Johann George Hottel Biography - Shenandoah Co., VA ________________________________________________________________ ca Apr 1722 Born Europe or Palatinate to John & Margaret Hottel Jun 1732 Left Rotterdam on ship Pennsylvania via Plymouth, age 4 w parents 11 Sep 1732 Arrived Philadelphia PA to Buck's Co, PA, age 10 Married 20 Jan 1742 Petitioned for Road Orange County Shanandoe 1743/45 Moved to Frederick County, VA near Tom's Brook. Built own house 1746 John born, age 24 1748 Henry born, age 26 1750 Elizabeth born, age 28 20 Jan 1752 John Jacob born, age 30 1753 David born, age 31 1754 George born, age 32 1755 Dorothy born, age 33 1756 Daniel born, age 34 1757 Anna born, age 35 1758 Vote Frederick County, poll tax for soldiers for George Washington (list of votes in Washington's own writing), age 36 1759 Frederick Co, VA George Huddle Rent Rolls 1764 Rent Rolls, Frederick Co, VA George Huddle 1772 George Huddle etc sold land Shenandoah County, VA to Matthias, 50 Wilken, Book A, Page 364 and 365 21 May 1773 George Huddell and George Keller both of Dunmore County to Mathias Wilkin for 5 Shillings 169 acres on Tomsbrook land to George Huddel and George Keller by last will and testament of John Huddell 22 Jun 1773 George Huddell & George Keller and Barbara to Matthias Wilkin, 51 1774 Rent Rolls Dunmore Co, VA George Huddle 1775 Rent Rolls Dunmore Co, VA Geo. Huddle 1776 Rent Rolls Dunmore Co, VA Geo Huddle 1779-1781 Living in Shenandoah County, gave supplies to Revolutionary army 29 Aug 1782 Public claim for 800# beef L6-13-6, 1012# beef L8-8-8 66 gal. whiskey L13-10-2 1147# beef, 5 barrels L7 [illeg.] 4 bu rye 10s; 8 bu oats 13s-4 1782 Died, age 60 Owned farm across the road from father's and land from Mount Olive to North Mountain and land in Hampshire County, VA total 2,369 acres, age 21 1782 Died with 2369 acres, left farm to each child, age 60 Buried Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Keller Cemetery, Will 25 May 1782 25 Mar 1782 Will probated Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia 30 Oct 1782 Land from George Huddell and George Keller to Christian Capp 1783 Son, George Jr., Head of family, 11 white 0 black 1785 Son George signed Mennonite petition _________________________________________________________________ CHILDREN OF JOHANN GEORGE JERICK HOTTEL & ELIZABETH 1. JOHN HOTTEL (1746 - 1772) m. Elizabeth 2. HENRY HOTTEL m. Christina Charlotte Hamman 3. ELIZABETH HOTTEL (b. 16 Sep 1750) m. Christian Copp 4. JOHN JACOB HOTTEL (20 Jan1752 - Aug 1820) m. Dorothy Rinker 5. DAVID HOTTEL (1753 - 2 Feb 1787) m. Margaret 6. GEORGE II HOTTEL (1754 - Sep 1794) m. Margaret B. Wineman 7. DOROTHY HOTTEL (27 Nov 1755 - 6 Oct 1802) m. Jacob Funkhouser 8. DANIEL HOTTEL (b. 1756) m. Eva Hiser m. Rosina Fox 9. ANNA HOTTEL (28 Mar 1757 - 10 Aug 1834) m. Jacob Hamman ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ HISTORY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN HOTTEL by W.D. Huddle. At age 10 came with parents from Rotterdam, Holland to Philadelphia, PA Jun to 11 Sep 1732 Moved to Bucks Co, PA 1850 to Toms Brook, VA Home across road from father's 2,369 acres stretched from Mount Olive to North Mountain. __________________________________________________________________ VIRGINIA VITAL RECORDS #1 1600S-1800S VIRGINIA TAX RECORDS, ELECTION OF COL. GEO. WASHINGTON, 1758 AN ALPHABETICAL POLL FOR FREDERICK COUNTY, TAKEN THE 24TH DAY OF JULY 1758 FOR COLO. WASHINGTON JNO. FUNKHAUSER 103 GEO. HUDDLE HENRY RINKER FOR COLO. MARTIN JNO. FUNKHAUSER GEO. HUDDLE FOR MR. WEST HENRY RINKER _____________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ HISTORY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN HOTTEL by W.D. Huddle. George Hottel, youngest son of John and Margaret Hottel and the progenitor of this line of history was born about the year 1728, either in Switzerland, or the famous Valley of the Rhine, Germany. When a small boy he emigrated with his parents from Rotterdam, Holland to America, arriving at Philadelphia, Sept.11, 1732, settling later in the northern part of Bucks County, Pa., where hegrew to manhood. During the years mentioned above the Hottel family was among the many thousands who left their homes because of conscientious scruples. They believed that war was contrary to the teachings of Christianity. Therefore military service as required by law was very distasteful to them. Fierce persecutions by the European government as well as by many private citizens, induced numbers to seek safety in America, where liberty was promised