Capt. Daniel Little and His Contemporaries - 1753 - 1789 1995 by Pauline M. Shook page 88 - Notes data about Captain Peter Little - first son of Capt. Daniel Little [the Littles came to this country as Klein but translated that to the English Little] Details about his being in the Rev War. At 25 - 1778 - he married Chrstina Agner and they do not know he parentage. I suppose I should not have put it in there [as sister of Phillipina] It says Daniel Little, Sr was naturalized the same day as the German, Herr Jacob Iegnor back in 1753 and some have felt that Peter's bride might have been related to the German immigrant. But Jacob Iegnor moved away from Rowan County before this event took place, at a time when Christina would have been a child. Around the time of his marriage Peter axquired his plantation in the valley between the Middle Fork and the South Fork of Crane Creek bordering on the land of family friend Michael Brown. Peter's militia district covered this area and in August when he was ordered to call up the men who had failed to sign the oaths of allegiance on the date appointed for it, we see among the 35 names on his list those of John Agender, Anthony Agender and David Agender." We know that John and David Agender were sons of Henry who lived on the South Fork of Crane Creek across the valley from Peter's plantation, and although the thought may have occurred, we have found no evidence that Peter's wife Christtna was related to this family. Not that she wasn't. There is quite a bit on Peter and notes about the wills and distribution of assets . Christina survived her husband - she lived to age 91 - 1850 They mention - page 114 that Phillipina Eigenern [Agner] was among the names of the members of the Dutch Pine Lutheran Church. It is my understanding the an ending "ern" denotes feminine form. There is a copy of the inventory of Peter Little's estate - 1822 A transcription of Christina's Deed of Conveyance - 1845 - mostly dispensation of the negroes. 1784 - Daniel [Jr] was named "true and lawful attorney" to handle all legal matters for George Agenor [sic] in December of that year. We do not know for sure what relationship existed here but it was probably of Phillipina's family. George had moved to District 96 in South Carolina. [more research needed] 1788 - Four children had been born to Daniel and Phillipina by 1788. [Daniel Sr died in 1775 and is the first grave in the Old English Cemetery in Salisbury]. They were Elizabeth [1785], John Paul [1786] and twin daughters Mary [Polly] and Phillipina [1788] [Elizabeth is ours, married Silas Benjamin Shinn. She was a widow on the wagon train along with a widow Mary Harkey who was believed to be her twin, but not proven. Elizabeth's two daughters had children that married each other. My husband descends from these cousins] Soon after this the family mved to the northern section of Mecklenburg County, into the area which became Cabarrus County in 1793. In the first Federal Census taken in 1790 in then Mecklenburg county wer find the name of Daniel Little listed as a surveyor and teacher with a wife and five children. Daniel Little III being born about the time of the move. 1793 - Knowing they would not be returning to their old home grounds, the property in Rowan County was sold to neighbor, Jacob Fisher. 1800 - Five more children were born into the family of Daniel and Phillipina and in 1800 their oldest daughter married Silas Benjamin Shinn. The two families moved south into Kershaw District about 50 miles south of the border with North Carolina, south and east of Charlotte. Dan sold his real estate holdings in Cabarrus County and he and his son-in-law Silas Shinn bought land on Five and Twenty Creek about nine miles south-west of Lugoff, South Carolina. One of the purposes in writing this book has been not only to clear up mysteries but also to correct misconceptions. In the case of Phillipina's surname we have been able to do both. For many years family historians have named Dan's wife as Phillipina Flynn, but this name has been questioned as unlikely considering the German background of this family. In 1981 inofrmation pointed to her being a member of the Agner ]Agenor, Iengor, etc] family was found in the "Family History" written in 1911 by Judge Franklin Lightfoot Little of Harris County, GA. = page 115 page 140- a transcripton of deed - George Agenor to Daniel Little Jr. This is a very good book. There is a copy of the naturalization papers of Daniel Little and Jacob Iegnor fron th Rowan County Court Minutes 1753-1755 - really hard to read. Young Daniel interpreted for the older Jacob.

