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GERMAN-SPEAKING SETTLERS IN GEORGIA, 1733-1741 (BASED ON THE EARL OF EGMONTS LIST) * By GEORGE FENWICK JONES John Percival, who became the Earl of Egmont in 1733, was a man of wealth, political influence, and charitable leanings who was greatly concerned about both the downtrodden in England and the oppressed Protestants of Europe. Seeing a chance to help both these groups through the proposed founding of the colony of Georgia, he threw all his considerable energy into this benevolent project and became the President of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America. As Robert G. McPherson states, Egmont was "a careful record keeper and a copious writer";¹ and to him we owe much of our knowledge of early life in Georgia. Egmont struggled manfully to extract information from the officials in Georgia, who, in their general confusion and sickness, found little time or in- centive to submit the requested reports. Despite such difficulties, Egmont kept, as best he could, a current record of all settlers who went to Georgia, to which he gave the title "A List of Persons Who Went from Europe to Georgia on Their own Account, or at the Trustees' Charge, who Joyned the Colony or were born in It, Distinguishing Such as had Grants there or were only Inmates." ² Egmont's list gives, as far as he was able to obtain it, information on the set- tler's age, occupation,³ date of embarcation, 4 date of arrival, and whether he died, left, or moved away. The names appear in two parallel and roughly alphabetical lists, one listing those who came at their own expense and one listing those whose passage was paid for by the Trustees, either free as in the case of the Saltzburgers, or to be repaid by indentured service as in the case of the "Palatines." The following list of German names is extracted from a computerized listing of all Egmont's names made for a previous purpose. Egmont used the words "German" and "Palatine" almost interchangeably and classified all inhabitants of Ebenezer as Saltzburgers even if they were actually Swiss like Zant and the Zublis, Silesian like George Sanftleben, or Bavarian like the Roths. On the other hand, many individuals listed as Palatines soon became "Salzburgers" by mov- ing to Ebenezer. Sometimes Egmont gives variant or phonetic spellings, such as Rasch for Resch, Reuter for Reiter, and Roner for Rauner; but some names are distorted by misreading, as in the case of Leshoffer for Leihoffer, Schefter for Schefler, and Haismere for Kaesemeyer. Kimlin should be Künlin, whereas the in in Khredelin is merely the feminine ending, the correct name being Kreder. Despite these and many more discrepancies, Egmont's list is valuable, because many garbled family names, when reinforced by the pertinent Christian names, can be confirmed and corrected by other sources: 5 for example, Michel Burgholder is [35] clearly Michael Burckhalter of Vernonburg, who signed a letter thanking the Trustees for giving him the service of a Palatine woman and her children. 