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Elkins, WV 4 May 1994
Dear Bill:
Enclosed are the materials we talked about on the Kittles and Waggoners. I should not ever quote history from memory, as I had the wrong petition, it was not the September 1776 petition that showed Abraham Kittle but the 1780 one (enclosed). Also, I had told you that he had to be in the Tygart Valley as the law required settlement before 1 Jan 1778 to get a land grant, but I have looked back at the land commission record and notice that Kittle's lands were certified as assignee of others, so he may not have arrived before 1780.
Also find enclosed the material on the Waggoner ("Wagner") family in Germany. I assert that the connection is proven and that the Waggoners and Fleshers are cousins. The snag is the listing of Wilhelm Wagner's wife as "Anna Elizabeth" in the 1749 baptism in Pennsylvania. But one must keep in mind that MISTAKES DO HAPPEN in church records…
To understand the Wagner connection look at the enclosed family group sheet on the family of Andreas Fleischer of Ober-Seemen, Germany. Notice that the brother of Agnes Fleischer Wagner is Balser Fleischer. The baptism in PA that show Mrs. Wagner as Anna ELizabeth has Balser Fleischer as a sponsor. Also, they are adjacent in the ship list. Now look at the enclosed FGS on Wilhelm Wagner. Notice that the Germany documentation accounts for the older son Peter Wagner and for Mary (as "Anna Maria"). I would also point out that I studied the Ober-Seemen church record in detail and that Wilhelm and Agnes (Fleischer) Wagner drop out of the record over there the year your Wilhelm Wagner and Balser Fleischer show up on ship at Philadelphia.
I have been fortunate to have had a good deal of training and experience in German genealogy and that experience tells me that the Waggoner connection to Germany as detailed above is proven.
I still cannot find evidence of that first captivity or of the killing of Wilhelm Waggoner by Indians. If you ever find out where that came from I hope you will let me know. |
