Susannah Moyers

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Abt 1793, Greene Co, Tennessee

Notes:

Susannah Moyer , dau of Christopher & Mary Catharine Moyer ,confirmed 7 April 1776 Hebron Lutheran Church, Madison Co. Va.

Deed Book Q p. 535
" Deed of gift from Christopher Moyer and Mary Catharine to Nathaniel Smith, son-in-law... deed dated April 16 1792 for 100 acres of land ... with life interest retained by Christopher Moyer and wife Mary Catharine" Susannah signed ]

Nathaniel and Susanna { Moyer] Smith left Madison Co. Va. after Christopher Sr. died and bought land in Greene Co. Tn. from William Brown on Big Limestone Creek 28 Feb. 1809.

children:

i. Elizabeth SMITH
ii. Solomon SMITH b. 1799
iii. Ezekiel SMITH
iv. Ann SMITH m. Christopher MILLER 14 Oct 1801
v. Julia SMITH
vi. Lucinda ( Lucy) may have m. John MOYERS , son of Adam.


Residence:
Migrated to Greene Co. TN . after the death of her parents, Christopher & Mary Catharine - about 1793/4.

Susannah married Nathaniel Smith about 1776 in Madison Co, Virginia. Nathaniel was born about 1756; died after 1809 in Greene Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Lucinda "Lucy" Smith was born about 1778; died after 1850.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Emigration: 1717, Gross Sachsenheim, Wurttemberg, Germany
• Immigration: 1717, Germanna, Orange Co, Virginia
• Property: 24 Mar 1740, St Mark Parish, Orange Co, Virginia
• Other-Begin: 24 Feb 1743, Orange Co, Virginia; road orders
• Other-Begin: 28 Jun 1745, Orange Co, Virginia; road orders

Notes:

Immigrated from Germany 1717

(from : Bryan David Hall in Ft. Hood, TX. web page

(Note: The following is included as information on Christopher as there was some land deals with the Klaar family and apparently Christopher was involved in the plight in Germany described herein, leading them to the New World.)

Hans Michael Klaar, born ca. 1687, and Maria Barbara emigrated to Virginia in 1719. Their children were baptized in Germany, Lutheran Church of Gemmingen - Wuerttemberg - Germany. Listed as godparents to the children were "Michael Grab, farmer, from here, of Reformed religion, and Anna Barbara, Hannss Wendel Schaepfer, estate farmhand, in Stetten and his wife and Agnes Margaretha, their underage daughter." Also listed in the records of Lutheran Church of Gemmingen - Wuerttemberg - Germany: "On 22 June 1713 died Hans Michael, little son of Hans Michael Klaar, local citizen and farmer, of dysentery, and he was buried the following day. At age 4 years."

Lutheran Church of Gemmingen - Wuerttemberg - Germany. The pastor wrote:
"In the Year 1717, on the 12th of July, the following listed parents, together with their children, expect to move away from here, wanting to take a ship to Pennsylvania, and there in the hardship of the wilderness better earn their piece of ad than they could here. Not just from here, however, but many people are leaving other villages as well, with the same intention.

Lorentz Bekh and his wife Anna Martha, both 40 years old
Lorentz, a little son, age 14 years, a student, took communion twice
Maria Margaretha, age 13 years, catechism student
Hans Georg, age 10 years, catechism student
Anna Catharina, age 8 years, catechism student
Hans Michael Mihlekher, and his wife Sophia Catharina, both 30 years
Anna Margaretha, a little daughter, age 7years, catechism student
Anna Catharina, age 4 years, infant
and his wife's sister
Hans Michael Klaar and his wife Maria Barbara, both 30 years old
Agnes Margaretha, a little daughter, age 5, an infant
Andreas, 4 years old, an infant
Hans Georg, age 1 1/4 years old, an infant
Matthaeus Schmidt and his wife Regina Catharina, 25 and 26 years old
Matthaeus, a little son, age 3 1/2 years old, an infant
Anna Margaretha, age 1 1/2 years old, an infant
Joseph Weber and his wife Susanna, 30 and 25 years old
Hans Dietrich, age 7 years, catechism student
Sophia, age 4 years old, an infant
Hans Michael Schmidt and Anna Margaretha, both 28 years old
Hans Michael, age 5 1/2 years old, catechism student
Christoph, age 1 1/2, an infant
his brother - and sister-in-law also went along
and 3 month later went Niclaus Hammler and Eva, his wife, both 40 years old
Niclaus, a little son, 14 years old, a communicant
Eva, 8 years old, a catechism student
Johannes, 4 years old, an infant
... 2 years old, an infant.
Heinrich Behr, an estate caretaker, 24 years old, owed some money and also was told to go at that time, with wife and children.
Christian Weber, Pastor
The Weaver (Weber) and Clore (Klaar) families were both from Gemmingen,
in Baden.