6 The nine columns on the following list give: I, name; II, an arbitrary identity number; III, birth year (derived from age at date of arrival); IV, year, month, and day of arrival; V, nationality; VI, profession; VII and VIII, relationship of individual to persons with given identity number; and IX, departure through death (d) or moving away (m) in the few cases recorded by Egmont. Other abbreviations are: for NATIONALITY, Georgia, German, Jew, Moravian (Herrnhuter), Palatine, Salzburger, Swiss; for RELATIONSHIPS, bastard, boy, brother, child, daughter, father, husband, ml (mother-in-law), minor, mother, nephew, niece, sister, son, sl (son-in-law), spinster, sw (single woman), ts (twin sister), uncle, ww (widow), wife; for PROFESSIONS, appren- tice, blacksmith, brazier, brewer, bricklayer, butcher, carpenter, cook, drummer, dyer, farmer, fisherman, gardner, gentleman, glasier, huntsman, husbandryman, joyner, laborer, locksmith, mason, miller, millwright, miner, minister, physician, ropemaker, saltpeterman, schoolmaster, scrivener, servant, shoemaker, smith, stocking weaver, surgeon, tailor, tanner, tinker, watchman, weaver, wood cutter. * The research and computer service for this paper were supported by a grant from the National Endow- ment for the Humanities. 1 The Journal of the Earl of Egmont, ed. Robert G. McPherson (Athens, Ga.: U. of Ga. Press, 1962), p. xi. 2 This manuscript, apparently in Egmont's own hand, is among the Egmont papers of the University of Georgia Libraries (serial no. 1422), which were so kind as to provide me with a photocopy.   Egmont's list has been published in a somewhat different form as A List of the Early Settlers of Georgia, ed. E. Merton Coulter and Albert B. Saye (Athens, Ga.: U. of Ga. Press, 1949). 3 Because the family farms in Southwestern Germany had become so small through division, nearly every farm boy had to learn a trade in addition to farming. Unfortunately, few of them were able to profit from these skills in Georgia, where only their brawn was needed and nearly all became field hands. 4 The date of embarkation, usually that from England, is omitted on this list to save space. 5 The correct names of the Salzburgers can be found in the Detailed Reports on the Georgia Salzburgers, ed. George F. Jones (Athens, Ga.: U. of Ga. Press, 1968 ff.), especially in Vol. VI (1981), pp. 328-328. Some of the Palatines, and their disposition, can be found ibid., pp. 329-334. The most authentic list of the Mo- ravians is in Adelaide L. Fries, The Morvians in Georgia, 1735-1740 (Raleigh, N.C., 1905). Nearly all these German names appear passim in a myriad of spellings in The Colonial Records of the State of Georgia, ed. Allen D. Chandler (Atlanta, 1904-1916). Those volumes not previously published are now being edited by Kenneth Coleman and Milton Ready (Athens, Ga.: U. of Ga. Press, 1977 ff.). 6 Michel Burckhalter to the Trustees (Public Record Office, CO 5/642, p. 5). Although the family is not named, it is clearly that of John Adam Treutlen, the first elected governor of Georgia. [36] I II  III  IV  V VI  VII  VIII  IX  Adde, John  00084  1735  381007  PAL  so  00082  Adde, Margaret  00083  1706  381007  PAL  wi 00082  Adde, Solomon  00082  1708  381007  PAL  SHO  hu  00083  Aigel, Anna Maria  00092  1735  411202  SAL  da  00085  Anigel, Anna Teresa  00091  1731  411202  SAL  da 00085  Aigel, George  00085  1701  411202  SAL  HUS hu 00086  Aigel, John Franz  00089  1738  411202  SAL  so  00085  Aigel, Lawrentz  00088  1736  411202  SAL  so 00085  Aigel, Ludwig  00087  1732  411202  SAL  so 00085  Aigel, Samuel  00090  1740  411202  SAL  so  00085  Aigel, Ursula  00086  1700  411202  SAL  Amble, John  00081  371220  PAL  Anderly, -----------  00095  46  SWI  wi   Anderly, Henry  00094  46  SWI  hu   Armsdorf, J. Peter  00067  SAL  d37  Arnstein, Anna Maria  00093  1713  411204  SAL  wi 00075  Arnstein, Casper  00075  1713  411204  SWI  TAI  hu  00093  Ausperger, -------------  00070  SWI  SUR  Bacher, Anna Maria  00297  1709  411202  SAL  wi  00296  Bacher, Apolonia  00120  341228  SAL  da  00117  Bacher, Balthasar  00296  1715  411202  SAL  