Re: [GERMANNA] Glebe in German Town
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I think the reference you found refers to the German Reformed Church glebe at Germantown. One clue is that one of the neighbors is Jeremiah Darnall who acquired several of the plots belonging to the 1714 settlers. Jeremiah Darnall was a son-in-law of Hans Jacob Holtzclaw.I don't think it is the same as the Presbyterian Society mentioned in the Fauquier Co VA Minute Book.
Comments, clarification, corrections-all appreciated.
Suzanne Collins Matson
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From: "Hdanw@aol.com"
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 12:14:18 AM
Subject: [GERMANNA] Glebe in German Town
On or about 21 Dec 2008, this message appreared on this list:
The following was located in Fauquier County Va Minute Book 1768-1784:
p. 286
Indentures of Lease and Release between Josiah Holtzclaw & Susannah his wife
of the one part and Richard Chichester John Hathaway John Wright Jr James
Brient and Peter Kamper Sen Trustees for the Presbyterian Society of the other
part acknowledged by the said Josiah and Susanna (she being first privily
examined as the Law directs) to be their act and deed and with the receit on the
said Release endorsed which was also acknowledged by the said Josiah ordered
to be recorded.
The above is typed exactly as it appears in the Minute Book including
spelling, punctuation, or lack thereof.
Question:? To which Presbyterian Society or Church does this entry refer?
This minute book is also found on microfilm #31614 from the Family History
Library in Salt Lake City and is available for loan to a Family History Center.
Thanks--
Suzanne Collins Matson
My response - I believe Suzanne wrote a subsequent answer giving the date of
this document in the year 1771. (I cannot find that message presently, but
AOL is acting up--again. Wonder if all those snow storms have something to
do with that?)
I pulled down one of my books on Fauquier Co. deeds by John K. Gott and
found this entry concerning a German glebe. The following is only an abstract.
I wonder if the religion of the glebe was given in the full deed. I know
this term is used a good deal for English churches [Church of England]. Gott
used a lot of abbreviations, but I think readers can figure most of them out.
[Golly--I ended this sentence with a preposition. What will my dear old HS
English teacher think of that!!!\ Or is out a preposition?]
[Fauquier Co., Deed Bk 4] p. 178-180
22 April 1771 B & S [Bargain & Sale] Bet. Peter Hitt, Jacob Wever [sic],
Peter Kemper of Fauq. and Harman Fishback of Culp. Co. of one part and Tilman
Martin .. 24 pds.... lot ... cont. 100 A. whereon Tilman Martin now lives ..
binding on land of Charles Carter of Lan[caster] Co. and Jeremiah Darnall ..
being one of the lotts of land in the German Town formerly set apart for a
German glebe .. signed Peter (X) Hitt, Jacob Wever, Herman Fishback, Peter
Kamper. Wit: Thomas Marshall, Tilman Wever, Joseph Martin, Josiah Holtzclaw.
Rec: 24 June 1771, prov. by o[ath] of Tilman Wever, Joseph Martin & Josiah
Holtzclaw
[John K. Gott, Fauquier County, Virginia deeds 1759-1778 [Bowie, MD:
Heritage Books, 1998], p. 114)
E.W.Wallace