Agnes (Brumbach) Utterback (abt. 1716 - aft. 1790)

Born about 1716 in Germanna, Essex County, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Johann Henrich Otterbach — married about 1735 in Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died after 1790 after about age 74 in Fauquier, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Agnes was born about 1716-1720 at Germanna, Spotsvylvania Co., Virginia to Melchior Brumbach and Maria Elisabetha Fischbach. She grew up at "Germantown," in what is now Fauquier County, Virginia and married Johann Heinrich Otterbach (Henry Utterback), another Germanna pioneer. ^[1] Agnes and Henry continued to live on the land her father received in 1721, ^[2] and in 1746, "out of love and affection" her sisters gave them the whole property. ^[3] Agnes died sometime after 1790 at Germantown, ^[1] the year she deeded her interest in the land to her son, Charles. ^[4]

Agnes and Henry had seven children.

She passed away about 1790.^{[citation needed]}

Research Notes

Place Creation

• Stafford County, Virginia, was created in 1664 from Westmoreland County.
• Richmond County, Virginia, was created in 26 Apr 1692 from Old Rappahannock County.
• King George County, Virginia, was created in 24 Nov 1720 from Richmond County, later part of Westmoreland County was added in 1777.
• Spotsylvania County, Virginia, was created in 17 December 1720 from Essex County, King and Queen County and King William County.
• Prince William County, Virginia, was created in 17 Jun 1730 from Stafford County and King George County.
• Orange County, Virginia, was created in September 20, 1734 from Spotsylvania County.
• Germantown, defunct by 1775, is located in present day Fauquier County. In 1716 Germantown was located in Stafford County, and in 1730 and 1735, Germantown was located in Prince William County.
• Frederick County was established on December 15, 1738 from Orange County.
• Fauquier County, Virginia, was created in 5 Apr 1758 from Prince William County.

Utterback history and genealogy …

Because of an error in William I. Utterback's 1938 book, Utterback history and genealogy of the Utterback family in America, 1622-1937, the husband of Agnes Brumbach, Henry Utterback, is confusing, at best. Dr. Utterback states that Henry was born about 1725 in Old Germantown, Virginia and places him as a son of John Utterback, born in 1702 in Trupbach, Germany. ^[5]

Benjamin C. Holtzclaw corrects this mistake in his 1964 book Ancestry and Descendants of the Nassau-Siegen Immigrants to Virginia. In this book, Henry Utterback is born 21 Sep 1698 in Trupbach, Germany to Johann Otterback, who was born in 1659 in Trupbach, Germany. Henry immigrated in 1734 to Pennsylvania with his sister and his family and his nephew, also named Johann Henrich Otterbach. The elder (uncle) Henry ended up in Virginia where he married Agnes about 1735. ^[6]

The list of their children is also quite different between these two sources. This profile follows the information given by Dr. Holtzclaw.

Vital Statistics

Birth
Her birth was previously listed as 1716 in Germanna, Spotsylvania County, Colony of Virginia, but Spotsylvania County did not exist on that date.

Her birth was previously listed as (unsourced) 1720 in Germanna, Fauquier County, Colony of Virginia, but Fauquier County did not exist on that date.

Fort Germanna is located in present day Orange County. In 1716 and 1720, Fort Germanna was located in Essex County.

In 1720, the Privy Council granted Lt. Gov. Alexander Spotswood 86,000 acres in the newly created Spotsylvania County, of which the Germanna tract was the first. In 1716, this land was located in Essex County, King and Queen County and King William County.

Marriage
Her marriage was previously listed as 1735 in Germantown, Frederick, Virginia, but Frederick County did not exist on that date.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Martin, William A. A Martin Genealogy Tied to the History of Germanna, Virginia; Heritage Books, Inc., 1995, Bowie, Maryland. Call Number: ISBN 0-7884-0184-X; page 28.
2. ↑ Daniel W. Bly, From the Rhine to the Shenandoah, Volume III, Baltimore, Maryland, Gateway Press, (1996). Brumbach-Brumback Chapter, p. 14.
3. ↑ Elizabeth Chapman Denny Vann and Margaret Collins Denny Dixon. Brumback-Hotsinpiller Genealogy; some of the descendants of Melchior Brumback of the 1714 Germanna Colony in Virginia through his daughter Elizabeth who married Stephen Hotsinpiller, Englewood, New Jersey (1961), page 20.
4. ↑ Fauquier County, Virginia Deed Book "10," p. 224.
5. ↑ Utterback, William Irvin. Utterback history and genealogy of the Utterback family in America, 1622-1937: Family record of Herman Utterback and his descendants, (1622-1937), (Marshall College, West Virginia, Gentry Bros, 1937), page 37.
6. ↑ Holtzclaw, B.C. Ancestry and Descendants of the Nassau-Siegen Immigrants to Virginia 1714-1750 (Harrisonburg, Virginia: The Germanna Foundation, 1964) Ancestry and Descendants of the Nassau-Siegen Immigrants to Virginia 1714-1750] (1964, Germanna Foundation), pp. 491-492; see also the "Corrections in the Utterback Genealogy in America" section, pp. 488-491.