them. By private conveyance, or perhaps on foot, they came to Holland, where they enjoyed greater liberties. Then, too, some being limited in financial means, remained in Holland for a time, in order to earn money to pay their passage to America. It is claimed by some of the Hottel descendants that our immigrant came from Holland instead of Switzerland or Germany. This view can be easily accounted for from the fact that Rotterdam, Holland, was the port from which all emigrants in the above sections took passage on ships sailing to America. The subject of this sketch and his parents were compelled to undergo the hardships of pioneer life in the colonial new world among the wild beasts and savage Indians. They began in the forest. The land was cleared, a log hut was erected and the battle with nature for supremacy begun. The family remained 18 years in Bucks Co., Pa., then came to Shenandoah Co., Va., settling near the village of Toms Brook, on a tract of land containing 341 acres. This by industry and honesty was changed from a howling wilderness to meadows, wheatfields and a happy home. Across the public road joining his father's tract on the west, young George Hottel began his life's career as a farmer by purchasing 253 acres of land from Lord Thomas Fairfax. By subsequent purchases he owned a vast scope of choice land lying on the head waters of Toms Brook and Funks Mill Run reaching northward from the hamlet of Mt. Olive to North Mountain. He also owned various farm properties in the counties of Shenandoah and Hampshire, totalling at the time of his death, 2,369 acres. He was one of the most prosperous and outstanding land owners of Shenandoah County. The name of his wife and where he married her could not be ascertained. To them nine children were born and he gave to each a farm. He died in the Spring of 1787, in the 60th year of his age, and it is likely he was buried in the Keller Cemetery. His wife and son John preceded him in death. He was a religious man and like many of his descendants, belonged either to the Lutheran or Reformed denomination. The Old Home George Hottel's old home is still standing in a good state of preservation near Mt. Olive. It was occupied in turn by his son Jacob and grandson George, and is now owned by Moses W. Barbe, whose wife was Lillie Ann Hamman, deceased, a lineal descendant of Barbara Anna Hottel. According to Mr. Barbe, the house was erected in 1740, but perhaps it was a little later as the Hottel family came to that neighborhood in 1750, and it is quite probable that George Hottel built it himself. The house was constructed very much like a Fort House in the days of savagery, with fort holes in the stone walls of the basement, and very large hewed logs which have been weatherboarded and plastered. An addition was built to the rear side some time later. There are five large rooms, three on the first floor and two on the second, and a large attic with a steep roof. The first floor was made of logs hewed on four sides with 18 inch facing fitted closely together with a slip hole into the basement from the inside. The outside door of the basement was made of three ply lumber and is still in use. The joist in the house are of 25 foot pine logs hewed six by ten inches, a stone chimney twelve by six feet on the first and second floors tapering to three feet square at the top occupies the center of the house. Board partitions extend from the chimney to the outer walls, thereby affording access to the chimney from every room for the purpose of heating from the fireplaces. All partitions have doors making the entire house communicable. The fireplace on the first floor will admit a log six feet long. The mantels built in the chimney, old log spring house is still standing near this ancient domicile and the large cone shaped stone used in the tannery by "George the tanner," is still in the front yard. A few trees whose green branches are stretched out like sentinels seem to point continually to the Old Home where were born our ancestors from whose loins have gone forth sons and daughters who have played their part in times of war and peace in the making of a great nation. In the deepening shadows of that home our dear ancestors enjoyed the music of the singing birds as they sat swaying in the trees. We sometimes wish our forebears who invaded and occupied these premises in the long ago could visit them again and reveal themselves to our curious eyes. ________________________________________________________________ GEORGE HOTTEL'S WILL WILL BOOK B PAGE 327 An