Ministers of Siegen 1711 Sep 5 Hermannus Otterbach requests permission to Immigrate 1712 May 12 Johann Justus Albrecht composes the Union Book for the George Ritter Company 1713 Jul 12 Pastor Knabenschuh goes to Oberfischbach to find that Pastor Haeger is gone and the Schoolteacher, Hans Jacob Holtzklau "is also willing to travel away." 1713 Jul 17:Jacob Holzklau request permission to immigrate. Hermann Otterbach requested permission to immigrate on 5 Sep 1711, first of the group to do so. 1713 Jul 31:Philip Fischbach/Hans Jacob Richter; Jost Cuntz request permission to immigrate. Summer of 1713: the people arrived in London January 1714: they left for Virginia on an unknown ship Late March 1714: Spotswood first learns from Col. Nathaniel Blakiston, the agent for Virginia in London, that Germans are coming April 1714: the Germans arrived in Virginia 1714: established first German Reformed church on the continent, which doubled as a defensive blockhouse 1716: they started mining operations at the silver mine --Need to prove this! 1718, early in the year: they were instructed to search for iron 1720 May 17: Johann Justus Albrecht file statement regarding "eleven Labouring men to work in Mines or Quarries at or near Germanna and we began to work March One Thousand Seven Hundred and 15/16 and so continued until Dec. One Thousand Seven Hundred & Eighteen." By December 1718, Spotswood says he spent about 60 pounds on the endeavor so there was no iron furnace. January 1719-20: Pastor Haeger and the members of the First Colony moved to Stafford County, Virginia which is present day Fauquier County, Virginia. The three naturalized members of the group, John Fishback, John Hoffman and Jacob Holtzclaw, secured 1805 acres for distribution to the group to be divided equally. Second colony 1717: Eighty-odd Germans from Wuerttemberg, Baden, and the Palatinate agree with Capt. Tarbett in London to take them to Pennsylvania in the ship Scott. 1717/1718: Capt. Tarbett hijacks the Germans to Virginia where they become indentured servants of Lt. Gov. Spotswood 1719/1722: Some of the Germans who left in 1717 arrived in Virginia at a later time 1723/25: Spotswood sues many of the Germans 1725: Most of these Germans move to the Robinson River Valley (today in Madison County, Virginia) 1733: Johann Caspar Stoever becomes their (Lutheran) pastor 1740: The German Lutheran Church (Hebron Lutheran Church today) is built with funds raised in Germany Sources External links National Park