The Second Colony may not have been naturalized before 1747. Johannes Rausch (Rouse)died in 1747 an alien. Anita -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeff Aylor Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2010 6:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [GERMANNA] Naturalizations of 2nd Colony members 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 If you refer to a Germanna descendant, include a link to your on-line data. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message