The last note reported that one of the daughters of Michael Blankenbaker and Elizabeth Barbara Gaar was Jemima, who was said to have married Michael Crigler. Researcher Cynthia Crigler has conducted a search for this Michael Crigler and could find no evidence in the civil or church records (see Beyond Germanna, v.10, n.1 ). We know that the " Garr Genealogy " was in error by fifteen years in the birth date for Jemima. Apparently, the story for her, with respect to a marriage to Michael Crigler, was an error also, and Arthur Crigler, who wrote a Crigler genealogy, carried forward the mistake that had been made in the Garr Genealogy.
In addition to the four children of Andreas Gar and Eva Seidelmann that have been given, there was another daughter, Maria Barbara, born 15 Jul 1728 (in Bavaria), who is said, in the Garr Genealogy, to have died in Philadelphia. Next some evidence will be examined which says that she lived long enough to move to Virginia where she married.
Land grants in the Northern Neck followed a slightly different procedure than land patents from the Crown. In the Northern Neck, a person applied for a warrant and paid his fees. The warrant specified how many acres he had paid for. He took the warrant to a surveyor who measured off the ground for him. (The land may have been marked already as a claim even though it was not officially recognized.) After the warrant was issued, and before the land was surveyed, the warrant, which was a valid claim or title, might be sold or given away. The surveyor often added notes to the warrant. The warrants have been preserved and published by Peggy S. Joiner in several volumes as " Virginia Northern Neck Warrants and Surveys ". In volume 2 of this series (for Frederick County), we read the following entry:
"Debold Christler, assignee of Christian Tival, assignee of Andrew Garr 2 Oct 1751 - 6 Jun 1752; south side of South Fork of Shannandoah River adjacent Zachory and Micall Blancumbaker. Chain carriers: Lawr. Garr, Peter Cree."
"Above was a warrent to And. Garr and given to his son-in-law Christian Tival. Surveyed for C. Tival of Culpeper Co."
Andrew Garr could only be Andreas Gar, the patriarch. The next Andrew, his grandson, has an estimated birth date of 1750. Theobald Christler was the son-in-law of Andreas Gar, as was also Michael Blankenbaker. Lawrence Garr was the son of Andreas and a brother-in-law of Theobald and Michael. This much we understand, but the two names, Christian Tival and Peter Cree, are not discussed in the Germanna literature.
If we are to believe the warrant in its obvious reading, Andreas Gar had a son-in-law, Christian Tival, who married a daughter who could only be Maria Barbara. The husbands of the other two daughters, Theobald Christler and Michael Blankenbaker, are given in the warrant and its notes.
In 1751, Maria Barbara would have been 23, which meant that she could have been a mother a few times already. And perhaps she lived longer, as there is little reason to believe that she died then. Possibly there is another whole branch of the Garr family which has been overlooked. The next note will continue this theme.
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.