Friederich Wilhelm Nagel and His Family[1]

John D. Sinks

12 November 2006; Updated 19 April 2020

Friederich Wilhelm Nagel was born at or near the Palatinate in 1713.  In 1740 he took the ship “Loyal Judith” and arrived in Philadelphia, November 25, just in time for winter.  As required, he swore the Oath of Allegiance to the King and the Oath of Abjuration and Fidelity.  In these oaths he swore that he would be loyal to the King of England, that he would obey the laws, and that he owed no allegiance to the Pope in Rome (see Appendix I).  He signed the oaths using his first, middle, and last name in a firm hand comfortable with writing.  By the end of the decade, he was married with at least two children.  The Treasurer’s Accounts of Northampton County identify him as a collector for Lehigh in 1756, a township on the frontier [Anderson, Pg. 56].  In the fall of 1757, Friederich and 77 others signed a petition to the Governor and General Assembly asking for protection against the Indians (see Appendix II).  They reported that Indians had burned their buildings and that murders were forcing the inhabitants to leave their farms.  They specifically asked for guardhouses to be built and a road to be cut along the Blue Mountains.  The Nagel family soon left the frontier for the relative safety of Bucks County.  Friederich and his wife Anna Maria appear in the records of the Tohickon Reformed Church in Bedminster Township in 1758 and 1759 both as a witnesses for baptisms and as parents of a son who was baptized (see Appendix III).  Friederich returned to Northampton County by 1761 [Deed Book A-1, Pg. 263-664].  Three of his children were baptized at the Emmanual Union Church at Petersville, Moore Township in the 1760s (Appendix III).  By the time of the Revolution, he was prospering.  He was farming his own land, residing in a county that was 80% German [Fox, xiii], and worshipping in a church where his native language of German was written and spoken.

The colonial government treated the German majority as second-class citizens.  Northampton County did not have representation in the assembly in proportion to its population and petitions calling for the correction of this were ignored.  In the eighteenth century, it was important for a courthouse to be located near the center of a county’s population to avoid undue hardships in transacting official business.  The Northampton County courthouse was located on the eastern edge of the county in Easton - essentially to the New Jersey state line.  It was not only difficult for many to record deeds, prove wills, and participate in court cases, but it was also difficult to vote.  Ballots had to be cast at Easton [Slaski, Pg. 51].  All of this made for a disaffected majority.

The Continental Congress urged states to require their residents to renounce allegiance to the king and swear their loyalty to the new government.  On June 13, 1777, Pennsylvania passed “An Act Obliging the Male White Inhabitants of This State to Give Assurances of Allegiance to the Same and for Other Purposes Therein Mentioned” [Statues, Pg. 110-114].  Men over 18 were required to swear:

I, ………., do swear (or affirm), that I renounce and refuse all allegiance to George the Third, King of Great Britain, his heirs and successors, and that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as a free and independent State, and that I will not at any time do or cause to be done any matter or thing that will be prejudicial or injurious to the freedom and independence thereof, as declared by Congress; and also, that I will discover and make known to some one justice of the peace of said state all treasons or traitorous conspiracies which I now know or hereafter shall know to be formed against this or any of the United States of American [Statutes, Pg. 111-112].

The oath was administered by justices of the peace, who kept lists of those who had taken the oath.  Northampton County had 23 justices sworn in on 3 June 1777 [Published Pennsylvania Archives, Series 2, Vol. 3, Pg. 665-666].  The lists of 16 of these justices remain extant today [Marx, table of contents].

The oath was a harsh one.  Many knew of activities by relatives and friends that could be construed as a traitorous conspiracy.  Many, including Friederich Wilhelm Nagel, had sworn allegiance to the Crown upon arriving in Philadelphia.  Some felt they could not renounce an oath sworn before God.  The Revolutionaries had an answer to these.  The preamble to the Act stated:

…allegiance and protection are reciprocal, and those who will not bear the former are not nor ought to be entitled to the benefits of the latter [Statutes, Pg. 111].

On this view, individuals were absolved of their duty to King and Parliament because the government had failed in their duty to provide protection.  In essence, the social compact was null and void due to the actions of Great Britain.  This argument satisfied some, but not all.

