Suffolk County Biographies
JEREMIAH JAGGER
(Source: The Early
History of Southampton, L. I., New York,
With Genealogies, by George Rogers Howell, M.A.,
published by Weed, Parsons and Company in 1887.)
Jeremiah Jagger was the
ancestor of the family of this name on Long Island. It has not
been ascertained when he emigrated from England to this country,
but he was one of the first settlers of Wethersfield, CT, which
was settled in 1634 by people from Watertown, MA. He was in the
Pequot War of 1637, and was one of the colony who went to settle
a new town, which they called Stamford in 1640-41. He was master
of trading vessels to the West Indies, and died August 14, 1658.
His widow Elizabeth m. Robert Usher and had one d. Elizabeth.
1 Jeremiah had w. Elizabeth and ch. 2 John, 3 Jeremiah and 3
Jonathan. The two latter remained in Stamford and 2 John came to
Southampton where the first mention of him on the records is of a
grant of land for a house lot in 1651, this lot now being the
homestead of Capt. George G. White.
2 John wills in 1698 to w. Hannah and ch. 4 John d.s.p. 5
Jeremiah, 6 Benjamin (infirm in body or mind or both) 7 Samuel, 8
Jonathan b. 1678, 9 Elizabeth, 10 Sarah b. July 21, 1669, 11
Susanna and 12 Lydia. The daughters some of them may have been
older than John the oldest son, but I have given them in the
order of the will.
5 Jeremiah d. 1744, had w. Hannah, who d. before 1740, and ch. 13
John, 14 Hannah, w. of [Recompence] Halsey, 15 Jeremiah b. 1690
d.s.p. 1736, 16 Sarah, w. of ---Hildreth, 17 Nathan b. 1694, 18
Patience, w. of ---Howell and 19 William b. 1704.
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