In 1714, Queen Anne sent some Germans to Virginia. They called their settlement Germanna. It lay beyond Col. Spotswood's furnace above the Falls or Rappahannock river, within view of the vast mountains.

In 1717, a number of German Lutherans had contracted Capt. Scott to carry them to Pennsylvania where they had been invited by William Penn. His ship was delayed in London for a number of months as Capt. Scott was in debtor's prison. This dexhausted their provisions, and when finally the voyage continued, many of them died from deprivation. Whether driven by storm or deliberate intention of the Captain, they were landed in Virginia. Cpt. Scott refuses to release them charging they had not paid the full costs of transportation. (Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia, 2:75; circular prepared in 1720 by the 1714 group, Reformed and 1717 group, Lutheran, to church leaders in Germany with an appeal for aid. Circular in Rare Book Room, Library of Congress. )

Johann Caspar Stoever wrote an account of their voyage. It was published by him in Hanover, Germany, in 1737: "In the year 1717 some Evangelic Lutherans from Alsace, the Palatinate and adjacent places, emigrated on account of severe opprn and went to England with the intention of going to Pennsylvania. But as the captain who had taken them on board was detained in prison in London several weeks, shortly before their departure because of his debts, a part of their victuals was consumed before they sailed, and as a result many people died of starvation during the journey, the rest were sold by the captain to Englishmen to pay for their passage..."

These 20 families from the Palatinate were forced by Governor Spotswood to serve eight years for the passage money he paid for them. He settled them at Germanna, along with the 1714 colony about 20 miles from Fredericksburg. (Keith, Arthur e, The German Colony of 1717, William and Mary Quarterly, Series I, 26:189 to 199 & 245).

Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents, 1695-1732
(Richmond, VA: Virginia State Library, 1979) III:412, by Nell Nugent notes Governor Spotswood's importation of 48 people, which matches closely with Gemmingen's church records, when on 12 July 1717 Hans Michael Klaar and his wife Maria Barbara, both 30 years old, Agnes Margaretha, a little daughter, age 5, an infant Andreas, 4 years old, an infant Hans Georg, age 1 1/4 years old, an infant left for the New World.

George M. Smith notes in this Hebron Church Register translation: "Although a number of the surviving passengers were 'scattered through their servitude', as the Frankfurt newspaper reported in 1720, it becomes evident from later court rehat Spotswood was the master of most of them. As the year went by and the governor made no move for their release, the immigrants grew restless. They were not altogether without contact with the outside world. Their best friend was an adventurer and ex-officer of St. Gallen, Switzerland, Jacob Christoph Zollikoffer, who had a trading post on the Rappahannock. When Zollikoffer went to Europe in 1719 he combined his business trip with a collection tour for the Germanna settlers. His appeals were published in Germany.

Just before he left on his trip, the miners of 1714 had begun to become impatient with their lot at Spotswood's mercy and were looking for land of their own. Col. Spotswood, no longer governor by 1723, sued several of them for breach of co. When the dissatisfaction spread, more than 25 Germans were arrested. Michael Koch and Zacharias Fleischmann sent a petition to the Council in Williamsburg detailing their grievances. Although they had prevailed on Spotswood to furnish them with a copy of the covenant made with them when they arrived in Virginia, he refused to do so. The justices owed them a lawyer for their defense. After lengthy battles in a prejudiced court, compromise agreements were finally reached in most cases. Three cases were dismissed altogether.

In 1724, Michael Clore was successful in his suit, as he agreed to pay the cost of transportation. The others had to serve another year to complete their eight years.

In 1725, upon completion of their eighth years, many of the Germans moved to crown lands in the Robinson River valley, where they were later joined by others who had arrived directly in Virginia in 1719 and 1720. At the same time, some ofr number went back to Germany to solicit funds for a church and to inform relatives of their new settlement. From time to time, newcomers arrived via Pennsylvania. They built Hebron church. Slowly a thriving community evolved. The memory of the trials of the immigrant generation, however, was still so much alive with later generations that they were recited in the 1786 petition of the 'German Congregation of the County of Culpeper to the President and Delegates of the Convention of the Commonwealth of Virginia: 'Our Fathers who lived under an Arbitrary Prince in Germany .. ventured their lives and fortunes to come into a land of Liberty from a European Egypt to an American Canaan, to enjoy those sweets of Freedom, which God created for all Men. '