Some felt they could not take any oath for religious purposes, including the Quakers and Moravians.  Today we are very sympathetic to religious minorities and have trouble understanding why steps were not taken at the outset to accommodate religious scruples.  Part of the reason may have been that the Philadelphia Quakers did not especially try to be neutral.  Not only were they among they state leaders who treated the Germans as second-class citizens, but on January 20, 1776 the Quakers issued the following address following their annual meeting:

The benefits, advantages and favours we have experienced by our dependence upon the connection with the King’s Government, under which we have enjoyed this happy state, appear to demand from us the greatest circumspection, care, and constant endeavors to guard against every attempt to alter or subvert that dependence and connection. ….May we therefore firmly unite in abhorrence of all such writings and measures, as evidence of a desire and design to break off the happy connection we have hitherto enjoyed with the Kingdom of Great Britain, and our just necessary subordination to the King and those lawfully placed in authority under him [Westcott, Pg. x-xi].

The Moravians of Northampton County avoided blatant backing of the Crown.  They provided lodging for Revolutionary soldiers and traveling civil officials, and also cared for the wounded.

The penalties for not taking the oath were severe.  Those not taking the oath were barred from “...holding any office or pace of trust in this state, serving on juries, suing for any debts, electing or being elected, buying, selling or transferring any lands, tenements or hereditaments, and shall be disarmed by the lieutenant or sub-lieutenants of the city or counties respectively [Statutes, Pg. 112-113].  On 1 April 1778 “An Act for Further Security of the Government” was passed, doubling the tax those who did not take the oath [Statutes, Pg. 239].  Regrettably, officials in Northampton County used failure to take the oath of allegiance as a tool for fining and seizing property of Moravians and for profiting from those seizures [Myers, Pg. 15; see also Fox].  In short, they moved from reciprocity of allegiance and protection to reciprocity of non-allegiance and persecution.

Members of the Reformed and Lutheran Churches generally did not have the problems of conscience in swearing oaths that the Moravians did.  Most residents of Northampton County took the oath.  Friederich Wilhelm Nagel swore the oath before Thomas Hartman, 1 September 1778 [Marx, Pg. 49], meeting an obligation of a 65-year old man residing in Pennsylvania to the Revolutionary government.  By doing so he qualifies as performing Revolutionary service under the standards of the Sons of the American Revolution, as well those of the Daughters of the American Revolution and Children of the American Revolution.  By that time he owned 150 acres of land in Moore Township, according to the list for the 1779 county tax extant in the Northampton County Archives.  He was among the largest land holdings in Moore Township at that time and he held warrants for more land.  After his death his son Frederick had the additional land surveyed and patented [see Deed Book C3, Pg. 440-442 for a summary of the transactions].

Friederich Nagel did not live to see the end of the Revolution and contribute to the new republic.  He died 24 November 1779, when the Revolution was still in doubt.  However, he still left a legacy to the emerging nation: his family.  Family was extremely important to the Pennsylvania Germans.  In Zion Stone Church Cemetery and others in Northampton County, Pennsylvania many of the older tombstones bear the number of children, the date of marriage, and maiden name of the wife.  In fact, the tombstone of Anna Maria Nagel, Friederich’s wife, is some dozen graves to the south of Friederich’s and bears the name of her husband and her maiden name: Engel.

Ann Maria’s tombstone gives here date of birth as 9 February 1725 and date of death as 9 September 1790.  She was previously married, for Friederich’s will makes a bequest to a stepson, Henry Ribbert.  Anna Maria is listed as “Widow Nagle” on both the 1781 Supply Tax List and the 1781 Additional Supply Tax List.  She was the only Nagel in Moore Township who was a widow.  She too qualifies as performing Revolutionary service under the standards of the Sons of the American Revolution, as well those of the Daughters of the American Revolution and Children of the American Revolution.  The township assessment list for 1781 shows that she owned 298 acres of land.

