I will send what would be tomorrow's note today. It pertains to the Clore-Weaver-Crigler-Yager families.
In 1717, Joseph Weaver (Weber) and Susanna his wife [she was a Clore (Klaar), the sister of Michael Clore], left Gemmingen with their son Hans Dietrich, age 7, and their daughter Sophia, age 4. Dietrich became the Peter Weaver in the Robinson River Valley. Sophia became the wife of Peter Fleshman as the Communion Lists attest by implication. En route to America, another daughter, Walburga, was born (evidenced by the head rights list of Spotswood), who became the wife of John Willheit.
Joseph Weaver did not live long in America. He died before the 1726 Land Patents were issued. Susanna, his wife, re-married to Jacob Crigler, and we know of two sons from this marriage. Jacob died in 1734 and Susanna married Nicholas Yager.
Peter Weaver had a land patent of 400 acres in 1736 in which he used the Head Rights of Peter Weaver, Michael Willhite, John Willhite, Tobias Willhite, Mathias Kerckler, and Conrad Amberger. John Willhite was his brother-in-law who had married Peter's sister, Burga. This raises the question of whether Kerckler (not Kerker) and Amberger were in some way related to Peter also.
One point to be raised here is that we do not know when Joseph Weaver died. He could have lived for several years here and HE COULD HAVE BEEN THE FATHER OF MORE CHILDREN.
Could there have been a daughter Elizabeth Weaver who married Michael Yager? This is, in no way, a statement of fact, but merely a question for discussion. From the dates, this Elizabeth would seem to be a few years older than Michael Yager, who is said by Keith to have been born 29 Jun 1728. This Elizabeth might have been born as late as 1724, under the assumption that Joseph Weaver might have lived until about then (no land in 1726). Also, Joseph was not sued by Spotswood in the 1724 to 1725 time frame, which might indicate he, Jospeh, was not alive in 1724 or 1725.
We know almost nothing about Matthias Kerckler who proved his importation in 1736 in Orange County and then immediately assigned his head right to Peter Weaver. (Incidentally, Peter Weaver, in using himself as a Head Right, overlooked the fact that he had been used as a Head Right by Spotswood already.)
Maybe others can add to this story or correct details if I am wrong about either the details or the thesis.
(12 Feb 03)
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