This was sent to the list early this AM but has never appeared so I am resending. SCM ------------------------------------- Jacob Holtzclaw was naturalized by Lt. Gov. Spotswood 11 July 1722 (only two days before Nicholas Yager) in Williamsburg. For unknown reasons, Jacob Holtzclaw had his naturalization paper recorded at Spotsylvania Court House 5 October 1725, thus we have the clerk's copy available to us today. At the time, he was living in Stafford County. Given that at least one person from the 1714 group and one from the 1717 group were naturalized within a few days of each other, it may be useful to search records available from that time frame in Williamsburg. It is possible that John Hoffman and John Fishback were naturalized at the same time. It is also possible that some of the Germanna colonists were never naturalized. Jacob Holtzclaw, John Hoffman and John Fishback were the three who received the land at Germantown "in trust" for the 1714 group because they were naturalized. I use quotes for the phrase "in trust" because the actual document used when the land was dispersed to the others was a lease for 99 years plus 99 years which is most definitely not a deed in fee simple. Suzanne Collins Matson ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 21:34:37 -0400 From: Jeff Aylor <[email protected]> Subject: [GERMANNA] Naturalizations of 2nd Colony members To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Hi All, I was looking for information on property ownership around 1725 when I pondered the question as to whether a person had to be naturalized in order to own land. (The answer is that you did not need to be naturalized to own property, but you could not legally pass property on to your heirs if you were not naturalized.) I noticed that quite a few 1st Colony members were naturalized as early as 1722 and 1724, but I don?t see any second Colony members naturalized prior to about 1743. Granted this is not an exhaustive search ? I scanned my Beyond Germanna CD and all of John?s Short Notes. Does anyone have any evidence of any 2nd Colony members being naturalized before 1740, or more specifically before they moved to the Robinson River valley in 1725? Any thoughts on why the 2nd Colony (in general) waited so long? Thanks, -Jeff Aylor