Spouse: Mattie .

Spouse: Ella Genevieve CROSSING. Ella Genevieve CROSSING and Arthur Elmer ZIMMERMAN were married on 16 April 1903.³⁵⁵

Spouse: Elizabeth BARNETT. Elizabeth BARNETT and Augustus ZIMMERMAN were married on 28 November 1814 in Jessamine County KY.¹⁵³ Children were: John Barnett ZIMMERMAN, Ambrose D. ZIMMERMAN, James Madison ZIMMERMAN, Frederick Augusta ZIMMERMAN, Ryland Thomas Dillard ZIMMERMAN.

Barbara Z. Edwards had a will dated 5 Apr 1786 in Culpepper Co.,Va. in which she mentioned her daughter Nancy"Ann" Ziglar Rice and her Grandson James B. Ziglar.

ca 1737 when Barbara "Barbary" was 20, she first married Johann Leonhardt/Leonard ZIEGLER/ZIGLAR, in Culpepper Co.,Va. Born ca 1711 in Rhine River area, Germany. Johann Leonhardt/Leonard died in Culpepper Co.,Va. in 1758, he was 47.

Johann Leonhardt Ziegler anglicized his name to Leonard Ziglar and his will dated 3 Dec 1757, Culpepper Co.,Va., reflects this change. Johann emigrated to America in1732 aboard the ship "Samuel" at age 21 arriving at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He took an Oath to Allegiance and became a U. S. citizen at the Philadephia on 11 Aug 1732. He begins showing up in legal documents in 1736 where his name appears as a witness on a deed date 19 Apr1736 in Orange Co.,Va. He signed his name "Leenhart Ziegler". Leonard Ziglar had a will in Culpepper Co.,Va., Will Book A,page 158 dated 3 Dec 1757 as follows: In the name of God Amen, I Leonard Ziglar being sick and Weak of body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be to Almighty God for it and as touching my temporal affair doth make this my last Will and Testament and principally I recommend my soul to God who gave it hoping through the death and passion of my blessed Lord and saviour Jesus Christ to receive full and free pardon and forgiveness of all my sins for my body to the ground to be decentily buried at the descretion of my executors here after named and for my temporal estate which it hath pleased me God to bestow upon me I give and dispose of in manner and form following viz:ITEM: I give and bequeath unto my beloved son Christopher Ziglar the half of the tract of land whereon I now live to him and his heirs for ever it being four hundred and forty five acres be the same more or less. ITEM: I GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO MY BELOVED SON LEONARD ZIGLAR THE OTHER HALF OF THE SAID TRACT OF LAND AND PLANTATION WHERE ON I NOW LIVE TO HIM AND HIS HEIRS FOREVER. ITEM: I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter Elizabeth Ziglar all that tract and parcel of land lying in Stoney Run and joining Frederick Zimmerman to her and her heirs forever it being two hundred acres to the same more or less. ITEM: I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter Ann Ziglar the half of that tract of land joining with Col. Spotswood and Goodrich Lightfoot to her and her heirs forever for ever it being two hundred sixty acres to be the same more or less. ITEM: I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter Susanna Ziglar the other half of the said tract of land lying and being as aforesaid to her and herheirs forever. And lastly my desire is that all my just debts be paid and discharged and my funeral expense by Barbery Ziglar and Frederick Zimmerman, executors of this my last will and testament and my desire is that the rest of my estate be equally divided to each child a part by the executors of this my last will revoking, disnuling all former and other wills by me here to fore made and confirming this to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal his third day of December one thousand and seven hundred and fifty seven. Signed sealed and delivered and declared. Signed Leonard Ziglar. Witnesses were James Conner, Samuel(X)Sirket, Zeblum Lewess. This will was proved on 17 Aug 1758. ======================================================

Sharon Parents: Hans Christopher ZIMMERMAN and Elizabeth ALBRECHT.

