I am trying to link up the Ohio Jaggers (they started with Silas, son of John Jagger, son of Nathan, son of Nathan, son of Jeremiah, son of John). There are a few Nathan Jaggers in Hart Co, KY and I wondered if anyone knew if they came from the New York/New Jersey area? I have a lot to share on the Ohio Jagger family. John Jagger was born July, 1746 and his son Silas was born Sept 1774. These Jaggers started out in Southampton, Long Island, New York, some moved to New Jersey (Conneticut Farms in Essex Co). Silas moved from NJ to Licking Co, Ohio. Could your Nathan be my John's brother?

My great grandfather was Daniel Williamson Jaggers of IL. Am trying to connect him with Hart Co. Jaggers, possibly Nathan.

Kay I am quoting from Robert Cave's site which is accessable through the Hart County Rootsweb Homepage. Mr. Cave has been tracing his roots for quite a while and is very knowledgeable about his Jaggers family ties. He says about the siblings of our ancestor, Daniel Jaggers, "John, Jean and Hannah died in South Carolina, Jeremiah and Nathan left South Carolina by the early 1800's after having served in the Revolutionary War. Jeremiah died in Madison County, Alabama in 1832 and Nathan died in White County, Illinois about 1840 according to war pension records." I hope this helps. I'm not sure of Mr Cave's source. There is a copy of some research someone did about twenty years ago on the Chester County Jaggers in the Jaggers file at the Hart County Historical Museum. You might ask Mr. Cave if he has any more information on these siblings of our ancestor, Daniel.

Can you tell me if the Nathan Jaggers who went west ended up in IL? That is where Daniel Williamson Jaggers was born. He was born in MAcon Co, IL in 1835, married Mary Elizabeth PORTWOOD(born MAcon Co, IL, 1838) on 31 Jan 1856 in MAcon Co, IL. Do you have a Daniel Williamson in your research?

If your Jaggers ancestor came directly from the Northeast United States into the Midwest, he is probably not closely related to the Hart County Jaggers. There are two Nathan Jaggers in Hart County. The first is the son of Daniel Jaggers and the second is the son of the first Nathan.

Daniel Jaggers, the progenitor of the Hart County Jaggers, came into Kentucky about 1806 from Chester County, South Carolina. Daniel had a brother Nathan and a brother Jeremiah both of whom were Revolutionary War veterans, and both of whom left Chester County after the War for lands in the West. Daniel had sons of the same names. Daniel's son, Nathan was an adult when the migration into Kentucky took place and he married Sarah Atterberry in 1806 when the families arrived in Kentucky. Mr. Cave's site accessable from the Hart County Homepage gives details about these early Hart County Jaggers.

Due to the use of the common first names, Nathan, Jeremiah and Daniel among the Chester County Jaggers ancestors, and the extensive occurrence of these same first names among the New England Jaggers, I believe that the New England Jaggers are ancestors, although I have not yet been able to establish a direct connection.

There is a tradition among some of the Hart County Jaggers that their first ancestor in this country was "Old Jerry Jaggers." The New England Jaggers are descended from Jeremiah Jaggers who came over in 1630 with Governor Bradford's Fleet, (the second Mayflower expedition.) He spent some time in Stamford, Conn. where he left descendants Jeremiah, Nathan, Jon, and Daniel. At the time of his death he had a shipping business out of South Hampton, Long Island, and he died with relatives while on a trip to the Bahamas. Many of the New England Jaggers followed the seafaring trades, and it is plausible that some of them could have had descendants in South Carolina by the mid 1700s when the Chester County group is evident in the public records there.

More research in the early South Carolina records is needed to establish a direct connection, if one exists.

I am looking for info on Abram Jaggers Born August 14 1871 Cape May County? New Jersy

Just read this thread and I have traced back an ancestor to a New Jersy Birth. His name is Zenas. Do any of you have a Zenas Jagger anywhere in the family (or use of the given name Zenas)? Zenas was the father of Silas Jagger, my gggrandfather. From Zenas's birth in New Jersey and Silas Birth in Ohio, I have found the family on a census in Vigo County Indiana. It appears they migrated a lot. Silas ended up in Ringgold Co. Iowa for the rest of his life and most of the next generation stayed as well.

Thanks!