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18.  Johannes HOLTZKLAU (4985); born 1637 in Weidenau, Nassau-Siegen, Germany and christened Mar 22, 1637;[1] married Margreth Bracht (5319) May 17, 1664 in Krombach, Nassau-Siegen, Germany;[2] died after 1706.[3]

 

     Margreth BRACHT (5319) was born circa 1640.[4]

     Children of Johannes Holtzklau (4985) and Margreth Bracht (5319) both born in Krombach, Nassau-Siegen, Germany, were as follows:

         30.        i.    Anna Christina (5320); born 1668 and christened Nov 8, 1668 at Krombach.[5]

         31.        ii.    Agnes (5321); born 1670 and christened Dec 4, 1670 at Krombach.[6]

 

 

20.  Johann HOLTZKLAU (4991); born 1640 in Weidenau, Nassau-Siegen, Germany and christened Sunday, the 8th day before Ascension Day, at Weidenau; married Demuth Velten (5311) 1661; died circa 1705 in Weidenau, Nassau-Siegen, Germany.[7]

     He was a hammersmith in the Guild of Smelterers and Hammersmiths on April 9, 1656 in Weidenau, Nassau-Siegen, Germany.[8] He began military service in 1679 at Fickenhuetten iron-works settlement, Weidenau, Nassau-Siegen, Germany, a member of the militia.[9]

 

     Demuth VELTEN (5311) was born circa 1640.[10]

     Children of Johann Holtzklau (4991) and Demuth Velten (5311) all born in the Fickenhuetten iron-works settlement, Weidenau, Nassau-Siegen, Germany, were as follows:

         32.        i.    Marg Elsbeth (5312); born 1661 and christened Cantate Sunday.[11]

         33.        ii.    Tillmann (5313); born 1663 and christened Laetare Sunday; died after 1724 in Weidenau, Nassau-Siegen, Germany.[12]

     He began military service in 1691 in Weidenau, Nassau-Siegen, Germany, a Lance-corporal in the militia.[13]  In 1708 at Weidenau, Nassau-Siegen, Germany, he claimed indemnity for damages done by the imperial troops at the time of the troubles connected with the deposition of the tyrant Prince William Hyacinth in 1707.[14] He was a member of the Guild of Smelterers and Hammersmiths before 1724 at the Muesenershuetten iron-works, Weidenau, Nassau-Siegen, Germany.[15]

         34.      iii.    Barba (5314); born 1665 and christened the 16th Sunday after Trinity.[16]

         35.       iv.    Maria (5315); born 1670 and christened Reminiscere Sunday.[17]

         36.       v.    Hermann (5316); born 1672 and christened Jun 27, 1672.[18]

         37.       vi.    Johannes (5317); born 1673 and christened the 16th Sunday after Trinity; died after 1724 in Weidenau, Nassau-Siegen, Germany.[19]

     He was a member of the Guild of Smelterers and Hammersmiths at the Muesenershuetten iron-works, Weidenau, Nassau-Siegen, Germany.[20]   In 1708 in Weidenau, Nassau-Siegen, Germany, he claimed indemnity for damages done by the imperial troops at the time of the troubles connected with the deposition of the tyrant Prince William Hyacinth in 1707.[21]

         38.     vii.    Matthias (5318); born 1676 and christened Laetare Sunday.[22]

 

 

24.  Hans Henrich “John Henry” HOLTZKLAU (4957); born 1647 in Weidenau, Nassau-Siegen, Germany and christened Oculi Sunday (March), 1647; married Gertrud Solbach (4958), daughter of Johann Solbach (5069) and Elisabeth Patt (5070), 1665/66 in Germany; died August, 1711 in Oberfischbach, Siegen, Germany and buried Aug 25, 1711 in Oberfischbach.[23]