Cpt. Scott's passengers did not come from any confined area in Germany. They represent the geographical mix that was to become so frequent of emigrants ships: people from various sections boarded ships as they became available. Zacharias nbuechler and Hans Thomas came from territories under the secular jurisdiction of the Bishop of Speyer, Johann Zimmermann's hometown appears as Saltzfeld, Germany. Conrad Breul was one of the many Wuerttembergers whose departure caused concern to the Ducal authorities. Hans Motz and wife Maria Appolonia left Bonfeld near Heilbronn, where they had married the previous year. Nikolaus Jaeger was from Wickersbach in Hesse, but his son Adam was born near Duesseldorf in the Dukedom of Neuberg. The composition of the next shipload of immigrants who arrived in January 1719 was similar. Many were from Wuerttemberg, others from the Electorate of Mainz. Their names appear in the Hebron records: Oehler, Walk, Wieland, Uhl, Wilheit, Manspeil...
Michael Clore played a leadership role in the German community. Along with George Utz. Michael Clore became a large land owner in this settlement. In 1726, he obtained a patent for 400 acres on the Robinson River. Criglersville, Madison Co, Virginia is located on the western part of this land. (Virginia Land Office, Patent Book 12:477).

In 1728, on September 28, Michael Clawre and John Clawre obtained 698 acres adjoining Michael Clawre's former patent. (Virginia Land Office, Patent Book 13:391).
       
On 3 June 1729, on petition of Michael Clore to have the road cleared from Mr. John Lightfoot's plantation into Germanna Road, and to have more hands added to their gang with another overseer was granted.

In 1730, on petition of Michael Clore and Georg Wood (Utz) for themselves and the rest of the Germans, the court is asked that they be free and exempted from all road work except the road from Smith's Island to the main road that goes to Gera Ferry, 2 March 1730. Petition was granted.

On Feb. 5, 1733, on petition of George Utz in behalf of themselves, and the rest of the Germans to have the road that Michael Clore is overseer of divided. His petition was continued again on 6 March 1733. It was rejected on 2 April 1734.

In 1734, Michael Clore and George Utz signed the bond of Susanna Creagler as admin. of Jacob Creagler, deceased on 3 April 1734.

In 1735, on May 20," Michael Claure's land being 698 acres for which he has taken out a patent on his own and his son John Claur's name is divided between him the said Michael Claure and his son John Claure. ... the upper part being 400 acres appropriated for John Claure and the lower one being 298 acres to Michael Claure.' ( Orange Co. Deed book 1:32)

On 20 August 1740, Michael Clore bought 197 acres at a sheriff's sale which he sold on 21 August 1745 to Timothy Terrell.

22 August 1744, Michael Clore bought from CHRISTOPHER and CATHERINE MOYER 300 acres on the north side of Robinson River. This land Michael Glore and wife Barbara Glore sold to George Glore 'for natural love' 15 Nov. 1750. (Orange Co. DB 97-199: Indenture 21 Aug 1744 between CHRISTOPHER MOYER, Saint Mark's Parish,Orange Co., and Michel Clore of same .. deed of lease and release .. payment of L37 .. for 300 a. on north side of Robinson River .. it being part of a patent of GEORGE MOYER.. 28 Sept. 1728,
Witnesses : William Henderson, George (X) Moyer, Michel (X) Moyer
Christopher (X) Moyer (seal)
Recorded in Orange Co. 27 Sept. 1744 Catherine, wife of sd. Christopher examined privately.

There were several other land purchases by Michael Clore.

Michael Clore was warden of the Hebron Lutheran Church from 1733-34. On 24 September 1734, Michael Clore was paid for two quarts of brandy which he provided for use at the raising of the minister's house.

In 1747, Georg Clore was appointed overseer of the highway from the German Ridge path to Tennant's old field, and Michael Russell, Courtly Broyl, Courtly Slaughter, Courtly Delp, Lawrance Crease, Timothy Swidle, Michael Utz, Peter Weaver,as Rouce, Jacob Brouzy, and the male laboring tithables belonging to William Lynn under Joseph Eddens were ordered to work with Clore and obey him in clearing and keeping the road in repair, 29 May 1747 (Spotsylvania Co., VA court order book, 1747, p. 152.)

On Sept. 19, 1751, the court appointed Peter Weaver guarding of Michael Clore, son and heir of George Clore, deceased. (Culpeper Co. VA will book A, p. 41-4)

The church account belonging to the Evangelical Lutheran congregation in Spotsylvania County Virginia kept by Andrew Kercher, was recorded at Orange Co., VA 28 Dec. 1738. Church wardens John Casper Stover, minister, Michael Cook, Michae, Michael Clore, and Hans Georg Utz sign.

The Reverend Stoever, Michael Holt, and Michael Smith from the Germanna Colony were allowed to return to Germany to get some relief and assistance toward the building of a church and the maintenance of a minister. The voyage was successft the Rev. Stoever died during the return and was buried at sea. His son Johann Caspar Stoever, Jr. was executor of his will and a dispute arose of the disposition of the money raised. 7 pounds, 3 shillings were recovered in 1740. On 29 August 1740, a letter of thanks was sent to their benefactors in Germany and was signed by George Samuel Klug, pastor, Michael Cook, Michael Smith, Michael Holt, Michael Clore and George Utz.

