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| Birth: | 14 September 1731, Niederdreis, (Rheinland-Pfalz), Germany |
| Christened: | as ‘Johannes Herbertus’ at the parish Reformed church in Puderbach |
| Gender: | Male |
| Died: | Summer 1800, Cokesbury, Hunterdon County, NJ |
| Buried: | Tewksbury Township, Hunterdon County, NJ |
| Notes: | Herbert was the second son of Fritz Epgert and Anna Juliana Haag. He was the oldest child to survive infancy and migrated to America with his father, stepmother and younger brother in 1740. Herbert stayed on the homestead farm. Since most of his brothers and sisters were still at home when Herbert married, it is quite likely that the second stone house was built at this time. In time it was filled with eleven children of his own. His first wife, Anne, surname unknown, died shortly after Herbert, Jr. was born. As you have probably noted, these early German-Americans usually named their first born son after his paternal grandfather, and the youngest son after his father. Of course, Herbert did not expect to remarry, so he thought at the time that Herbert Jr. was his youngest and last son. |
| Father: | Friedrich Epgert |
| Mother: | Anna Julianna Haag |
| Family 1: | Anne …, b. 21 July 1732, Cokesbury, Hunterdon County, NJ , d. 26 March 1771, Tewksbury Township, Hunterdon County, NJ |
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| Family 2: | Anna Eick |
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