abstract of the will of George Hottel was taken from Probate records of Woodstock, Shenandoah Co., Va.; the will is dated May 25, 1782. In the name of God, Amen: I, George Huddle, of the county of Shenandoah, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, being weakly and infirm in body, but of sound and disposing mind and memory, thanks be to Almighty God for the same, and calling to mind the mortality of mankind, that it is appointed for all men once to die, I do therefore make and publish this my last will and testament in the following manner and form, that is to say, first, I recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God who gave it, and my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in a decent Christian like manner, nothing doubting but at the last day I shall receive the same again at the General Resurrection, and such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me with in this life, demise and devise the same in the following manner and form: 1 Provides for the payment of all just debts and funeral expenses. Then comes bequests: 2 To my grandchildren, Henry, Gideon and John, sons of my oldest son John, deceased, 203 acres valued at 220 pounds of money. 3 To my son Henry, 218 acres, valued at 140 pounds in money. 4 To my daughter Elizabeth, wife of Christian Copp, 170 acres, valued at 100 pounds in money, being the same tract devised to him and George Keller by his father, John Hottel. 5 To my son Jacob, 253 acres including dwelling house, valued at 140 pounds in money. 6 To my son David, 202 acres valued at 100 pounds in money. 7 To my son George, 200 acres, Hampshire County, valued at 80 pounds in money. 8 To my daughter Dorothy, wife of Jacob Funkhouser, 404 acres, Hampshire County, valued at 100 pounds in money. 9 To my son Daniel, 220 acres, Hampshire County valued at 50 pounds in money. 10 To my daughter Anna, wife of Jacob Hamman, 409 acres, on Trout Run valued at 100 pounds in money. Appoints Henry and Jacob, sons, his executors. Witnessed by Jacob Rinker, Jr., Henry Keller and Jacob Keller. Signed: George Hottel. Probated Apr. 26, 1787. __________________________________________________________________________ HISTORY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN HOTTEL by W.D. Huddle. p.7 Johannes (John) Hottel, with whom this history begins, was born in Europe, about 1700, where he grew to manhood, took ship Pennsylvania, John Stedman, Master, probably in June, with his wife, Margaret, and five children under sixteen years of age, at Rotterdam, Holland, landed in Colonial America at Port Philadelphia, September 11, 1732, the year George Washington, the father of our country was born. John Hottel must have been still a young man at that time. Of his parents we have not been able to find any trace. Probably they were lost in the terrible commotions of Europe, and their records destroyed. John Hottel and Margaret were married about 1720, and their five children were all born in Europe. The family name of Margaret, her parentage, time and place of birth in the old country are unknown. This family located in the northern part of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where they lived eighteen years and by thrift and industry acquired lands and homes, so that the name Hottel appears on the tax records a few years after their advent. These immigrants took the oath of allegiance to the Crown of Great Britain. In religion they were either Lutherans, Reformed, or possibly Mannonites. They spoke the German language and were faithful, patriotic citizens. According to Prof. I.D. Rupp, (Sept. 21, 1732) Ulrich Hottel who was sick, arrived with 188 passengers. No further record is given. Probably he was a brother of John. Dates are approximate. These children constitute the ancestors of the whole Hottel family in America. The parents and three children left Pennsylvania and emigrated to Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. John and Henry stayed in Pennsylvania. Charles, George and Barbara came with the parents to Virginia. Over near North Mountain on the head waters of Toms Brook, out a short distance from the village of Toms Brook, lies the original Hottel homestead, containing 341 acres, which was purchased from Lord Thomas Fairfax, Aug. 30, 1750. This body of land lies six miles north of Woodstock (Muellerstadt), the seat of Shenandoah County founded in 1760. It is believed the Hottel domicile stood near the Hottel spring on the back road leading to Mt. Olive, near the present residence of David H. Keller. We