>From The Heritage of Rowan County North Carolina Contributed by Martha Withers Agner - 617 Mocksville Ave - Salisbury NC - 28144 If I wrote to her I don't remember a response. I think I will scan that Article #4 05 says that a William Agner married Frances Lou Eagle [she was born 1868] Article 346 says Dr. Mashall E. Agner married Mildred Cobb Article 806 says an Agner married into the Rufty family Article 822 is long and about the descendants of John Schuck. He is of German descent, came on the John and William to Pennsylvania in 1732. His wife, Anna Maria and children: George, Christina, Dorthy, Rosina Barbara, and Maria Catharina. It says they don't know what happened to Rosina Barbara and Maria Catharina. Then it says Maria married Henry Eigner. Maria and Henry are ours. AGNER FAMILY 207 This story of the Agner family was told by Dr. by A. Agner, Jr. on July 6,1986 at the fifth annual reunion of the descendants of William Alexander Adolphus Agner and his wife Ellen Virginia Boger Agner. The meeting was held at Union Lutheran Church, Salisbury, North Carolina. >From about the time I was six until I was twelve years old (1930-37)1 spent a week each summer with Grandpa and Grandma Agner where they lived on Dunn's Mountain Road. Those weeks provided me with many new experiences like heIping Grandma to churn butter, going with her to milk the cows, feed the chickens, carrying slop to hogs, carrying milk and butter to the spring house, gathering eggs, drawing water from the well using the old old windlass, helping Grandpa at the blacksmith shop by pumping the bellows at the forge, riding a horse or a mule to and from the fields, plowing, hoeing corn, hoeing cotton, harvesting potatoes and beets, peeling peaches, peeling apples, being around when the wheat threshers came, participating in a corn shucking, helping to pick cotton in the tall, attending a fish fry down in the pasture, going to Sunday School and Church at Union Church, and going with Uncle Glenn to the quarry to wash his Chevrolet roadster (he had a cream colored convertible). I'll always be grate-ful to you aunts and uncles who helped to make those summer visits possible. Little did I realize when visiting the farm that Agners had lived in that area of East Rowan since the mid-seventeen hundreds. Martha, my wife, became interested in family history about 1965. She discovered many interesting facts about the family history which I did not previously know. It came as quite a surprise to find that the will of our immigrant ancestor, written in 1757, was found to be recorded in 1758 in Will Book A of Rowan County. The original will, written in German, was located at the State Archives in Raleigh. Upon receiving a photocopy of the will we took it to Dr. Albright, an archivist at Old Salem, to assist me in deciphering and translating the German script. The will, actually, was a power of attorney to Conrad Michel, who was apparently a friend of our ancestor and was going back to Switzerland. Our ancestor, Johannes Ageder, wanted Mr. Michel to take care of his paternal and maternal inheritance in Switzerland. There is some evidence that the Agners came from the area around Zweisimmen, Boltigen, and St. Stephan in Switzerland in the canton of Bern. Johannes Agender arrived in America on Sep-tember 21,1731, aboard the ship Brifannia sailing from Rotterdam, Holland by way of Cowes, Eng-land. The boat docked at Philadelphia. In process-ing the newly arrived "foreigners," the ship's captain had to render the names of those he had transported. Occasionally, the names of women and children were included in the list and we are fortunate to find that the Agners were one of those families. In addition to the names of Joh-ames Ageder (also entered at times as Eigenter) was that of his wife Margerita (last name spelled Eigenter) and their children: Katherina, age 12; Anna Kreta, age 5; Henriks, age 10; Ludwig, age 3; Magdelena, age 2; and Dorothia, age 6. The signature of Johannes Ageder when he arrived in Philadelphia in 1731 is identical to the signature on his will in Rowan County. The Agners lived on a 300-acre tract of land on the northwestern frontier in what is now Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, for more than fifteen years. We know that Johannes Agner was there because of his sponsoring a baptism in Egypt Reformed Church; because of his name on a land warrant for 300 acres in present-day Lehigh County; because of the listing of his children in Jordan Lutheran Church records in Lehigh County; his advertise-ment in a newspaper to sell his land; and his naturalization as a British citizen in Pennsylvania in 1747. He and at least three of his grown children migrated to Rowan County. Johannes' son Henry bought land from Henry McCulIoh, probably in the mid to late 1740s but due to technicalities the deed was not issued until 1761. We are descended from Johannes through his son Henry and by way of Henry, Jr., Daniel, Isaac, John F (who lost his right arm in the Battle of Wilderness during the Civil War), and William Alexander Adolphus Agner. We know the family names of the wives of most of these ancestors also. In our research I have been fortunate enough to visit the area of Switzerland where our ancestors lived and traveled down the Rhine River as they did when they went to Rotterdam to emigrate. I have seen the location in Rotterdam, Holland, where they boarded the ship for the new world. (Incidentally it is the same area where the pilgrims boarded the Mayflower to sail to Plymouth Rock.) We have traveled to Cowes, England, on the Isle of Wight, where the boat stopped on the way to America; have seen the port of Philadelphia; and we have walked on the property in Lehigh County where Johannes lived for more than fifteen years. And every time I ride down Bringle Ferry Road to High Rock Lake, I ride close by Henry Agner's 1761 property which is situated between Union Church and the creek now known as Church Creek. What caused them to leave that beautifuJ area in Switzerland? We do not know for sure and are still working on that question but would speculate that it had to do with religious persecution and economics. Once situated on the beautiful 300-acre tract of land in Pennsylvania, why did he leave to come to North Carolina? Here we have a little more definite information. A land speculator named Henry McCulloh re-ceived a grant for 1,200,000 acres of land in Piedmont North Carolina providing he would set-tle 6000 foreign Protestants on that land in a ten-year period of time. It was choice land and it was not as threatened by hostile Indians as in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The word got to Pennsylvania, Germany, and Switzerland of this opportunity and the resulting migration was referred to as the "Carolina Fever." Johannes' son Henry (Henriks) also our ancestor, and with him probably two of his sisters and their husbands, came to Rowan County and settled on McCulloh's tract number nine. Our branch of the Agner family has been associ-ated with Union Lutheran Church since its begin-ning, when it was known as the Dutch Pine Meeting House, which dates to the 1 770s and possibly earlier. Many of the ancestors that have been mentioned are buried in Union Church Cemetery. Sources: In the Edith M. Clark History Room of the Rowan Public Library were the maps of David Rendleman and the following books: Colonial Records of North Carolina, edited by William L. Saunders; Pennsylvania German Pioneers by Ralph Beaver Strassburger; Rowan County North Carolina, Will Abstracts 1753~18O5 by Jo White Linn; and Powan County North Caroliba, Deed Abstracts, l762~l772 by Jo White Linn. Christoph von Bra ifenried's Account of the Founding of New Bern. The public records of Lehigh County, church records, and maps located in Lehigh County Public Library and in the Historical Society Library in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Personal knowledge. -Martha Withers Agner

