Wilhelm
(William)
"William"
Linger
Born in Hessen, Heiliges Römisches Reich
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Hester Catharine (LaPlante) Linger
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Thomas Linger and Nicholas DahI Linger
Died [date unknown]
in Hardy, Bedford County, Virginia, United States
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Contents |
Biography
William Linger has German Roots.
William Linger migrated from Germany to United States.
This profile is part of the Linger Name Study.
William Linger was a Virginia colonist.
It is not known when or from what part of Germany that William and his wife Hester came to America. There are a few clues that indicated they were living in Hampshire County, Virginia (now West Virginia) in 1779.
The Hampshire County records record a William Linegar purchased 200 acres on Gibbons Run from Reason Howard on 8 November 1779. This location is present day Slainsville, West Virginia.[1]
There is also, in the Hampshire County records, a William Linegar and wife Hester selling 223 acres to Alexander Brown on 14 September 1791.[2]
It is possible that William served in the French and Indian War but this is speculative, at best. There is a William Linegar, age 23, on the roster under Captain John Wright's Company.[3]
There is no further information about William or Hester.
Research notes
Searching for origin: No hits in Lagis, Arcinsys or Apertus. Also none found in the Hacker books on Google Books.
Name seems rare in Germany.
Some online trees claim his birthday to be 29 September 1730. The source for this claim is probably the baptism record of Johann Wilhelm Lang, which has him as "Peter Langen [...] Söhnlein" (little son of Peter Lang using the genitive "Langen").[4] Note: Peter was chain sawed from this profile in 2023.
Sources
- ↑ The Linger Family History, by Linger, Fred J, and Hartzel G. Strader. 1989. The University of Georgia Press.: Page 2
- ↑ Sage, Clara McCormack, and Laura Elizabeth (Sage) 1880- Jones. Early Records, Hampshire County, Virginia: Now West Virginia, Including At the Start Most of Known Va. Aside From Augusta District. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1969. citing Page 27
- ↑ Montgomery, Thomas Lynch, 1862-1929, and Pennsylvania. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Pennsylvania Archives, th ser. Volume 1. Harrisburg, Pa.: Harrisburg Pub. Co., State printer, 1906.
- ↑ "Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898", citing FHL microfilm: 193895, FamilySearch Record: NDMB-95S FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-L92X-Y9Y9 (accessed 25 May 2023), Joh Wilhelm Lang baptism on 29 Sep 1730, son of Peter Lang & Elisabetha Catharina, in Hinzweiler, Pfalz, Bayern, Deutschland.
Acknowledgments
- Thank you to Michael Barber for creating WikiTree profile Linger-20 through the import of Barber Family Tree.ged on Nov 20, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Michael and others.
This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~1.56%
Mary (Gulish) Gilkerson
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #AM36961
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Sandy (Craig) Patak :
23andMe, GEDmatch M183771 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A500337 [compare], yourDNAportal SAN7fd492d4, Ancestry member PatakandCraig
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~0.39%
Anonymous Coker :
23andMe
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T177666 [compare], FTDNA kit #70525
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~0.39%
Sherrie (VanHorn) Stinson :
23andMe, GEDmatch DQ7435409 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T933461 [compare], FTDNA kit #B211560
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H459886 [compare]
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~0.39%
Linda Linger :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member lschilling19
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~0.39%
Betsy Casto :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T015698 [compare], Ancestry member elizabethcasto
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #497174
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Categories: Germany, Linger Name Study | Palatine Migrants | German Roots | Linger Name Study | Virginia Colonists
Just a hint. Wish I had better access to the French records, I'd go looking for certain!
I don't see this being a possibility. The name variation you mentioned are not found in this line. And the regions do not match any of the stories (lore), scarce sources or DNA suspected regions.
The names are too different and William Linger is documented as such in documents.
great grandfather William Jefferson Linger g g grandfather William Linger gggNicholas Linger which he stow away on a ship during Rev. war when his brother was shipped over to fight . Then I only know the names of my gggg grandparents. I dont have any other onfo on them. I did not even know they came America. This info is new to me I mjust thought it was my ggg grandfather when he was a teenager
edited by Florian Straub
If this is correct then he is not likely the William Linegar in the French Indian War as his birth date was about 1736.
While "a" William might be the father of Nicholas and Thomas, based on DNA and scarce sources, it is becoming evident that what you questioned about origins in Germany and birth date is correct to question. This William is either a separate person or has 100% folklore stories from the inaccurate The Linger Family History book as well as the Hacker's Creek "Don Norman files".
By the way, those Don Norman files are based on one sheet piece of paper filled with names provided by the family. The family filled out the Linger sheet based on the completely unsourced origin story of William and his sons, Thomas and barrel boy Nicholas.... from the inaccurate and Unsourced book.
DNA from family members is pointing to French orgins and not Germanic Germany/Switzerland which means: not Palatine. Sandbox is being created.
edited by Sandy (Craig) Patak