OT Rev. Samuel George Klug, Culpeper Co., Virginia

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OT Rev. Samuel George Klug, Culpeper Co., Virginia

Legg inn av Gjest » 10 apr 2006 01:42:03

Rev. Klug came from Prussia to Virginia ca. 1738 and was in charge for
24 years of the Hebron church (the eldest Lutheran Church in the
States) until he died in 1764. Around 1740 married
Susanna Castler, b. 1719 in Culpeper Co., a dau. of Mathias Castler
imm. 1717, alias Matthias Gessler.

These german immigrants were an interesting part of Virginia's history
- please google Germanna for details - and some of them may also have
an interesting ancestry.

From several sites I found 9 children for Rev. Klug but the dates and
details seem quite messy.

1. Samuel, b. ~1743, m. Elizabeth Yates; no children (that I found).
2. Elizabeth, b. ~1744, m. Michael Broyles; 12 children.
3. Female, b. ~1748 (adopted), m. Godfrey Yager [Yaeger]; 1 son.
4. Eva, b. ~1749, m. Mathias Broyles (a brother of Michael above); 8
children.
5. Female, b. ~1749, m. William Lutspick; no children (that I found).
6. Ephraim, b. ~1753, m. Elizabeth Major; 8 children.
7. Michael, b. ~1755, m. Elizabeth Fisher; 7 children.
8. John, b. ~1757, not married (poss. not even a son).
9. Magdalena, b. 1759 (or poss. 1751), m. William Lotspeich; no
children (that I found).

I am hoping that somebody in the newsgroup may help me with this
descent.

Regards,
Francisco Tavares de Almeida
(Portugal)

Jeffery A. Duvall

Re: OT Rev. Samuel George Klug, Culpeper Co., Virginia

Legg inn av Jeffery A. Duvall » 10 apr 2006 05:39:02

There are published histories of a number of the families involved with the
first (1714) and second (1717) Germanna Colonies, but the single best work
that I know of is still Dr. B.C. Holtzclaw's *The Nassau-Siegen Immigrants
to Virginia, 1714-1750* published in 1964. I'm descended from six of the
fourteen families who arrived in 1714, so I'm fairly familiar with the
ancestry of most of those families, but I don't remember seeing anything on
either the Klugs of the Gesslers (who should also be covered) in the
Hotlzclaw book, but I'll try to check it sometime this week or next. While
Holtzclaw was able to trace many of the Germanna families back to the 16th
century, and in at least one case (the Fishbacks) into the late 15th
century, I'm not sure how interesting anyone not descended from them would
find their ancestry, although having an ancestor who was burned at the stake
as a witch in 1590 has its moments...

Jeff Duvall

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Rev. Klug came from Prussia to Virginia ca. 1738 and was in charge for
24 years of the Hebron church (the eldest Lutheran Church in the
States) until he died in 1764. Around 1740 married
Susanna Castler, b. 1719 in Culpeper Co., a dau. of Mathias Castler
imm. 1717, alias Matthias Gessler.

These german immigrants were an interesting part of Virginia's history
- please google Germanna for details - and some of them may also have
an interesting ancestry.
Big Cut
Regards,
Francisco Tavares de Almeida
(Portugal)

Gjest

Re: OT Rev. Samuel George Klug, Culpeper Co., Virginia

Legg inn av Gjest » 10 apr 2006 12:35:50

« I'm not sure how interesting anyone not descended from them would
find their ancestry, ...»

Possibly Dr. Holtzclaw concentrate on the agnatic lines but through
"female navigation" I can get some (unsourced) lines up to the 13th or
even 12th (I am writing by memory) at least one sound line up to the
14th century and, for those prepared to accept probabilities - sounder
than Katharine Lane's - royalty.

I already had access to Dr. Hotzclaw's article on the Delph family. If
by chance one of your 6 ancestries goes to Conrad Delph & Anna
Magdalene Castler (Susanna's sister) I may well surprise you.

« ...although having an ancestor who was burned at the stake
as a witch in 1590 has its moments... »

In that epoch lots of women were burned as witches and most people with
german ancestry will have a connection to those events. I have one
ancestor who was witness for the prosecution of Kepler's mother.

And as this is already OT ...
I believe that in most cases, witch was "the woman my husband made love
to" and that more then 10 thousand *witches* were burned. As a
portuguese I resent that this "witch chase" is rarely mentioned while
the portuguese Inquisition, that did not burned that number along three
centuries is worldwide spoken. The same could be said of french St.
Barthélemy when, only in Paris, thousands of huguenots were killed in
just one night.

Regards,
Francisco Tavares de Almeida
(Portugal)

Gjest

Re: OT Rev. Samuel George Klug, Culpeper Co., Virginia

Legg inn av Gjest » 10 apr 2006 12:45:16

Oooops!
Katharine Dale.