     He was a hammersmith in  the Guild of Smelters and Hammersmiths in 1663/64 in Weidenau, Nassau-Siegen, Germany.[24] He was a Schoolmaster between 1667 and 1670 at Trupbach, Nassau-Siegen, Germany.[25] He was a Schoolmaster between 1671 and 1680 at Krombach, Nassau-Siegen, Germany.[26] He was Schoolmaster after 1681 in Trupbach, Nassau-Siegen, Germany.[27]

 

     Gertrud SOLBACH (4958) was born in 1644 (of Trupach, Nassau-Siegen, Germany) and christened Oct 30, 1644. She died after 1683 in Trupach, Germany.[28]

     Children of Hans Henrich Holtzklau (4957) and Gertrud Solbach (4958) were as follows:

+       39.        i.    Anna Catharina (4961), born 1667 in Trupbach, Nassau-Siegen, Germany; married Johann Jung (5333).

+       40.        ii.    Johannes (4966), born 1670 in Trupbach, Nassau-Siegen, Germany; married Agnes Catharina Loebericht (5337).

         41.      iii.    Anna Margaretha (4967); born 1672 in Krombach, Nassau-Siegen, Germany and christened Apr 8, 1672 at Krombach, Germany; died May 5, 1672 in Krombach, Nassau-Siegen, Germany.[29]

         42.       iv.    Christina (4968); born circa 1673 in Krombach, Nassau-Siegen, Germany and christened at Krombach Mar 16, 1673.[30]

         43.       v.    Johann Hermann (4959); born 1674 in Krombach, Nassau-Siegen, Germany and christened at Krombach on Aug 9, 1674.[31]

         44.       vi.    Guetje “Guda” (4963); born 1676 in Krombach, Nassau-Siegen, Germany and christened at Krombach Feb 20, 1676.[32]

         45.     vii.    Thoeniges “Anton”(4964); born 1678 in Krombach, Nassau-Siegen, German and christened at Krombach on Apr 28, 1678.[33]

         46.     viii.    Caspar (4960); born 1679 in Krombach, Nassau-Siegen, German and christened at Krombach Nov 2, 1679. Twin of Johann Henrich Holtzklau.[34]

         47.       ix.    Johann Heinrich (4962); born 1679 in Krombach, Nassau-Siegen, Germany and christened Nov 2, 1679 at Krombach.  Twin of Caspar Holtzklau.[35]

         48.       x.    Clara (4965); born 1681 in Trupbach, Nassau-Siegen, Germany and christened at Siegen the 6th Sunday after Trinity.[36]

+       49.       xi.    Hans Jacob (4948), born 1683 in Trupbach, Nassau-Siegen, Germany; married Anna Margarethe Otterbach (4949); married Catherine ? (5068).

 

 

26.  Johann Heinrich HOLTZKLAU (4986); born 1651/52 in Weidenau, Nassau-Siegen, Germany; married Anna Cathrin Ahl (5322) November 1, 1681; died January 11, 1718 in Klafeld, Nassau-Siegen, Germany (found dead at Klafeld in the River Sieg, near the mill-pond) and was buried Jan 13, 1718.[37]

     He was an Associate Justice of the Court of Mines and Associate Justice of the Court of the Hain (the Siegen district court).[38] He was a Moulder and Smelterer in the Guild of Smelterers and Hammersmiths in 1671/72 at Weidenau, Nassau-Siegen, Germany.[39] He lived in 1681 in Klafeld, Nassau-Siegen, Germany.[40]

 

     Anna Cathrin AHL (5322)[41] was born in 1648. She died on March 12, 1722 in Klafeld, Nassau-Siegen, Germany.[42]

     Children of Johann Heinrich Holtzklau (4986) and Anna Cathrin Ahl (5322) all born in Klafeld, Nassau-Siegen, Germany, were as follows:

         50.        i.    Johannes (5323); born 1682 and christened the 6th Sunday after Trinity.[43]

         51.        ii.    Mari Elss (5324); born 1684 and christened the 16th Sunday after Trinity.[44]

