Fred, I do not know if this will help as "Hagan" does not sound like a German name. However, my Frederick County ancestors were all from various places in Pennsylvania. One family was from Chester County, Pennsylvania and I know there were others from that county who migrated to Frederick County as well. There is another group of ancestors who migrated from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania first to Berkeley County, West Virginia and then to Frederick County. Both of the families were of German ancestry and, in fact, were joined in Frederick County Maryland by some of their distant cousins from Germany. I also have families from Virginia and New Jersey who passed briefly through Frederick County! In general, there was a flow of new settlers southward from Pennsylvania to Maryland as land became more scarce and more expensive in Pennsylvania. If "Hagan" has German or Irish origins, I would definitely look in Pennsylvania. Also, be on the look-out for name spelling changes that frequently occurred with these moves. Each successive move led to changes in one of my line's name spelling (Volcker > Fulker > Fulkerth > Folkerth and Ems > Emes > Ames etc.). Good luck! Liz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Hagan" <FHagan@techcomm.net> To: <MD-FRED-GEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 1:00 PM Subject: [MDFred] Migration to Frederick County > Can someone give a brief discourse on where the general Frederick County population came from in the mid/late 1700's? > > I have been searching for the birth place of Francis HAGAN for 25 years and cannot find it. Francis first appears in Frederick County records in 1787 when he witnessed a marriage in the Reformed Church. He married in that church the next year and is buried in the St. Johns the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church cemetery. My research shows he did not come from Charles County, MD or St. Mary's County, MD. If not there, then where? > Tks, > Fred Hagan > > > ==== MD-FRED-GEN Mailing List ==== > Come on over to the Maryland Roots Network at: > http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/MD/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Hi Liz, Thank you for this information. I and my cousins suspect the origins of our Hagan line was German rather than Irish even though some of our now dead relatives would turn over in their graves to learn they were not Irish. We just cannot prove it. I have found the name spelled Hagen several times and I understand this is the German spelling. I have not looked in West Virginia as a source of travel to Frederick but will do so now. Fred ----- Original Message ----- From: "Liz Stratton" <lstratton@cinci.rr.com> To: <MD-FRED-GEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 2:42 PM Subject: Re: [MDFred] Migration to Frederick County > Fred, > I do not know if this will help as "Hagan" does not sound like a German > name. However, my Frederick County ancestors were all from various places > in Pennsylvania. One family was from Chester County, Pennsylvania and I > know there were others from that county who migrated to Frederick County as > well. There is another group of ancestors who migrated from Lancaster > County, Pennsylvania first to Berkeley County, West Virginia and then to > Frederick County. Both of the families were of German ancestry and, in > fact, were joined in Frederick County Maryland by some of their distant > cousins from Germany. I also have families from Virginia and New Jersey who > passed briefly through Frederick County! > > In general, there was a flow of new settlers southward from Pennsylvania to > Maryland as land became more scarce and more expensive in Pennsylvania. If > "Hagan" has German or Irish origins, I would definitely look in > Pennsylvania. Also, be on the look-out for name spelling changes that > frequently occurred with these moves. Each successive move led to changes > in one of my line's name spelling (Volcker > Fulker > Fulkerth > Folkerth > and Ems > Emes > Ames etc.). > > Good luck! > Liz > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Fred Hagan" <FHagan@techcomm.net> > To: <MD-FRED-GEN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 1:00 PM > Subject: [MDFred] Migration to Frederick County > > > > Can someone give a brief discourse on where the general Frederick County > population came from in the mid/late 1700's? > > > > I have been searching for the birth place of Francis HAGAN for 25 years > and cannot find it. Francis first appears in Frederick County records in > 1787 when he witnessed a marriage in the Reformed Church. He married in > that church the next year and is buried in the St. Johns the Evangelist > Roman Catholic Church cemetery. My research shows he did not come from > Charles County, MD or St. Mary's County, MD. If not there, then where? > > Tks, > > Fred Hagan > > > > > > ==== MD-FRED-GEN Mailing List ==== > > Come on over to the Maryland Roots Network at: > > http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/MD/ > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > ==== MD-FRED-GEN Mailing List ==== > Come on over to the Maryland Roots Network at: > http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/MD/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >