Peter Vogele
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The ancestry of Peter Vogele is unknown. The literature suggests a possibility that two Vogele families were in the Lehigh/Berks Counties border area of Pennsylvania. A Fogel (von Vogel) family originally from Chur Hesse, Germany, emigrated in 1731 and settled in Lynn Township, Lehigh Co. Some moved to Upper Macungie Twp., and founded the town of Fogelsville. They were predominantly aligned with the Reformed church. Several lines of descent are reported, but no Peter Vogele is found. He may descend from one of the untraced lines.
Among the Lutheran families settled along the Little Lehigh, "who came principally from Wurtemberg" was a Wilhelm Fegley (Vogelein). No further documentation of this family has been found. Our Peter Vogele may be descended from this Wilhelm Fegley.
| Date | Location | Notes | Sources | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth | See Source Notes | |||
| Marriage | before 1775 | possibly Longswamp Church | To | |
| Death | after 1810 | |||
| Burial | expect Longswamp Church (Reformed), Berks Co. PA |
Ancestry chart segment
Generation 7 Generation 8
+-- Peter Vogele
| (????->1810)
Elizabetha Vogele --+
(????-????) |
+-- Elisabeth Marz
(????-1810)
Sources:
Children
(Children for whom Longswamp baptismal records list parents Peter & Elisabetha Vogele.
(More than one Peter & Elisabeth Vogele couple appear in Longswamp records after 1799, so younger children's parentage uncertain.)
| Name | Gender | Date of Birth | Birthplace | Spouse | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elisabeth Vogele | F | calc 22 Mar 1775 or 10 Mar 1775 | Johan Jacob Klein | Main Line | ||
| David Vogele | M | 1779 | ||||
| (Name illegible in record) Vogele | ? | 1780 | ||||
| Anna Maria Vogele | F | 30 Mar 1782 | Jacob Truckenmiller | [1] | ||
| Elisabetha Vogele | F | 1784 | possibly Berhard Finley | see: bapt. sponsors for Elizabeth Klein, dau. of Elizabetha Vogele & Johan Jacob Klein | ||
| Christian Vogele | M | 1787 |
(Vogele adults who serve as sponsors for the children of Elisabeth Vogele & Johan Jacob Klein; possibly her siblings, or cousins)
| Name | Gender | Date of Birth | Birthplace | Spouse | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heinrich Vegli | M | Margaretha | sponsor 1795 of Gabriel Klein Elizabeth Mertz sponsors their child Elizabetha, 1810 |
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| Philip Vegli | M | Elisabetha | sponsor 1799 of Philip Klein | |||
| Margaretha Fogeli | F | (sponsor with Salmon Heynle) | sponsor 1803 of Lidia Klein | |||
| Abraham Vogly | M | (sponsor with Catharine Desh) | sponsor 1805 of Catherine Klein |
(Possibly a Vogele daughter; from baptismal sponsors)
| Name | Gender | Date of Birth | Birthplace | Spouse | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "wife" | F | Johann Kieser | sponsor 1819 of Judith Klein |
Places of Residence
| Location | Dates | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
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Sources
| Ref. Num. | Description | Image of original |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Records of Lehigh Church/Zion's Lutheran Church
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(See text) |
| 2 | Longswamp Church Records FTM, Church Records: Selected Areas of PA, 1600s-1800s; Berks County, Vol 2, Longswamp. (Forwarded in correspondence of Richard C. Kelm, 2000). Elisabeth Voegely daughter of Henrich and wife Barbara, b. March 10, 1775, bapt. April 16, 1775. Sponsors: Peter Voegely and Elisabetha Mertz. | |
| 2 | Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams |
Source notes
- The records of Longswamp Reformed Church list an Elisabetha Voegele born 10 Mar 1775 to parents Heinrich & Barbara Voegele, with Peter Vegly & Elisabeth Mertz as sponsors. This birth date corresponds within 12 days to the birth date calculated from the death record for "Elizabeth Klein nee Vogele, wife of Johan Jacob Klein, the daughter of Peter Vogele & Elizabeth Marz". It has to be wondered whether her parents were Heinrich & Barbara, who then died leaving her to be raised/adopted by her sponsors, Peter Vogele & Elizabeth Marz.
From the recording of their names as Peter Vegly & Elisabeth Mertz, (as the baptismal sponsors in 1775), one might conclude that they were not yet married at that time; however, the death record for Elisabetha Vogele also records her mother's name as Elizabeth Marz, rather than her married name, Vogele.
Peter Vogele & wife do have a daughter Elisabetha in the baptismal records at Longswamp, but she was baptized 18 July 1784, so must be a different child from Elisabetha of the death record, wife of Johan Jacob Klein.
