Johann Jacob Hauger

Reported to have immigrated to America and settled in New Jersey.

"History of the German Valley of New Jersey", Chambers, 1795, mentions three Hager brothers who came from Germany to New Jersey. They were (Johann) Jacob, George, and Johannes/Jonathan. They arrived in Philadelphia on September 30, 1732 on the ship "Dragon" from Rotterdam. At the "house" of the magistrate in Philadelphia, where all immigrants registered and took the oath of allegiance, they gave their names and were registered as "Hayer", which was later found to be "Hager". Johann Jacob went by the name Jacob.

Per Marion Mizenko, the three might have come from Kalberstadt, Saxony, Germany. New Jersey Archives state they might have come as early as 1707.

Not much is known about Jacob and Maria. A reference in the records in Hagerstown, MD, indicate that the parents of Jonathan Hager b 1723 were Jacob and Anna Maria Hager who died in Oxford, Sussex Co, NJ, around 1757. Jonathan is recorded as an immigrant from Hesse Cassel, Germany, and it is assumed that Jacob and Maria were born there, too.

HAGER FAMILY HISTORY PROJECT

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Jacob's will was probated in NJ in 1757. In the book "Early Germans of New Jersey", his children are shown as being named in his will, written on Feb. 4, 1756. Will probated in Oxford, Sussex Co, NJ, on Mar. 4, 1757, showing his wife Anna Maria and children: Johannes (Jonathan), Johannes (Johann) Philip, Johannes (Johann) Jacob, Johannes (Johann) George, Catharine Anna, Barbara Anna, and Margaret Elisabeth. Philip Fromme was his executor.

Subject: Sussex County Migration

Greetings Sussex County Researchers,

The largest group were Dutch from Long Island/New Amsterdam through Ulster, Dutchess then down through Orange County, NY to Sussex, NJ. There was a group of Loyalists and non-conformists who moved away from the contested east New Jersey - Elizabethtown, Hackensack (New Barbadoes) and the Essex county area in the 1770's. Another group of settlers lived in Morris County but maintained iron mills (and saw mills and grain mills) in Sussex County as it was an important source of iron ore in the state. Some of these families like KINNEY, CARD and MARTIN eventually stayed in Sussex. There was a group of Quakers up from Philadelphia, part of William Penn's group and also some Moravians up from Hope, NJ. I've also noticed second and third sons of Somerset and Gloucester counties in NJ moving northward to Sussex to farm and open merchant shops in the later 1700's. Not to be discounted is a large group of Scots who were promised land in NY state until the Governor went back on the deal. A large group of these CAMPBELLs, McCOY, McCALLUM simply moved to the rich farmland of Sussex instead. A real melting pot indeed.

When researching in Sussex, do not discount Orange County, NY or Pike County in PA as the early settlers rarely regarded state boundaries before marrying or crossing borders to have children. This combined region is called the Minisink.

Later periods of migration include the Polish, Slavic and Scandinavian workers who traveled up the railroad from Paterson, NJ newly off the boat in NYC, to work in the tin and zinc mines in Franklin and Ogdenburg in the later 1800's.

There was a large Loyalist migration out of Sussex in the 1780's, mostly followers of James Moody and some preachers moved whole congregations (especially in the Vernon area) northward to Quebec. Other migrations out of Sussex County seem to start in the early 1800's and the settlers usually cross PA to settle in Ohio and states westward.

Some early names which remain prevalent in Sussex County to this day (right out of the phone book) include DUNN, DECKER, CLARK, LITTEL, WHITE, VAN ORDEN, SNOOK, MILLER, McCARTHY, McKENNA, MARTIN, LOSEY, GREEN, GARRIS, CARD and VANDERHOFF.

Hope this helps, Cathy DiPietro