Much of the land the Germans owned in Virginia was on land owned by Lord Fairfax. In 1749, Jost Hite brought suit against Fairfax, initiating decades of legal battles, which ended in 1786 in favor of Hite. But this time was overshadowed bcurities of land titles, which was a factor for many Germans to seek land elsewhere.

The Moravians sent missionaries to the Virginia settlements, in Nov. 1744, Leonard Schnell, a Moravian itinerant, 'came to a German innkeeper, Jost Hayd, a rich man, well known in this region. He was the first settler there, ' (on Opequon)ver also got large land grants, and many Germans followed him from Pennsylvania to Virginia. They heard of good and plentiful land in the South, and the Moravian leader Frederick Marshall observed, when he saw wagon after wagon roll by: 'The migrations of men are like the movements of a flock of sheep. Where one goes, the flock follows without knowing why.' (The Records of the Moravians.)

Klaus Wust mentions in his book, 'The Virginia Germans' that the Stoevers, father and son, where among the earliest wandering parsons. Johann Caspar Stoever visited the Germans in North Carolina and Virginia and in 1733 was accepted as the rent pastor by the Germans on Robinson River. His son was the first German clergyman to officiate in the Shenandoah Valley. In 1734, he was in the Massanutten colony, later in Opequon.

Often, the people in Virginia were without a clergy, and the Moravian Brotherhood at Bethlehem Pennsylvania sent missionaries. In 1742, John Pyrlaeus made a brief tour of the back settlements, from 1743 to 1744, they sent Leonard Schnell, aained Lutheran minister who had joined the Moravians, and Robert Hussey, an Englishman. They went to every settlement where Germans lived, from Opequon and the Shenandoah to the Piedmont colonies (Germanna) to Sinking Creek and the New River.

Matthias Gottschalk came in the spring of 1748. Reverend Klug, the clergy of the Germanna colonists, did not like the Moravians, and had made every effort to discredit them. His blasts against the Moravian itinerants, whose visits were ched by so many Germans in the colony brought the meaning of dissent home to many of them. Due to the Moravian visits, Pastor Klug traveled to Pennsylvania to seek the advice of Pastor Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, the recently appointed head of the Lutheran church there. At almost the same time, Lawrence Washington attempted to enlist German settlers for the western area granted to the Ohio Company. The Moravian bishop Joseph Spangenberg came in 1748 through Virginia. (Wust, The Virginia Germans).

Notes
Barbara was still alive on 15 Nov. 1750, when Michael Clore and Barbara his wife of St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper Co. transferred to George Clore, son of Michael and Barbara, of same for the natural love and affection 300 a. in St. Mark's Parin the north side of the Robinson River, being part of a tract of land out of a patent granted to GEORGE MOYER 28 Sept. 1728 .. north side of Robinson River.

1739 Christopher Moyers (no number of tithables listed) - tithables Orange Co, John MIckell pricinct

Immigration:
The 1717 Colony from the Kraichgau of Baden and Württemberg, as well as some from the Rhineland Pfalz (Palatinate) settled first across the Rapidan River from Fort Germanna, then from 1725 to 1727 began to move to the Robinson River Valley in present day Madison County and patent land in their own names.

Majer/Moyer, George, and wife Anna Barbara; children: Christoph(er), John Melchior/Michael, Maria Susanna, Barbara Catherina from: Gross Sachsenheim
http://www.germanna.org/original_settlers

Property:
Gift Deed of 300 acres from father George Moyer.


Other-Begin:
24 February 1743, O.S. p. 54
On ye Petition of Wm Edins Christopher Moyer etc for a Road to be Layd off from Longs ford to Tenants old field The same is allowed & Ordered that the same Eddins & Moyer view and Lay off the same & make return to ye next Court.
(pg 105)
ORANGE COUNTY ROAD ORDERS 1734-1749
by Ann Brush Miller
Research Historian
Orange County Historical Society
http://www.virginiadot.org/vtrc/main/online_reports/pdf/85-r2.pdf

