John Blankenbaker's Germanna History Notes

Note 2437

*[Wie war deine Silvesterparty?]

The immigrant to Virginia in 1717, Hanss Conrad Anberger (oder Amberger) was born 2 Feb 1683, the son of Hannss Conrad Anberger, a citizen and cooper at Kirchheim am Neckar.  His mother was Anna Magdalena Lederer, the daughter of Hanns Lederer of Boennigheim.

Hanss Conrad Anberger married, first, Anna Catharina (Scheihing) Rohleder, who was born 8 Oct 1681 and baptized as Maria Catharina.  She was the widow of Georg Rohleder, deceased citizen and vine tender in Boennigheim.  Her father was Hanns Jacob Scheihing.

They were the parents of two children:

1.  Jacob Friedrich * 1 Jan 1716, + 2 Jan 1716
2.  Catharina Margaretha * 29 Dec 1716, + 31 May 1717

(There was another child, Maria Magdalena, the daughter of Anna Catharina Rohleder and her first husband.)

One record in Virginia suggests that Conrad Amberger may have arrived without any wife or children.  Peter Weaver used the headright of Conrade Amberger to obtain land.  No wife or children were mentioned.  This event, the land patent, was in 1736.  In that same year Conrade Amberger and other Germans were naturalized.

That he came in 1717 seems to be the evidence of his being sued by Alexander Spotswood in 1724 at the same time that other proven members of the Second Colony were sued.

Perhaps, about 1725, he married Barbara NN.  An apparent son is documented in land records of Virginia.

You will notice that personal names are spelled in different ways.  Longer names such as Elisabetha or Magdalena are usually spelled that way.  But simpler names, such as our John and George, can be spelled in different ways, mostly on the whim of the writer.  Thus, we have Hans, Hanns, Hanss, and Hannss.  There is also a hint that some people changed their names, or perhaps the pastor just guessed at the full name.

*[How was your New Year’s Eve party?]
(01 Jan 07)