sometimes wish these worthy ancestors who invaded and occupied these premises in the long ago, could return and reveal themselves to our curious eyes. Nearly two centuries ago they joined the spectral hosts that dwell among the stars, while in yonder Keller graveyard their ashes sleep. Lovingly Virginia's skies are arched above their tombs. On the original Hottel homestead near where the first Hottel domicile stood, the old Frieden's church was built in 1821. It was owned jointly by the Reformed and Lutheran congregations. Many of our kin of that day worshipped in this church, being identified with one or the other of these bodies. The congregations were separated and the building abandoned and torn down in 1880 and separate churches were erected. The Lutherans since then worship at St. Matthews not far distant, and the Reformed people at Harrisville. A community schoolhouse was built at the rear of the Frieden's church, familiarly known as the Hottel-Keller schoolhouse. This was erected by free-will offerings of money, labor and material. George Hottel, John Snarr, the Kellers and many others figured prominently in this educational enterprise. They belived that education was essential to good citizenship and the welfare of our country. ________________________________________________________________________ HISTORY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN HOTTEL, 2ND EDITION, 1992 P.xxiii Our Immigrant Ancestor and His Family The brief account of the European background for our immigrant Forefather, Johannes Hottel, which is given on page 7, obviously needs to be supplemented. Since I started research toward the writing of a new history, I have made one visit to Germany, and made various other efforts to establish a more correct and complete record. The definitive data are not yet in hand, but I am particularly indebted to Mrs. Cleta Smith, a family member living in Silver Spring, Maryland, for her excellent research of many German records that serve both to correct and supplement what was known by W.D. Huddle more than 60 years ago when he was preparing this volume. Our family very likely had its beginning in Switzerland, but we are not absolutely certain how the name was originally spelled. Quite probably it was either Hoedl or Hodel, both spellings being used at the present time in Switzerland and in Germany. As we also know, the English officials who made the earliest records in America wrote as they thought they heard., and used the Hottel spelling, although early variants are also on record. Many different ways of spelling are common today, Hottel, Hottell, Hottle, and Huddle being the most frequently used forms. Although we don't yet know where our immigrant ancestor was born, he certainly began his journey to America in the 1730s from Germany. We do know that the population was so depleted after the french military incursions into Germany, particularly in southern Germany, that laborers from Switzerland found there a welcome new home. Our family was a part of that movement, even though we don't know exactly when they went. Cleta Smith's research shows that Johannes and Elizabetha Hodel lived in the region of Alsheim bei Gronau, in the Rhineland-Pfalz (Palatinate), southwest of the city of Mannheim, and northwest of the city of Speyer, where he had a small farm and a small vineyard. They had four children, all of whom were baptized in the Evangelish Church in Alsheim: (1) Anna Barbara, born 2 Dec. 1713, baptized 10 Dec. 1713; (2) Johann Carl, baptized 2 Nov 1718, so born c. 25 Oct 1718; (3) Johann Georg, baptized 12 Apr 1722, so born c. 4 Apr 1722; (4) Catharina Elisabetha, baptized 25 Nov 1725, so born c. 17 Nov 1725. (It was a common paractice to give children such first names, usually remembering the "Holy Family" or another "saint.") We know these first three children, of course, as Barbara, Charles and George. Since the daughter Elisabetha does not appear on the passenger list for the ship Pennsylvania, on which they arrived in the port of Philadelphia on 11 Sep 1732, we may assume that she died prior to the family's departure from Rotterdam, or en route to America. The Hottel family early established residence in the upper part of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, quite probably in either Richland or Springfield Township, northeast of Quakertown, and southeast of Coopersburg and Allentown. However, no record of land ownership in this area has yet been found, and exactly how long the family continued in Pennsylvania is still uncertain. It