Margaret James Squires found other Germanna families besides the ones from Neuenbürg that we have recapped. In an act of serendipity, while looking for one set of families, she found two more Germanna families. She was looking in the church records of Hüffenhardt, Mosbach, Baden, when her eyes happened to fall on the names of Volck and Utz. To help keep the following story more intelligible, here is a recap.
Anna Maria (?) married Johann Michael Volck. She died and he married Anna Barbara Majer. He died and she married Johann Georg Utz. Mrs. Squires recognized that the names Volck, which might be spelled Folg, and Utz were Germanna names. Looking at the details, Hans (or Johann) Michael Volck of Wagenbach married, ca. 1685, Anna Maria, maiden name unknown. Wagenbach is an estate farm of a few houses just a couple of miles from Hüffenhardt. Michael and Anna Maria had seven children born 1687 to 1704. The first three children died young. The other four have no known death records -- Hans Adam, b. 26 Dec 1692; Maria Philippina Rosina, b. 18 Feb 1695; Maria Charlotta, b. 27 Feb 1699; and Anna Christina, b. 22 Dec 1704. After a gap in the church records, Johann Michael Volck married Anna Barbara Majer(s) on 29 Jan 1709. Three children were born to this marriage -- Maria Sabina Charlotta Barbara, b. 19 Mar 1710; Louisa Elisabeth, b. 23 Mar 1711; and Maria Rosina, b. 22 Aug 1712.
Johann Michael Volck died 7 Apr 1714 at the age of 51 years. The widow, Anna Barbara (Majer) Volck married Johann Georg Utz on 10 July 1714. Two children were born in Germany -- Ferdinand, b. 3 Apr 1715; and Johannes, b. 25 Jul 1716. Others were born in Virginia.
The identity of these people is certain. George Utz was a member of the Second Germanna Colony. Maria Sabina Volck became the second wife of John Huffman, First Colony pioneer. She has the right name, the right birthday, and perhaps even more telling is that when John Huffman married Maria Sabina, he moved to land adjacent to George and Barbara Utz who were Maria Sabina's mother and step-father.
George Utz and his family are on the Spotswood list of immigrants whose headrights he claimed. By comparison, using the original spellings, he was Hans Jerich Otes, his wife was Parbara, and his only son was Ferdinandis and his step-daughters were Sylvania and Anna Louisa (their surnames were implied as Utz). The son Johannes did not make it, but we do not know where the death occurred. It may have been on board ship or it may have been earlier. Among her daughters, Sylvania was the transcription of Sabina. Why Louisa Elisabetha was called Anna Louisa is not clear. And also it is not clear what happened to Maria Rosina. The assumption is that the step-daughters of Barbara Utz did not come. They might have raised in another family.
In Virginia, Ferdinand must have died as there is no record of him. What happened to Anna Louisa is not clear.
We gratefully acknowledge the work of John Blankenbaker who published over 2,500 Germanna History Notes via the Germanna-L@rootsweb.com email list from 1997 to 2008. We are equally thankful to George Durman (Sgt. George) for hosting the list and republishing the notes via rootsweb.com.