Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Hagler (and variant spellings) families who came mainly from Austria, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Liechtenstein, and Switzerland. Some settled in Georgia, New York, North Carolina, and South Carolina in the 1700's. Some focus is on (but not limited to) descendants of John Hagler I and his wife Elizabeth Van Hoose in New York, and their son, John "the Cripple" Hagler. John and...

Hendrick Eckler (1711-before 1794), probably a native of Germany, and Margaret Jung (1716-1802) were married in 1738. They were living in the vicinity of Canajoharie, New York, by 1739. They had ten children, 1739-1760. The family moved to land in Werren Township, Herkimer County, and Springfield Township, Otsego County, New York, ca. 1767. Most descendants listed lived in New York. The surname is spelled Eckler and Ackler.

A genealogy and a history of the descendants of Christen Lehmann christened 5 Feb 1699 the son of Peter Lehmann and Madlena Lehmann of Bern, Switzerland. Christen and his wife and children left Switzerland and came to Pennsylvania in 1730. Their son Jacob Lehman/lemmon was born about 1736 in Philadelpia County, Pa. Jacob married 1) Anna Maria Jung on 9 Aug 1757 in Fredrick, Maryland 2) in 1797 Catherine Conrad. He died before 23 Nov 1798 in Harrison...

Louis Du Bois (1626-1686), a Huguenot and the son of Cretian or Christian Du Bois, immigrated from The Netherlands to New Paltz, Ulster County, New York. Benjamin Du Bois (1697-1767) was a grandson of Louis the immigrant and a son of Solomon Du Bois. Benjamin was born at New Paltz, married Catherine Suyland or Seiland, and settled at Catskill, New York. Descendants and relatives lived in New York, Virginia, Kansas, Colorado and elsewhere. Includes...

" ... Louis Du Bois (called sometimes Louis de Wall, or the Walloon), ... [was born] at Wicres, near Lille, the chief town of Artois, in northern France, October 27th, 1626 ... [He later removed] to the city of Mannheim, in the Palatinate of the Rhine, in Germany, where he married Catherine Blanshan, or Blanjean, the daughter of a burgher of that place, October 10th, 1655 ... "--P. 44. The family left for America in 1660, landing at New York and...

The Wideners appear to have been German Baptists and Lutherans and were no doubt persecuted in the fatherland as many of the followers of Luther were 26. The emigration to this country appears to have commenced about 1730, when Penn's Colony was made a retreat for religious toleration. Weidners have continued to emigrate to the present time. The old families whose descendants appear hereafter came at or about the same time, landed at Philadelphia...