REGINA WAGNER
1756 - 1816

D/O Jacob & Louisa Huber Wagner. She was married to Daniel Maurer of Longswamp Township, Berks County, adjoining Macungie, and moved with him to Mahantongo in 1793. They're both buried with their parents in Howeter's Cemetery, and just across the county line. Daniel Maurer S/O Heinrich Maurer and Catharina Erhardt, was born in Grumbach, Germany, in the Glan Valley. He was orphaned at the age of four and raised by his sister Elizabeth, wife of Jacob Schankweiler (1732-1987), of Grumbach who brought Daniel to Pennsylvania, arriving on the Ship Prince of Wales, November 5, 1764, from Rotterdam and Cowes (Strassburger-Hinke, Pennsylvania German Pioneers, I, 701). The Schankweilers, Wagners, and Maurers were all members of the Lehigh Zion Church. He served in the War of the Revolution in Col. Elby's Battalion from Longswamp, Berks County as a private. After serving in the Revolution, Daniel Maurer bought land in 1793 with his father-in-law and settled in Upper Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County. He was a member of the Consistory of St. Jacob's (Howerter's) Church at Line Mountain. He died in Schuylkill County, Pa. Regina's birth is recorded in Macungie Church 3-5-1758. Howerter's Cemetery tombstone says born 1-25-1756. Bapt. Lower Macungie 3-5-1758. Confirmed 4-3-1774 Lower Macungie. Came to Mahantongo 1795.

Regina Wagner b. 1-25-1756 d. 10-24-1816
Daniel Maurer - b. 5-3-1749 d. 3-16-1832 His Will

Children

Maria Catharina Maurer	b. 17-Oct 1776	d. 29- Mar 1831
Maria Gertrude Maurer	b. 5- Jul 1778	d. 29-Mar 1844
Johann Jacob Maurer	b. 1- May 1781	d. 10- Aug 1869
Johannes W. Maurer	b. 16- Jun 1783	d. 2- Sep 1854
Daniel Maurer Jr.	b. 28- Jul 1785	d. 6- Apr 1864
Heinrich Maurer	b. 9- Nov 1787	d. 10- Aug 1845
Johann George Maurer	b. 25- Dec 1789	d. ?
David Maurer	b. 28- Jun 1792	d. 1827
Maria Maurer	b. 28- Sep 1794	d. 28- Jul 1840
Peter Maurer	b. 22- Jun 1801	d. ca- 1815

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Source: The Wagner Family History, by Avice Hepler Morgan. First Edition, Gateway Press Inc., Baltimore, 1997. Pgs LVII & 2

    
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