Denise wrote :
Thank you Earl for sending that except. This really gives me a new appreciation for what
our ancestors went through to build a new life! I really can’t fathom all that they went
through- nowadays, we get so impatient if our flights are delayed or have to sit on the
runway for a few hours. It’s hard to imagine what they endured besides the long voyage:
cramped quarters, no indoor plumbing, no electricity, no air conditioning, little heat,
little money, little food - my how spoiled we have become. Let’s give thanks for the
blessings God has given us and for the strength and tenacity He gave our ancestors.
Blessings,
Denise Douglas White
Denise & List,
Your welcome. Yes, we do take things in our life for granted. I believe on the sailing of
25 Sep 1732 there were two deaths.
Also i wish to add that there were more than the 115 people on board. Where it reads the
total including women and children,
it is left blank. So in effect, we are left to wonder how many total passengers there
were. Leonhart, i am sure had beside his wife,
perhaps four or five children making the trip.
On another subject i have often thought about having my DNA tested. However, i know what
percentage of German ancestry, it
would be. My Cagle's, are German on my paternal side, on my maternal side my
Stagner's, are German, and on my paternal side my
Gunter's, are German. My main family lines, are Cagle, Gunter, Stagner, and Shaw. So i
have a weee bit of Irish in me.
The only families i have been able to trace to America so far are Cagle, and Stagner. My
Stagner, patriarch was Hans Bernhart Steigner,
who came to the Colonies arriving in Philadelphia, on the ship "Billender
Thistle" arriving 28 Oct 1738.
Best Regards,
Earl D. Cagle Sr.