The most comprehensive list of children of Friederich and Anna Maria Nagel is found not in church baptism records or even Friederich’s will, but a deed from the heirs the Fred^r Nagle to John Dreisbach. [Northampton County, Pennsylvania Deed Book C3, Pg. 347].  Adding to this list information from baptism records and tombstones, his family consisted of:

John George Nagle                                            15 February 1746 - 3 June 1823

            married Maria Catherina Kleppinger

Mary Kleppinger                                                29 September 1748 - 19 June 1817

            married John Henry Kleppinger of Allen Township

Mary Catherina Dreisbach                                 21 December 1752 - 20 September 1819

            married John Dreisbach, tanner, of Lehigh Township

Christian Nagel

            Non compos mentis for “...past four years...,” March 23, 1786

            [Orphan's Court Book E, Pg. 105]

Frederick Nagel                                                 22 April 1759 - 10 March 1839

            married (1) Maria Magdelena Mildenberger (2) Elizabeth Kress

Elizabeth Margaret                                             12 December 1763 -

            married Conrad Soldt, miller, of Penn Township

Mary Elizabeth                                                   baptized 23 December 1766 -

            married Jacob Soldt of Towamesing Township

John Nagle, cordwainer, of Allen Township             16 May 1769 - 7 February 1845

                        married Regina Heller

John George Nagel, the eldest son, married Maria Catherina Kepplinger at Emmanuel’s Union Church 8 May 1768 [Pg. 14].  He does not appear to have peformed active service in the American Revolution, but he is listed as a private or soldier on class rolls.  George first appears on the roll of Captain Paul Fleck’s 8th Company, 4th Battalion, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Militia for May of 1778 [Published Pennsylvania Archives, Series 5, Vol. 8, Pg. 317].  A comparison of this roll with the 1781 Supply Tax List shows the company to have been from Moore Township.  In 1780, the militia was reorganized and George found himself in the 3rd Battalion.  He appears on rolls of Captain John Deter’s Company, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Militia in 1780, 1782, and 1783 [Published Pennsylvania Archives, Series 5, Vol. 8, Pg. 247, 276, 288, 293].  Comparing one of these rosters to 1781 tax lists, most of the men resided at Lehigh Township, but some were from Moore.  George’s name is borne on roll of the 1781 Supply Tax List for Moore Township in the Pennsylvania State Archives, and the 1782 Supply Tax Lists for June and August for Lehigh Township.  After living in Lehigh, George moved to Allen Tonwship.  He and Catherina then moved to Luzerne County, sometime before 1814, where they were residing when they sold their remaining land in Allen Township.  They are buried at the Hanover Green Cemetery at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania [see Appendix VII].

At the beginning of the Revolution, Pennsylvania had no organized militia.  Volunteer associations of men supporting the Revolution formed.  Frederick William Nagel enlisted in such a unit in June 1776, shortly after his seventeenth birthday: Captain Nicholas Kern’s Company, 1st Battalion of Associators.  This battalion was at Easton , July 8, when the Declaration of Independence was read at the courthouse, with the colors now known as the Easton Flag.  This unit became part of the Flying Camp, a mobile reserve designed to respond to British threats.  Frederick Nagel’s name is borne on borne on both copies of the only extant roll of the company, taken at Perth Amboy when the unit was on its way to join George Washington at Long Island [Published Pennsylvania Archives, Series 5, Vol. 8, Pg. 28; Vol. 2 Pg. 566].  The unit marched to New York and was taken by boat to Long Island.  Frederick was captured August 27th at the Battle of Brooklyn.  He refused to sign a parole that he would no longer bear arms against Great Britain.  He spent the next six and a half years as a prisoner of war, much of the time in Canada.  Details of his service are provided in an affidavit of a fellow soldier, Henry Siegel, and his own affidavit to secure a pension [Fatzinger, Pg. 240].  He returned home at the end of the Revolution, when he married (first) Anna Magdelena Mildenberger and after her death, Elizabeth Kress [Will Book F2, Pg. 492-494; Kieffer, Pg. 249].  Frederick is buried Christ Church Cemetery, which is contiguous with the Schoenersville Cemetery of Allentown, Pennsylvania, and sometimes referred to as the Old Section of that cemetery (see Appendix VII).

