Philip Fischbach

Philip Fischbach

• Born 1661 Seelbach, Nassau-Siegen (Germany)
• Died in Virginia
• Son of Johannes Fischbach, b. 1631, Trupbach, Nassau-Siegen (Germany) and Catharina Heimbach, b. 1630, Seelbach, Nassau-Siegen (Germany), d. Bef 1685 (Age < 54 years) who were married in Abt 1650
• Husband of Elisabeth Heimbach, b. Abt 1662
• Married 30 May 1683 Trupbach, Nassau-Siegen (now Westphalia, Germany)

7 Children

1. Clara Fishbach, b. 1684, d. prob. died young
2. Anna Elisabeth Fishbach, b. Bef 5 Apr 1685, d. Aft 1760, Fauquier County, Virginia (Age > 76 years)
3. Maria Elisabetha Fishback, b. 1687, d. Bef 28 Jul 1746, Prince William County, Virginia (Age < 59 years)
4. Agnes Fishbach, b. 1689, d. prob. died young
5. Johannes Fischbach, b. 12 Jul 1691, Trupbach, Nassau-Siegen (now Westphalia, Germany), d. Between 11 and 19 Mar 1733, at or near Germantown, Prince William (now Fauquier) County, Virginia
6. Harman Fischbach, b. 21 Mar 1693, Trupbach, Nassau-Siegen (now Westphalia, Germany), d. Bef 18 Aug 1783, Culpeper County, Virginia (Age < 90 years)
7. Maria Elisabetha Fischbach, b. 7 Apr 1696, Trupbach, Nassau-Siegen (now Westphalia, Germany), d. Between 28 May 1762 and 24 Mar 1763, Germantown, Fauquier County, Virginia (Age 66 years)

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Philip Fischbach

• Gender: Male
• Baptized: April 03, 1661 Seelbach, Arnsberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
• Death: 1715 (53-54) Germanna Colony, Orange County, Virginia
• Place of Burial: Germanna, Orange County, Virginia
• Son of Johannes ll Fischbach and Catharina Heimbach
• Husband of Elizabeth Heimbach

Phillip Fischbach and his family are listed among the first group of settlers to Germanna Colony in Virginia in April 1714. The 1714 Colony from the Siegerland settled first at Fort Germanna then at Germantown in present day Fauquier County.

Philip Fischbach (Fishback), 53, schoolmaster, b. 1661 and came with his wife Elizabeth Heimbach (Hanback); son, John, b. 1691; son, Harmon, b.1693; daughter, Mary Elizabeth, b.1687; and daughter, Mary Elizabeth, b. 1696.

The birthplace for Philip Fischbach isn't Siegen, he was born in Seelbach, it's close to Siegen, but it's not Siegen. He lived at Trupbach with his wife, Elsbeth/Elisabeth Heimbach, in the home called, Knipps, which was built in 1690 and is still standing and occupied today.

We know that Philip Fischbach and his wife, Elisabeth, died sometime between 31 Jul 1713, the date that Philip filed for permission to immigrate (We found his document in the Siegen Archives) and 2 Jun 1724 when the Germanna immigrants filed their Importation Statements in the Spotsylvania County, Virginia courthouse. The sons of Philip and Elisabeth, Johannes/John and Hermann/Harman, both filed Importation Statements, but not their parents.

Family

Father: Johannes FISHBACK b: 23 Nov 1631 in Truppbach, , Ger.

Marriage 1 Elizabeth HEIMBACH b: ABT 1662 in Trupbach, Ger. Married: 20 May 1683 in Trupbach, Germany

Children

1. Clara FISHBACK b: 1684 in Trupbach, Ger.
2. Anna Elizabeth FISHBACK b: 15 Apr 1685 in Trupbach, Nassau-Siegen, , Ger.
3. Agnes FISHBACK b: 1689 in Trupbach, Ger.
4. John Jacob FISHBACK Sr. b: 12 Jun 1691 in Truppbach,Nassau , Ger.
5. Harman FISHBACK b: 21 May 1693 in Trupbach, Ger.
6. Mary Elizabeth FISHBACK b: 1687 in Trupbach, Ger.
7. Mary Elizabeth FISHBACK b: 7 Aug 1696 in Trupbach, Ger.

notes

2nd cousin of his wife

comments

Date and place of birth have also been (erroneously?) reported to be April 3, 1661 at Seelbach, Nassau-Siegen (now Arnsberg?), Westphalia (now North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany.

links

• http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Phillip_Fischbach_%281%29
• http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db...
• http://www.germanna.org/original_settlers
• http://germannafirstcolony.org/fischbach
• https://famouskin.com/famous-kin-menu.php?name=158382%20philip%20fi...

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GEDCOM Note

Phillip is a Germanna 1st colony immigrant (1714), from Trupbach, which I visited in 2004 with other Germanna Colonists descendants. He is one of my 7g-grandfathers.

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From "Ortsgeschichte Trupbach," by D. Trops and U. Bohn; Herausgegeben von Heimatverein Trupbach, Siegen-Trupbach, 1989, pages 53-54:

"Fischbach
A - 1628 Johannes Fischbach wird in Trupbach genannt

1624 - 1651 Neun Kinder der Eheleute Johannes and Ließ Fischbach, sowie Elßbeth, der 2. Ehefrau, sind in den Taufbüchern verzeichnet.

1650 Der zweitälteste Sohn Johannes heiratet Catherina, die Tochter des Gerichtsschöffen Georg Heinbach von Seelbach und zieht auch dorthin.

ca. 1665 Jost Fischbach ist verheiratet und wohnt in 'Mertes' (geerbt von Catharina, der Witwe von Jost Becker).