Spouse: Johann Leonhart ZIEGLER. Children were: Elizabeth ZIGLER, Christopher ZIEGLER, Leonard ZIEGLER, Ann ZIEGLER, Susannah ZIEGLER.

Spouse: Betty Jean Laughren ADELMEYER. Children were: Lynn Dee ZIMMERMAN, Rick Edward ZIMMERMAN, Brett Randall ZIMMERMAN.

I herby certify that on the 24th day of December, 1874,
I solemnize the rite of matrimony of Mr. Benjamin P. Zimmerman and Miss Tennessee P. Davis, both of the county and state aforesaid

Given under my hand _____ this 3rd day of January A.D. 1875
C.F. Bebee
Justice of the Peace
Filed and recorded
Feb 12th 1875
Parents: James Notley ZIMMERMAN and Mary Ann PORTER.

Spouse: Tennessee Paralee DAVIS. Tennessee Paralee DAVIS and Beniah (Benjamin) Porter ZIMMERMAN were married on 24 December 1874 in Bourbon, Crawford, MO. Children were: William Oscar ZIMMERMAN, Amy Naomi ZIMMERMAN, Stella Blanche ZIMMERMAN, Ida Belle "Rose" ZIMMERMAN, James Abraham ZIMMERMAN, Docia Merritt ZIMMERMAN, Edgar Dellose ZIMMERMAN, Mary Ada ZIMMERMAN, Jessie Jewel ZIMMERMAN, Clara Jeanette ZIMMERMAN, Millard Leroy ZIMMERMAN.

Spouse: Julia Ann THOMAS.

Spouse: Phebe Tolford DAVIS. Phebe Tolford DAVIS and Beniah (Benjamin) Porter ZIMMERMAN were married on 2 September 1906. Children were: Charlie Ben ZIMMERMAN.

Spouse: Julia Ann THOMAS.

Spouse: Christina SCHWEITZER. Christina SCHWEITZER and Bernhard ZIMMERMAN³⁴ were married in 1760 in Michelfeld, Germany.³⁴ Children were: Christoph ZIMMERMAN, Phillipp ZIMMERMAN, Sophia Barbara ZIMMERMAN, Johannes ZIMMERMAN, Geroge Jakob ZIMMERMAN, Georg Bernhard ZIMMERMAN, Christina ZIMMERMAN.

Spouse: Barbara Salome SCHAD. Barbara Salome SCHAD and Bernhard ZIMMERMAN²⁶⁷ were married on 9 June 1807 in Sulzfeld, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.²⁶⁷ Children were: George Wilhelm ZIMMERMAN, Elisabeth dorothea ZIMMERMAN, Regina Dorothea ZIMMERMAN, Magdalena Elisabeth ZIMMERMAN, Elisabeth Barbara ZIMMERMAN.

Spouse: Christina Elisabeth SCHUMM. Christina Elisabeth SCHUMM and Bernhard ZIMMERMAN²⁶⁷ were married on 1 January 1818 in Sulzfeld, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.²⁶⁷

Spouse: Myra Dee SETLIFF. Children were: Robert Sean ZIMMERMAN.

Spouse: Son Cha PAK. Children were: Lynn Son ZIMMERMAN, Tammy Lee ZIMMERMAN.

Spouse: Jennifer Ellen BRADFORD. Children were: Austin Leroy ZIMMERMAN, Hailey Ellen ZIMMERMAN, Elyssa Lynn ZIMMERMAN, Anna Kathleen ZIMMERMAN, Ada B CONDIE, James A BAIRD.

