John Blankenbaker's Germanna History Notes

Note 500

On Christmas Day in 1775, a Monday, a list was made of the communicants at the Hebron Lutheran Church in Madison County, Virginia.  Married couples sat on the main floor while the women without a husband present sat in one balcony and the men without a wife present sat in the other balcony.  Occasionally, single people sat on the main floor.  It is believed that the order of the names is the seating order but without any distinction as to the break in the pews.  In giving the names, I have added the parenthetical information using what I believe to be good information.  One can readily observed that couples sat with their relatives.  The couples were:

Andrew Carpenter, wife Barbara (Weaver)
Cornelius Carpenter
Elizabeth (Carpenter) Weaver
John Weaver, wife Barbara (Kaifer)
Henry Crisler, wife Elizabeth (Weaver)
Nicholas Crigler, wife Margaret (Kaifer)
John Zimmerman (aka Carpenter), wife Dorothy (Cook)
William Zimmerman (aka Carpenter), wife Maria (Willheit)
Lewis Gaar, wife Catherine (Weaver)
John Wayland, wife Catherine (Broyles)
Nicholas Broyles, wife Dorothy (Crisler)
Michael Schwindel, wife Elizabeth (Utz)
Jacob Broyles, wife Elizabeth (Yowell)
Michael Zimmerman (aka Carpenter), wife Maria (Crisler)
Matthew Rouse, wife Elizabeth ( ? )
Samuel Rouse, wife Maria ( ? )
Nicholas Smith, wife Magdalena (Reiner)
Christopher Blankenbaker, wife Christina (Finks)
Christopher Moyer, wife Susanna ( ? )
Christopher Moyer, wife Catherine ( ? )
Valentin Hart, wife Anna Maria ( ? )
Peter Clore, wife Maria (Fray)
George Crisler, wife Magdalena (Thomas)
Adolph Urbach, wife Anna Maria ( ? )
Christopher Dae, wife Elizabeth ( ? )
Ziriakus Broyles, wife Maria (Clore)
John Gaar, wife Christina ( ? ); (This line is probably a mistake.)
John Zimmerman (aka Carpenter), wife Susanna (Delph)
Benjamin Gaar, wife Margaret ( ? )
Lewis Neuenmacher, wife Elizabeth (Blankenbaker).  She declined.
Michael Clore, wife Margaret (Weaver)
Christopher Crigler, wife Catherine (Finks)

Modern spellings have been used.  Some of these names are a challenge to us.  For example, I would like to know more about Dae, Urbach (Arbaugh), Hart, and Neuenmacher.  And it would be wonderful to fill in all of those question marks.

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.