Anna Elizabeth was the daughter of Philipp and Elsbeth (Heimbach) Fischbach. She was christened on Palm Sunday 1685 at Trubach. Her godmother was Anna Heimbach, the daughter of Johannes Heimbach. Elisabeth married Hans Jacob Richtor (Rector) of Trubach, on January 17, 1711. They had a son, John Rector born on December 1, 1711. Jacob and Elisabeth Rector immigrated to the Virginia colony in 1713-1714 with their son and her parents. Jacob Rector was listed as one of the heads of family of the Nassau-Siegen immigrants. He and his wife, Elisabeth were also listed as one of the twelve families who took up land at Germantown.

Jacob and Elizabeth had four children together (John, Henry, Harmon, and Jacob).

Mother: Elizabeth Heimbach (1662–?)

===== Their Home in Germany =========

"Uhrmeiersch" was the ancestral home of the Germanna family of Hans Jacob Richter and his wife Anna Elisabeth Fischbach. It was built around 1640 and was destroyed by grenades or phosphor bombs two days before the end of World War II in April 1945. Near the house was at that time an anti-aircraft defence position. A painting of the house appears in a book by Dieter Tröps and Udo Bohn [Trupbach 1389-1989: Ortsgeschichte in Texten und Bildern (Heimatverein Trupbach, Siegen-Trupbach, 1989, at 198]. There is also a photograph by Otto Arnold taken on April 8, 1931 of "Uhrmeiersch" with five children in the foreground leaning on a fence. The Germanna Foundation has a framed copy of this photograph, which can also be found in Otto Arnold Photographie: 1927-1938; [Siegerlaender Landschaften, Bilddokumente einer Suedwestfaelischen Kulturlandschaft (Siegen: Verlag Arnold, 1986) at 124]. Both of these rare books can be found in the library of the Brawdus Martin Germanna Visitor Center.



Ownership of the house descended as follows:

1640 - Home built -
??? - Johannes Schmidt

1668 - Hermann Becker

1680 Christoffel Richter, Uhrmacher (Clockmaker) with Anna Cath. Becker

1707 Johannes Richter, Uhrmacher (Clockmaker)

1760 Hermann Richter, Uhrmacher
 (Clockmaker)

1812 Johann Henrich Hoffman, Vorsteher with Maria Elis. Richter

1862 Johannes Henrich Stracke, Kleinschmied (locksmith) with Cath. Hoffman

1880 Carl Zimmer, Landwirt (farmer) with Helene Stracke

1910 Carl Zimmer, Landwirt
 (farmer)
1940 Carl Zimmer, Landwirt (farmer)

The last three generations of farmers who lived in the house were clockmakers in the wintertime. Older generations combined the farm with a blacksmith's shop. 

The Richter house site was later used for a barn. The most recent known owners are brothers Fritz and Theo Bottenberg, who have hosted the Germanna Foundation visitors at their home. Fritz also made a trip to Germanna in 2005 where he mentioned in his remarks to the group that they were living in the house when it blew up and burned. As a gift to the Germanna Foundation, Fritz and Theo Bottenberg, on behalf of the Trupbach Heimatverein, presented a square section of the herringbone stone floor to the Germanna Foundation, on display in the Visitor Center.