Some Germans came to the Robinson River community shortly after the Hebron Church was built. This itself could have been a drawing card. The Germans in residence could write back to Germany that they now had a church building and a pastor. Land was still available, though unpatented land near the church was becoming scarce. People were taking up land ten or more miles from the church.
Henry Frederick Beyerback was deeded land by Peter Weaver in 1742 and 1744 but he died early in 1746. His will mentions his wife, Hannah, and daughter Catherine Jones. He nominated Richard Burdyne (mentioned here recently) as his executor but Burdyne declined to serve. Why Burdyne should have been selected is a mystery. Beyerback's origin's in Germany have been found and documented in " Before Germanna ", vol. 10.
George Frederick Crible landed in Philadelphia in 1743. He died intestate in Culpeper Co. in 1764.
Michael Finder died intestate in Culpeper Co. in 1760. Appraisers of his estate were James Barbour, Jr., Adam Gaar and Adam Wayland.
Theobald Fite and his wife sold land to John Zimmerman, Jr. in 1759. In the Culpeper Rental of 1764, he is shown as "Tebald White".
John Kains (Kines) received a patent for 400 acres in 1736, adjacent to John Hoffman, Christian Clements, and Edward Ballenger. He proved his importation in May 1741 and was an appraiser of the estate of John Stinesyfer (Stonecypher) in 1761.
Anna Mary Gabbard wrote her will in Culpeper Co. on 17 Dec 1761 with witnesses John Clore, Christopher Dickens, and Michael Thomas. The estate went to her grandson, Henry Jones. This was the only name mentioned in her will. There was a Fredrich Gabbart who signed a road petition 3 Feb 1742/3 in the Shenandoah region of Orange Co.
In the 1740's, Johannes Gerhard appears to have been a resident in Orange County to judge by the marriage of his daughter, Mary, to George Blankenbaker.
Michael Thomas, youngest son of the 1717 immigrants, John and Anna Maria Thomas, is said to have married, as his second wife, Eve Susannah Margaret Hart. Among the later Harts was Valentine Hart, probably a German name.
Philip Hoop (Hupp is modern spelling) died in Culpeper Co. in 1761. When he came is uncertain.
Henry Hoffman, brother of the 1714 John Hoffman, came in the early 1740's and settled in the Robinson River community.
In this fairly long list of names, there are several about whom we wish that we knew more. For example, Johannes Gerhard is an ancestor of the Picklers of Germanna origin but we know little about him, his wife, or their origins. Sometimes we are lucky and meet someone who can inform us about these people. If the names in the note today ring any bells, I would like to correspond. We do know a lot about Henry Hoffman, but the others have more blanks than filled in spaces.
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.