Other-Begin:
28 June 1745, O.S. p. 370
William Eddings and Christopher Moyers having in Obedience to an Order of Court made the 24th Day of Feby 1743 Viewed the way from Long?s ford to Tenant?s Old Field made their
Report in these words (to wit) ?February the 28th Day 1744 the Petitioners are agreed that the Road shall go from the old German Mill Path on the River at Long?s Ford and so to Tenant?s Old Field.? William Eddings, Christopher Moyer?. whereupon it is ordered that the said Road from henceforth be Established a Publick Road and William Eddins is hereby appointed Overseer of the same and it is ordered that he clear the said Road and make Bridges thereon where required and it is Further Ordered that Conrad Delf Conrad Slaughter George Long George Clore Michael Utz Frederick Bumgardner Lawrance Creese Courtney Broyl & Timothy Swindle and their respective hands do assist and help to Labour and work on the said Road and Observe the said Overseer’s Orders and Directions in clearing the same and when cleared to keep the same in Repair and the same Eddins to set up Posts of
Directions where necessary according to Law.
(pg 120-121)
ORANGE COUNTY ROAD ORDERS 1734-1749
by Ann Brush Miller
Research Historian
Orange County Historical Society
http://www.virginiadot.org/vtrc/main/online_reports/pdf/85-r2.pdf

Christopher* married Maria* Catharina Vogt (Vaught), (immigrant) about 1739 in Virginia. Maria* (daughter of Johann* Paulus Vogt (Vaught), (immigrant) and Maria* Catharina (..) Vogt, (immigrant)) was born in 1717 in Germany; died in 1793. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1733, "Charming Betty" from London, England
• Emigration: 11 Oct 1733

Notes:

She was 16 years of age when she arrived in 1733.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Emigration: 1717, Gross Sachsenheim, Wurttemberg, Germany; ship "Scott"
• Immigration: 1717, Germanna, Orange Co, Virginia; ship "Scott"

Notes:

(Note: 1683-1820 This emigration was largely caused by religious persecutions following from the changes wrought by the Thirty Years War, and by economic hardship. Many were Protestants from the Palantinate area of Germany)

Name also spelled: Majer
3 Feb 1708 is christening date. Birth date not known.
1717 Germanna, Virginia, immigrant

Listed in Frederick Co Will Book:
a Stephen Moyers, d 3/ April 1797, children John, Elizabeth, Catherine; Exr: Jacob. Will book 6, p 257-158
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This emigrants left their villages in southern Germany (Baden and Württemberg) about 12 Jul 1717 enroute for Pennsylvania by way of London. Starvation took the lives of several of the passengers (probably 50 people perished, most of them children) who had been swindled by their captain who was retained in London. The ship held about 138 passengers and did not land in Pennsylvania but to Virginia where the passengers were sold as indentured servants to Governor Spotswood.
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The Second Germanna Colony of 1717
The second group left Germany via. London to Pennsylvania 12 Jul 1717. Rather than land in Pennsylvania, the captain (Captain Scott) brought his approximately 100 German passengers to Virginia. There as payment for their passage the captain sold the immigrants as indentured servants to Governor Spotswood after confiscating their belongings. Spotswood held them longer than was customary for indentured servants. This group settled in Spotsylvania County, Virginia where Governor Spotswood's mansion house and land was located. All of the families that came with this group appear to have been from the northern (Protestant) Baden-Württemberg region of Germany
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From: "cathibeth ."
To: ; ; "SC Posner"
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 9:49 PM
Subject: [MOYER] Hans Moyer

Could this be our Pennsylvania Immigrant???

From

NOTES and QUERIES
HISTORICAL and GENEALOGICAL
CHIEFLY RELATING TO
INTERIOR PENNSYLVANIA

EDITED BY
WILLIAM HENRY EGLE, M.D.

FIRST AND SECOND SERIES
IN TWO VOLUMES
VOLUME I

PAGE 306

(second paragraph)

Hans Moyer purchased, 10th February, 1719, three hundred acres of land on Conestoga creek, from John Farrer, to whom it was warranted 2d August, 1716. Moyer subsequently died, leaving children:

i John
ii Jacob
iii Onela, m. Jacob Kendig.
iv Elizabeth, m. Henry Musselman.
v Mary, m. John Shank, who for the sum of (pound)75, deeded the same to Casper Loughman on the 25th December, 1739.

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The November issue of Beyond Germanna went in the mail yesterday. This is the closing number in the ninth volume, which now makes fifty-four issues (of ten pages each) that have been published.

In this issue, Nancy Dodge has a short article in the lead position which discusses aspects of the lawsuit brought by Alexander Spotswood against George Moyer, early Germanna colonist. William and Christopher Beverley had testified on behalf of Spotswood against George Moyer. Their testimony is not given which had left open the question of why they testified. Nancy uses the known history of the Second Colony to show that George Moyer had probably had his transportation paid by Robert Beverley who had been a partner with Spotswood in the enterprise which utilized the services of the members of the Second Colony. Thus George Moyer's position as a 1717 colonist is strengthened (he had not appeared on Spotswood's headright list).
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Immigration:
The 1717 Colony from the Kraichgau of Baden and Württemberg, as well as some from the Rhineland Pfalz (Palatinate) settled first across the Rapidan River from Fort Germanna, then from 1725 to 1727 began to move to the Robinson River Valley in present day Madison County and patent land in their own names.

