Person:William Ager (3)

William was admitted as a freeman (as "William Agar") on 18 May 1631.^[3]

He was admitted at the church at Salem before 1636, and received 30 acres there in 1636.^[4]

His will mentions his son Joseph (who seemed to be missing), son Benjamin, son Jonathan, daughter Abigall Kibben, wife Alice.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} William Ager, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995).

   Origin: Unknown. Migration: 1630. First Residence: Salem.
   Birth: abt 1610 based on est age of first child (b. say 1633)
   Death: Between 3 Mar 1653/4 (will) and 20 Jun 1654 (inventory)

2.   Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862).

   From 1:19:
   AGER, AGAR, AUGER, EGER or EAGER, WILLIAM, adm. freem.
   18 May 1631. I dare not attempt to indicate how close is the reality of
   relationship with those who spell Auger and Hagar.
   From 1:79
   AUGER, AGAR or AUGUR... WILLIAM, Salem 1636, perhaps earlier,for he was
   adm. freem. of Mass. 18 May 1631, when the Secr. gave the name Agar;
   by w. Alice had Benjamin, bapt. 12 Feb. 1637; and Jonathan, 10 Nov.
   1639; beside elder ch. Joseph, and Abigail, wh. bec. w. of Joseph Kibben,
   or Kibby; and he d. 1654. His will of 31 May, pro. Nov. in that
   yr. names the w. and four ch. but notes, that Joseph was abroad. In ist. Coll.
   of Essc Inst. I. 11, Mr. Patch finds the date of his will to be 3 Mar. and of pro.
   June of that yr.

3. ↑ Anderson, citing MBCR 1:366
4. ↑ Anderson, citing SChR 5 and STR 1:20 and 26