Two emigrants have been mentioned from Sulzfeld: Zimmerman and Kabler. There was a third, Christoph Uhl, but the only thing that we know that Uhl had in common with the other two was the origin in Sulzfeld. Uhl gave his origins as Württemberg when he was naturalized. Sulzfeld was in Baden, but the line between these principalities ran almost through the village. It would have been possible for Uhl to have been born in Württemberg, while his children were baptized in Sulzfeld, which is in Baden.
Christopher Yowell had a land patent in 1728, which suggests that he might have come at the same time as Kabler. The comments in the last note, about the apparent communication of Christopher Zimmerman back to Sulzfeld, would apply to Uhl as well as to Kappler. Even though Zimmerman might have addressed his comments to Kappler, these letters were meant to be news for general distribution as much as a personal communication. In other words, Zimmerman was writing to everyone in Sulzfeld as much as he was writing to Kappler. Probably Kappler and Uhl traveled together even though they do not seem particularly close.
There may have been a fourth family from Sulzfeld, but we have no proof yet that the names mentioned in Sulzfeld are the same as the people who appear later in Virginia; however, the suspicions remain in my mind. When children of Christopher Zimmerman were being baptized, sponsors included Ludwig Fischer and Anna Barbara Fischer. There was a couple of this name in Virginia, but the analysis of ages shows they could not be same couple. It is possible though that the Sulzfeld Fischers were the parents of the Lewis Fischer in Virginia. And it might even be possible that the Sulzfeld couple did come to Virginia, where their appearance was masked by that of the son, of the same name as his father, who married a girl of the same given names as his mother. The thing that suggested that this might be the case was the fact that the Orange Co., Virginia, tithe lists for the late 1730's shows two Lewis Fishers. When I combined this with the appearance of a Lewis and Anna Barbara Fischer in Sulzfeld, I began to wonder. If I were looking for Lewis Fischer in Germany, I would certainly start with Sulzfeld and its vicinity. [All of the thoughts of this paragraph are tentative and put forth only because they suggest a place in Germany to commence a search.]
As to the names of the modern German states, Baden-Württemberg is changed the least with time, and is the same in German and English. Siegen is in Nordrhein-Westfalen, which I believe is a modern name. The German name for the state which we have identified as the Palatinate is Rheinland-Pfalz. In the early eighteenth century, the Palatinate had different geographical boundaries and extended into the area that is now in Baden-Württemberg.
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