CAR hu 00297  Bacher, Christina  00299  1693  411202  SAL  wi  00298  Bacher, Gabriel  00117  341228  SAL  HUS hu 00118  Bacher, Maria  00119  341228  SAL  da  00117  Bacher, Maria  00118  341228  SAL  wi  00117  Bacher, Mathias  00298  1686  411202  SAL  HUS hu 00299  Bach, Gabriel  00116  341228  SAL  HUS Bandley, Agatha  00127  35  GER  Barisch, Matthew  00130  360200  MOR  HUS Bauer, Andreas  00155  360200  SAL  LAB Bellie, Anna Barbara  00268  1733  371220  PAL  da 00266  Bellie, Anne  00267  1714  371220  PAL  wi  00266  Bellie, John  00266  1701  371220  PAL  SER  hu  00267  Beltschaustes, Elias  00305  1735  411200  SWI  so 00303  Beltschaustes, Hans  00306  1736  411200  SWI  Beltschaustes, Henry  00307  1737  411200  SWI  Beltschaustes, Jacob  00303  1696  SWI  CAR  hu  00304  d41  Beltschaustes, Ursula  00304  1696  411200  SWI  wi 00303  Belts, Elizabeth  00301  1739  411204  SWI  da  00300  Belts, Hans Ulrich  00300  1711  411204  SWI  WEA hu 00302  Belts, Margaret  00302  1718  411204  SWI  wi  00300  Bender, Christian  00339  1692  381007  PAL  TAI un 00340  Bender, Elizabeth  00340  1714  381007  PAL  wi  00339  d40  Berenberger, Margaret  00269  390329  PAL  sp   Berrier, Anna Christina  00276  1735  371220  PAL  da 00270  Berrier, Hieronimus  00272  1725  371220  PAL  so  00270  d41  Berrier, John  00270  1698  371220  PAL  WEA hu 00270  Berrier, John Devolt  00273  1727  371220  PAL  so  00270  Berrier, John Peter  00274  1733  371220  PAL  so 00270  Berrier, Margaret  00275  1730  371220  PAL  da  00270  Berrier, Maria  00271  1709  371220  PAL  wi  00270  [ 37 ] I II  III  IV  V VI VII  VIII  IX  Binker, Christiana  00344  1728  381007  PAL  da  00342  Binker, J. Frederick  00342  1703  381007  PAL  SER  fa  00343  Binker, Urich  00343  1731  381007  PAL  so  00342  Bishoven, Widow  00341  1699  381007  PAL  SER ww 02515 Blinne, Valentin  00277  371220  PAL  BLA  hu   Boltzius, John Martin  00169  340312  SAL  MNS   Brandner, Mary  00224  341228  SAL  wi 00225  Brandner, Mathias  00223  341228  SAL  HUS hu 00224  Braunberger, Matthew  00232  340312  SAL  MIL   dS4  Breman, Maria  00332  371220  PAL  da  00331  Breman, Maria  00331  371220  PAL  ww   Bruckner, George Bruehl, Barbara  00233 00322 1718  341228 411202  SAL SAL  LOC   Buner, John  00235  360200  MOR  JOY   Burchard, Adrian  00314  1729  411204  SWI  so 00312 Burchard, Adrian  00312  1698  411204  SWI  FAR  hu  00313  Burchard, Anna Maria  00311  1724  411204  SWI  si 00309 Burchard, Catherine  00313  1703  411204  SWI  wi 00312 Burchard, Hans George  00309  1723  411204  SWI  FAR br 00310 Burchard, Hans Jacob  00315  1730  411204  SWI  so  00312  Burchard, John  00310  1730  411204  SWI  br  00309  Burchard, Susanna  00316  1734  411204  SWI  da  00312  Burgemeister, Christia  00317  1709  411204  SWI  WEA  hu  00318  Burgemeister, Christia  00320  1737  411204  SWI  so 00317 Burgemeister, Elizabeth  00318  1707  411204  SWI  wi 00317  Burgemeister, Hans Ulrich  00321  1740  411204  SWI  so  00317  Burgemeister, Martin  00319  1735  411204  SWI  so  00317  d41  Burgholder, -------------  00255  SWI  wi 00253 Burgholder, Margaret  00254  350000  SWI  SER da 00252 Burgholder, Michael, Jr.  00253  350000  SWI  so 00252 Burgholder, Michel  00252  350000  SWI  fa  00253  Burgi, Anna  00327  1734  411204  SWI  da 00323 Burgi, Anne Margaret  00328  1730  411204  SWI  d41  Burgi, Esther  00329  1735  411204  SWI  d41 Burgi, Esther  00324  1691  411204  SWI  wi  00323  d41  Burgi, Hans Kunroth  00326  1731  411204  SWI  so 00323 d41 Burgi, Rudolf  00325  1722  411204  SWI  so 