Notes on Harman Johann Otterbach
He transported and traded goods. An important middleman for the transport of iron products mfg in Nassau-Siegen region. Had a grandson Harman present at the surrender of Cornwallis to Gen. Washington, perhaps. This from Mayflower Quarterly,
August, 1990.
Hermann Otterbach emigrated to America to join at least two of his daughters (our ancestor Margreth who married Hans Jacob Holtzclaw and Elisabeth Cathrina who married John Kemper; both couples emigrated to America at the same time.) The source
says this happened not long after 1714, a year or two after his sons-in-law made the trip. In America, he was usually known as Herman Utterback.
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