Does anyone have a list of those people? Frances In a message dated 1/22/2009 12:14:08 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, holtzclaw.research@yahoo.com writes: Hi Cathi, Your source agrees with the information published in the Executive Journals of the Council of Colonial Virginia, vol. III (May 1, 1705-October 23, 1721) H. R. McIlwaine, editor, publ 1928, reprinted 1976, p. 371. On April 28, 1714, Lt. Governor Alexander Spotswood reported to the Council that forty-two men women and children who were invited hither by the Baron de Graffenried are now arrived,.... (italics are mine) Lt.. Governor Spotswood was quite precise in stating the number. Since he had paid for approximately one-half their passage, I think he knew exactly how many people arrived. I wonder if he had to pay the passage of those who may have died at sea. Perhaps someone on the list who knows something about the shipping business of that time could help out. Suzanne ________________________________ From: Cathi Clore Frost <cathiclorefrost@comcast.net> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 1:52:53 PM Hi Suzanne, I was just reading the Kemper Family genealogy by Willis Kemper. I realize that this account of the Germanna Colonies contains errors however, Kemper states that the 1714 Colony had 42 members and cites an Act of November 1714 exempting the Germans from parish levies (Acts of Assembly passed in the colony of Virginia from 1662 to 1715. London 1727: page 379). (Kemper Family, 20-22) Cathi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Suzanne Matson" <holtzclaw.research@yahoo.com> I noticed recently that the official history of the Germanna Foundation states there were 47 people in the 1714 Colony. The list of Germanna Settlers names 44 people(I counted them). Lt. Governor Alexander Spotswood gave the number as 42. Of the three different numbers given, I can only find documentation for the number 42. What sources were used to determine the other two numbers given (44 and 47)? I will point out that I did contribute some of the names on the page of Germanna Settlers--but only the ones on which I had some documentation that they actually arrived in the VA colony. A number of names are listed out of tradition and not as a result of research and documentation. Suzanne Collins Matson ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANNA_COLONIE S-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************Inauguration '09: Get complete coverage from the nation's capital. (http://news.aol.com/main/politics/inauguration?ncid=emlcntusnews00000003)