John Blankenbaker's Germanna History Notes

Note 1030

The forty-eight names used by Alexander Spotswood in the repatenting of a 28,000 acre tract read as follows (taken from the original of the patent).  There are minor differences from volume III of " Cavaliers and Patents ".

The names, in the order in which they are given, are (with one of the modern spellings):

Headright Patent Names: Pale Blankenbuchner Margaret Blankenbuchner Mathias Blankenbuchner Anna Maria Blankenbuchner Hans Jerich Blankenbuchner Wolf Michel Kefer Hendrich Schuchter Hans Jerich Chively Maria Clora Chively Anna Martha Chively Anna Elizabeth Chively Anna Maria Chively Michel Cook Mary Cook Henry Snyder Dorathy Snyder Hans Jerich Otes Parvara Otes Ferdinandis Sylvania Otes Anna Louise Otes

Modern Spelling: Balthasar Blankenbaker Margaret Blankenbaker Matthew Blankenbaker Anne Mary Blankenbaker (John) George Pickler (Wolf) Michael Käfer Henry Schuchter (John) George Scheible Mary Clara Scheible Anne Martha Scheible Anne Elizabeth Scheible Anne Mary Scheible Michael Cook Mary Cook Henry Snider Dorothy Snider (John) George Utz Barbara Utz Ferdinand Sabina Volck (Folg) Louisa Elizabeth Volck?

There are many blood relationships in the list here of 21 names.  (The rest of the names will be given later and they have even more.)  The Blankenbuchner name became many names including Blankenbaker, Blankenbeker, Blankenbeckler, Blankenbecler, and still others.  The individual who became the ancestor of the Picklers is given as that.

I am betting that the Scheibles came from Gresten, Austria, in the decades before emigration to America.  The Blankenbakers lived on the Plankenbühl farm at Gresten, while less than a quarter mile away is the Scheiblau farm.  Both families lived in Neuenbürg just prior to emigration, and both families show up as almost consecutive names in the list above.  Furthermore, Margaret James Squires told me more than a decade ago that, based on the church records for Neuenbürg, she thought the Blankenbakers and the Scheibles were related, but she could not prove it.  The totality of the evidence suggests they were.

The name Ferdinand which does not have a surname is the result of an original omission of his name.  When it was inserted, between the lines, his surname of Otes or Utz was omitted.
(16 Nov 00)