This is such a delicate subject, I don't want to offend anyone!!!
I can tell you that Harman Back, Jr. was not born in Germany in 1737. The only birth record for a child of Hermannus/Hermann/Harman Bach/Back is the 1737 birth and baptism record for their daughter Anna Ella. She does not have a twin, she does not have a brother and there is no other child born to the couple while in Germany. I've searched the church books in both Freudenberg and Oberfischbach from 1737 to 1740, and there is no other child for them. There also is no death record for Anna Ella, she did not die in her village in Germany. Dr. Holtzclaw states in Germanna Record No. 5 that there is no further information for Anna Ella, which means he could find no records pertaining to her in the US, not surprising as this is the plight of women!
Even the note made in the Death Register in Freudenberg by the pastor notes only "1 Kindt," 1 child, not two, and that one child would be Anna Ella.
It's always good to go back to the original sources, if we can find them and that's what I did with the Bach and allied families. I had several records for them anyway as I'm gathering records for each of the immigrants, but didn't have the birth/baptism record of Anna Ella. I'm glad that I was able to find it!
If we keep Harman Back, Jr. as the son of Hermannus and Anna Margaretha (Hausmann) Bach, then there are corrections that need to be made to the Profile which I am happy to do.
When Cathi and I are in Virginia in November, we will go through all of the tax records, land records, anything that we can find to help sort out these families.
Barb
