“The Descendants of John Fishback, the Emigrant, with an Historical Sketch of His Family and of the Colony at Germanna and Germantown, Virginia, 1714-1914”
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ReferenceGGenealogy of the Fishback Family in AmericaWillis M. Kemper
“The Descendants of John Fishback, the Emigrant, with an Historical Sketch of His Family and of the Colony at Germanna and Germantown, Virginia, 1714-1914”
John Fishback was " ... b[orn] 12 July, 1691 in the Village of Truppbach, about one mile north ot the city of Seigen, Westphalia, Germany; came to Virginia in April, 1714, with Gov. Spottswood's colony of Germans; settled first with them at Germanna in what was then Spottsylvania (now) Orange County; moved with them later (about) 1721 to Germantown in Fauquier. [He] d[ied] 1734 (will probated Prince William Co. , March 19, 1734) at or near Germantown. [He] m[arried] (1) Agnes Hager, dau. of Parson Henry Hager (d. 1737), pastor of the Germantown Colony, b[orn] Siegen, Germany, 26 Nov. , 1697. D[ied] Germantown, abt. 1725. [He] m[arried] (2) Mary Daugherty, mentioned in his will; [she] survived him. "--Page 81-82. Descendants lived in Texas, Missouri, Virginia, Kentucky, Kansas, Illinois, Arkansas, Missouri, Ohio and elsewhere.