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The Barringers in Germany were Palatines. There was one branch who went to England in the early 1500's as Quakers. In the 1700's, England needed immigrants to her colonies in America and agents were sent throughout the Palatinate to induce them to emigrate. In 1708 fifty-one poor Lutherans from lower Palatinate emigrated. They came from Neurenburg on the Rhine. In 1709, three thousand more were embarked via Holland. Ten vessels were required to transport them to the Hudson River Valley. The daily stipend had been fixed at sixpence for adults and fourpence for children before leaving England. The contract for supplies was given to Robert R. Livingston, Lord of the Manor. Rations furnished were a third of a loaf of bread a day and a quart of beer. By 1710, thirty-five families containing 140 persons, besides widows and children, were settled at Rhinebeck. The farms laid out were small, some only twenty five acres, a few of a hundred acres along the King's Highway from German Church North and South. Among these first settlers were Bearingers. The Barrenger family history in America begins, as near as we can tell, with Johannes Conradt Beringer (note change of spelling). He was born between 1685-1690 in Heidelbeerg, Germany. He came to the New World alone in 1710. He married Anna Elizabeth Stahl, born 1690 in Driedorf, Germany, and they had at least seven children. They were; Maria Elizabeth, Frederick, Johann Heinrich, Catharina, Martyn, Jacob, and Anna Marie. For our purposes, we will follow Martyn. Martyn Barringer (note another change of spelling) was born before August 5, 1722 as he was christened that day in the Dutch Reform Church in Kingston, Ulster County, NY. He married a woman named Cunigunda but little else is known about them other than that they had four children. Mickel, Philip, Jacob, and Margeretha. We will follow Mickel's branch. Mickel Barringer was born in 1758 in Lancaster County, PA. He married Leah Bingham on October 23, 1773 in New York. Mickel also served as a private during the Revolutionary War. Mickel and Leah had four known children; Elizabeth, Catherine, Peter, and Marietje. Peter Barringer was born between 1782-1785 in Holland, Ulster County, NY and died on May 9, 1860. He married Catherine Hauver who was born November 11, 1791 in Scoharie County, NY and died May 30, 1857. They were both buried in the Bloom & Brodhead Cemetery. They were later re-interned in Laurel Cemetery which is located on property that was once part of the farm that belonged to Peter and Catherine. They had fifteen children; Margaret, John, Maria, Solomon, Arminda, Peter, Michael, Catherine, Edith, Jane Edith (Eliza), Thomas, Frederick, Sarah Ann, Fammy, and Sarah. We will follow the younger Peter's line. Peter Barringer was born August 12, 1818 and died July 30, 1890. He married Sarah Constable. She was born April 26, 1817 and died November 24, 1894. They are both buried in Tongore Cemetery, Olive Bridge, Ulster County, NY. They had four children; Fammy, Abram, John E.,and Sarah Melissa. John E. Barrenger was born June 17, 1851 in New York State. He married Louisa Margaret Bell on February 12, 1873 in New York. She was born April 15, 1853 in Shokan, Ulster County, NY. John died on December 24, 1935 and is buried in East Magnolia Cemetery. Louisa died on February 17, 1940 at home in Magnolia. Louisa had come to Wisconsin with her parents in 1856 where the family had settled on a farm in the town of Magnolia. In 1869 the family moved to Edgerton. When Louisa was 19, she went back to New York to teach school for two terms. It was here that she married John Barrenger. They had four children; Nancy, Sarah Maria (Samie), Lewis Wheeler, and Fammie Ellis. Lewis Wheeler Barrenger was born September 9, 1879 at Indianford, WI and lived near Edgerton until 1903 when his family moved to Magnolia. He died on March 15, 1956 at home in Magnolia. He married Gertrude Hazel Greenwood on September 9, 1914 in LaMoille, MN. Gertrude was born July 31, 1895 in Monona, IA and died January 27, 1974 in Mercy Hospital, Janesville, WI. Lewis and Gertrude had four children after their first child was stillborn. They were Margaret Elizabeth, Ruby Hazel, John Chester, and James Arthur. |
Barrenger Family History |
