*[Ich moechte ihn heiraten.] (Clue: What does it normally take to generate heirs?)
We left off with Matthew Blankenbaker in the list of people who had land Patents in 1726. George Scheible also had a Patent in 1726 and he was on the Alexander Spotswood Headright List and was sued by A.S. Nicholas Yager’s first land Patent was in 1726. He was on the A.S. Headright List and he was sued. He applied for a Headright in his own name saying he came in 1717. Balthasar (Paul) Blankenbaker was on the A.S. Headright List, he was sued by A.S. He had a Land Patent in 1726. Christopher Zimmerman is an interesting case as his land, which he obtained a Patent for in 1726, was in the Mt. Pony area. Still, he obtained it in 1726. He was not sued by A.S. but he did apply for Headrights on his own, saying he came in 1717. He was not on the A.S. Headright list though.
I believe I have gone through all of the 1726 Patents to Germanna Colony members. In 1727, there was a Patent to Joseph Bloodworth whose nationality is not clear. He had a lot of interactions with the Germans. Conrad Amberger had his Land Patent in 1728 in the Mt. Pony area. Why he was so late is not clear but he was sued by A.S., which is taken to be proof of entry in 1717.
About 1729, we had Patents in the Robinson River Valley (RRV) to John Huffman, Jacob Broyles, William Carpenter, Andrew Kerker, George Woods (Utz), and Michael and John Clore. Patents about this time to Christopher Zimmerman and to Jacob Holtzclaw were outside the RRV. Throughout this time period, 1726 to 1730, the English were also taking Land Patents in the RRV.
Matthias Castler had an RRV Patent in 1728. Adam Yager had a Patent in the Mt. Pony area in 1728. Cyriacus (and Peter Fleshman) went to the well again in 1728. Frederick Kabler got his first land in 1728 in the Mt. Pony area and we know he was delayed in coming. John Fishback obtained a tract in the Little Fork area in 1730. Several of the Germans were obtaining second land Patents in this time period.
Michael Willheit obtained his first Patent in 1728. There is no evidence to support his arrival in 1717 with the others, though I have no doubts that he left Schwaigern in 1717. I believe this was one of the families that was delayed in transit. We can name other families that were delayed such as the Yowells, Kablers, and Tanners.
We see that the date of the first Land Patent is not solid evidence, though in the majority of the cases its does confirm arrival in 1717. We depend in part on Alexander Spotswood’s statement that the number of Germans was seventy-odd.
*[I would like to marry him.]
(21 Feb 07)
We gratefully acknowledge the work of John Blankenbaker who published over 2,500 Germanna History Notes via the Germanna-L@rootsweb.com email list from 1997 to 2008. We are equally thankful to George Durman (Sgt. George) for hosting the list and republishing the notes via rootsweb.com.