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    1. [GERMANNA] Fw: George Lang/Long
    2. Cary Anderson
    3. I guess I got a little ahead of myself about George Lang. A bit of clarification about George Lang. I believe the Sulzfeld Ortsippenbuch has been checked. It may have been John Blankenbaker or someone for him. John Blankenbaker in his "2057th Note" writes: "George Lang was a signer of a petition in the fall of 1717 in London asking for financial help in returning to Germany. Adjacent signers are Christopher Uhl and Frederick Kappler, both of whom were from Sulzfeld. However, there is no clear church record in Sulzfeld for George Lang." So, my confusion about the Bonfeld/Sulzfeld or somewhere else for George Lang still continues. It certainly seems to me it would be rather close in one of those areas as John Blankenbaker continued: "George Lang applied for a headright on 7 October 1729 saying that he came with his wife Rebecca "about twelve years since in the ship called the Mulberry." This record may be in error considering that he apparently did not come in 1717 and that he had a late patent comparing to the majority who came in 1717. George Lang patented 300 acres of new land in Spotsylvania County in the first fork of the Robinson river adjacent to Andreas Kirker, John Huffman, and Mathias Castler. The patent issued on 28 September 1731 (Patent Book 14, page 359). He paid for the land with 20 shillings and the head rights of George Lang and Rebeccah, his wife." Hopefully, the Bonfeld book will shed light on some Germanna family. Cary

    12/19/2008 11:41:19