Majer/Moyer, George, and wife Anna Barbara; children: Christoph(er), John Melchior/Michael, Maria Susanna, Barbara Catherina from: Gross Sachsenheim
http://www.germanna.org/original_settlers

story as related by Christie Myers, Rootsweb Administrator for the MOYERS Newsgroup
found posted in Ancestry.

(comment: Her memory had some of the lineage and marriages mixed up, but basically a good write up.

Regarding poor Hans Georg MAJER /MOYER,
one of those that were part of the Culpeper, later Madison County; 2nd Germanna Colony, in Virginia; as he sat in an England port on the ship "Scott", while the Shipmaster sat in a prison cell, unreleased till he paid his debts to England. He did, using Hans George MAJER/MOYER and other passengers fares that were suppose to be used for the passage into North America. As they sat on this ship in England they had not choice but to begin to use their supplies, that were suppose to get them across the great Atlantic Ocean. They literally fought off starvation and it is believed that his wife Anna HENN died on the trip here.
This ship was suppose to land in PA, it did not, but rather they were detoured into VA where they took over the colony that was left behind from the first group of in Germanna. Because the Capt. of this ship spent their money paying his own debts in England, Hans Georg MOYER was forced into "indenture" for at least 7 if not 10 years. Records not in front of me as I type this from memory. He did fight in courts, but was an honorable man with many crosses to bear and made it through and eventually he migrated Into Greene Co., TN

Hans* married Anna Babara* Landis (?), (Immigrant) about 1700 in Gross Sachsenheim, Wurttemberg, Germany. Anna was born about 1674 in Germany; died after 1720 in of, Germanna, Orange Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Emigration: 1717, Gross Sachsenheim, Wurttemberg, Germany
• Immigration: 1717, Germanna, Orange Co, Virginia

Notes:

Name:
her maiden name might have been Landis. But I've only seen it online once and no references or sources.

Immigration:
The 1717 Colony from the Kraichgau of Baden and Württemberg, as well as some from the Rhineland Pfalz (Palatinate) settled first across the Rapidan River from Fort Germanna, then from 1725 to 1727 began to move to the Robinson River Valley in present day Madison County and patent land in their own names.

Majer/Moyer, George, and wife Anna Barbara; children: Christoph(er), John Melchior/Michael, Maria Susanna, Barbara Catherina from: Gross Sachsenheim
http://www.germanna.org/original_settlers

Notes:

Married:
Anna Barbara____
[Orange Co. Court 26 Mar 1748 - The wife of George MOYER is named as ANNA BARBARA MOYER]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1733, "Charming Betty" from London, England
• Emigration: 11 Oct 1733
• Property: 1735, Deep Run, Orange Co (now Madison Co), Virginia

Notes:

Information on this family came from:
Dorothy A. Boyd-Rush, PhD
Graduate School
James Madison University
Mail Code 1003
Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807
(540) 568-6131
fax: (540) 568-6266
boydruda@imu.edu

See: Beyond Germanna, Vol 2, No. 4, pg 98 for an article on John Paul Gogt by Helen Spurlin, 1377, Diamond Springs, California 95619. She actually wrote a three-part article on the Vogt/Faught family, Vol. 2, Nos. 2 & 3.
John Paul Vogt and his family (wife and four children) arrived on 11 Oct 1733 on the "Charming Betty" and moved into the Valley of Virginia about 1744. He proved his importation in Orange Co, O.B. 1, 15 July 1735, pg 25. He was granted 640 es of land on Dep Run, a branch of the Robinson River in what is now Madison Co, Virginia.
He later sold the land to William Cave and moved to Massanutten Mountain area and patented land on the North River of the Shenandoah, 20 Sep 1745. His will is dated 9 Oct 1759 and probated 18 Aug 1761.
He lived in the part of Augusta which later became Rockingham Co, Virginia. He was 53 yhears of age when he arrived.
One of his daughters married a Christian Clements. They were the parents of three known children: Gasper born about 1746 who died in Rockingham Co; John; and Maria Catherine who married a George Trout who was a grandson of David Trout. r son was David Trout and he later married Susannah Whetzel in Rockingham Co, 29 Sep 1787.
His place of birth and that of his sons was provided by Lisa Waldman, aldman1@genie.geis.com (1955). She also indicated that she is not really certain that it was Frankfurt.
His descendants spelled the name as Vogt, Vot, Faut, Faught, Fought, Wacht, Wocht, and Nacht.
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tended to spell the surname as VOGT although it was also often spelled VAUGHT. There was an Andrew VOGT taking communion at Brickersville Lutheran Church in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1772 and 1773. Six of his sons were with him iontgomery County, Virginia in 1790 according to a number of entries in Netti Shreiner-Yantis' Montgomery County, Virginia - Circa 1790: A Comprehensive Study - including the 1789 Tax Lists, Abstracts of Over 800 Land Surveys, and Data Concerning Migrations, p.p., 1972.
The following VOGT/VAUGHT names appear on the Tax List of Montgomery County, Virginia, 1782: Andrew (Senior or Junior?), Chrisley, David, Gasper, George, Henry, and John.

