Other Events:

• Also Known As: Harman Back
• NSDAR Ancestor Number: A004320
• Military Service (Specific): American Revolutionary War Service: Virginia Rank: Patriotic Service 1) Rendered Material Aid
• Immigration: 13 Mar 1738, Freudenberg, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland; A register of individuals and families who left Germany for the British colonies and ended up at the Germanna Colony in Virginia.
• Immigration: 22 Jun 1738, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Initial departure for the British colony of Virginia aboard the ship, Oliver.
• Immigration: Jul 1738, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Second departure for the British colony of Virginia after the ship, Oliver returned to port due to overcrowding and inadequate food reserves.
• Immigration: Jul 1738, Cowes, Isle of Wight, England; The ship Oliver remained at Cowes for six weeks before setting sail for the British colony of Virginia.
• Immigration: Aug 1738, Plymouth, Devon, England; After spending six weeks in Cowes, England, the Oliver again set sail but due to inclement weather was forced into port at Plymouth, England.
• Immigration: Sep 1738, Plymouth, Devon, England; The Oliver finally set sail for the Atlantic crossing to the British colony of Virginia.
• Immigration: Jan 1739, Virginia; The Oliver finally arrives off the coast of Virginia after a terrible four months at sea.
• Will: 31 Dec 1794, Mercer County, Kentucky

Notes:

Christened:
Said to be "Rogati Sunday". This might refer to Rogation Days prior to Ascension Day - so perhaps the Sunday before Ascension Day in 1708. That would be 13 May 1708 if there aren't any strange calendar fixes to account for.

Immigration:
This information was from a web source at:
http://cs.fit.edu/~ryan/genealogy/freud.html
and
http://cs.fit.edu/~ryan/genealogy/sz.html

The first URL referenced images of two pages from a church death register in Freudenberg, Germany that also had notes referring to a list of individuals and families who left for the colony of Georgia (almost certainly Virginia though - for these were members of the growing Germanna Colony in Virginia). The image links at the first URL are now broken links but I was able to retrieve both images with the assistance of the WayBack Machine at Archive.org.

According to the information on the first and second URL, these are images of notes written by a Protestant pastor in church records; possibly from a church in Freudenberg but the content of the pages is lacking any absolute citation.



Transcription and note concerning this document by Otto B

Immigration:
As to the actual ship being the Oliver may be conjecture and was put forth by historians with a more focused interest with regard to members of Germanna in the British colony of Virginia. To date, I have never seen direct evidence; what I documented here, with regard to the immigration, leans heavily upon the research of others. Use at your own discretion. (DJS)

Immigration:
After the Oliver is anchored off Virginia, she is caught in a winter storm that drives the ship into shallow water where many of her passengers and crew drown or die of exposure. Approximately two thirds of the passengers and crew died on the passage over and the loss of the ship while anchored off the Virginia colony.

Whether Hermann Bach was definitely a passenger aboard The Oliver has apparently not been conclusively proven but, the evidence is said to be strong based upon the list of individuals who left Freudenberg, Germany in 1738 and those "survivors" who later appear in the records of the Germanna Colony in Virginia.

The story of The Oliver has been around for quite some time and was pieced together by researchers with access to more records than myself such as historians Klaus Wust (1925-2003) and John Blankenbaker; use this information at your own discretion.

Died:
Death is said to have occurred in Garrard County, KY which was formed in 1797 and the Last Will and Testament is said to have been probated in 1799.

Hermann Anna Margrethe Hausmann 03 Jan 1737Bottenberg, Seigen, Westfalen, Germany. Anna (daughter of Hermann HAUSMANN and Agnesa LOOS) 13 Mar 1712 Bettenberg, Nordrhein, Westfalen, Germany; 20 Mar 1712 Oberfischbach, Nordrhein, Westfalen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Anna Ella Back before 1739 Bottenberg, Westfalen, Germany; 17 Mar 1737 Bottenberg, Seigen, Westfalen, Germany; about 1739Voyage to America.
2. John Back about 1739 Orange County, Virginia; 1793Madison County, Virginia.
3. Joseph Back about 1742 Orange County, Virginia; 19 Mar 1834.
4. Harmon Back, Jr. about 1750 Culpeper County, Virginia; after 1810Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky.

Johannes Anna Margretha KRAY 28 Jun 1697Freudenberg, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland. Anna (daughter of Johannes KRAY and Gela CRUETZ) 13 Aug 1676 Freudenberg, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland; 31 Jan 1674 Freudenberg, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland; Freudenberg, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland; 21 Mar 1713. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johannes Maria HERLING 27 May 1668Freudenberg, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland. Maria 23 Apr 1646 Freudenberg, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland; 26 Apr 1646 Freudenberg, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland; 28 Jan 1697; 31 Jan 1697Freudenberg, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johannes Gela CRUETZ 12 Sep 1671Freudenberg, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland. Gela (daughter of Rorich CREUTZ and Elsbeth NUSS) 19 Mar 1648 Freudenberg, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland; 19 Mar 1648 Freudenberg, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland; Freudenberg, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland; 14 Apr 1699. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Johannes Mrs. Enga BACH 15 Nov 1630Freudenberg, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland. Mrs. (daughter of Henrick MOTZ) 1612 Freudenberg, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rorich Elsbeth NUSS 28 Jun 1643Freudenberg, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland. Elsbeth (daughter of Michael NUSS and Mrs. Michael NUSS) about 1622 Of Seelbach, Nassau, Westfalen, Prussia; Freudenberg, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland; 06 Mar 1683. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]