*[Wir wollen nach Berlin fahren.]
Next we continue with John Thomas, his wife, and two children who were born in Germanna. The two children show up later in Virginia, as does the wife who married, secondly, Michael Kaefer. There is no solid evidence that this family came in 1717 except it would have been very logical, since all of the mother’s relatives came in 1717. To be hard-nosed about it, I will count them as zero.
George Utz appears on the Headright List as George Utz, his wife Barbara, and his son Ferdinand. He was sued by Spotswood, though the suit was dismissed. Count as three. (See also the Volck family.)
The Volck family consisted of the children of Barbara Utz by her first husband. In the Headright List with the Utz family, they were Sylvania (Sabina) and Anna Louisa. Count as two.
The Weaver family consisted of Joseph, Susanna, Dietrich, Maria Sophia, and Waldburga. This family represented a unique situation as they arrived with more children than they had when they left. The father, Joseph, was not sued by Spotswood. Apparently he died early and Susanna married Jacob Crigler. Count as five.
I have no evidence that Michael Willheit and his family arrived in 1717. (I don’t doubt that they left in 1717 but I have no evidence they arrived in 1717). The fact that Michael’s land patent was dated two years after the other early land patents in the Robinson River Valley suggests that he arrived two years later than the others. Count as zero.
Nicholas Yager applied for his Headrights and stated he came in 1717 with Mary his wife and children Adam and Mary. He was sued by Spotswood (for big money). Count as four.
Christopher Zimmerman applied for his Headrights and stated he came in 1717 with his wife Elizabeth and sons John and Andrew. He was not on the Headright List of Spotswood nor was he sued. Count as four.
We have added eighteen to the list of 1717ers making a total of 80. This is slightly more than Spotswood gave (seventy-odd) and we have not yet counted some names on his Headright List.
*[We would like to go to Berlin.]
(15 Feb 07)
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