Vanderplank of Savannah
John Vanderplank, Seaman, born 1684, embarked November of 1732 for the Georgia Colony, arriving 1 February 1733. He was granted Lot No. 25 at Savannah. John Vanderplank, and others, arrived on the ship Volanti with Capt. Edmund Smyther at Gravesend, the second ship sent to Georgia by the Trustees, a vessel which exported pitch and tar. He wrote the Trustees in December of 1732 that they were about to embark for Georgia. John Vanderplank was a Naval Officer, appointed his position on August 20, 1735 by the Georgia Trustees. In September of 1735 he was made Searcher in the Town of Savannah. He was married to Mary, who did not arrive in the colony until October 21, 1734. Mary's Will dated at Savannah, mentioned the Rev. Mr. John Joachim Zubly to receive the remainder of her estate and her pretentions in the estate of John Vanderplank, her late husband. James Miller, tea cups, etc. Mentioned Daniel Demetre, John Farley. Goddaughters: Anne Whitfield, Rebecca Lee, Grace Polhill, Mrs. Wright, Mary Habersham, and Elizabeth Wright. John Vanderplank died 11 December 1737, and was buried like a soldier - like manner in the evening; forty men under arms attending him in the grave, firing three vollies and several minuteguns from the fort which was discharged during the time of the interment.