Henry Kleppinger married Anna Maria Nagel at the Emmanuel’s Union Church, 27 November 1768.  He was named as a co-executor of Friederich’s will and was identified in it as a son-in-law.  Henry signed his will in 1790 and died at Northampton County in 1796.  He was named as an executor and identified as a son-in-law in Friederich’s will.  Henry served in the 3rd Battalion under Captain Paul Knauss [Published Pennsylvania Archives, Series 5, Vol. 8, Pg. 241, 250, 275, 290].  When called into active service in 1781, he hired a substitute [Published Pennsylvania Archives, Series 5, Vol. 8, Pg. 257].  His name is borne of the rolls of the 1781 Supply Tax and Additional Supply Tax Lists for Allen Township in the Pennsylvania State Archives, and the 1782 and 1783 Supply Tax Lists for Allen Township in the Northampton County Archives.  He and Mary evidently had no children.  He made bequests to children of his siblings and brothers-in-law, but only children living at the time of his death were to receive legacies.  If any child died before his wife that child’s share was to be distributed among that child’s siblings.  The brothers-in-law were named, conforming to those named in the Deed Book C3 with the omission of Christian Nagel.  The children living in 1796 are named for each brother-in-law in records of the estate [Orphans Court Book 10, Pg. 42].  Johann Henrich Klippinger and Anna Maria Kleppinger, geboren Nagel, are buried at Zion Stone Church at Allen Township, Northampton County, not far from Lehigh and Moore Township lines (see Appendix VII).

John Dreisbach, husband of Mary, died testate in 1825, leaving three daughters that match the list in the settlement: Anna Maria, Elizabeth, and Catherine [Will Book 5, Pg. 129].  He was a tanner of Lehigh Township [Orphans Court Book 10, Pg. 391].  John Dreisbach, tanner, and John Dreisbach, Sr. were listed on the 1780 Lehigh Township Tax List, preserved in the Northampton County Archives.  A John Dreisbach and John Dreisbach, Jr. were listed on the 1781 Additional Supply Tax List for Lehigh Township, preserved in the Pennsylvania State Archives.  Three men of the name are list on the 1786 Septennial Census at Lehigh Township, two as Jr. and one with no suffix.  A John Dreisbach is listed in the second class of Captain Frederick Coons 6th Company, 3rd Battalion of the Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Militia [Published Pennsylvania Archives, Series 5, Vol. 8, Pg. 286, 615].  A comparison of the rosters of Coons’ company with tax lists shows this company was from Lehigh Township.  The mandatory militia service was ages 18-53 [Statutes, Vol. 9, Pg. 77].  With a birth year of 1752, this John Dreisbach would have had a militia obligation.  One would expect to find at least one other man named John Dreisbach serving in other companies from Lehigh, but this is not the case. 

The John Dreisbach serving in the second class under Captain Coons was on active duty under Captain Jacob Clater, whose “home” company was the 2nd company in the Third Battalion [Published Pennsylvania Archives, Series 5, Vol. 8, Pg. 279].  When serving on active duty, Captain Clater would not have commanded that company, but rather a company with the rank and file from the 2nd class of the other companies of the 3rd Battalion and substitutes for those men [Statutes, Vol. 9, Pg. 81-82.]  This arrangement avoided stripping a particular area of military age men when a company was called into active duty.  The only John Dreisbach in a second class was the man in Captain Coons’ Company.  Johannes Deisbach is buried at Zion Stone Church, where Catherina Dreisback is also buried (see Appendix 7).    

