Hermann Bach

Hermann Bach

Male 1708 - Aft 1794  (87 years)

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  • Name Hermann Bach  [1, 2
    Born 1708  Freudenberg, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Christened 1708  Freudenberg, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • 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. [3]
    Gender Male 
    Also Known As Harman Back 
    Immigration 13 Mar 1738  Freudenberg, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    A register of individuals and families who left Germany for the British colonies and ended up at the Germanna Colony in Virginia. 
    • 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
    Freudenberg immigration list that was written inside a hurch death register.  Hermann Bach, wife and a child.
    Freudenberg immigration list that was written inside a hurch death register. Hermann Bach, wife and a child.
    Hermann Bach, Wife and child appear on the 16th line of this document.
    Immigration 22 Jun 1738  Rotterdam, The Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Initial departure for the British colony of Virginia aboard the ship, Oliver. 
    • 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 Jul 1738  Rotterdam, The Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    The ship Oliver remained at Cowes for six weeks before setting sail for the British colony of Virginia. 
    Immigration Aug 1738  Plymouth, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    The Oliver finally set sail for the Atlantic crossing to the British colony of Virginia. 
    Immigration Jan 1739  Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    The Oliver finally arrives off the coast of Virginia after a terrible four months at sea. 
    • 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.
    NSDAR Ancestor Number A004320 
    Military Service (Specific) American Revolutionary War
    Service: Virginia
    Rank: Patriotic Service
    1) Rendered Material Aid  [4
    Will 31 Dec 1794  Mercer County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5, 6
    The Last Will and Testament of Harman Back.  Written in Mercer County and probated in Garrard County, Kentucky.
    The Last Will and Testament of Harman Back. Written in Mercer County and probated in Garrard County, Kentucky.
    Died Aft 31 Dec 1794  Garrard County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    • 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. [3]
    Person ID I772  Schimka Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Jul 2016 

    Father Johannes III BACH,   b. 15 Nov 1674, Freudenberg, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 06 Dec 1748, Freudenberg, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Anna Margretha KRAY,   b. 13 Aug 1676, Freudenberg, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 21 Mar 1713  (Age ~ 36 years) 
    Married 28 Jun 1697  Freudenberg, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F356  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anna Margrethe Hausmann,   b. 13 Mar 1712, Bettenberg, Nordrhein, Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 03 Jan 1737  Bottenberg, Seigen, Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Anna Ella Back,   b. Bef 1739, Bottenberg, Westfalen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1739, Voyage to America Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 0 years)  [Natural]
    +2. John Back,   b. Abt 1739, Orange County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1793, Madison County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 54 years)
     3. Joseph Back,   b. Abt 1742, Orange County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Mar 1834  (Age ~ 92 years)  [Natural]
     4. Harmon Back, Jr.,   b. Abt 1750, Culpeper County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1810, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 61 years)
    Family ID F348  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1708 - Freudenberg, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristened - 1708 - Freudenberg, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 03 Jan 1737 - Bottenberg, Seigen, Westfalen, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - A register of individuals and families who left Germany for the British colonies and ended up at the Germanna Colony in Virginia. - 13 Mar 1738 - Freudenberg, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - The ship Oliver remained at Cowes for six weeks before setting sail for the British colony of Virginia. - Jul 1738 - Cowes, Isle of Wight, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - After spending six weeks in Cowes, England, the Oliver again set sail but due to inclement weather was forced into port at Plymouth, England. - Aug 1738 - Plymouth, Devon, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - The Oliver finally set sail for the Atlantic crossing to the British colony of Virginia. - Sep 1738 - Plymouth, Devon, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - The Oliver finally arrives off the coast of Virginia after a terrible four months at sea. - Jan 1739 - Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - 31 Dec 1794 - Mercer County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Aft 31 Dec 1794 - Garrard County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Liberty Bell, signifying a person in an accepted NSSAR or NSDAR lineage.
    Liberty Bell, signifying a person in an accepted NSSAR or NSDAR lineage.
    The Liberty Bell displayed here simply acts as a means to easily identify a patriot recognized by the NSDAR or NSSAR who was a participant in the fight for American Independence or a person of direct, recognized lineal descent from a patriot appearing in one or more accepted applications to NSDAR or NSSAR. The image is a "marker" visible in certain tree views and serves no other purpose or meaning.

  • Sources 
    1. [S320] Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998;).

    2. [S649] GEDCOM File : BACK.ged, Created by FamilySearch (TM) Internet Genealogy Service.
      27 APR 2002

    3. [S61] Ancestry and Descendants of the Nassau-Siegen Immigrants to Virginia 1714-1750, B. C. Holtzclaw, (The Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in Virginia, Harrisonburg 1964), p. 38.

    4. [S996] DAR Genealogical Research System, (Name: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution; Location: Washington, DC;).
      BACK, HARMAN Ancestor #: A004320
      Service: VIRGINIA Rank: PATRIOTIC SERVICE
      Birth: (BAPTISED) 5-13-1708 FREUDENBERG GERMANY
      Death: (POST) 12-31-1794 MERCER CO. KENTUCKY
      Service Source: ABERCROMBIE & SLATTEN, VA REV PUB CLAIMS, VOL 1, P 270
      Service Description: 1) RENDERED MATERIAL AID

    5. [S62] Garrard Co., KY, W. B. A.

    6. [S1195] Kentucky vital statistics, Bell, Annie W. B. (Annie Walker Burns), 1894-1966, (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1991), Family History Library US/CAN Fiche 6088005., 4.