This note elaborates on the Hold/Holt information found in Germany (as mentioned in the last note). In part, it illustrates what is possible. In some cases, more information is to be found in the records, while in other cases not nearly so much can be found.
Jonas Hold, died 9 Apr 1663 in Stetten, married Anna ___, who died 17 Apr 1687 in Stetten. They had eight children:
2. Martin, b. 1642
3. Anna Margaretha, b. 1644
4. Barbara, b. 1646
5. Catharina, b. 1648
6. Maria, b. 1650
7. Jonas, b. 1652
8. Matthaüs, b. 1654
9. Johannes, b. 1656
All of the births are recorded in the (Protestant) church in Stettin. After Jonas, Sr. died, Anna married Caspar Walter in 1668.
Number 2, Martin Hold, married Barbara Waydelich in 1665. She died in 1686, but Martin and Barbara had had five children. Martin then married Anna Maria Brückmanm in 1687. She was the daughter of Hans Jerg Brückmann and Anna Barbara Nägelin. Martin died in 1710 and Anna Maria married Joh. Späth in 1714. Anna Maria, her husband Joh. Späth, and her son Hans Michael Hold, were the immigrants to Virginia. Before Martin died, he and Anna Maria were the parents of three children:
10. Hans Martin, b. 1690
11. Hans Georg, b. 1692
12. Hans Michael, b. 1696 (immigrant to Virginia)
Hans Michael was 21 years old when he arrived in Virginia with his mother and his stepfather.
A similar tracing can be made for the Brückmann family back to (Old) Bernhard Brückmann who died in 1661, just before Jonas Hold died in 1663.
With luck, ancestries can often be traced back to the early 1600's and sometimes even earlier. It is very rare to find data earlier than 1500. As one approaches 1500, the information is often a bit "shaky" and incomplete leaving one with an uncertain feeling. Typically, it is the maternal lines which are the most difficult. Trouble in research often occurs when the family is from another locality or village. Still, Holt descendants have the benefits of four added generations to the history of Michael Holt.
(In the dates here, I omitted the month and day in most cases.)
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