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http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mvyoung1/jpvaught/d1217.htm

(Pp. 1-3, from MS, Feb. 1, 1994, by Helen Spurlin, now deceased, tentatively titled "Moving in on the Cherokees" or "Neighbors to the Cherokees".)
JOHN PAUL VAUGHT SECTION 1. FIRST GENERATION INTO AMERICA

John Paul Vaught
John Paul Vaught (Johan Paulus Vogt) was born circa 1680 in Frankfurt, Germany. "The Virginia Germans" by Klaus Wust (2nd printing), page 50 with a reference to the year of 1744, has " 'John Bum Fardner' (no doubt Hans Baumgartner), 'native of Risenbach', took his Oath. With him was John Paul Vogt of Frankfurt and Andrew Vogt of 'Carlsbad in Germany' became subjects." When anyone took their Oath at the capitol of Virginia, which was Williamsburg in the early 1770's, it was required that they state their place of birth. (see p???)
A descendant, Chester Vaught, reported that it was a family tradition that John Paul came from Luckenberg, Germany. This small village is near Thalfang which is between Trier and Cochem and near the Mosel River. Luckenberg is too small to have a church or to appear on most maps. Any church records would be with those of Thalfang. Dr. Helmut Hilgenfeld, a priest and a local historian in Thalfang, Germany, did not find any Vogts in the records there. Dr. Hilgenfeld stated that, in his opinion, John Paul Vogt could have been a stranger to the district. Strangers were not allowed into the district by the Bishop of Trier who was the small Lord in charge. However, a few millers were allowed in. As strangers the millers had no rights. For example, they could not hold land. This could be one reason that John Paul Vogt emigrated. The fact that John Paul was from Frankfort and later from Carlsbad, supports the opinion of Dr. Hilgenfeld that John Paul was a stranger to Luckenberg.
John Paul was married to Maria Catherina some time between 1704 and 1714. She was also known as Catherina Margret. Catherina, Catharina, or Katrina are German spellings of Catherine as Maria is the German spelling of Mary, Margret is the German spelling of Margaret, and Andreas is the German spelling of Andrew. Their children were Catherine Margret, Mary Catherine, John Andrew, and John Casper. (See doc pp ???) The "Charming Betty" out of London, John Ball Master, arrived in Philadelphia, PA on 11 October 1733 and had Johan Vogt 53, Andreas Vogt 12, Casper Vogt 8, Maria Vogt 46, Catherina Vogt 18, and Maria Vogt 16. (Source----"Pensylvania German Pioneers" Vol 42, pp 134-136.) German names on the roster were Katner, Meakle, Gruber, Vogt, Leebegoot, Spag, Burger, Imler, Stoker, and Heltsell. The only German name on the ship roster that was later associated with John Paul Vogt was "Burger".
Spellings for the Vogt name in the old records include Vaught, Vought, Vault, Vaut, Vot, Faut, Faught, Fought, Fog't, Full, Wacht, Waught, Waugh, Wocht, Nacht, Bellfaught, etc.
John Paul and his family arrived in Philadelphia in Oct. 1733. By Jan 1735, John had his first land patent. From Oct. 1733 to Jan 1735 he arrived at, settled on, and probably built a home on, his land in an area of German settlement in the Northern Neck of Orange County, VA. Much of the land in the Great Fork between the Rappahannock and Rapidan Rivers in what is today Madison and Culpeper Counties, VA, was settled by Germans. John Paul's patent for 640 acres of land in Orange County, VA was recorded in Jan. 1735. John Paul's land adjoined that of Christian Clements. (see map p ???) Christian's land was on Deep Run and was patented 21 Nov. 1734, a few months before John Paul got his patent. Both John's and Christian's land would today be in Madison County, VA near the Culpeper County line and on State Route 609. The road was originally Bloodworth's trail, the Bloodworth's Road, and then State Route 609. Neighboring land owners were John Hufman, Capt. Robert Green, Capt. Henry Fields, Jr., Mr. Thornton, Capt. Benjamin Roberts, Thomas Kenerly, Josph Bloodworth (Bloodworth's land was later Capt. Roan's), Samuel Coleman, Conrade Amberger, and Doct Tennant.
Christian Clements married one of John Paul's daughters, probably Catherine Margret, since Christian's wife was often referred to as Catherine. The marriage probably took place before the move to the Great Valley, perhaps as early as 1735. John Paul may have attended the Hebron Lutheran Church which is still in use in Madison County, VA.
John Paul Vaught and his wife Mary Catherine sold 170 acres, part of his original patent, to William Caul on 7 Jul. 1744. John Paul also sold 470 acres, the rest of the patent, in 1744 to John Thomas for 5 schillings. John Paul may have moved to the area of the Masanutten Mountain between Jul. 1744 and October 1744. John patented 400 acres of land on a north draft of the North River of the Shenandoah 20 Sept. 1745. This was the 400 acres that he "purchased" from David Logan in 1744. John Paul lived near to John Baumgartner on the North River. (see Chalkley item 5 below) (see map p ???) Christian Clements patented land on the SE side of the South River of the Shenandoah 25 Sept. 1746. In 1749 John Paul Vaught and Christian Clements had a survey run on land on South River. (see Chalkley item 6 below)
The year that John Paul Vaught moved to the Great Valley of VA, 1744, a peace treaty between the germans and the Indians took place at a spring that is now in the courtyard of Friedens Church. A log cabin was built on the edge of John Paul's land and next to the spring in 1744. It was used as a church by two denominations, the Lutherans and the Congregationalists. The church was named for the peace treaty, "Friedens Kirke" or "Church of Peace". In 1749 this church and its records burned. Another church was built in 1750. This one was rebuilt in 1762 and is still in use today. The church records from 1750 to 1785 are missing but it is believed that they still exist. Some day they may be released to the local Historical Society. Many birth dates for the granchildren of John Paul will be in these baptismal records. All of John Paul's granchildren by his two sons were born in the Friedens Church valley.
John Paul died in 1761 at his home twn miles from Harrisonburg in the Shenandoah Valley. When he moved there, the county was Orange. When he died there, the county was Augusta. Today the county is Rockingham. John Paul's will was dated 9 Oct. 1759 and was proved 18 Aug. 1761. His estate sale and appraisal was dated 10 Sept. 1761. (see Chalkley items 1 and 2 below) Besides his sons Andrew and Gaspar, only one daughter, the one who married Christian Clements, is mentioned in John's will. It is therefore assumed that the other daughter died without issue prior to Oct. 1759, the date of John's will.