         52.      iii.    Johann Ludwig (5325); born 1687 and christened the 2nd Sunday after Epiphany.[45]

         53.       iv.    Maria Elsbeth (5326); born 1690 and christened Rogate Sunday.[46]

         54.       v.    Johann Heinrich (5327); born May 29, 1692 and christened the 2nd Sunday after Trinity.[47]

 

 

28.  Franz HOLTZKLAU (4987); born 1654/55 in Weidenau, Nassau-Siegen, Germany; married Guda ? (5328) circa 1675; married Anna Stuehler (5332) January 10, 1682.[48]

     He lived in 1679 in Weidenau, Nassau-Siegen, Germany, the only occupant of the Holtzklau house.[49] He began military service in 1679 at Weidenau, Nassau-Siegen, Germany as a militia member.[50]

 

     Guda ? (5328) was born circa 1655. She died in 1680/81.[51]

     Children of Franz Holtzklau (4987) and Guda ? (5328) all born in Weidenau, Nassau-Siegen, Germany, were as follows:

         55.        i.    Margreth (5329); born 1675 and christened the 10th Sunday after Trinity.[52]

         56.        ii.    Johann (5330); born 1677 and christened the 2nd Sunday after Easter.[53]

         57.      iii.    Johannes (5331); born 1680 and christened Cantate Sunday.[54]

 

     Anna STUEHLER (5332)[55] was born circa 1655.[56]

     There were no children of Franz Holtzklau (4987) and Anna Stuehler (5332).

 

 

 

 

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[1]B. C. Holtzclaw, Ancestry and Descendants of the Nassau-Siegen Immigrants to Virginia, 1714-1750 (Orange, VA: Green Publishers, Inc, 1964), p. 223. Hereinafter cited as Nassau-Siegen Immigrants.

[2]Ibid., p. 225.

[3]The Church of the Latter Day Saints, "LDS Ancestral File, v4.19," Ancestral File, Family Group Record, Johann Holtzklau (AFN:1BPC-9X).

[4]Holtzclaw, Nassau-Siegen Immigrants, p. 225.

[5]Ibid., p. 225.

[6]Ibid., p. 225.

[7]Ibid., p. 224.

[8]Ibid., p. 222.

[9]Ibid., p. 224.

[10]Ibid.

[11]Ibid., p. 224.

[12]Ibid., p. 225.

[13]Ibid., p. 224.

[14]Ibid.

[15]Ibid., p. 225.

[16]Ibid., p. 224.

[17]Ibid., p. 225.

[18]Ibid., p. 225.

[19]Ibid.

[20]Ibid.

[21]Ibid., p. 224.

[22]Ibid., p. 225.

[23]Ibid., p. 227.

[24]Ibid., p. 222.

[25]Ibid., p. 227.

[26]Ibid., p. 228.

[27]Ibid.

[28]Ibid.

[29]Ibid.

[30]Ibid., p. 228.

[31]Ibid., p. 228.

[32]Ibid., p. 228.

[33]Ibid., p. 228.

[34]Ibid., p. 228.

[35]Ibid., p. 228.

[36]Ibid., p. 228.

[37]Ibid., p. 226.

[38]Ibid., p. 225.

[39]Ibid., p. 222.

[40]Ibid., p. 225.

[41]widow of Johannes Jung of Klafeld.

[42]Ibid.

[43]Ibid., p. 226.

[44]Ibid., p. 226.

[45]Ibid., p. 226.

[46]Ibid., p. 226.

[47]Ibid., p. 226.

[48]Ibid.

[49]Ibid., p. 223.

[50]Ibid., p. 227.

[51]Ibid.

[52]Ibid., p. 227.

[53]Ibid., p. 227.

[54]Ibid., p. 227.

[55]daughter of Hermann Stuehler of Eiserfeld, Germany.

[56]Ibid.