Two brothers, George and Henry Miller, came down from Pennsylvania not long before the Revolution. Henry is said to have been a tanner by occupation. Though both brothers have children whose baptisms were recorded at the church, it appears that some of the baptisms occurred at other churches. The recording at Hebron was probably for the purpose of making the records on the families more complete. A book by Louise Keyser Cockey, " History of the Descendants of Charles Keyser and Henry Miller " has more information. A short note on the family of Henry Miller was in Beyond Germanna, v.1, n.5. There were other Miller families to whom George and Henry do not seem to be related.
John Millbank married Mary Barlow on 10 Apr 1773 in, Culpeper Co., VA. John may be identical to the John Millbank tried for robbery at Old Bailey in London in 1770 and sentenced to death. Later the sentence was commuted to "transportation for life" and he was brought to America aboard the ship "Scarsdale". He was probably auctioned as an indentured servant at the port. The Millbanks moved to Scott Co., KY about 1806. Research on the Millbanks has been performed by Ellie Caroland and a short note appeared in Beyond Germanna, v.3, n.1. Transportation for life was not unusual; Alexander Spotswood had a second cousin, George Hume, who was "condemned" to spend his life in the colonies. He, Hume, went on to become a noted surveyor and whose descendants moved several Germanna people.
Lewis Nunnamacher married Barbara Blankenbaker and they were sponsors at a baptism in 1776 at the Hebron church. A John Neuenmacher was confirmed in 1777. Probably Lewis and John were brothers. George Ludwig Noonemacher arrived at Philadelphia on the ship "Mary and Sarah" with a known Germanna immigrant, George Raüser (Racer, Razor) on 26 Oct 1754. Perhaps Lewis and John were sons of George Ludwig. Later Nunnamachers were in Jeffersontown, KY, where many Germanna people were located.
Conrad Ohlscheitt, with Catharina Daher, had Henry baptized 3 Jul 1782. Apparently they were the parents but not married. Sponsors of the boy were Joseph Holtzclaw and his wife Elizabeth, and Daniel Daher and his wife Maria Elizabetha. This is another one of those tantalizing tidbits which just tell us how imperfect our understanding is. More to follow.
Johannes Eberhard Ohlschlager was deeded land in Culpeper Co. in 1768.
Aaron Paler and his wife Catharina had children baptized from 1802 to 1806. Apparently the Germans kept coming after the war.
John Peck (Beck? or Veck?) had a daughter (Rosina) baptized in 1776 at the church.
The name Perry in the Hebron church records is probably a misspelling of the name Berry. Though there were Perrys in Culpeper Co., the Berrys lived closer to the church and have proven records of marriage with the Germans. Again, it shows that we can be misled by spelling problems or reading problems in the records.
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.