This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ... at this time (1916). Mr. Brockman's wife was of German descent and came from one of the oldest and most honored families of Germany. It is appropriate at this time to give a short sketch of a family so well known, and one which has taken such an active part in the development of Piedmont, Virginia. QUISENBERRY. (From Quisenberry Family, by A. C. Quisenberry.) The Quisenberry family of America is descended from Thomas Quisenberry, of England, who settled in Virginia in 1624. He descended from Henrich Von Questenberry, of Cologne, Germany, who became a citizen of England about 1468, and who was of the elder branch of the family of Questenberry at Cologne. Falmes Cologne Berglish Families says: "The Questenbergs or Quisenberrys, a Cologne family, is remarkable, as it rose in three generations from ordinary burghs, to become Barons, Counts, and Imperial Counts." Henrich von Questenberg was the founder of the English branch of the family. He was educated at Cologne University. As a young man he went to England in connection with the Hanseatic interests of his family, and in 1467 married an English girl, Catherine, of Canterbury. For this, which they considered an offense to the family, he was disinherited and expelled from the Hanseatic League. He then became a permanent citizen of England. His son, Augustine Questenberry, married and had four children, as follows: 1. John Questenherrv. of Canterbury, England. 2. Henry, of Leeds, Kent. 3. James, of Leeds, Kent. 4. Thomas. Thomas, the fourth son, was the founder of the American branch of the family. He was born in Bromley, Kent, in 1608, and came to America in 1624. Later he returned to England, where he married a young lady of Canterbury, and with her, returned to Virginia, Westmoreland...