John Duncan’s and
Elizabeth Holtzclaw’s
German Ancestry
Most
information on these families comes from B. C. Holtzclaw’s Ancestry and
Descendents of the Nassau-Siegen Immigrants to Virginia, 1714-1750. One can not say too much about this book and
Mr. Holtzclaw’s research.
In 1714 a colony of German emigrants was
established in Germanna, Virginia. What
distinguished this group was their common point of origin in the Nassau-Siegen
area of Germany. Over the next 35
years, more emigrants from this region of Germany came to Germanna, Virginia.
Mr.
Holtzclaw has traced the ancestry of 22 of the Nassau-Siegen families back many
generations. He has traveled to Germany
and been in contact with the German relatives of these colonists. Among
their sources are the parish and guild records.
This book and others have
been published by The Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies. You may visit their website, http://www.germanna.org/ ,
for a history of the colony and a list of their publications.
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