1668 - 1671 Von der Kirchenkasse in Siegen wird Johannes Fischbach, der arme Blinde, unterstützt.

B 1683 Philipp Fischbach, Sohn von Johannes Fischbach aus Seelbach, heiratet Elßbeth Heinbach, Tochtor von Johannes Heinbach in Trupbach.

1712 Philipp Fischbach mit Familie wandern nach Virginia aus."

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Posted by Dwayne Holtzclaw on Facebook on 07/31/2012:
"Early 18th Century Germanna Emigration Records Discovered in Germany; Fills Gap in Colonial Virginia History

July 24, 2012 -- Germanna Foundation Trustee and Secretary Barbara Gregory Fishback tells how 300-year-old documents were discovered by Germanna Foundation researchers:

“In preparation for the 2011 Germanna FoundationTrip to Germany, [Germanna Foundation First Vice President ] Dr. Katharine Brown and I made plans to conduct research at the Stadtarchiv Siegen, the Siegen City Archives.We compiled a list of documents that we wished to secure, which included leave permissions (or manumissions) for each head of household of the emigrants living in the Siegerland.The holdings in Siegen that were of interest to us were photocopies of the originals that are on deposit in the state archives in Munster. Imagine our surprise when we opened the records from 1711-1715 to find that the last person who had signed up to search them was Emil Flender more than 50 years ago!Emil Flender conducted extensive research in Germany for Dr. B. C. Holtzclaw when he was preparing his work Ancestry and Descendants of the Nassau-Siegen Immigrants to Virginia (Germanna Record No. 5). Emil Flender was the brother of Ernst Flender, the Siegen native and New York banker who was instrumental in acquiring part of the original Germanna tract in 1956 and assisting with the establishment of the Germanna Foundation.

“While searching through the records, we found the permissions for several members of the First Colony, the first of which were Hermannus Otterbach and Philip Fischbach, both of Trupbach, a village just outside Siegen at that time, and now a part of the city.We thought it interesting that these two men, and their families, along with Hans Jacob Richter, who was Philip Fischbach's son in law, had permission to leave because there are no records that have been found for these two older men in Virginia.Also of interest to us was the timing of the permission for Hermannus Otterbach.As we know, Johann Justus Albrecht was employed by the George Ritter Company to recruit miners for the company's mining interests in the Colonies, i.e., Pennsylvania, Virginia and the Carolinas.Albrecht went to Siegen to do this and he signed a contract with the pastors of Siegen on 15 August 1711, enlisting their assistance in recruitment.Just twenty-one days later, on 5 September 1711, Hermannus Otterbach applied for permission to leave.In his application he stated that he was going to Prussia, which seemed puzzling.The Archivist in Siegen told me that many people stated Prussia as their destination when attempting to gain permission to leave.We did find evidence of Hermannus Otterbach selling his furniture, and other possessions, over the next two years, probably in preparation for departure to the Colonies.

“Philip Fischbach secured his permission to leave on 31 July 1713, along with Jost Cuntze on the same day.Another permission that is of interest because of its date is the document for Hans Jacob Holzklau, dated 17 July 1713, just five days after Pastor Haeger "moved this early morning from here [Oberfischbach]," according to the letter that was sent to the Royal Synod from Rev. Friedrich Georg Knabenschuh on 12 July 1713.

“We also found permission for Johannes Hofmann on 28 February 1713, but we did not find documents for the Rev. Henry Haeger; Peter Heide/Hitt; Johannes Kemper; Johann Jost Merten/Martin; Johannes Spielmann/Spilman or Johann Henrich Weber/Weaver.There was no record of Melchior Brombach requesting permission to leave, but we did find several documents holding his family responsible for debts on property that he left behind. A document concerning this indebtedness, dated 4 December 1713, involved Melchior's brother, Caspar Brombach.

“There is so much research that still needs to be conducted on the Germanna Colony, including additional work in Siegen and also in Munster.We are chipping away at it, piece by piece!”

Some of these 18th Century documents in possession of the Germanna Foundation have been published in a booklet for the First Colony Tour at the 55th Germanna Foundation Conference and Reunion, and is available to Germanna Foundation members at http://www.germanna.org/premium_content. Other original documents will be published in article form over the next several months

Dwayne Holtzclaw"

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Person Info

Name: Phillip Fishback
Sex: M
Birth: Mar 1661 in Seelbach, Ger. Death: 1714 in Germantown,Stafford,Va. Person Id: I2038 Tree Id: 154415

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Father:Johannes Fishback: Birth: 23 Nov 1631 in Truppbach, , Ger..

• Marriage:
• Married: Elizabeth Heimbach on 20 May 1683 at Trupbach, , , Ger.
• Elizabeth Heimbach: Birth: ABT 1662 in Trupbach, Ger.. Death: in , Fauquier, Va.

Children:

Clara Fishback: Birth: 1684 in Trupbach, Ger..

Anna Elizabeth Fishback: Birth: 15 Apr 1685 in Trupbach, Nassau-Siegen, , Ger.. Death: ABT 1746 in , , Va.

Mary Elizabeth Fishback: Birth: 1687 in Trupbach, Ger..

Agnes Fishback: Birth: 1689 in Trupbach, Ger..

John Jacob Fishback: Birth: 12 Jun 1691 in Truppbach,Nassau , Ger.. Death: ABT 1734 in ,,Va.

Harman Fishback: Birth: 21 May 1693 in Trupbach, Ger.. Death: ABT 1783 in ,,Va.

Mary Elizabeth Fishback: Birth: 7 Aug 1696 in Trupbach, Ger..

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