Peter Vogele
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. The possibility also exists that the list of early settlers principally from Wurtemberg contained the names of some who were not from Wurtemberg. Wilhelm Fegley may in fact be connected to the Fogel family from Hesse.
| Date | Location | Notes | Sources | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth | ||||
| 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 baptismal records list parents Peter & Elisabeth Vogele.
More than one Peter & Elisabeth Vogele couple appear in Longswamp records, so children's parentage uncertain.)
| Name | Gender | Date of Birth | Birthplace | Spouse | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elisabeth Vogele | F | 22 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 | |
| 3 | "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. | |
| 4 | History of the Counties of Lehigh and Carbon by Alfred Mathews. Pg. 340 in a section on the history of Lehigh Co., an essay on "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)." |
Source notes
- There are records for multiple David Vogele baptisms, in 1779, 1790, 1804, & 1808.
Research
- 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. Without further information, this line does not lead anywhere.
Conjecture
- Journal of the Berks County Genealogical Society, Summer 1989, pg. 63 "Berks Surnames Matched to German Hometowns", associates the name Voegele with Hoffenheim in Wurtemberg. Their source is Annette Burgert's "Eighteenth Century Emigrants, Vol. I: Northern Kraichgau, Palatinate".
- Baptismal sponsors from the Longswamp Church records who appear to be of the same generations as Peter Vogele and Elisabeth Marz are: Christian, Heinrich, Philip, Abraham, Conrad , Mariga (with Christian Ritz, married in 1805), Magdalena.
