John Blankenbaker's Germanna History Notes

Note 1562

The oldest child of Valentin Bunger and his wife Elizabeth was John, b. ca 1762, confirmed 1782 at the age of 20.  He married Eva House about 1786/7.  John was deeded 100 acres by his father in 1795.  On 22 Sept 1803, John Bunger and Eve his wife deeded this land to John Batton of Culpeper County (Madison Co. DB 3, p.451).  This same year is the last year that John appears in the tithables.  The records at the Madison Lutheran Church show the births of four children of John and Eve Bunger:

  1. Margaret, b. 8 Oct 1788,
  2. Barbara, b. 1 Feb 1790,
  3. George, b. 16 Dec 1791, and
  4. Anna, b. 20 Jul 1794.

That the Eve who married John Bunger was a House is indicated by the baptismal records for their children.  Sponsors for Margaret were Michael House and Margaret Bunger.  Sponsors for Barbara were Jacob Bunger and his wife Margaret.  Sponsors for George were Mathais House and his wife Margaret.  For Anna, the sponsors were Valentin Bunger and Elizabeth Bunger.

Magdalena Bunger, b. ca 1763, to judge by her age at confirmation, married, about 1783, the Rev. Daniel Huffman, son of John Huffman and grandson of John Huffman, the 1714 colonist.  The Hebron church records show that the sponsors for Dinah, the daughter of Daniel Huffman and wife Magdalena, was Joseph Huffman, the brother of Daniel, and Anna Margaret Bunger, who would be the mother's sister.

(Ann) Margaret Bunger, b. ca 1766, married, on 19 Jan 1790, Daniel Huffman, son of George Huffman and grandson of John Huffman, the 1714 colonist.  This Daniel Huffman was a cousin of the Rev. Daniel Huffman.  A note by Mrs. L. R. McDonnell, said to be in the Germanna Foundation library, traces the descendants of this family.  In the first generation there were (children of Daniel Huffman and [Ann] Margaret Bunger):

  1. Adam,
  2. Ambrose,
  3. Isaac,
  4. Margaret,
  5. Anna,
  6. Susannah, and
  7. Eva.

In addition to the work of Holtzclaw and Sipes, use was made of the Hebron Church Register and the Hebron Communion Lists.  The second edition of this latter work is now available.
(07 Jan 03)

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