Elsdon Smith in his book, New Dictionary of American Family Names, defines EIGNER as a Germanic name meaning " the peasant with a freehold, that is, land on which he did not pay rent." Smith does not list only common names and the fact that he includes this name at all means that there must be a number of us around. And since he does not include variant spellings I believe we can safely work with this definition of "our" name until another definition is found. THE EYGNER NAME IN AMERICA PRIOR TO 1790 The earliest records that fellow researchers and I have found in North America are concerning one PETER EYGNER who is listed in "Ration Lists of Palatine Heads of Families, June 1710 to September 1714" here in New York state. This EYGNER family resided in West Camp (near present day Kingston), Ulster County, New York and consisted of PETER, his wife and two children. His name appears as PETER EGNER on the "Colonial Census of 1710" for the same location. While PETER'S name appears on these early records of German immigrants from an area known as the Palatinate, no record of his emigration from Europe has presently been found. But church records show an obvious affiliation with this group since PETER and his family sponsored and baptized children from 1714 to 1718 in Palatine areas under the names, AIGNER, AIGNOR and EIGNER. Records for the period of the 1720's are scarce for this family but by this time other families with similar names were arriving in America. JOHN MATHIAS EGNER or EIGENER is listed as arriving in Philadelphia in 1727 and starting a family which is mentioned in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania records. JOHANNES AEGENDER arrived from Switzerland in 1731 again in Philadelphia and settled briefly in Allentown, Pennsylvania before moving to Rowan County, North Carolina. A correspondent has written to us that a JAMES AGNEW also arrived around this time from County Down, Ireland and started a family in Pennsylvania whose name would become AGNER when they settled in Greenville, South Carolina. Back in New York state family records appear under EIGENER, EIGINER and EIGNER. In the 1740's additional A's were added to the name in New York changing it to EIGENAAR or EYGENAAR. By the 1750's there appear to be a number of families with similar names on colonial census records ranging from EIGENAER in New York; AGNER, AIGNER and EGNAR in Maryland; to EGNOR, EGNORUM, and perhaps EIGAR and EICHINGER in Pennsylvania. Henry Jones of the Palatine Families to New York has suggested that one of the early PETER's sons purchased land in the 1760's under the name of JEGENER which leads to an even greater number of possible names. While military records for the period use the name EYGENAER. Descendants bearing our or similar family names obviously were caught up in the spirit of revolt sweeping America in the 1770's. The Daughters of the American Revolution's "Patriot Index" includes two individuals of our name, PETER EGGENAAR of NY and HENRY EIGNER of PA. Local records reveal even more names. Here in New York there are thirteen listings for EYGENAERS serving from Ulster County and two EGGENERS from neighboring Orange County. Records from the National Archives show the following variants for PETER's name alone; EGGENAAR, EGGNOR, EIGENER, EYGENAAR and EYGENER. In addition a bicentennial study of Hessian troops in America during the American Revolution done by the St. Louis Genealogical Society reveal a number of similar names. There were three EIGENAUERS serving in America from Germany as well as an ANTON EIGNER from Bohemia. Supposedly these soldiers returned to Europe with the exception of one CONRAD EIGNEAUER who deserted and settled in upstate Herkimer County, New York. Further information on the large family he raised is in the Latter Day Saints' extensive genealogical library. Thus we have a number of possible ancestors and descendants and we still have not considered the first U. S. of 1790 or examined variations of such early names as ACKER, AYGER, EAGLER, EGAN, EGNARD, EIGAR, EIGENHERR or EICHNER or examined alternate spellings like JAEGER, JEGENER, YEAGER or even WAGNER! E. Kay Kirkham in the report, "Census Records of America", lists AGNER, AIGHNER and AIGNER as variants of AGNEW an name representing 24 families in early America. Whether he included the 5 families of EAGENERS, EGNERS, and EIGENERS listed in the New York state section of this census in this number I do not know. Well, I am sure you have more names and spellings to add to this list and would be happy to hear from you about them. In our next issue, I hope to go more specifically into some of the people with these names.

Eigener - Ignor - Agender - Agner - Many ways to spell 1761 - another neighbor of Henry's was Jacob Wirbel whose son had married Henry's sister Dorothea in Penn. So we might assume that these families came south together, and settled in the German settlement along Crane Creek.(east of the south fork) In the 1761 list of taxables made by Constable Michael Brown we see the names of Henry Agender and Philip Warbl (Wervill), proving their residency in that district. In 1764 the Inferior Quarter Session Court of Rowan passed an act to let the citizens kill the overabundance of wildlife. Some who took part were Frederick Fisher, Daniel Boone, Jonathan Boone, Morgan Bryan, etc. 1786-Within this period of time those holding property adjacent to the plantation of Henry Agender included the father-in-law of his daughter Dorothea. Jacob Wevil, Frederick Fisher, Conrod Brea, John Williams, Anthony Salt, Jacob Frailey and the Dutch Meeting house (Pine Church) where Phillipina Eigenern and Daniel Little (Luttel) had taken their first communion. 1790-On 20 January 1790 Henry Agender wrote out his will, which was probated in 1792. As pointed out on page 1757 in the Fall 1994 issue of the Little Bit, Henry names certain children in his will, but includes all of my children to share in his estate. This indicates that there were others that those named and we present the probability that Philippina and possibly George Agenor for whom Daniel Little Jr. had served as "true and Lawful attorney" in the disposal of his property in Rowan Co, NC when he moved to District 96 in South Carolina in December 1784, were also his children. 1792-Dr. Schlenker provides us with the information that "The diary of Pastor Carl August Gottlieb Storch notes that he buried "Old Eiginer" on 17 December 1792." Henry's children:7 (5 documented) as on the ship's list 1-Maria Magdalena Eigenern 2-George Agender (?) 3-Heinrich Eigener Jr. 4-Phillipina Eigenern (?) 5-David Eigener 6-Johannes Eigener 7-Anthony Eigener We do not have written proof that Phillipina was the daughter of Henry Agender who lived close to Phillipina and Daniel Little on the east side of the South Fork of the Crane Creek, but there is strong circumstantial evidence that this is the case. We have been provided with much information about the family of Heinrich (Henry) Eigener (Agender) by Johannes Schlenker of Pennington, New Jersey and offer for consideration. Think they went to the Lutheran Union Church What was happening in the 1750s/'60s to cause so many Pennsylvania and Maryland settlers to move to NC? This is the time period from 1754-1763 of the French and Indian War, the name for colonial wars between France and England. The European phase of the war began two years later in 1756 and in the history books is called the Seven Years War. Indian tribes along the American frontier were armed by the French who were fighting the English . The Indians burned and pillaged villages along the Appalachian foothills. The result was a mass movement down into the Carolinas where there was still frontier land and where the Indians, especially the Catawbas, remained friendly to the English. Maryland was not particularly effected by the frontier action, however. It may be that it just happens that you have a higher percentage of Maryland immigrants in your family genealogy than was typical of the whole. And, one can say that most American pioneers were restless and tended to move about in search of better land. The Carolina Piedmont not only had some good land but the first settlers came to western N. C. and S. C. in the 1740s and increased in numbers in the 1750s when for the first time they could get title to what they called "western" land. From Louise Pettus by way of Tom. We do not find records showing that Johannes took up land but Henry did. Henry settled on 320 acres in Tract #9 of the McCulloh Land Grant on the east side of the South Fork of Crane Creek. This deed was signed on 28 December 1761and his closest neighbor was Henry Grub, with a grist-mill and dam on Crane Creek to the east of Henry's land. - ------------------------------------------------ Rowan Co. Abstract of Wills - Vol 1 1753-1805 - books A-F Willi of Henry Agender January 1790 <c=60> [have no idea what that means] pribated in 1792. Lists two sons: David Agender - Hery Agender, Jr - mentions two granddaughters: Catherine Agender and Mary Agender [their father was John Agender <dec> [?].

