jacob and wife Anna Elisabeth Fischbach; son Johannes
Oberfischbach
- Haeger/Häger, Rev. Johann Henrich wife Anna Catharina Friesenhagen; children: Agnes, Anna Katharina
- Holtzklau/Holtzclaw, Hans Jacob and wife Anna Margarethe Otterbach; children: Johannes, Johann Henrich
Rehbach and Kaan-Marienborn
- Heide/Heite/Hitt, Peter and wife Maria Elisabeth Freudenberg
Oberschelden
- Spielmann/Spilman, Johannes
Eisern
- Hoffmann/Hoffman/Huffman, Johannes
- Weber/Weaver, Johann Henrich and wife Anna Margarethe Huttmann; children: Johannes, Cathrin, Tillman
In 1724, many (but not all) of these people testified in court that they had immigrated in 1714. [1]
Sources
- ↑ William Hinke, The 1714 Colony of Germanna, Virginia, in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 40, No. 4 (Oct., 1932), pp. 317-327