Ancestral File Number:<AFN> FRDH-VS # # Note: Came to Virginia with the 1717colonists. The German Colony of 1717 consisted of twenty German Lutheran families from the Palatinate, Hesse, Alsace, and neighboring areas of Germany. The boat was delayed in England for several weeks when the captain was thrown in jailfor debt in London. The journey continued when the captain was finally released but supplies ran low during the long crossing and many of the passengers died. Their original plan had been to land in Pennsylvania but they were driven ashore in Virginia by storms. Due to the long delays in England the passengers were unable to pay the captain for their voyage and in return for Gov. Spotswood'spayment of their passage they became his indentured servants at Germanna wherethe colony of 1714 was established. They gained their freedom after serving eight years for Gov. Spotswood and reestablished themselves in the Robinson Riverin Orange County in 1725. This region became Culpeper County in 1748 and 1792became Madison County. Here they receive large patents of land. In 1725, Ziriakus Fleischmann returned to Germany along with Michael Cook to bring a ministerfor these "High Germans." but the effort was unsuccessful. In 1733, Rev John Caspar Stoever became their regular pastor and in 1740 the Hebron Lutheran Churchwas built.
Ancestral File Number:<AFN> FRDH-VS # # Note: Came to Virginia with the 1717colonists. The German Colony of 1717 consisted of twenty German Lutheran families from the Palatinate, Hesse, Alsace, and neighboring areas of Germany. The boat was delayed in England for several weeks when the captain was thrown in jailfor debt in London. The journey continued when the captain was finally released but supplies ran low during the long crossing and many of the passengers died. Their original plan had been to land in Pennsylvania but they were driven ashore in Virginia by storms. Due to the long delays in England the passengers were unable to pay the captain for their voyage and in return for Gov. Spotswood'spayment of their passage they became his indentured servants at Germanna wherethe colony of 1714 was established. They gained their freedom after serving eight years for Gov. Spotswood and reestablished themselves in the Robinson Riverin Orange County in 1725. This region became Culpeper County in 1748 and 1792became Madison County. Here they receive large patents of land. In 1725, Ziriakus Fleischmann returned to Germany along with Michael Cook to bring a ministerfor these "High Germans." but the effort was unsuccessful. In 1733, Rev John Caspar Stoever became their regular pastor and in 1740 the Hebron Lutheran Churchwas built.
Ancestral File Number:<AFN> FRDH-VS # # Note: Came to Virginia with the 1717colonists. The German Colony of 1717 consisted of twenty German Lutheran families from the Palatinate, Hesse, Alsace, and neighboring areas of Germany. The boat was delayed in England for several weeks when the captain was thrown in jailfor debt in London. The journey continued when the captain was finally released but supplies ran low during the long crossing and many of the passengers died. Their original plan had been to land in Pennsylvania but they were driven ashore in Virginia by storms. Due to the long delays in England the passengers were unable to pay the captain for their voyage and in return for Gov. Spotswood'spayment of their passage they became his indentured servants at Germanna wherethe colony of 1714 was established. They gained their freedom after serving eight years for Gov. Spotswood and reestablished themselves in the Robinson Riverin Orange County in 1725. This region became Culpeper County in 1748 and 1792became Madison County. Here they receive large patents of land. In 1725, Ziriakus Fleischmann returned to Germany along with Michael Cook to bring a ministerfor these "High Germans." but the effort was unsuccessful. In 1733, Rev John Caspar Stoever became their regular pastor a