I found the reference which identifies Rev. Häger as being in London with the Siegeners in 1713. It came from an article by Klaus Wust in the "Yearbook of German-American Studies, vol. 19, pp.43-55". The article was "Palatines and Switzers for Virginia, 1705-1738: Costly Lessons for Promoters and Emigrants."
Mr. Wust writes:
"Old pastor Häger went on his own to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel to enlist their assistance, but since religious life in Virginia was firmly in the hands of the Anglican establishment and Häger's flock rather small, he was neither granted a travel stipend nor any subsidy for his salary."
The rest of this note is a break from the clarifications that I have been pursuing recently.
On 29 Sep 1664, Anna Barbara Schön was born in Neuenbürg. Let's take a look at who some of her descendants are. By her first husband, Johann Thomas Blankenbühler, she had three sons and one daughter who came to Virginia in 1717. The daughter had married John Thomas first, and later in Virginia she married Michael Kaifer. For starters, we can say that all of the Blankenbühlers (Blankenbaker, Blankenbeker, Pickler, Blankenbeckler, Blankenbecler, etc.), all of the German Thomases, and all Kaifer heirs are her descendants.
Balthasar Blankenbühler had only two daughters. One married Lewis Fisher, the immigrant. So we can say all of the Fishers are descendants of Anna Barbara. The other daughter of Balthasar married Adam Wayland. Including another path, 17/19 of the Waylands are descendants of Anna Barbara.
By her second husband, Anna Barbara Schön had Henry Schlucter, but his descendants are most uncertain (though Henry was in Virginia and married). By her third husband, Cyriacus Fleshman, Anna Barbara had two more children, Peter and Mary Catherine. So all Fleshmans are descendants of Anna Barbara.
It is yet to be shown, but will be in the next issue of Beyond Germanna, that all Aylors are descendants of Anna Barbara. All descendants of Michael Smith, after Michael Smith, Sr., are descendants of Anna Barbara. It appears the majority of the Barlows are her descendants. About half of the Cooks are descendants. About half of the Criglers are. Three-quarters of the Garr/Gaars are descendants. Probably a majority of the Tanners are descendants but there are uncertainties here. Two-thirds of the Utzes are descendants.
I have only listed the family names where more than half of the descendants are Anna Barbara's descendants. Her genes, though, reach into many other families. My point in this little bit of fun and games is to emphasize how we are all cousins.
Yesterday, I mentioned that Donna Bowen was recovering from a serious heart operation. She is a descendant of Anna Barbara also (probably in more than one way). If every cousin of Donna's were to send her a "best wishes" note, I wonder how many she would get. If you want to send yours, here is her email address:
bowjay@foothill.net (just click on the link to start your message)
Don't expect her to reply; she has other things to do now.
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