is now evident that they moved to Virginia earlier than 1750, the date given on p.7 so I have written below "about 1743-1745." John Hottel did acquire land in present day Shenandoah County, near Mount Olive, and the original survey of these 341 acres was made on 26 April 1750. This document shows that they were living in that location at that time, but it seems to imply that they had already been there for some while, for the location of his house is indicated on the plat, with the notation: "where he lives." Two road petitions in Orange County, Virginia, dated 20 Jan 1742/43, and 3 Feb 1742/43, are the earliest discovered records that mention members of the Hottel family in Virginia. (Alternate dates are due to the difference between the Julian and Gregorian calendars, the latter being officially adopted by England only in 1752. However, both calendars were in use for a number of years prior to that date. In the Julian calendar the new year began on 25 March, so the road petitions may have been in either 1742 or 1743, as both dates fall earlier in the year than the 25 March new year. ________________________________________________________________________ HISTORY OF VIRGINIA by Bruce. George Hottel, one of the sons of John Hottel, settled on the Fairfax lands at the head of Toms Brook, and his descendants multiplied through the generations and many of them went into the western states. George Hottel established a tannery, conducted a large farm, and was one of the early justices of the peace. His son Jacob spent his life on the Hottel estate, and was the father of Daniel Hottel. p.264 The direct ancestor of Milton H. Hottel of Woodstock was George Hottel, one of the sons of John Hottel. He settled on the Fairfax lands at the head of Toms Brook, and his descendants multiplied through the generations and many of them went into the western states. George Hottel established a tannery, conducted a large farm, and was one of the early justices of the peace. His son Jacob spent his life on the Hottel estate, and was the father of Daniel Hottel, the latter being the grandfather of Milton H. ________________________________________________________________________ HISTORY OF VIRGINIA by Bruce. Bruce's History of Virginia states he was a native of France, a Huguenot and a member of the Reformed Church. On account of his allegiance to the Protestant Church he was so persecuted as to be driven out of that country into Switzerland, and either he or his descendants afterwards went down the Rhine River into Holland. ________________________________________________________________________ THE ABRIDGED COMPENDIUM OF AMERICAN GENEALOGY P. 207 Hottel, George (1728-87) of Shenandoah Co., VA; owned 2,369 acres of land at time of death. ________________________________________________________________________ THE COMPENDIUM OF AMERICAN GENEALOGY. John (Hottel, Hotel) Huddle (ca. 1690-1760) from Rotterdam, 1732, in the "Pennsylvania" with his wife Margaret, and children. Charles, Henry, George, John, and Anna; settled Bucks or Lancaster Co., Pa.; removed to Shenendoah Co., Va., ca. 1745 where he purchased land. ________________________________________________________________________ ANCESTRAL FILE Husband: George Hottel (Jerrick) b 1728 Germany Wife: Elizabeth Children: John Hottel or Huddle b 1746 VA Henry (Heinrich) Hottel or Huddle b 1748 VA Elizabeth Hottel b 1750 John Jacob Hottel b 1752 David Hottel b 1753 George Huddle b 1754 Va Dorothy Hottel b 1755 Daniel Hottel b 1756 Anna G. Hottel b 1757 ________________________________________________________________________ FAMILY REGISTER Hottel, George b 1728 Europe Father John Hottel d 1787 VA DAR Patriot Index Hottel, George: b 1728 d 1787 m - PS Pvt VA ________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACTS OF WILLS OF FREDERICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA (1961). Kings, J. Estelle. HITE vs LORD FAIRFAX Mention is made of John Ruddell and Corneliius Ruddill at the beginning of the suit to show cause why they should not be granted land. Following are the names of those who laid claim for land: George Huddell--Archibald Ruddill claims land under Hite August 2, 1750 _________________________________________________________________________ Jane Hunter Hodgson Tucson, Arizona hodgson@azstarnet.com http://208.199.40.215/genealogy/index.html USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material AND permission is obtained from the CONTRIBUTOR of the file. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation.