In the last Note, which was attempting to go through some of the documentation in chronological order, I might add the head right list of Alexander Spotswood. This had been given once by Nell Marion Nugent in her digest of the patents in volume III of Cavaliers and Pioneers , but she had a few errors. I read the names from the original patents and printed the forty-eight names in Beyond Germanna in vol. 7, n.3. From a variety of sources, these would all appear to be 1717 immigrants, though it is not an exhaustive list of them.
A series of articles in Beyond Germanna reveals where the Second Colony lived when they arrived in Virginia.
The names of the 1717 immigrants also appear in their patent applications. Most, but not necessarily all of these, have been plotted in Beyond Germanna .
Going back now to the previous Note and continuing the sequence of information sources there, Sandra Yelton found a note in London which shows that Rev. Klug was in London in 1738 when he applied for a position as pastor in one of the Lutheran churches there. He did not get the position and then decided to go on to Virginia. This note has not been published.
When Stoever and Smith returned home has been given as 1738 and 1739. Stoever died during the trip and was buried at sea. Andreas Mielke in an analysis in vol. 14, n.3 issue of Beyond Germanna , fixes this date as early December of 1738. Before he died, he wrote his will (in German). This was filed in Philadelphia with John Caspar Stoever, Jr., and Michael Smith named as executors. Unfortunately, several versions of the English translation of this will exist and they do not all agree in the details. One copy, by Rev. Hinke, was published in vol. 14, n. 2 and 3 of Beyond Germanna .
With the return of Michael Smith, Rev. Klug and the elders set about putting the money to use that had been subscribed. They built a church, purchased a farm, and bought slaves to work the farm.
We know a little about the pastorate of Rev. Klug from the comments of the Moravian missionaries who visited, and from the comments of Rev. Muhlenberg in Pennsylvania. We know also that Virginia assembly voted him twenty-five pounds for his assistance to the members of the Anglican Church when they were without a minister.
(14 Mar 06)
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