00323  Burgi, Rudolf  00323  1691  411204  SWI  WOO  hu  00324  d41  Burgsteiner, Agatha  00241  341228  SAL  wi  00240  Burgsteiner, Mathias  00240  341228  SAL  HUS  hu  00241  Calliser, Hans Caspar  00579  1717  411202  SWI  ROP   Christer, H. Fredrick  00474  GER  hu 00475 Christer, Maria  00475  GER  wi  00474  Christe, John Gotfred  00473  360200  GER  TAI   Clause, Anne  00541  1704  371220  PAL  wi  00540  Clause, John  00542  1733  371220  PAL  so 00540 Clause, Leopold  00540  1702  371220  PAL  TAI  hu  00541  Clements,  (Widow)  00569  1703  381007  PAL  ww Cluer, Elizabeth  00568  1705  381007  PAL  Collifer, Ann Maria  00578  1719  411202  SWI  si Collifer, Ann Maria  00578  1719  411202  SWI  si   Cornberger, John  00516  SAL  Crader, Abraham  00561  371220  PAL  Craus, Barbara  00532  1702  360200  SAL  Craus, Leonard  00531  1700  360200  SAL  LAB  hu  00532  Croft, Catherine  00564  1724  371220  PAL  da  00562  [38] I II  III  IV  V VI  VII VIII  IX  Croft, John Seiden  00565  1729  371220  PAL  so  00562  Croft, Peter  00562  1697  371220  PAL  hu 00563  Curies, John Jacob  00566  1710  371220  PAL  Custabader, Catherine  00567  1688  381007  GER  Danner, Barbara  00694  1717  421204  SWI  wi  00680  Danner, Jacob  00680  1706  411204  SWI  TIN hu 00694  Dasher, Christian, Jr.  00585  GER  so 00584  Dasher, Christian, Sr.  00584  GER  fa  00585  Deigler, Catherine  00697  1724  371220  PAL  da 00695  Deigler, Danie  00695  1692  371220  PAL  FAR hu 00696  Deigler, Maria  00696  1689  371220  PAL  wi 00695  Deigler, Maria  00698  1726  371220  PAL  da  00695  Demight, Gotlieb  00645  360200  MOR  CAR   Demitifin, Regina  00646  360200  MOR  Denzler, Anna  00707  1726  371220  PAL  da 00702  Denzler, Caspar  00705  1734  371220  PAL  so 00702  d39  Denzler, Conrad  00702  1703  371220  PAL  FAR  hu  00703  Denzler, Hannah  00703  1702  371220  PAL  wi 00702  d39  Denzler, Hans Jacob  00706  1736  371220  PAL  so  00702  d39  Denzler, Henry  00704  1728  371220  PAL  so 00702  Denzler, Regula  00708  1730  371220  PAL  da  00702  Derrick, ----------   00729  380807  PAL  ww Derrick, Elizabeth  00732  1730  380807  PAL  da  00729  Derrick, Jacob  00731  1733  380807  PAL  so 00729  Derrick, Margaret  00733  1737  380807  PAL  da 00729  Derrick, Melchior  00730  1731  380807  PAL  so  00729  Detzer, Anne  00634  SER 00487  Detzer, Christian  00632  SER 00487  Detzer, Matthew  00633  SER   00487  Dice, —- --------  00716  GEO  so 00717  d42  Dice, Jacob  00717  1714  371220  PAL  WEA  hu  00718  Dice, Maria Margaret  00718  1711  371220  PAL  wi 00717  Dietzius, Andrew  00655  341228  GER  hu 00656  m Dietzius, Anna Amelia  00657  341228  GER  da  00655  Dietzius, Matalena  00656  341228  GER  wi 00655  Domuth, Gothard  00674  GER  WAI Dowl, Anne  00722  1687  371220  PAL  wi  00721  Dowl, Hans Adam  00721  1684  371220  PAL  FAR hu 00722  Dowl, Paulzer  00723  1715  371220  PAL  so  00721  d39  Egger, Margaret  00768  PAL  sp   Eincherrin, Gertrude  00755  350200  SAL  Eisperger, Maria  00757  341228  SAL  wi  00757  Eisperger, Ruprecht  00756  341228  SAL  HUS  hu  00758  Engely, Anna  00773  1707  411204  SWI  wi 00772  Engely, Hans Jacob  00772  1709  411204  SWI  FAR  hu  00773  Engely, Jacob  00774  1734  411204  SWI  so 00772  Erinxman, Barinker  00769  1709  371220  PAL  FAR hu 00770  Erinxman, Rebecca  00770  1715  371220  PAL  wi 00769  Ernst, Anna Maria  00762  350200  SAL  wi 00761  Ernst, Joseph  00761  350200  SAL  BRA  hu  00762  Ernst, Susannah  00763  350200  SAL  da 00761  Evans, Daniel  00764  331216  SAL  SER 00466  