Agreed, but.....only when you are talking about Johannes and Margarita Aegender/Agner. There are probably other Agner immigrants who may have come from Germany, Austria, etc. Pat, on the list, has the most complete location for Johannes' birth place.....Gemeinde Boltigen in the District of Ober-Simmenthal in Canton Bern, Switzerland. Pat, do you have a source for that tidbit? >From Johannes' power of attorney dated January 24, 1757 (available from the NC State Archives, if anyone intrested I can get the address and fee for you) it only said "....collect my rights to my paternal and maternal inheritance out of Switzerland, which inheritance is in Binsaltamen bei______." Now this was originally written in Old German and was translated to English in 1968. Looking at the German copy I can't even tell how they came up with that much -- but then I can't read German, much less Old German! By the way, what does your friend say is the original spelling? Johannes' signature looks like this: Ägnder or Ägeder. Only instead of making the dots for the umlaut, he makes a thing like a u, or a short vowel sound mark over the A. The closest to this spelling I have found in the on-line phonebooks for Switzerland is EGENDER, which is a known variant in America. --Celia H. :o) ----- Original Message ----- From: Hope Peterson <HopePeterson@webtv.net> > Does everyone agree that our Agners came from Switzerland? I have a > friend from Switzerland who says the "original" spelling is still in the > phone book in Switzerland. Has anyone done research there?

Does everyone agree that our Agners came from Switzerland? I have a friend from Switzerland who says the "original" spelling is still in the phone book in Switzerland. Has anyone done research there? Johannes & Margarita had a daughter Dorothea who m Philip Varble. Their son Henry m Margaret Admire. A son Philip m Eda Spilman in KY 1812 and moved to Tazewell Co, IL in 1832. Their daughter, Nancy m Elmore Shoemaker. Daughter Eda m Daniel Henry Seaman in Washington, Tazewell Co., IL and later moved to NE where my Grandmother, Effie Seaman Nelson was born. My Mother, Mildred Nelson Peterson isnow 97, still living in her own home in NE.

This is FYI......I have just got notice that our Agner list on Rootsweb is now up and running (still no word on the GenConnect Boards). Anyone is welcome to subscribe to it, though I intend our current Egner mail list to still cover all Egner and Agner variants and still be the main mail list. I only created the Agner list in case anyone didn't know to look under Egner, and they stumble across us that way. To avoid confusion between the two lists (if anyone subscribes to both), you will get mail from this list with the name [EGNER] in the subject line and the name [AGNER] in the newer list. You can subscribe to the new Agner list by sending a message to AGNER-L-request@rootsweb.com that contains the word subscribe and nothing else. Since I administer both lists, I will be able to forward any messages from the Agner list to our main list and also explain to the person sending the message that our main list is the Egner list and encourage them to join it instead. If anyone has any questions or concerns or comments, let me know. --Celia Hartmann :o)

It's been awhile since I updated my Egner/Agner contact page on my website. Is there anyone who would like to be listed as a researcher? Please look at my site to see how I list the info, then email me with your info, if you'd like to be added. I'll update the site as soon as able. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hartmann/egnor-contacts.html --Celia Hartmann :o) List Administrator

EIGNER, Nellie (BITTE); 91; OR; Oregonian; 1999-11-6 If anyone is researching this person: (1) Sorry for the loss (2) You'll have to order the November 6, 1999 copy of the "Oregonian" newspaper to find the full obit.

When the Admires and Varbles moved to Kentucky, they went to Henry County - later Oldham. I have found my Varble line also in Fayette. Apparently the Coons traveled with them. All three families were in Oldham County. I believe the moved was made to Kentucky about 1790. Dorothy Celia, Ritch, & Beth wrote: > Dorothy, > > Thanks for sharing your line. Can you tell us what county the Varbles went > to in Kentucky by 1790. We have other Agender/Agner/Egners who went to KY > too, so I > was wondering if they might have traveled together. > > KY researchers, I would be curious to know if the date and county the > Varbles went to in KY jive with your research on your KY lines. > > --Celia H. :o) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dorothy Lowe <dorolowe@swbell.net> > To: <EGNER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, November 26, 1999 3:55 PM > Subject: [A/EGNER] RE: Varble/Egender > > > They were in Kentucky by 1790. > > ==== EGNER Mailing List ==== > Visit the Egner/Agner resource page: > http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/e/g/EGNER/ > Post your Queries, Bible Records, Bios, Deeds, Obits, > Pensions, and Wills on the appropriate GenConnect Board: http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/e/g/EGNER/#gc > > ============================== > Discover your ancestors and trace your family tree today at Ancestry.com. > You are invited to search our massive collection containing over 500 million > records, in over 1800 databases. Visit > http://ads04.focalink.com/SmartBanner/page?16226.4

So glad that the Illinois email I sent gave some connections. Thank you, Ann and Sanford, for sharing your lines. Patsy, some of these Agners may be from the Ohio branch, perhaps the Ohio researchers could better comment on that. Or they could be new immigrants altogether. ---Celia H. :o) ----- Original Message ----- From: patsy adkins <buckwheat2193@yahoo.com> To: <EGNER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 26, 1999 8:54 PM Subject: Re: [A/EGNER] Illinois > any of these people be from rowan north carolina > that could have traveled out that way......