Francisco

Nathaniel Taylor

Re: OT Rev. Samuel George Klug, Culpeper Co., Virginia

Legg inn av Nathaniel Taylor » 10 apr 2006 15:08:29

In article <1144668949.965172.66840@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
francisco.tavaresdealmeida@gmail.com wrote:

« I'm not sure how interesting anyone not descended from them would
find their ancestry, ...»

Possibly Dr. Holtzclaw concentrate on the agnatic lines but through
"female navigation" I can get some (unsourced) lines up to the 13th or
even 12th (I am writing by memory) at least one sound line up to the
14th century and, for those prepared to accept probabilities - sounder
than Katharine Lane's - royalty.

I already had access to Dr. Hotzclaw's article on the Delph family. If
by chance one of your 6 ancestries goes to Conrad Delph & Anna
Magdalene Castler (Susanna's sister) I may well surprise you.

« ...although having an ancestor who was burned at the stake
as a witch in 1590 has its moments... »

In that epoch lots of women were burned as witches and most people with
german ancestry will have a connection to those events. I have one
ancestor who was witness for the prosecution of Kepler's mother.

And as this is already OT ...
I believe that in most cases, witch was "the woman my husband made love
to" and that more then 10 thousand *witches* were burned. As a
portuguese I resent that this "witch chase" is rarely mentioned while
the portuguese Inquisition, that did not burned that number along three
centuries is worldwide spoken. The same could be said of french St.
Barthélemy when, only in Paris, thousands of huguenots were killed in
just one night.

Francisco is right: I suspect that the early-modern German persecutions
of 'witches' is little known in the US. Among US lineage societies,
does any of the various 'descendants-of-witches' groups recognize
Continental qualifying antecedents?

I suspect the Saint-Barthélemy massacre is known among Huguenot descent
groups here in the US; are there proved lines to victims among them?

Nat Taylor

a genealogist's sketchbook:
http://home.earthlink.net/~nathanieltaylor/leaves/

my children's 17th-century American immigrant ancestors:
http://home.earthlink.net/~nathanieltay ... rantsa.htm

Jeffery A. Duvall

Re: OT Rev. Samuel George Klug, Culpeper Co., Virginia

Legg inn av Jeffery A. Duvall » 10 apr 2006 18:25:02

I think the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre is probably better known in
general, isn't it? But I agree, there probably isn't much awareness of the
sixteenth century German witch burnings here in the US -- we're too focused
on Salem.

Thanks for the heads up on "descendants-of-witches" groups, I'd no idea such
things even existed. If they are here in the United States, however, I'm
guessing they are also focused on Salem.

Jeff Duvall

P.S. My Germanna Colony families are Kemper, Utterback/Otterbach,
Weaver/Weber, Hitt, Cuntz, and Fishback/Fischbach none of which, as far as I
know, can be traced beyond the sixteenth, or late fifteenth century.

Nathaniel Taylor

Re: OT Rev. Samuel George Klug, Culpeper Co., Virginia

Legg inn av Nathaniel Taylor » 10 apr 2006 18:59:09

In article <002001c65cbb$45e827c0$64642bd1@Jeffery>,
jeffery@iquest.net ("Jeffery A. Duvall") wrote:

Thanks for the heads up on "descendants-of-witches" groups, I'd no idea such
things even existed. If they are here in the United States, however, I'm
guessing they are also focused on Salem.

Yes, it stems from the British-American witchcraft craze which brought
us the Salem trials. There is a group, "Associated Daughters of Early
American Witches,"

http://www.adeaw.us/

,

whose membership requirement is descent from one who "was accused or
tried or executed for the practice of witchcraft prior to 31 December
1699." These criteria do not mention location, but obviously the 13
colonies are intended. There is a list of official-witch ancestors,

http://www.adeaw.us/ancestors.htm

,

which is mostly Massachusetts & Connecticut, with a few New Hampshire
people, Long Islanders & a couple of Virginians.

Nat Taylor

a genealogist's sketchbook:
http://home.earthlink.net/~nathanieltaylor/leaves/

my children's 17th-century American immigrant ancestors:
http://home.earthlink.net/~nathanieltay ... rantsa.htm

John Brandon

Re: OT Rev. Samuel George Klug, Culpeper Co., Virginia

Legg inn av John Brandon » 10 apr 2006 19:22:45

whose membership requirement is descent from one who "was accused or
tried or executed for the practice of witchcraft prior to 31 December
1699." These criteria do not mention location, but obviously the 13
colonies are intended. There is a list of official-witch ancestors,

http://www.adeaw.us/ancestors.htm

I wonder who on the list is descended from the largest number of these?
I have Margaret Giffard of Mass. and William Ham of Maine (actually
New Hampshire, I believe), while Sarah (Hooper) (Hawkes) Wardwell was a
step-mother of some sort ...

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