The Barringers in Germany were Palatines. There was one branch who went to England in the early 1500's as Quakers. In the 1700's, England needed immigrants to her colonies in America and agents were sent throughout the Palatinate to induce them to emigrate. In 1708 fifty-one poor Lutherans from lower Palatinate emigrated. They came from Neurenburg on the Rhine. In 1709, three thousand more were embarked via Holland. Ten vessels were required to transport them to the Hudson River Valley. The daily stipend had been fixed at sixpence for adults and fourpence for children before leaving England. The contract for supplies was given to Robert R. Livingston, Lord of the Manor. Rations furnished were a third of a loaf of bread a day and a quart of beer. By 1710, thirty-five families containing 140 persons, besides widows and children, were settled at Rhinebeck. The farms laid out were small, some only twenty five acres, a few of a hundred acres along the King's Highway from German Church North and South. Among these first settlers were Bearingers. The Barrenger family history in America begins, as near as we can tell, with Johannes Conradt Beringer (note change of spelling). He was born between 1685-1690 in Heidelbeerg, Germany. He came to the New World alone in 1710. He married Anna Elizabeth Stahl, born 1690 in Driedorf, Germany, and they had at least seven children. They were; Maria Elizabeth, Frederick, Johann Heinrich, Catharina, Martyn, Jacob, and Anna Marie. For our purposes, we will follow Martyn. Martyn Barringer (note another change of spelling) was born before August 5, 1722 as he was christened that day in the Dutch Reform Church in Kingston, Ulster County, NY. He married a woman named Cunigunda but little else is known about them other than that they had four children. Mickel, Philip, Jacob, and Margeretha. We will follow Mickel's branch. Mickel Barringer was born in 1758 in Lancaster County, PA. He married Leah Bingham on October 23, 1773 in New York. Mickel also served as a private during the Revolutionary War. Mickel and Leah had four known children; Elizabeth, Catherine, Peter, and Marietje. Peter Barringer was born between 1782-1785 in Holland, Ulster County, NY and died on May 9, 1860. He married Catherine Hauver who was born November 11, 1791 in Scoharie County, NY and died May 30, 1857. They were both buried in the Bloom & Brodhead Cemetery. They were later re-interned in Laurel Cemetery which is located on property that was once part of the farm that belonged to Peter and Catherine. They had fifteen children; Margaret, John, Maria, Solomon, Arminda, Peter, Michael, Catherine, Edith, Jane Edith (Eliza), Thomas, Frederick, Sarah Ann, Fammy, and Sarah. We will follow the younger Peter's line. Peter Barringer was born August 12, 1818 and died July 30, 1890. He married Sarah Constable. She was born April 26, 1817 and died November 24, 1894. They are both buried in Tongore Cemetery, Olive Bridge, Ulster County, NY. They had four children; Fammy, Abram, John E.,and Sarah Melissa. John E. Barrenger was born June 17, 1851 in New York State. He married Louisa Margaret Bell on February 12, 1873 in New York. She was born April 15, 1853 in Shokan, Ulster County, NY. John died on December 24, 1935 and is buried in East Magnolia Cemetery. Louisa died on February 17, 1940 at home in Magnolia. Louisa had come to Wisconsin with her parents in 1856 where the family had settled on a farm in the town of Magnolia. In 1869 the family moved to Edgerton. When Louisa was 19, she went back to New York to teach school for two terms. It was here that she married John Barrenger. They had four children; Nancy, Sarah Maria (Samie), Lewis Wheeler, and Fammie Ellis. Lewis Wheeler Barrenger was born September 9, 1879 at Indianford, WI and lived near Edgerton until 1903 when his family moved to Magnolia. He died on March 15, 1956 at home in Magnolia. He married Gertrude Hazel Greenwood on September 9, 1914 in LaMoille, MN. Gertrude was born July 31, 1895 in Monona, IA and died January 27, 1974 in Mercy Hospital, Janesville, WI. Lewis and Gertrude had four children after their first child was stillborn. They were Margaret Elizabeth, Ruby Hazel, John Chester, and James Arthur. |
Wedding Photo of Lewis Barrenger and Gertrude Greenwood |
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Front Row: Louisa Bell Barrenger and John Barrenger Back Row: Sarah (Samie), Lewis, Fammie |
John and Louisa Bell Barrenger |
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