Dorothy, Thanks for sharing your line. Can you tell us what county the Varbles went to in Kentucky by 1790. We have other Agender/Agner/Egners who went to KY too, so I was wondering if they might have traveled together. KY researchers, I would be curious to know if the date and county the Varbles went to in KY jive with your research on your KY lines. --Celia H. :o) ----- Original Message ----- From: Dorothy Lowe <dorolowe@swbell.net> To: <EGNER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 26, 1999 3:55 PM Subject: [A/EGNER] RE: Varble/Egender > They were in Kentucky by 1790.

I have done some family research on Egner in Illinois. My wife is descended from Charles Michell Egner, b. 1841, Germany, prob. Darmstadt, d. 1-Aug-1918, Chicago. Charles married Anna Margaretha Bosch (b. 7 Dec. 1849. Karlsruhe, Wurtenburg, Germany) d. 22 Nov. 1933, Chicago) in St. Stephans Kirche, Chicago, on 20 Aug 1871, in agreement with a date given below. Sanford Hinkal > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: EGNER-D Digest V99 #39 > Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 00:33:24 -0800 > From: EGNER-D-request@rootsweb.com > Reply-To: EGNER-L@rootsweb.com > To: EGNER-D@rootsweb.com > > Subject: > > EGNER-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 39 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [A/EGNER] Illinois ["Celia, Ritch, & Beth" <hartmann@b] > #2 Re: [A/EGNER] Illinois [Kris0680@cs.com] > #3 [A/EGNER] RE: Varble/Egender [Dorothy Lowe <dorolowe@swbell.net>] > #4 Re: [A/EGNER] Illinois [patsy adkins <buckwheat2193@yahoo.] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from EGNER-D, send a message to > > EGNER-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > To contact the list administrator, send mail to > EGNER-admin@rootsweb.com. > > ______________________________ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: [A/EGNER] Illinois > Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1999 08:35:32 -0500 > From: "Celia, Ritch, & Beth" <hartmann@bright.net> > To: EGNER-L@rootsweb.com > > Anyone researching Illinois? Here's some found at the website below. I > was looking up the Hartmanns, when I decided to put some of our variants > through. Came up with quite a few. Hope they help someone. --Celia H. > :o) > > > 1763-1900 IL marriages > http://www2.sos.state.il.us/cgi-bin/marriage > > > GROOM BRIDE > CNTY DATE VOL/PAGE LIC > _______________________________________________ > > AGNER, ANDREW FELIX, LENA > CHRISTIAN 11/19/1891 C/ 85 7612 > > AGNER, DANIEL (EGNER) LYNCH, ELIZABETH > UNION 03/05/1840 1/ 93 > > AGNER, GEORGE MUELLER, ELIZABETH M > SHELBY 02/21/1884 1/ 126 > > AGNER, HUGH WILSON, MATTIE J > COOK 03/14/1883 / 69921 > > AGNER, JACOB BORNHAUSER, LOUISA > BOND 03/27/1869 A/ 51 > > AGNER, JOHN N ORE, FLORENCE J > PIKE 05/18/1882 / 1341 > > AGNER, PHILLIP SPATH, ELIZABETH > SHELBY 03/04/1886 1/ 171 > > STUMPF, CHARLES AGNER, BARBARA > SHELBY 12/31/1871 D/ 110 > > WEBER, SAMUEL G AGNER, ELIZABETH A > SHELBY 02/20/1885 1/ 150 > > LINGLE, DANIEL JR AGNER, ELIZABETH MRS > UNION 11/09/1845 1/ 182 > > DOUGLASS, MILES AGNER, MARGARET C > UNION 03/04/1858 2/ 171 > > BARTH, JACOB E AGNER, MARY > SHELBY 02/12/1873 D/ 377 > > ANDERSON, WHILRON AGNER, MARY C > COOK 11/20/1884 OOO/ 87479 > > CLAUSEN, CHRISTOPHER AGNER, MARY MAGDELINE > SHELBY 11/14/1858 C/ 25 > > > > AIGNER, JOHN BRAUNREITER, FANNIE > COOK 05/26/1884 / 81807 > > AIGNER, JOSEPH KOCH, LIZZIE > COOK 09/12/1889 / 143116 > > > > EGNER, ALBRECHT PFAFFENBACH, LENA > COOK 10/30/1891 / 174855 > > EGNER, AUGUST HOFFMAN, LIZZIE > ST. CLAIR 10/31/1882 / 2519 > > EGNER, CHARLES BOTSCH, MARGARET > COOK 08/20/1871 C/ 55017 > > EGNER, DANIEL PAYNE, SALLIE > POPE 08/22/1873 D/ 14 507 > > EGNER, EDWARD LEY, KATIE > ST. CLAIR 05/06/1902 / 1064 > > EGNER, JOHN LANDOLT, CAROLINE > ST. CLAIR 11/05/1889 / 3733 > > EGNER, OTTO LEWIS WALTERS, ADDIE > KANE 11/06/1887 / 5528 > > FIEDLER, GUSTAV EGNER, BALKE > COOK 09/13/1874 89/ 18000 > > PYLANT, JAMES E EGNER, ELLA > MASSAC 05/29/1873 B/ 19 2966 > > HENLY, BURL EGNER, MARTHA > POPE 09/16/1858 B/ 15 > > WIGLE, J R EGNER, MARTHA L > COOK 01/01/1866 1/ > > PLASIUS, MATHIAS EGNER, MARY > COOK 05/07/1889 / 138971 > > WOLEMAN, JOHN EGNER, MARY > PEORIA 11/16/1865 3/ 161 7674A > > > > EGNOR, GEORGE M STIFFEY, SUSAN > ADAMS 12/25/1897 / 11143 > > ______________________________ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > >

