The is the forefather of Comfort Delilah Prather, the woman who was our great grandfather Smith's mother.)
Here is the story of how this great x 7 grandfather of ours got his name. You will LOVE this!
A family named WEISSGERBER sailed from Nassau Siegen, Germany, and arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August 31, 1750.
They settled in Culpepper County, Virginia.
Since no one in the American Colonies could spell or even understand the pronunciation of the name WEISSGERBER, his name was recorded as "WHITESCARVER."
So he is one of the reasons our DNA test shows we have German blood. His wife, our G-7 Grandmother, was German, also----Anna Catharina Wuest.
From WikiWorld:
Tillman Whitescarver
Tillman Whitescarver migrated to America from Germany August 31,1750, bringing with him his wife Anna Cuntz and children, Anna Maria, Harman, and Anna Cathrine. They came from Niederndor, Nassau-Siegen, Germany and landed at Philadelphia. From there they went on to Culpeper County, VA. His German name was DILMANUS WEISSGERBER and he was born March 20, 1713. Upon arrival in American, his name was changed to an English-sounding name Tillman Whitescarver; On May 13, 1752, he was granted 329 acres of land in Culpeper County, VA, on the fork of the Crooked Run. Tillman died in Culpeper County in 1782.
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