The Longswamp records list 5 children for Heinrich & Barbara Voegele. Ten children are listed for Peter & Elisabetha Voegele, but this appears to include the children of two couples. There is a marraige record for a P. Vogele & Elisabeth in 1799, and in that same year 2 David Vogele's were born, one on 23 May and one on 7 November. Both have parents listed as Peter & Elisabetha. For more complete listings see Longswamp Reformed Church Records
- Line by line search of the 1790, 1800 and 1810 census records for Macungie Twp, Northampton Co, PA yielded no clear results for Peter Vogele under any name variant. An Ancestry.com search of the entire county for first name Peter gave no clear choice. Although there are Peter Fegele (1800), Peter Fogel (1810) and others who could be our ancestor, the ages and children are not consistent with previous information and the data are not sufficient to make a choice. Longswamp Twp. Berks Co PA was also searched without useful results.
- The Lehigh Church records show multiple David Vogele baptisms, in 1779, 1790, 1804, & 1808.
- The Longswamp Church records show baptismal sponsors who may to be of the same generations as Peter Vogele and Elisabeth Marz: Christian, Heinrich, Philip, Abraham, Conrad , Mariga (with Christian Ritz, married in 1805), Magdalena.
Conjecture
Research
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- Historical& Biographical Annals of Berks County PA, by Montgomery, Vol. I, 1909, pg. 8 "First Taxables, "It is believed that the Assessment was made in the year 1752..." continues to Pg. 12 Longswamp Twp: Barnard Fegely, Samuel Fogel, Jacob Fenstermacher, Philip Fenstermacher, Bernhart Klein, Dewalt Klein, Nicholas Martz, Peter Martz, Joast Mertz, Henry Mentz (sic).... Pg. 1211 Biography of George Fegley, born 1806 in Douglass Twp., Montgomery Co. PA, where his family has long been located. Bernhard Fegley, the first of the name in this country, came from Switzerland...first located in Montgomery Co., near East Greenville, but died in Longswamp Twp., Berks Co. in 1782. Little in known of his son, Peter Fegley, the grandfather of George Fegley, except that he was born in Montgomery County & settled in Douglass Twp that county, induced by the fact that his uncle (a brother of Bernhard) had made a permanent settlement there... Peter Fegley, the father of George Fegley, born Douglass Twp., Montgomery Co., married Elizabeth Low...15 children including a Peter who married Rebecca Gottshall...no matches seen for out Direct Line ancestor Peter Vogele.
- "Berks Surnames Matched to German Hometowns", article in the Summer 1989 Journal of the Berks County Genealogical Society, pg. 63. quotes from Annette Burgert's "Eighteenth Century Emigrants Vol. I: "Northern Kraichgau Palatinate", that the surname Vogele originated in the village of Hoffenheim, in Wurtemberg.
- History of the Counties of Lehigh and Carbon by Alfred Mathews. History of Lehigh County PA:
- Pg. 340 "History of the Lehigh Church" by Rev. William A. Helffrich. He discusses the settlement of families along the Little Lehigh River valley in Macungie Twp., Lehigh Co. The "Lehigh Zion church, now known as the Lehigh Church" was Lutheran. Some of the settlers were Reformed, and their choice was to attend the Ziegel Church in Longswamp Twp, Berks Co., or to go to Salisbury. "Among the first immigrants (to the Little Lehigh vallery), who came principally from Wurtemberg, were the following...Wilhelm Fegley (Vogelein)."
- Pg.316 "Early Settlements" discusses early settlers around Fogelsville. "Philipp Gabriel Fogel is the ancestor of the Fogel family"...arrived on ship "Samuel" in 1731 at Philadelphia (name miss-recorded as Philipp F. Fogel). He came from the province Hanau in Churhesse, and is one of the first Reformed families that settled in Lehigh County...They settled near Lynnville on about 500 acres of land. Buried in cemetery of Ebenezer Church at New Tripoli of which he was one of the founders. Oldest son Conrad Fogel had 2 sons, Johannes & Philipp, and daughters...additional Fogel family biographies. Additional biographies of this family from"Hanan, Chur Hesse, Germany" are found in History of Lehigh County PA by Charles Rhoades Roberts, Vol II, pg. 369.
- "Tombstone Inscriptions, Fogelsville Union Cemetery, Lehigh Co. PA", manuscript at Lehigh County Historical Society Library; Fogel entries did not include a Peter Fogel.
- "J. H. Helffrich Records 1790-1810" at Lehigh Co. Hist. Soc. Library:11 Fegley, Fogel, Voegli, Vogele etc. marriages or burials; no Peter (Vogele/etc.) record.