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I recently was asked to fill in some information on the family of Philip Varble (Wirbel) and Maria Dorothy Egender. Philip and Dorothy were married January 20, 1746/47 in Lehigh County, Pennslvania. Their children were: Jacob - born before 1751 in Pennsylvania Daniel - unknown birth date Charles - unknown birth date Johann Phillip - born November 15, 1747 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania Phillip, II - born about 1754 Henry - born about 1758 in Rowan County, North Carolina Margaret - unknown birth date My line comes down through Henry who married Margaret Aly Admire in 1788. They were in Kentucky by 1790. Henry and Margaret had the following children: Dorothy - born 1788 George - born 1790 Philip - born 1792 Peggy - born 1796 Henry - born 1799 Jacob - born 1891 Daniel - born 1803 Sally - born 1806 My line next comes down through George Varble (B.1790). My gggrandmother is George's daughter, Eliza Jane Varble. However I have been unable to find the name of her mother and George's first wife. His second wife was Susan Ross, but he married her after the first family was raised in Kentucky. Does anyone have any information on this family they would be willing to share? I would love to find the name of Eliza's mother. And also the names of her brothers and sisters. I would be happy to share any info I have also. Dorothy Lowe

Anyone researching Illinois? Here's some found at the website below. I was looking up the Hartmanns, when I decided to put some of our variants through. Came up with quite a few. Hope they help someone. --Celia H. :o) 1763-1900 IL marriages http://www2.sos.state.il.us/cgi-bin/marriage GROOM BRIDE CNTY DATE VOL/PAGE LIC _______________________________________________ AGNER, ANDREW FELIX, LENA CHRISTIAN 11/19/1891 C/ 85 7612 AGNER, DANIEL (EGNER) LYNCH, ELIZABETH UNION 03/05/1840 1/ 93 AGNER, GEORGE MUELLER, ELIZABETH M SHELBY 02/21/1884 1/ 126 AGNER, HUGH WILSON, MATTIE J COOK 03/14/1883 / 69921 AGNER, JACOB BORNHAUSER, LOUISA BOND 03/27/1869 A/ 51 AGNER, JOHN N ORE, FLORENCE J PIKE 05/18/1882 / 1341 AGNER, PHILLIP SPATH, ELIZABETH SHELBY 03/04/1886 1/ 171 STUMPF, CHARLES AGNER, BARBARA SHELBY 12/31/1871 D/ 110 WEBER, SAMUEL G AGNER, ELIZABETH A SHELBY 02/20/1885 1/ 150 LINGLE, DANIEL JR AGNER, ELIZABETH MRS UNION 11/09/1845 1/ 182 DOUGLASS, MILES AGNER, MARGARET C UNION 03/04/1858 2/ 171 BARTH, JACOB E AGNER, MARY SHELBY 02/12/1873 D/ 377 ANDERSON, WHILRON AGNER, MARY C COOK 11/20/1884 OOO/ 87479 CLAUSEN, CHRISTOPHER AGNER, MARY MAGDELINE SHELBY 11/14/1858 C/ 25 AIGNER, JOHN BRAUNREITER, FANNIE COOK 05/26/1884 / 81807 AIGNER, JOSEPH KOCH, LIZZIE COOK 09/12/1889 / 143116 EGNER, ALBRECHT PFAFFENBACH, LENA COOK 10/30/1891 / 174855 EGNER, AUGUST HOFFMAN, LIZZIE ST. CLAIR 10/31/1882 / 2519 EGNER, CHARLES BOTSCH, MARGARET COOK 08/20/1871 C/ 55017 EGNER, DANIEL PAYNE, SALLIE POPE 08/22/1873 D/ 14 507 EGNER, EDWARD LEY, KATIE ST. CLAIR 05/06/1902 / 1064 EGNER, JOHN LANDOLT, CAROLINE ST. CLAIR 11/05/1889 / 3733 EGNER, OTTO LEWIS WALTERS, ADDIE KANE 11/06/1887 / 5528 FIEDLER, GUSTAV EGNER, BALKE COOK 09/13/1874 89/ 18000 PYLANT, JAMES E EGNER, ELLA MASSAC 05/29/1873 B/ 19 2966 HENLY, BURL EGNER, MARTHA POPE 09/16/1858 B/ 15 WIGLE, J R EGNER, MARTHA L COOK 01/01/1866 1/ PLASIUS, MATHIAS EGNER, MARY COOK 05/07/1889 / 138971 WOLEMAN, JOHN EGNER, MARY PEORIA 11/16/1865 3/ 161 7674A EGNOR, GEORGE M STIFFEY, SUSAN ADAMS 12/25/1897 / 11143

Thanks! Phillip Agner and Elizabeth Spath are my great-greatgrandparents but I didn't have their wedding date. If anyone has more info about this family, I'd love to have it. Ann Townsend Krischer kris0680@cs.com

