Vogele 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.

• There are several families of Fegelys found in the federal census of Longswamp Township, Berks County, PA in the period 1790 - 1810.
  • In 1790 there are three:
    • headed by Christ'n Fegely (3 males >16, 5 males <16, 3 females)(page 2 of census record)
    • headed by Henry Fegely (2 males > 16, 3 males <16, 6 females) (page 4 of census record)
    • headed by Peter Fegely (1 male > 16, 3 males <16, 3 females) (page 4 of census record)
      
  • In 1800 there are five (all on page 3 of census record, the list is alphabetical):
    • Henry Fegely (1 male 16-25, 1 female <10, 1 female 16-25)
    • Christ'n Fegely (2 males 10-15, 1 male >44, 1 female 16-25, 1 female >44)
    • Christ'n Fegely Jr. (1 male 16-25, 1 female <10, 1 female 16-25)
    • Phillip Fegely (1 male 16-25, 1 female <10, 1 female 16-25)
    • Henry Fegely (2 males <10, 2 males 10-15, 1 male >44, 1 female <10, 3 females 10-15, 1 female 26-44)
      
  • in 1810 there are four:
    • Christian Fegely (4 males <10, 1 male 26-44, 1 female <10, 1 female 26-44) (on page 1 of census)
    • Henry Fegely Senr (1 male 10-15, 2 males 16-25, 1 male >44, 2 females 16-25, 1 female >44) (page 2 of census)
    • George Fegely (1 male <10, 1 male 16-25, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 16-25) (page 2 of census)
    • Henry Fegely Jun (2 males <10, 1 male 26-44, 2 females <10, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 26-44 (page 3 of census)
      

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1800 Census for Fegley

1810 Census for Fegley

• The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 45 - No.1, Spring/Summer 2007, Genealog. Soc. of PA, Philadelphia, pgs.45-67, "Emigrants from Edingen, Wurttemberg, to Reading, Berks County, 1852-1865", details immigrants from the area of Endigen, Wurttembert, surnamed Eppler, Herrmann, Link, Luppold, and Vogel/Vogele (Fegley), who settled in Reading, Berks Co. PA a century after our Vogeles arrived. No connection to the earlier Vogele families is indicated. The source is noted because of the Vogelesurname and Wurttemberg match.