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- SOURCE: William & Mary Quarterly Vol. 9, pg. 189; John Yager (son ofMichael) b. 28 Nov 1750 appears on Hebron Church register with wifeAnn. In same record of 1782 are a John Yager & wife Barbara. Whetherthis is the same John & a second wife Barbara or whether Barbara wasanother name for the above Ann is not known. (VDF) = Mrs. V.D. Fast,1477 Pine, Orange, CA 92667, Jan., c.1981; Genealogical Chart withadded records. William & Mary quarterly, Volume 9, Series 2; Will ofMichael Yeager made 16 July 1793; Germanna Record # 6 & # 10; 1966 DARPatriot Index; Culpeper Co., Va Marriages by Knorr; The birth dates ofthe children of Michael & Elizabeth are recorded in the records of theHebron Church (now Madison Co.) Virginia.
PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM CATHI CLORE FROST TO SANDRA ELKINS JUHL:cathiclorefrost@comcast.net to sljuhl1234@yahoo.com
E-MAIL: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 09:31:38 -0800; TOPIC: Yager Genealogy;
Hi Sandy,
Thanks for thinking of me. Let me fill you in on the family of MaryYager, wife of Levi Clore.
First, her name was not Mary Polly Yager - Polly is a nickname forMary so it would be ok to list her as Mary "Polly" Yager.
Mary Yager's parents were not from the Germanna Colony Yager family asI will explain below. However as they were named John Yager and Maryas were John Yager, son of Adam Yager of the Germanna Colony family,and his wife. Both John Yager's also had fathers named Adam Yager andmothers named Susanna to further complicate the matter. It's enoughto make your head spin!
Did you know that I am working on the Yager family right now for theGermanna Foundation? In a couple of weeks I am making a research tripto Virginia and will stay with Yager descendant Betty Johnson. Bettyhad done a TON of research on the Yagers and has got the two Yagerfamilies sorted out along with Jan Creek and they are helping me. Atthat time there were 6 John Yagers living in the area!
The 6 John Yagers:
1. John Yager (called "Blind") born 1732, son of the Germanna Adam
2. John Yager (called "Pineywoods" or "of the Piney Woods") born about1730, son of Adam Yager of Woodstock
3. John Yager born 1750, son of Michael, son of Germanna Adam
4. John Henry Yager born about 1760, son of Pineywoods John
5. John W. Yager (middle name possibly Wilhoit) born 1773, son ofBlind John
6. John Adam Yager born about 1765-1770, son of Adam Jr, son ofGermanna Adam
There was also a seventh John - John H. Yager, son of the John HenryYager #4 above, that was born about 1801-1810 but he is a littlelater.
The Yager family of Woodstock, Virginia (in the Shenandoah Valley)have no known ancestry in common with the Germanna Yager family. Thatdoes not mean that there is not a connection, in fact several of usbelieve that there is based on later interaction, we just don't knowthe who, what, when, where, how of it.
Of the John Yagers, Betty writes to me that, "These John Yagers got sointertwined in the minds of earlier researchers, that it's somewhattricky to separate and indentify them by parentage, wives, etc.[Arthur Leslie] Keith was deplorable, [B.C.] Holtzclaw avoided theissue, and [Claude L.] Yowell mixed them up with an absolute flourish! Subsequent folks who did books just confused things further."
Hannah Yager, daughter of Michael, son of Germanna Adam, married #4above John Henry Yager, son of Pineywoods John, son of Adam ofWoodstock which only further confuses the matter.
The will you sent was the will of Adam Yager, Jr, son of GermannaAdam. Adam Jr. married Juriah Berry and had children Elisha Yager,Nathaniel Yager, John Adam Yager, Philemon Yager, Jemima Yager, JamesYager, Jeremiah Yager, Joel Yager and Elijah Yager.
Let me know if you are interested and I will send more info about eachJohn Yager to help you identifiy them! Cathi" [Transcribed 01 March2008, SLJuhl, Compiler, dau. of Joyce Lorraine Clore Elkins of ParkeCounty, Indiana and direct descendant.)
(VDF) = Mrs. V.D. Fast, 1477 Pine, Orange, CA 92667, Jan., c.1981;Genealogical Chart with added records.
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