The other John Dreisbach was a yeoman living at Moore Township.  Only one John Driesbach was listed at Moore Township on the 1781 tax lists and the 1790 U.S. Census.  Moreover, that John Dreisbach had two males over age 16 years in this household in 1790, consistent with his care for Christian Nagel.  His children entitled to a bequest from the Henry Kleppinger estate were: Jost, Conrad, John, Anna Maria, and Barbara [Orphans Couty Book 10, Pg. 42].  The name of his wife remains unknown.  A comparison of the 1781 Supply Tax List for Moore Township. preserved in the Pennsylvania State Archives shows Captain John Ritter’s 1st Company of the 3rd Battalion of the Northampton Militia was from Moore Township.  John Dreisbach is listed in the fifth class of this company [Published Pennsylvania Archives, Series 3, Vol. 8, Pg. 246, 260, 266, 278].  By 1808, he had moved to Chestnut Hill Township, when he and Catherine sold land at Moore Township. that had once belonged to Friederich Nagel [Deed Book C3, Pg. 440-442].  Catherina, wife of John the tanner of Lehigh, signed the release of land to this John of Moore Township.  John of Moore Township may have been married previously to a daughter of Friederich and Anna Maria whose name remains unknown.

Conrad Solt served in Captain John Deter’s Company 7th Company, often listed as a sergeant [Published Pennsylvania Archives, Series 5, Vol. 8, Pg. 242, 253, 287, 293].  Conrad Solt served as a substitute the frontiers of Northampton County from 20 April to 23 May 1782 in Captain Jacob Clader’s Company, 3rd Battalion, the same company in which a John Driesbach served [Published Pennsylvania Archives, Series 5, Vol. 8, Pg. 263].  From a comparison of the rolls to 1781 tax lists, most of the men were from Lehigh Township, although some were from Moore Township.  Before the Revolution, the Solts lived beyond the Blue Mountains, but retreated to the area near Zion Stone Church during the Revolution as a result of Indian troubles.  Conrad Solt is buried at St. John’s Church Cemetery near Palmerton, Carbon County, Pennsylvania.

John Nagel, the youngest child of Friederich and Anna Maria, was born 16 May 1769 (see Appendix III).  In 1796, he became an executor of the estate of his brother-in-law, Henry Kepplinger, and in 1797 was identified as a cordwainer at Allen Township in the release signed for land in exchange for care of his brother Christian by brother-in-law John Dreisbach.  He is the only man who signed the release without a wife also signing, however; the settlement of Henry’s estate shows that he had two children born by 1796, George and Susanna.

Friederich Wilhelm Nagel came to this country in search of a better life.  From the extant records, we know he was an educated and religious man.  He was a successful farmer, acquiring several tracts of land by the time of his death.  When the Revolution came, he was in his 60s - for the time an old man who was not required to bear arms.  He was faced with a decision.  The decision he made was to swear his allegiance to the new state of Pennsylvania and renounce his loyalty to the king of England.  Although he did not live to see the victory that established the United States of America, his descendants live in freedom today because men and women like he supported the Revolution when the outcome was still in doubt.

Appendix I: Oaths Taken by Friederich Wilhelm Nagel upon Arriving in Pennsylvania, List of German Passengers, Records of the Department of State, 1707-1808, Record Group 26, Pennsylvania State Archives.

List B, Oath of Allegiance to the King.

We subscribers Natives and late Inhabitants of the Palatinate upon the Rhine and places adjacent having transported our selves and Family into the Province of Pensylvania, a Colony subject to the Crown of Great Britain, in hopes and expectation of finding a peaceable Settlement therein; Do solemnly promise and engage That we will be faithfull and bear true allegiance to his present Majesty King George the Second and his successors Kings of Great Britain; and will be faithfull to the Proprietors of this Province, and that we will demean ourselves peacably to all his said Majestys Subjects and strictly observe and conform to the Laws of England and this Provicne, to the utmost of our Power and Best of our Understanding.

List C, Oath of Abjuration and Fidelity and Oath of Allegiance to the King

We Do Swear (or solemnly Declare) publickly, First we will be faithfull Subjects and bear true allegiance to his present Majesty King George the Second and his Successors. Kings of Great Britain, And We do further swear (or solemnly Declare) that no Prince or Person whatsover, hat any Right or Title to the Crown of Great Britain, but his said Majesty King George the Second and his lawfull Issue And that We deny all obedience to the Pope in Rome and declare ourselves to be true and affectionate Protestants.