District: Bexar
County: Menard
Grantee: C. A. Zimmerman
Certificate: 9
Patentee: Hrs. of C. A. Zimmerman
Patent Date: 12 Nov 1860
Patent #: 44
Patent Volume: 32
Survey/Blk/Tsp: 1548
Acres: 320
Class: Bex. 3rd.
File: 2925

District: Bexar
County: Menard
Grantee: C. A. Zimmerman
Certificate: 9
Patentee: Hrs. of C. A. Zimmerman
Patent Date: 12 Nov 1860
Patent #: 45
Patent Volume: 32
Survey/Blk/Tsp: 1549
Acres: 320
Class: Bex. 3rd.
File: 2925

District: Bexar
County: Menard
Grantee: C. A. Zimmerman, Dec'd
Certificate: 9
Patentee: Hrs. C. A. Zimmerman, Dec'd
Patent Date: 12 Nov 1860
Patent #: 44
Patent Volume: 32
Survey/Blk/Tsp: Dist. No. 3 1548
Acres: 332.1
Class: Bex. 3rd
File: 2925 Parents: Morton ZIMMERMAN and Mildred BARNETT.

Spouse: Elizabeth LEE.

Spouse: Tom HANES. Children were: Thomas HANES.

Spouse: Peter COWICK.

REFN: 4185 Parents: Frederick ZIMMERMAN and Rosanna CRIGLER.

Spouse: Silas CRIGLER. Catherine ZIMMERMAN and Silas CRIGLER were married on 23 October 1836 in Boone County, Kentucky. Children were: Sylvester Haas CRIGLER.

Zimmerman, Billie Ruthe 7-27-1930 F Vista Florence Jones Charles Dillard Zimmerman Parents: Thomas Ryland ZIMMERMAN and Drusilla Mae "Drucie" MARKLAND.

Spouse: Vista Florence JONES. Children were: ZIMMERMAN, ZIMMERMAN, ZIMMERMAN, Eula Loree ZIMMERMAN, William Maximus ZIMMERMAN, Thurman ZIMMERMAN, Eva ZIMMERMAN, Lanell ZIMMERMAN, Billie Ruthe ZIMMERMAN, Reba ZIMMERMAN.

Spouse: Alice Emma STAFF. Alice Emma STAFF and Charles Edgar ZIMMERMAN were married on 10 November 1909.³⁵⁵

Spouse: Lucinda PAYTON.

Spouse: Edna WOOD. Children were: Earl ZIMMERMAN, Paul ZIMMERMAN, Ben ZIMMERMAN, Dean ZIMMERMAN, Calvin ZIMMERMAN, Joe ZIMMERMAN.

Spouse: Ray Earl JESSUP. Charlotte Belle ZIMMERMAN and Ray Earl JESSUP were married on 21 July 1919 in El Dorado, Butler County, Kansas.

Christian Zimmermann's father was another Christian so we will use the designation of Junior and Senior though the German records do not make this distinction. Christian, Jr. was the father of Christopher, the 1717 Virginia immigrant. Christian Zimmermann, Sr. married Maria Schuchter on 25 Jan 1669 in Sulzfeld. Christian, Sr.'s father was Michael and his mother was Benedicta unknown. Maria Schuchter's father was Johann (Hans) Schuchter and her mother was Maria unknown. Maria Schuchter, the wife of Christian Zimmermann, Sr., was born 21 May 1648. She lived until 13 Aug 1708 when she died at the age of 60 years and two months. Christian, Sr. lived until 26 Mar 1703 but we do not know his birthdate.
Christian, Sr. and Maria were the parents of nine children:
1. Christianus, b. and chr. 30 Dec 1669. (This is our Christian, Jr.),
2. Johann Petrus, chr. 24 Dec 1672, d. 1 Apr 1673 at 13 weeks,
3. Anna Maria, b. 9 Mar 1674, chr. on the 10th, d. 15 Jan 1675,
4. Anna Margretha, b. 29 Oct 1677, nfi,
5. Anna Catharina, b. and chr. 10 Mar 1680, d. 25 Jun 1685,
6. Jacob, b. and chr. 26 Nov 1682, d. 27 Nov 1682, bur. 28 Nov 1682,
7. Johannes Andreas, b. 4 Nov 1683, nfi,
8. A boy, b. and d. 14 Feb 1686,
9. Andreas, chr. 6 Feb 1687, d. 25 Feb 1691, b. 26 Feb 1691.