Evensen, Martin  00765  340200  SAL  m 36 Eysperger, Anna Maria  00776  1718  411202  SAL  wi  00775  Eysperger, David  00775  1716  411202  SAL  hu  00776  [39] I II  III  IV  V VI VII  VIII  IX  Felser, George  00799  341228  SAL  HUS   Fierer, Christiana  00855  1711  371220  PAL  wi  00854  Fierer, Conrad  00854  1709 371220  PAL  CAR hu 00855  Fierer, Yerick Levalt  00857  1737 371220  PAL  so 00854  Fleiss, Balthasar  00803  340312  SAL  MIN   d34  Floerl, Anna Maria  00810  360200  SAL  wi 00809  Floerl, Carolus  00811  360200  SAL  LAB Floerl, John  00809  360200  SAL  LAB hu 00810  Franks, Jacob  00836  360200  MOR  Fritz, Annabel  00880  1731  371220  PAL  da  00875  d39  Fritz, Henry  00875  1687 371220  PAL  CAR hu 00876  d40  Fritz, John  00881  1733 371220  PAL  so 00875  Fritz, John Hieri  00877  1722 371220  PAL  so 00875  Fritz, John Michael  00878  1724  371220  PAL  so  00875  m 40  Fritz, Maria Margaret  00876  1689 371220  PAL  wi 00875  d39  Fritz, Susanna Cath.  00879  1719  371220  PAL  da  00875  d39  Gebhard, Anna  01040  1735  411204  PAL  da  01035  d41  Gebhard, Anna Maria  01041  PAL  da 01035  d41  Gebhard, Catherine  01036  1711 411204  PAL  wi 01035  Gebhard, Hans Henry  01035  1696 411204  PAL  COO hu 01036  Gebhard, Magdalene  01039  1731 411204  PAL  da 01035  Gebhard, Samuel  01037  1719  411204  PAL  so  01035  Gebhard, Susanna  01038  1721 411204  PAL  da 01035  Gephart, Elizabeth  01028  1724 381007  PAL  Gephart, Eva  01029  1728 381007  PAL  Gephart, Hans  01034  1736 381007  PAL  so 01030  Gephart, Magdalene  01027  1719  381007  PAL  Gephart, Maria Cath.  01032  1721 381007  PAL  da 01030  Gephart, Martha  01031  1695 381007  PAL  wi 01030  Gephart, Philip  01033  1732 381007  PAL  so 01030  Gephart, Philip  01030  1693 381007  PAL  FAR hu 01031  Geschwandel, Margaret  02492  SAL  wi  02377  Geschwandel, Margaret  02493  SAL  da 02377  Geschwandel, Thomas  02377  340312  SAL  MIN hu 02492  Glantz, Sebastian  00941  341228  SAL  HUS Grananel, Anne  01046  1718 411202  SAL  wi 01045  Grananel, Casper  01045  1705 411202  SAL  BRE hu 01046  Grill, Waldeburga  01048  1723  411202  SAL  Grimminger, Andrew  00983  360200  SAL  LAB hu 00984  Grimminger, Catherine  00985  360200  SAL  da 00983  Grimminger, Sabina  00984  360200  SAL  wi  00983  Gronau, Israel  00986  340312  SAL  MNS Grueber, Hans  00987  340312  SAL  HUS d34  Grueber, Peter  00988  340312  SAL  HUS Guring, Simon  01043  1706  381007  PAL  FAR  hu  01044  Haberechten, Godfrit  01067  MOR  WEA  hu  01070  Haberechten, Rosine  01070  MOR  wi 01067  Haberer, Anna Barbara  01216  1701 411202  SAL  wi 01215  Haberer, Michael  01215  1714  411202  SAL  TAN  hu  01216  Haberland, George  01068  MOR  MAS Haberland, Michael  01069  MOR  CAR   Hafner, Paul  01236  d40  Hag, Barbara  01253  1723 411204  SWI  da 01235  Hag, Catherine  01259  1732  411204  SWI  da  01256  Hag, Ferena  01255  1735 411204  SWI  da 01235  [40] I II  III  IV  V VI  VII  VIII  IX  Hag, Hans Jacob  01250  1728  411204  SWI  so  01235  Hag, Hans Jacob  01258 1736  411204  SWI  so 01256  Hag, Hans Michael  01252 1732  411204  SWI  so 01235  Hag, Hans Ulric  01256  1708  411204  SWI  CAR  hu  01257  Hag, Hans Ulric  01251 1730  411204  SWI  so 01235  Hag, Joannes  01249 1721  411204  SWI  so 01235  Hag, John Ulric  01235 1695  411204  SWI  Hag, Maria  01257 1708  411204  SWI  wi 01256  Hag, Maria  01254  1725  411204  SWI  da  01235  Haismere, Catherine  01202 1702  371220  PAL  wi 01201 Haismere, Clement  01203 1733  371220  PAL  Haismere, Martin  01201 1693  371220  PAL  MIL  hu<