We subscribers Natives and late Inhabitants of the Palatinate upon the Rhine and places adjacent having transported our selves and Family into the Province of Pensylvania, a Colony subject to the Crown of Great Britain, in hopes and expectation of finding a peaceable Settlement therein. Do solemnly promise and engage that we will be faithfull and bear true allegiance to his present Majesty King George the Second and his successors Kings of Great Britain; and will be faithfull to the Proprietors of this Province, and that We will demean ourselves peaceably to all his said Majestys Subjects and strictly observe and conform to the Laws of England and of this Province, to the utmost of our Power and Best of our Understanding.

At the Court House in Philad^a Novr. 25^th 1740

Present

The Hon^ble George Thomas Esq^r Governor

Samuel Hasell Esq^r Mayor of Philad^a

The Palatines whose Names are underwritten imported in the Ship Loyal Judith, Lovell Paynter Commander from Roterdam but last from Deal - did this day date and subscribe to the foregoing Qualifications or Oaths to Government.

Appendix II:  Petition of the Inhabitants of Lehigh Township, Northampton County, 5 October 1757, Records of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Record Group 21, Pennsylvania State Archives.  English translation from German printed in the Published Pennsylvania Archives Series 1, Vol. 3, Pg. 284-286.

To the Honourable Governor and General Assembly, &c.

The Petition of the back Inhabitants, viz., of the Township of Lehigh, situate between Allenstwon, and the Blue mountains, in the county of Northampton,

Most humbly Sheweth:

That the said Township for a few years past has bee, to your knowledge, ruined and distroyed by the murdering Indians.

That since the late Peace the said inhabitants returned to their several and respective Places of abode, and some of them have rebuilt their homes and Outhouses, which were burnt.

That since the new murders were committed some of the said inhabitants diserted their Plantations, and fled in the more improved parts of the Province, where they remain.

That unless your Petitioners get Assistance from you, your Petitioners will be reduced to Poverty.

That the District in which your petitioners dwell contains 20 miles in Length and eight miles in Breadth, which is too extensive for your Petitioners to defend, without you assist with some Forces.

That your Petitioners apprehend it to be necessary for their Defence that a Road be cut along the Blue mountains, through the Township afore^d, and that several Guard Houses be built along this said Road, which may be accomplished with very little Cost.

That there are many inhabitants in the said Township who have neither Arms nor Ammunition, and who are too poor provide themselves therewith.

That there are many inhabitants in the said Township who have neither Arms nor Ammunition, and who are too poor to provide themselves therewith.

That the several Indians keep lurcking about the Blue mountains who pretend to be Friends, and as several People have lately bee captivated thereabouts, we presume it must be by them.

May it, therefore, Please your Honours to take our deplorable Condition in Consideration and grant us Men and Ammunition, that we may thereby be enabled to defend our selves, our Properties, and the lives of our Wifes and Children, Or grant such other Relief in the Premises as to you shall seem meet, and your Petitioners as in Duty Bound, will ever pray.

Forks of Delaware, Oct^r 5th, 1757.

These are to certify, that we have impowered Frederick Eisen to give in this, our Petition, to the Honour^bl the Governor and the Assembly.

The foregoing and with writing was translated from the German Paper Writing thereto annexed, by me.

                                                            Peter Miller

Appendix III: Children of Friederich Wilhelm and Anna Maria Nagel identified from Baptism Records.

            Name                                       Date of Birth               Church

            Frederick William Nagel         22 April 1759              Tohickon (Reformed) Church

            Margaret Elizabeth Nagel       12 December 1763     Emmanuel Union Church

            Maria Elizabeth                 baptized 23 Dec. 1766     Emmanuel Union Church

            John                                         16 May 1769              Emmanuel Union Church

Tohickon is at Bucks County.  Emmanuel Union Church is at Petersville, Moore Township of Northampton County.

Appendix IV: Relatives of Friederich Wilhelm Nagel Named in Will (Signed 22 November 1779; Proved 22 December 1779) [Northampton County, Will Book 1, Pg. 233-234].

The recorded will states it was proved 22 November 1779, the same day it was signed.  Tthe reverse of the original will shows that it was proved 22 December 1779.

