Heinrich Apgar : Family Sheet

Birth:       1745
Gender:       Male
A/K/A:       Henry Apgar, Henry Apker
Died:       19 October 1832
Buried:       Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Alexandria Township, NJ
Notes:       Heinrich has not been fully researched since he has proven hard to trace. He left his native Cokesbury and purchased land in Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County, NJ, largely to escape the Allen and Turner domains. From there, Heinrich went to Philadelphia, and ran a hotel. In 1791, his two oldest sons were able to be independent, so Heinrich returned to his native Hunterdon. He bought 100 acres of farm land in Palmyra on 30 March 1791. Palmyra is a very quiet village near Everittstown in Hunterdon County.

Here, Henry and Anna Maria settled down to farming, had several more children and attended the church at Mt. Pleasant in Alexandria Township. Heinrich Apker, as he was known while in Pennsylvania, has shown up in the records of the "Federal Land Series", Volume 2, 1799 - 1835, by Clifford Neal Smith, published 1973. In his four volumes on this topic, C.
             
Father:       Friedrich Epgert
Mother:       Anna Eva Schaefer
             
Family 1:       Anna Maria Nixon
Married:       1768
Children:      
  1. Henry Apgar, Jr., b. 1769
  2. Ana Eva Apgar, b. 27 August 1770
  3. David Apgar, b. 23 August 1772
  4. Francis Apgar, b. circa 1776
  5. Catherine Apgar, b. circa 1782
  6. Elizabeth Apgar
  7. William Apgar, b. 1786, d. 1856
  8. Annie Apgar, b. circa 1789
  9. Sarah Apgar
  10. Nancy Apgar, b. 1794, d. 2 April 1844
  11. Mary Apgar, b. 1797
             
Family 2:       Mary Groendyke
Married:       22 January 1818