Thank you for starting these articles. I have been looking forward to them. (Have been having computer problems and have missed reading from this list.) Dorothy Lowe (a Varble descendant) Celia, Ritch, & Beth wrote: > Hello listers, > > As promised, here (finally) is an article from the very first Eygner Eagle, > which Roberta Schwartz did Feb 1986. It is with Roberta's blessing that I > am able to pass these articles on to you. From time to time I will post > more of the articles that I think may be of interest. Please remember any > information that these articles may contain should be treated as CLUES to > your own research. > > =========================== > (begin article) > > EAGLE VOL.I, NO. 1 > > WELCOME TO THE EYGNER FAMILY ASSOCIATION!! In this our first issue, I > will try to introduce a few of our fellow researchers and show you how we > can all work together to start some family projects. > > I often remember a brief note I received from an EIGNER in Connecticut > after I had written inquiring about the origin of his family. He replied > that he was the only one of that name in America and that the rest of his > family was buried in Europe. I know his sentiments since I too have often > felt this way -- that I am the only person interested in this elusive and > often difficult family name. But over the past years, I have found that > this is not true. There are a number of us working to find more > information on our own and other families who share this surname. > > Elsdon Smith in his book, New Dictionary of American > Family Names, defines EIGNER as a Germanic name meaning " the peasant with > a freehold, that is, land on which he did not pay rent." Smith does not > list only common names and the fact that he includes this name at all means > that there must be a number of us around. And since he does not include > variant spellings I believe we can safely work with this definition of > "our" name until another definition is found. > > This organization is my effort to unite us all with our varying > resources and talents to find answers to our many questions about our > families and their origins. I do not know at this time if all of us are > related but hope that together we can find the answers each of us is > seeking. [And I would like to continue Roberta's mission..........--Celia, > list owner] > > THE EGYNER NAME IN AMERICA PRIOR TO 1790 > > The earliest records that fellow researchers and I have > found in North America are concerning one PETER EYGNER who is listed in > "Ration Lists of Palatine Heads of Families, June 1710 to September 1714" > here in New York state. This EYGNER family resided in West Camp (near > present day Kingston), Ulster County, New York and consisted of PETER, his > wife and two children. His name appears as PETER EGNER on the "Colonial > Census of 1710" for the same location. > > While PETER'S name appears on these early records of German > immigrants from an area known as the Palatinate, no record of his > emigration from Europe has presently been found. But church records show > an obvious affiliation with this group since PETER and his family sponsored > and baptized children from 1714 to 1718 in Palatine areas under the names, > AIGNER, AIGNOR and EIGNER. > > Records for the period of the 1720's are scarce for this family but by > this time other families with similar names were arriving in America. JOHN > MATHIAS EGNER or EIGENER is listed as arriving in Philadelphia in 1727 and > starting a family which is mentioned in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania > records. > > JOHANNES AEGENDER arrived from Switzerland in 1731 again in > Philadelphia and settled briefly in Allentown, Pennsylvania before moving > to Rowan County, North Carolina. A correspondent has written to us that a > JAMES AGNEW also arrived around this time from County Down, Ireland and > started a family in Pennsylvania whose name would become AGNER when they > settled in Greenville, South Carolina. Back in New York state family > records appear under EIGENER, EIGINER and EIGNER. > > In the 1740's additional A's were added to the name in New York > changing it to EIGENAAR or EYGENAAR. > > By the 1750's there appear to be a number of families with similar > names on colonial census records ranging from EIGENAER in New York; AGNER, > AIGNER and EGNAR in Maryland; to EGNOR, EGNORUM, and perhaps EIGAR and > EICHINGER in Pennsylvania. > > Henry Jones of the Palatine Families to New York has suggested that > one of the early PETER's sons purchased land in the 1760's under the name > of JEGENER which leads to an even greater number of possible names. While > military records for the period use the name EYGENAER. > > Descendants bearing our or similar family names obviously were caught > up in the spirit of revolt sweeping America in the 1770's. The Daughters > of the American Revolution's "Patriot Index" includes two individuals of > our name, PETER EGGENAAR of NY and HENRY EIGNER of PA. Local records > reveal even more names. Here in New York there are thirteen listings for > EYGENAERS serving from Ulster County and two EGGENERS from neighboring > Orange County. Records from the National Archives show the following > variants for PETER's name alone; EGGENAAR, EGGNOR, EIGENER, EYGENAAR and > EYGENER. > > In addition a bicentennial study of Hessian troops in America during > the American Revolution done by the St. Louis Genealogical Society reveal a > number of similar names. There were three EIGENAUERS serving in America > from Germany as well as an ANTON EIGNER from Bohemia. Supposedly these > soldiers returned to Europe with the exception of one CONRAD EIGNEAUER who > deserted and settled in upstate Herkimer County, New York. Further > information on the large family he raised is in the Latter Day Saints' > extensive genealogical library. > > Thus we have a number of possible ancestors and descendants and we > still have not considered the first U. S. of 1790 or examined variations of > such early names as ACKER, AYGER, EAGLER, EGAN, EGNARD, EIGAR, EIGENHERR or > EICHNER or examined alternate spellings like JAEGER, JEGENER, YEAGER or > even WAGNER! E. Kay Kirkham in the report, "Census Records of America", > lists AGNER, AIGHNER and AIGNER as variants of AGNEW an name representing > 24 families in early America. Whether he included the 5 families of > EAGENERS, EGNERS, and EIGENERS listed in the New York state section of this > census in this number I do not know. > > Well, I am sure you have more names and spellings to add to this list > and would be happy to hear from you about them. In our next issue, I hope > to go more specifically into some of the people with these names. > > ============================== > (end of article) > > Note from the list owner: Anyone researching the name for long, has > already discovered the "joy" of the variants. I once typed out a list of > 50 variations, and I know that list did not include a few of these Roberta > discussed. For those of you who haven't encountered the name variations > yet, consider this forewarning! :o) --Celia H. > > ==== EGNER Mailing List ==== > Visit the Egner/Agner resource page: > http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/e/g/EGNER/ > Post your Queries, Bible Records, Bios, Deeds, Obits, > Pensions, and Wills on the appropriate GenConnect Board: http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/e/g/EGNER/#gc > > ============================== > Discover your ancestors and trace your family tree today at Ancestry.com. > You are invited to search our massive collection containing over 500 million > records, in over 1800 databases. Visit > http://ads04.focalink.com/SmartBanner/page?16226.4