Named in Will

            Name                                       Relationship

            Anna Mary                               Wife

            John George                            Son

            Frederick                                  Son

            Christian                                   Son

            -----                                          Youngest son (under 14)

            Henry Ribbert                         Step-son

            Henry Kleppinger                   Son-in-Law

            ----                                           “Remainder of other children” besides John George

Appendix V: Relatives Identified from a Deed from heirs the Fred^r Nagle to John Dreisbach (Deed Signed April 1797; Recorded 26 November 1807) [Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book C3, Pg. 346-347].

The purpose of the deed was to complete arrangements of the care of Christian Nagle, and son of Frederick Nagel, decd., who was non copos mentis.

Grantors:

George Nagle of Allen Township

Mary Klepinger, widow of Henry Klepinger, deceased, of Allen Township

John Dreisbach, tanner of Lehigh Township and Mary Catherine his wife

John Dreisbach and unnamed wife

Conrad Soldt, miller, of Penn Township and Elizabeth Margaret his wife

Frederick Nagle of Allen Township

Jacob Soldt of Towamesing Township and Mary Elizabeth, his wife

John Nagle, cordwainer, of Allen Township

Grantee:

John Dreisbach, husband of a daughter of Frederick Nagle, not named in the deed.

The deed identifies “…the said George, Mary Catherine, Elizabeth Margaret, Freiderick, Mary Elizabeth and John…” as “…the children and heirs of Frederick Nagle deceased….” 

Appendix VI: Relatives of His Wife from the Will of John Henry Kepplinger (Signed 12 June 1790; Proved 9 February 1796, [Northampton County, Pennsylvaniam Will Book 3, 27-31] and Final Estate Settlement [Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Orphans Court Book 10, Pg. 40-42].

John Henry provided bequests to the widow and children of his brothers-in-law who were living at the time of his decease, which the share of any child who died before he did going to that child’s siblings.

Wife: Ann Mary

      Brothers-in-Law and their children living in 1796:

            George Nagel

                  Margaret, Frederick, Anna Maria, Christian, Catherine, Elizabeth, John,

                  Magdelena

            John Nagel

                  George, Sussana

            John Dreisbach

                  Jost, Conrad, John, Anna Maria, Barbara

            John Dreisbach

                  Anna Maria, Elizabeth, Catherine

            Conrad Solt

                  John, Elizabeth, Anna Mary, Catherine

            Jacob Solt

                  Conrad, Peter, Susanna

            Frederick Nagel

                  Daniel, Catherine, John, Mary, Frederick, Magdalena

Appendix VI: Burial Records of the Nagel Family

Records are taken from the tombstones, unless otherwise indicated.

Zion Stone United Church, 51 Church Road, Northampton, Pennsylvania 18067-9214

Friederich Wilhelm Nagel     1713-22 November 1779                                                 N40^o 44.197’   W75^o 25.605’

Anna Maria Nagel                9 February 1725-9 September 1790                                N40^o 44.191’   W75^o 29.603’

Johann Henrich Klippinger   25 January 1747- 6 February 1796            49y 12d        N40^o 44.193’   W75^o 29.599’

Anna Maria Kleppinger        29 September 1748-19 June 1817              68y 9m 9d    N40^o 44.178’   W75^o 29.601’

Johnann Dreisbach             21 August 1752-20 September 1825           73y 29d        N40^o 44.177’   W75^o 29.593’

Catherina Driesbach           21 December 1752-20 September 1819      66y 8m 18d  N40^o 44.177’   W75^o 29.596’

John Nagel                         16 May 1769- 7 February 1845                     75y 8m 21d  [from Burial Record of Zion]

Christ Church Cemetery, 2354 Grove Road, Allentown, Pennsylvania 18109-3044

Frederick Nagel                  26 April 1759-10 March 1839                       79y 10m 16d    N40^o 39.577’   W75^o 25.549’

Hanover Green Cemetery, 609 Main Road, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 18792.

Johann Georg Nagel          15 February 1746-3 June 1823                    77y 3m 17d  N41^o 13.031’   W75^o 57.333’

Caty Nagel                                                     -4 May 1817                   61st yr of age  N41^o 13.033’   W75^o 57.329’