per Jim Wilhite (GEnie J.Wilhite) 20 March 1994: from "Virginia Germans" book (paraphrasing):
"The naturalization process had a requirement for residency for seven years prior to application. Upon taking a prescribed oath before a judge, a foreign-born Protestant (German Catholics were excluded from coming to the English Colonies) was granted the same rights as any other natural-born subject of Great Britain enjoyed ... In 1744 'John Bum Gardner' (Hans Baumgartner), 'native of Risenbach' took his oath. With him John Paul VOGT of Frankfurt and Andrew VOGT of 'Carlsbad in Germany' became subjects... In October 1745, Tobias and John WILHOID from the Electorate of Mainz were naturalized."
.....VAUGHT is not specifically listed in the book ...VOGT is the only variation shown.

Immigration:
John Paul and Mary Catharine VOGT and their 4 children , Catharine Margaret age 18, Maria Catharina age 16, Andreas age 12 and Caspar age 8 came to America on the " Charming Betty" in the year 1733. John Paul proved his importation in 1735.
(Nancy Dodge,
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/MOYERS/2000-09/0969220429

Property:
John Paul proved his importation in 1735 and deeded 640 acres of land in what is now Madison Co. Va. about 2 & 3 miles north of George Moyer's land on Deep Run. His closest neighbor , Christian Clements married John Paul's dau.,
Catharine Margaret.
(Nancy Dodge,
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/MOYERS/2000-09/0969220429

Johann* married Maria* Catharina (..) Vogt, (immigrant) before 1714 in Germany. Maria* was born in 1687 in Germany; died after 1735. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1733, "Charming Betty" from London, England
• Emigration: 11 Oct 1733

Notes:

She was 46 years of age when she arrived in 1733.

Notes:

Killed in 1693 during French invasion of Germany

Hans* married Anna* Henn on 31 May 1668 in Gross Sachsenheim, Wurttemberg, Germany. Anna* was born about 1648; died after 1675 in Gross Sachsenheim, Wurttemberg, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

possible parents are Martin and Catherine Henn

Notes:

Married:
The marriage record of Hans( Johann) MAYER ( who m. Anna HENN) states that he was a native of " Retschen" Switzerland. There is no village by that name in Switzerland, but there is a Raterschen. In a report for DODGE # 178933,"Linages" researchers were able to go back for two generations.
(From: PNDodge@aol.com
Subject: [MOYERS] Cont-1717 Germanna Va. Colonists, George & Barbara MOYER
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 15:53:49 EDT