John Huffman

1692 - 1772  (79 years)

• Name	John Huffman
  Born	8 Mar 1692	Siegen Germany
  Gender	Male
  Died	1772	Culpeper County, Virginia USA
  Person ID	I411	Bach to Back
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2022

  
  

  Family 1	Ann Catherine Haeger,   d. 9 Feb 1729, Orange County, Virginia
  Married	7 Nov 1721	Orange County, Virginia
  Children	1. Agnes Huffman,   b. 25 Nov 1722, Orange County, Virginia   2. John Henry Huffman,   b. 18 Jan 1724, Orange County, Virginia ,   d. 27 Jan 1724, Orange County, Virginia  (Age 0 years)   3. Anna Catharine Huffman,   b. 7 Jun 1725, Orange County, Virginia   4. John Huffman,   b. 6 Jan 1727, Orange County, Virginia
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F356	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Maria Sabina Folg,   b. 29 Mar 1710, Germany ,   d. 1782, Culpeper County, Virginia USA  (Age 71 years)
  Married	13 Jul 1729	Virginia
  Children	1. Nicklaus Huffman,   b. 4 Feb 1731, Orange County, Virginia   2. Michael Huffman,   b. 26 Mar 1732, Orange County, Virginia   3. John Jacob Huffman,   b. 3 Dec 1733, Orange County, Virginia ,   d. 1815, Madison County, Virginia  (Age 81 years)   4. Baltz "Paul" Huffman,   b. 13 May 1735, Orange County, Virginia   5. Wilhelm Huffman,   b. 8 Dec 1735, Orange County, Virginia   6. George Huffman,   b. 18 Apri 1738, Orange County, Virginia   7. Frederick Huffman,   b. 7 Feb 1740, Orange County, Virginia   8. Henry Huffman,   b. 25 May 1742, Orange County, Virginia   9. Tillman Huffman,   b. 1 Jun 1744, Orange County Virginia + 10. Elizabeth Huffman,   b. 13 Jul 1746, Orange County, Virginia ,   d. after1831, Harlan Co., KY  (Age 84 years) + 11. Margaret Huffman,   b. 27 Nov 1748, Culpeper County Virginia   12. Maria Huffman,   b. 4 Aug 1751, Culpeper County, Virginia
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F159	Group Sheet

  
  

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  1761-1770 Colonial Virginia Map 1734 Orange formed form Spotsylvania 1749 Culpeper formed from Orange 1793 Madison formed from Culpeper 1730 Prince William formed from King George and Stafford 1759 Fauquier formed from Prince William 1769 Botetourt formed from Augusta 1772 Fincastle formed from Botetourt 1776 Washington formed from Fincastle 1786 Russell formed from Washington 1792 Lee formed from Russell

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Family Bible of John Huffman, father of Elizabeth Huffman Back and Margaret Huffman Back. Ealizabeth's date of birth in her father's Bible is identical to the date of birth in the Old English Catechism archived at the library in Breathitt County Kentucky The disposition of the Huffman Bible was given in detail in John Huffman's will.
  		Virginia Magazine of History Vol63 No 4 p454-456 Transcription of John Huffman's Bible
  		1724 Land Grant recorded in Stafford County Land was on Licking Run in what later became Fauquier County. The three men named in the grant were the three who had been naturalized so they could acquire land for the rest of the first colony of Germans in the area. Land grant 22 August 1724. Location: Stafford County (Prince William County form 1731, Fauquier County formed 1759) Grantee(s): Fischback, John; Hoffman, John and Holtzclaw, Jacob. Description: 1805 acres 108 perches. Source: Northern Neck Grants A, 1722-1726, p. 63, folio (Reel 290). Original survey exists. Part of the index to recorded copies of land grants issued by the agents of the Fairfax Proprietary between 1690 and 1781 and by the Commonwealth between 1786 and 1874. Original and recorded surveys are also indexed when available. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.
  		1729 land grant Spotsylvania Co VA (Orange County formed 1734/35) Land grant 27 September 1729 Huffman, John. grantee. Location: Spotsylvania County. Description: 800 acres in the great fork of the Rappahannock on the Deep Run. Earliest land acquisition found for John Huffman in what became Madison County Virginia. Source: Land Office Patents No. 13, 1725-1730 (v.1 & 2 p.1-540), p. 388 (Reel 12). Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.
  		1783 Culpeper County Tax List of Henry Hill John Huffman's sons and grandsons on the same 1783 tax list as John Back and Henry Back

  
  

• Notes

  1733 will of John Huffman's father-in-law Henry Haeger proves John Huffman was in Prince William (Fauquier) Virginia at the time of the signing of the will. He already owned considerable property in the area along the Robinson River in what later became Madison County Virginia. SITES FOR FURTHER RESEARCH Virginia County Formation Map https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~george/countyformations/virginiaformationmaps.html Randy Majors https://www.randymajors.org/countygmap?state=VA&onestate=show&labels=show Germanna-Who Were the German Settlers of the Robinson River Valley https://germanna.org/2013/09/11/who-were-the-german-settlers-in-the-robinson-river-valley/ FamilySearch Catalog Search https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Introduction_to_the_FamilySearch_Catalog Library of Virginia Research Guides and Indexes https://lva-virginia.libguides.com/