Of the nine children, only one lived past five years of age (assuming that the nfi probably means death occurred). That was Christian, Jr., the father of the Virginia immigrant, Christopher. This case, in an extreme way, shows how bad infant mortality could be.
Michael Zimmermann, the great-grandfather of Christopher, was born in Steffisburg, Bern, Switzerland in the year 1607. It was he who emigrated from Switzerland to Germany. He had married Bendicta unknown who died on 4 Oct 1665 at Sulzfeld. On the next 1 May he married Elisabetha Albrecht (she was the widow of Hanns Lehemann). Michael had immigrated rather early in life from Switzerland to Germany because his first child, Johannes, was born in Sulzfeld in 1636. (Johannes married Regina Wegmon or Wegmann.) Several children probably followed Johannes before Christian (Sr.) was born but we have no record of them. Christian had at least one younger brother, Michael, who married Maria Spengler.
It is surprising to me that Michael moved to Sulzfeld in the period of 1607 to 1636 (his birth to his son's birth) because the Thirty Years' War went on from 1618 to 1648. This was a most unsettled period in Germany and it would hardly have been an inviting time to move. It could be that the move was made by Michael's father in the period 1607 to 1618.
All of this Zimmermann history is fascinating to me because it is contemporaneous with major events in European history. Another reason is that many of the surnames that one reads in the Zimmermann history occur in the Germanna history. Were they accidents or were they deliberate?

John Blankenbaker
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http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~george/johnsgermnotes/germhis1.html Parents: Michael ZIMMERMAN and Benedicta .

Spouse: Maria SCHUCHTER. Maria SCHUCHTER and Christian ZIMMERMAN were married on 25 January 1668/9 in Sulzfeld, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Children were: Johann Peter ZIMMERMAN, Christian ZIMMERMAN, Anna Maria ZIMMERMAN, Anna Margaretha ZIMMERMAN, Anna Catharina ZIMMERMAN, Jacob ZIMMERMAN, Johann Andreas ZIMMERMAN, Jagtorn ZIMMERMAN, Andreas ZIMMERMAN, Johann Georg ZIMMERMAN.

Spouse: Eva DÜNSTLERIN. Eva DüNSTLERIN and Christian ZIMMERMAN were married in 1687 in Nearby village to Sulzfeld.¹² Children were: Johann Georg ZIMMERMAN, Johann Conrad ZIMMERMAN, Hans Christopher ZIMMERMAN, Maria Eva ZIMMERMAN.

Spouse: Maria Barbara EDEL. Children were: Still Born ZIMMERMAN, Christoph Jacob ZIMMERMAN, Anna Maria ZIMMERMAN, Anna Catharina ZIMMERMAN, Maria Sophia ZIMMERMAN, Maria Elisabetha ZIMMERMAN, Maria Barbara ZIMMERMAN, Christian ZIMMERMAN, Georg Engelhard ZIMMERMAN, Georg Friedrich ZIMMERMAN, Anna Salome ZIMMERMAN, Johann Martin ZIMMERMAN, Christina Salome ZIMMERMAN.

Spouse: Rosina SCHOCK. Rosina SCHOCK and Christian Jakob ZIMMERMAN³⁴ were married on 19 November 1765 in Sulzfeld, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.³⁴ Children were: Jackob Andreas ZIMMERMAN, Johann Christian ZIMMERMAN, Elisabeth Salome ZIMMERMAN, Johann Christian ZIMMERMAN, Bernhard ZIMMERMAN, Phillipp ZIMMERMAN, Christina ZIMMERMAN, Johann Wilhelm ZIMMERMAN, Rosina Christina ZIMMERMAN, Margarethe Catharina ZIMMERMAN.