1.WILHELM1 WAGGONER was born 1706 in Germany, and died 1755 in Hardy County, West Virginia.He married (1) ANNA ELIZABETH WAGNERIN March 20, 1731/32 in Ober-Seeman, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany.He married (2) AGNESA FLEISCHER 1751 in Philadelphia, PA, daughter of ANDREAS FLEISCHER and MARY SCHMIDT.
Notes for WILHELM WAGGONER:
The family arrived at the Port of Philadelphia, PA, October 25, 1748, aboard the ship "Patience and Margaret" from Rotterdam, Holland.They lived in Montgomery County, PA.Their daughter Anna Elizabeth was baptized in St. Micheals Church, April 24, 1749.Wilhelm's wife died shortly after this baptism and he remarried Agnesa (last name unknown).
They moved to present day Hardy County, VA about 1754 and in 1755, Indians killed Wilhelm and captured daughter Mary and son Peter.A would be rescuer killed Mary in the course of shooting at the Indians.John Peter survived his captivity and settled in Philadelphia.He is listed in the 1790 census of that city as a shoemaker with five sons and four daughters.
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It was in the year of 1748, a friday, the 25th of October, when the ship Patience and Mary, Captained by John Goven, late of Rotterdam, last of Leith, sailed up the Delaware River into the Port of Philadelphia. Among the passengers of seventy-one men, twenty -nine women, and six children were Wilhelm, his wife Anna Elisabeth, daughter Mary, and son Peter. Anna was four months pregnant at the time. Wilhelm was listed as 42 years old.
A Johannes Lantz arrived with Wilhelm and lived with him in White Marsh, Pennsylvania which is just west of Germantown.
Sometime after 1753, Wilhelm and his family along with the Lantz family arrived in the South Branch of the Potomac near Moorefield, West Virginia called Old Field.
Wilhelm was killed and scalped when the indians raided his farm. His daughter Mary and son Peter were helping him in the garden outside the walls of their fortlike home when the raid took place.
More About WILHELM WAGGONER and ANNA WAGNERIN:
Marriage: March 20, 1731/32, Ober-Seeman, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany
More About WILHELM WAGGONER and AGNESA FLEISCHER:
Marriage: 1751, Philadelphia, PA
Children of WILHELM WAGGONER and ANNA WAGNERIN are:
i. MARY2 WAGGONER, b. 1738, Germany; d. 1759, Moorefield, WV.
Notes for MARY WAGGONER:
Mary was kidnapped by the indians during the raid on her family along with her brother Peter. The indians divided into two groups for their escape, each taking a different captive. The following retrieval party followed Mary's group. The party that contained followed contained Mary's finiance. The party shot on the indians after coming upon them at their campfire, accidentally shooting Mary and killing her.
ii. JOHN PETER WAGGONER, b. Abt. 1740, Germany; d. 1800, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Notes for JOHN PETER WAGGONER:
Peter was kidnapped by the indians but later escaped with some fur traders. He went to Philadelphia and became a cordwainer
iii. ANNA ELIZABETH WAGGONER, b. March 27, 1749, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; d. 1816, Ohio County, West Virginia; m. LEWIS BONNETT, Abt. 1770, Romney, WV.
More About LEWIS BONNETT and ANNA WAGGONER:
Marriage: Abt. 1770, Romney, WV
Children of WILHELM WAGGONER and AGNESA FLEISCHER are:
2. iv. JOHANNES MICHAEL2 WAGGONER, b. November 24, 1751, White Marsh, PA; d. 1843, Romney, VA (WV) or Frankfort, Hampshire Co.
v. BARBARA WAGGONER, b. Abt. 1756, Old Field, West Virginia; d. February 1850; m. JOHN LANTZ, 1780, Washington Co., Pennsylvania.
Notes for BARBARA WAGGONER:
Barabara lived to be about 80 years old and was blind in her later years. (The Waggoners of Hackers Creek by Chris Wagoner)
More About JOHN LANTZ and BARBARA WAGGONER:
Marriage: 1780, Washington Co., Pennsylvania
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