Capt. Johannes Gerhardt Winegar

From Genealogy of the Winegar family, compiled by Ira Winegar of Middlebury, Indiana, and published after June 25, 1855:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~springport/winega...

This brings me to Garrett Winegar, the only son of the patriarch. He was born in Germany in the year 1702, and was about eight years old when he emigrated to America with his father; and lived with him at the German camp and Livingston manor. At the age of about twenty-two, he married Catherine Snyder. She was a daughter of one of the Palatine families. It was by this union that we became connected with the numerous family of that name. A very few years after his marriage, he moved from German camp to "Oblong", now Amenia, Dutchess County, N.Y., where he made a permanent settlement. By his energy and industry he soon accumulated a handsome property.

The Winegar family settled near what is now called Hitchcock's Corners. At the time Solomon Hitchcock commenced trading there, Ulric Winegar was the patriarch of the Winegar family. It appears that the General Assembly of Connecticut had, in the year 1734, granted a patent of land to one Daniel Jackson, and that in the year 1739 (the same year that Sharon was organized) he sold out his patent to Garrett Winegar, who immediately built a grist mill at Hitchcock's Corners, within the bounds of Sharon, near the site of the present woolen factory. It was this mill (the first ever built in the town) that ground the grain that fed the first settlers of Sharon. Captain Winegar was a respectable and most worthy man, and enjoyed to a great degree the confidence of the citizens of Sharon, having often been appointed to various offices. He died in 1755. In his last will and testament he made ample provisions for his wife and fourteen children.

I might add, I have always been told that he was possessed of great mechanical ingenuity, which talent fell most profusely on some of his sons. I have always been told he had a strong, robust, iron constitution, though he died comparatively young. He died quite suddenly with the Bilious Cholic in his own house at Hitchcock's Corners, (the same house in which I was born) July 22, 1755, aged about 53 years. He was buried in the same grave-yard with his father. I was at his grave many years ago; it was marked by a low gray stone, and the inscription was quite plain. He left as has been before stated a widow and fourteen children, nine sons (Hendrick, John, Ulric, Conrad, Hannes/Johannes, Garret, Samuel, Jacob, and Gideon) and five daughters (Susannah, Hannah, Catherine, Elizabeth, and Mary/Molly).

His widow survived him many years. She was afterwards married to Captain Delamater, a man much older than herself. He was great-grandfather to me on my mother’s side. He was quite wealthy, but it seems there was an ante-nuptial contract that cut the widow off from dower. When this became known, our grandfather Ulric and old uncle Conrad interfered and caused a separation, and embittered the remainder of their days. She died at Amenia the day Fort Washington was taken by the British, aged about 73 years, and was buried by the side of her first husband.

(Ben M. Angel notes: looks reliable, but lacks citation to primary sources.)

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Date of birth has also been (erroneously?) reported to be May 16, 1709.

Place of birth has also been (erroneously?) reported to be Palatinate, Germany.

Place of death has also been (erroneously?) reported to be:

• (what is now Hitchcock's Corner)
• Amenia, Dutchess County, New York

Date of death has also been erroneously reported to be 1758.

Place of burial has also been (erroneously?) reported (by Ira Winegar in his letter to Caleb Winegar) to be "the old Rowe burying-ground" also known as "the Winegar ground".

links

• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=36819740
• FamilySearch AFN: 4FJ1-M3
• https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/S1W9-PWC
• http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Winegar-49
• https://web.archive.org/web/20091027044831/http://www.geocities.com...

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Garret Winegar emigrated to the United States in 1710 when he was 8 yrs old with his parents, Uldrich and Anna Winegar, and his sisters. They were part of the Palatine Migration of immigrants from Germany. The group of Palatines' actually emigrated from England to America, but they fled Germany and went to England first.

Garret is the English variation of his name. The German spelling is Gerhardt.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Mar 15 2022, 16:35:28 UTC