Dory, these are great finds! Thanks! Angela, can we figure out who these two are in our Rockbridge family? --Celia :o) ----- Original Message ----- From: <DEgnor@aol.com> To: <EGNER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 8:58 AM Subject: [A/EGNER] Agnor info > I found this on the Library of Virginia web site: > > James Agnor Civil War Pension Application > <A HREF="http://image.vtls.com/CP/CP-1/047/00024.tif">http://image.vtls.com/CP /CP-1/047/00024.tif> > WPA life history, Agnor > <A HREF="http://198.17.62.51/WPL/1848/00455.tif">http://198.17.62.51/WPL/1848/ 00455.tif>

Hello listers, As promised, here (finally) is an article from the very first Eygner Eagle, which Roberta Schwartz did Feb 1986. It is with Roberta's blessing that I am able to pass these articles on to you. From time to time I will post more of the articles that I think may be of interest. Please remember any information that these articles may contain should be treated as CLUES to your own research. =========================== (begin article) EAGLE VOL.I, NO. 1 WELCOME TO THE EYGNER FAMILY ASSOCIATION!! In this our first issue, I will try to introduce a few of our fellow researchers and show you how we can all work together to start some family projects. I often remember a brief note I received from an EIGNER in Connecticut after I had written inquiring about the origin of his family. He replied that he was the only one of that name in America and that the rest of his family was buried in Europe. I know his sentiments since I too have often felt this way -- that I am the only person interested in this elusive and often difficult family name. But over the past years, I have found that this is not true. There are a number of us working to find more information on our own and other families who share this surname. Elsdon Smith in his book, New Dictionary of American Family Names, defines EIGNER as a Germanic name meaning " the peasant with a freehold, that is, land on which he did not pay rent." Smith does not list only common names and the fact that he includes this name at all means that there must be a number of us around. And since he does not include variant spellings I believe we can safely work with this definition of "our" name until another definition is found. This organization is my effort to unite us all with our varying resources and talents to find answers to our many questions about our families and their origins. I do not know at this time if all of us are related but hope that together we can find the answers each of us is seeking. [And I would like to continue Roberta's mission..........--Celia, list owner] THE EGYNER NAME IN AMERICA PRIOR TO 1790 The earliest records that fellow researchers and I have found in North America are concerning one PETER EYGNER who is listed in "Ration Lists of Palatine Heads of Families, June 1710 to September 1714" here in New York state. This EYGNER family resided in West Camp (near present day Kingston), Ulster County, New York and consisted of PETER, his wife and two children. His name appears as PETER EGNER on the "Colonial Census of 1710" for the same location. While PETER'S name appears on these early records of German immigrants from an area known as the Palatinate, no record of his emigration from Europe has presently been found. But church records show an obvious affiliation with this group since PETER and his family sponsored and baptized children from 1714 to 1718 in Palatine areas under the names, AIGNER, AIGNOR and EIGNER. Records for the period of the 1720's are scarce for this family but by this time other families with similar names were arriving in America. JOHN MATHIAS EGNER or EIGENER is listed as arriving in Philadelphia in 1727 and starting a family which is mentioned in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania records. JOHANNES AEGENDER arrived from Switzerland in 1731 again in Philadelphia and settled briefly in Allentown, Pennsylvania before moving to Rowan County, North Carolina. A correspondent has written to us that a JAMES AGNEW also arrived around this time from County Down, Ireland and started a family in Pennsylvania whose name would become AGNER when they settled in Greenville, South Carolina. Back in New York state family records appear under EIGENER, EIGINER and EIGNER. In the 1740's additional A's were added to the name in New York changing it to EIGENAAR or EYGENAAR. By the 1750's there appear to be a number of families with similar names on colonial census records ranging from EIGENAER in New York; AGNER, AIGNER and EGNAR in Maryland; to EGNOR, EGNORUM, and perhaps EIGAR and EICHINGER in Pennsylvania. Henry Jones of the Palatine Families to New York has suggested that one of the early PETER's sons purchased land in the 1760's under the name of JEGENER which leads to an even greater number of possible names. While military records for the period use the name EYGENAER. Descendants bearing our or similar family names obviously were caught up in the spirit of revolt sweeping America in the 1770's. The Daughters of the American Revolution's "Patriot Index" includes two individuals of our name, PETER EGGENAAR of NY and HENRY EIGNER of PA. Local records reveal even more names. Here in New York there are thirteen listings for EYGENAERS serving from Ulster County and two EGGENERS from neighboring Orange County. Records from the National Archives show the following variants for PETER's name alone; EGGENAAR, EGGNOR, EIGENER, EYGENAAR and EYGENER. In addition a bicentennial study of Hessian troops in America during the American Revolution done by the St. Louis Genealogical Society reveal a number of similar names. There were three EIGENAUERS serving in America from Germany as well as an ANTON EIGNER from Bohemia. Supposedly these soldiers returned to Europe with the exception of one CONRAD EIGNEAUER who deserted and settled in upstate Herkimer County, New York. Further information on the large family he raised is in the Latter Day Saints' extensive genealogical library. Thus we have a number of possible ancestors and descendants and we still have not considered the first U. S. of 1790 or examined variations of such early names as ACKER, AYGER, EAGLER, EGAN, EGNARD, EIGAR, EIGENHERR or EICHNER or examined alternate spellings like JAEGER, JEGENER, YEAGER or even WAGNER! E. Kay Kirkham in the report, "Census Records of America", lists AGNER, AIGHNER and AIGNER as variants of AGNEW an name representing 24 families in early America. Whether he included the 5 families of EAGENERS, EGNERS, and EIGENERS listed in the New York state section of this census in this number I do not know. Well, I am sure you have more names and spellings to add to this list and would be happy to hear from you about them. In our next issue, I hope to go more specifically into some of the people with these names. ============================== (end of article) Note from the list owner: Anyone researching the name for long, has already discovered the "joy" of the variants. I once typed out a list of 50 variations, and I know that list did not include a few of these Roberta discussed. For those of you who haven't encountered the name variations yet, consider this forewarning! :o) --Celia H.