My trip to the Germanna and Tennessee following my Broyles line has increased my interest in this line. I noted recent postings on Ancestry regarding research on Neuenburg, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany that has drawn the assumption that Anna Barbara Schone born September 29, 1664 or 5 married first Johann Thomas Blankenbuehler who died in 1690 and then married Cyracias Fleishman and had three children. She apparently immigrated with her Blankenbuehlers/Blankenbakers and Fleishman children including Maria Catherine who would later marry Jacob Broyles. My records indicate Cyracias was born in Klings, Saxony,Germany. Is this new information correct or is it another Cyracias? Dates are provided for the marriages thus it appears to be a record that was located by research although I can't tell who did the research. My second question involves Broyles Families Ties Vol 3 page 30 where it indicates that Mary Broyles daughter of Adam Broyles had as sponsor Christopher Blankenbaker and Mary Isom. Could this be Isham? The Isham family were very wealthy and from Henrico County as I have researched them as part of another line. Does anyone know who Christopher Blankenbaker is and if he married into this English aristocratic Isham family and was connected to Adam? This could definitely explain the wealth of Adam Broyles. Note what I found below off the Internet. William RANDOLPH, son of Richard RANDOLPH and Elizabeth RYLAND, b. Oct 1650 in Moreton Morrell, Midland Co., Warwickshire, ENG; d. on 11 Apr 1711 in Turkey Island, Henrico Co., VA, approx. 61-1/2 years old. He m. (1) Mary ISHAM in 1680 in Henrico Co., VA. Mary, dau. of Capt. Henry ISHAM and Katherine (BANKs) ROYALL, b. abt 1658 in Bermuda Hundred, Henrico Co., VA; d. on 29 Dec 1735 at Turkey Island, Plantation, Charles City Co., VA, approx. 77 years old. William was approx. 30 years old when married and Mary was approx. 22 years old. NOTE: "Colonial politics were often unstable and in times erratic, causing estates to change hands and creating both, risks and opportunities. William Randolph, an English immigrant who arrived in Virginia 1673, seized such an opportunity when he convinced governor Sir William Berkeley to grant him a large plantation from the confiscated estate of Nathaniel Bacon, a wealthy landowner who had betrayed his class and staged a revolt against Berkeley and the colonial government. Randolph was the progenitor of one of the largest, wealthiest and most powerful families in 18th century Virginia. His marriage to the daughter of Henry Isham, another large plantation owner ascertained his position in the colony." Would love to know if anyone has researched these two lines. Thanks Susan

The name Isom, which does occur in the "Hebron" church records, should be read as Eastham, not Isham. It certainly does appear that Cyriacus Fleshman was born in Klings. The name Fleshman is the most common name in Klings churchyard. However this is not proof that Cyriacus came from Klings. Anna Barbara Schone was married three times, to a Blankenbaker, a Schlucter, and to Fleshman (using some English spellings). One must be careful about Neuenbürg because there are two of these and they are only about 20 miles apart. Both are in Baden-Württemberg today. I recommend Germanna Record 18 and the Beyond Germanna CD for much more extensive elaborations of these points. Both are obtainable from the Germanna Foundation. John Blankenbaker