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Biography
John Hoffman (Huffman) was christened Johannes Hoffmann in Siegen, Germany on May 6, 1692. He was from Eisern, south of Siegen in Catholic Siegen. He settled in the Germanna Colonies, which lies within Orange County, Virginia today. Early description by John Fontaine who first visited the colony in 1715 was as follows:
'The place that is paled in is a pentagon, very regularly laid out, and in the very center is a block-house, made with five sides, which answer to the five sides of the great enclosure, there are loop-holes through it, from which you may see all the sides of the enclosure. This was intended for a retreat for the people in case they were not able to defend the palisadoes, if attacked by the indians. They made use of the block-house for divine service. They go to prayers once a day, and have two sermons on Sunday. We went to hear them perform their service, which was done in their own language, which we did not understand, but they seemed to be very devout and sang the psalms very well.'
Huffman was a very wealthy plantation owner. On Sept. 27, 1729 he bought 800 acres near the Robinson River at Germantown. In the book 'Ancestry and Descendants of the Nassau-Siegan Immigrants to Virginia 1714-1750' it states that Timothy Redding, father of Sarah Redding, who was married to Peter Martin, rented land of John Huffman, at Germantown after 1742. Redding finally bought 100 acres from Huffman. Before his death he sold 50 acres to John Marshall (U.S. Supreme Court Justice) and the rest was sold to William Redding Jr., to John Ariss on Nov. 22, 1766. In his last will and testament, dated Sept. 30, 1769, John Huffman willed 292 acres each to none of his sons, and 297 acres, including his mill, to the tenth son. He willed 150 acres to each of his four daughters, one of which was Margaret, wife of John Back. Margaret's sister Elizabeth married Henry, brother of John, and the third son Harman.
Will. "Jno. Hoofman. (written) Dec. 30, 1762, wills his two bibles, in addition to his large estate, to his ten sons, 'the two eldest to take them the first year, and then deliver them to the the two next until they have had them around, and beginning again with the eldest and so continue as long as the bibles shall last.' children were: Frederick, John, Nicholas, Michael, Jacob, Paul, William, George, Henry, Tilman, Margaret, Catherine, Elizabeth, and Mary. (probated) Aug. 17, 1772" [1]
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1692 - 1769 (77 years)
