Anna Maria Blankenbühler

Biography

Anna Maria Blankenbühler (Mercklin) was born on March 12, 1693 in Oberderdingen, Baden (now Baden-Württemberg, Germany). Her parents were Hans Jacob Mercklin and Anna Maria Mercklin (Konigunda).

Anna married Hans Matthias Blankenbuhler on May 7, 1714 in Oberderdingen, Baden (now Baden-Württemberg, Germany). Together they had the following 3 children:

1. Hans Jerg Blankenbaker;
2. Christopher Blankenbaker;
3. John Blankenbaker.

Member of the 1717 or Second Germanna Colony

Sources
1 [S0040291] Gleanings from Parish Records in Germany, Jean Strand, (Name: Beyond Germanna, 1, no. 2, (March 1989);), 11.

2 [S0040710] Anna Barbara Schoen, Margaret James Squires, (Beyond Germanna, 1, no. 3, (May 1989)), 22.

3 [S0041632] Before Germanna #9: The Ancestry of the Zimmerman, Yowell, Mercklin,Wegman and Leatherer Families, Johni Cerny and Gary J. Zimmerman, (Bountiful, UT: American Genealogical Lending Library, 1990), 34, 36.

http://germannafamily.org/getperson.php?personID=I059576&tree=tree1

“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.

“The base for this reconstructed list comes from:

• Before Germanna by Gary J. Zimmerman and Johni Cerny

• ÄThe Second Germanna Colony of 1717, Other Germanna Pioneers, the So-called Third Germanna Colony of 1719, and Late Comers to the Hebron Church Community" by B.C. Holtzclaw in The Germanna Record (1965) 6: 51-74.

“Research by Zimmerman & Cerny has shown that several who were thought to have come to Virginia in 1719-1720 were actually more likely part of the 1717 group. The strongest evidence for this is the absence of any references to each of these families in Germany after 1716 and the fact that they would have left from others from the same town at that time. These families include the following:

• Matthias Gessler (Castler) Family

• Friederich Kappler (Cabler) Family. Although he stated in Apr 1724 that he came to this country with his wife in Jan 1718. It is likely that he was off by a year and came with others from Sulzfeld, Baden in 1717.

• Thomas Wieland (Wayland) Family

• Johann Michael Willheit (Wilhoit) Family

• Christopher & Nicholas Uhl (Yowell) Families

“Name, Age (as of 1717), [extracted from full list online]

• Hans Balthasar Blankenbühler, 34; Anna Margaret [nee ?] [name variation as] Blankenbaker

• Hans Matthias Blankenbühler, 32; Anna Maria (Merkle); Georg, 2 [name variation as] Blankenbaker

• Johann Thoma, 31; Anna Maria (Blankenbaker), 30; Johann Wendel, 5; Anna Magdalena, 2 Thomas; Brother-in-law to above Blankenbaker. [name variation as] Thomas”

The following is from the web page “Germanna Settlers’ List” retrieved October 30, 2007 from http://www.germanna.org/settlers.html.

“Due to the prominence of Lt. Governor Alexander Spotswood in American history, much was known of his involvement with the establishment of the Germanna Settlement, but little of the German Settlers who were brought to this area with the First Colony of 1714, the Second Colony of 1717, and later groups. During the past five years, the Germanna Foundation has conducted continuing research regarding these families and their descendants. Through these efforts, significant historic data has been obtained regarding these families who bravely traveled to a new country leaving many of their friends and family behind.

“Research into these families is ongoing, therefore this list represents the best information we have at the present. Further documentary research could lead to additions or deletions from this list.

“The Germanna Foundation wishes to especially thank, John V. Blankenbaker, Dr. Katharine L. Brown, Cathi Clore Frost, Suzanne C. Matson, and Barbara Price for their diligent efforts in amplifying and correcting this list…

“The Second Colony

“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.

“(* Names with the Asterisks are the sons and daughters of Anna Barbara Schöne from her previous marriages in Germany to Blankenbaker and Schlucter. These children may have lived in the household of Cyriachus Fleischmann upon arrival and escaped notice in the official records.)

• Blankenbaker/Blankenbühler, Balthazar and wife Anna Margaretha * Neuenbürg

• Blankenbaker/Blankenbühler, Matthias, wife Anna Maria Merckle, son Hans Jerg * Oberderdingen

• Blankenbaker/Blankenbühler, Nicholas, wife Appollonia Käfer, son Zacharias * Neuenbürg

• Fleshman/Fleischmann, Cyriachus, wife Anna Barbara Schöne, Maria Catharina, Hans Peter and numerous stepchildren, see note above. Neuenbürg

• Thomas/Tomas/Thoma, Hans Wendel/John, wife Anna Maria Blankenbaker*, children: Wendel, Anna Magdalena Neuenbürg”

ID: I6279 Name: Anna Maria MERCKLIN Surname: Mercklin Given Name: Anna Maria Sex: F Birth: 12 Mar 1693 in Oberderdingen, Ger. _UID: 227B2F907B41D511BD9EBDC3D79617318EA5 Note: Matthias Blankenbaker m. Anna Maria Mercklin Chrisdtopher Blankenbaker m. Christina Finks Ludwig Blankenbaker m. Susannah Utz Julianna B. Blankenbaker m. John Hoffman/Huffman Ellen Hoffman m. Arnold Nethers Savilla Nethers m. James William Bowen Lucien Walker Bowen, Sr. m. Mollye Elizabeth Payne Lucien Walker Bowen, Jr. m. Jane Marie Drury ME & my sister, Marlene & our children & my grandchildren.... Change Date: 17 Jan 2000 at 00:00:00

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Father: Hannes Jacob MERCKLIN b: ABT 1670 Mother: Konigunda MATTHEUS b: ABT 1670

Marriage 1 Hans Mathias BLANKENBAKER b: 29 Dec 1684 in Neuenberg, Ger. Married: 7 May 1714 in Oberderdingen, Wurttemburg, Ger. Children Has Children Hannes Jerg BLANKENBAKER b: ABT Feb 1715 in Oberdergingen, Wurtenberg, Ger. Has Children Christopher BLANKENBAKER b: ABT 1730 in , , Va. Has Children John BLANKENBAKER b: AFT 1717 in , , Va.

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GEDCOM Note

Anna Maria was part of the '2nd Germanna Colony' and she was originally from Oberderdingen. She is one of my 6g-grandparents.

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