Uldrich Winegar (bef. 1652 - 1754)

Born before 1652 in Zurich, Switzerland

Husband of Susanna Barbara (Arnoldt) Winegar — married before 1698 in Wuerttemberg, Germany [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 3 Mar 1754 after age 102 in Amenia, NY

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Biography

Children : Gerhardt (1702), Anna Maria (1698), Elizabeth (1705), Angeline (1704), Pameh, Penelope.

Ira Winegar says, Olrig, or Ulric (which has been generally translated Oliver) Winegar, who was the pioneer and patriarch of the Winegar family in America, was born in Switzerland, in the year 1648, where he resided until he arrived at the age of manhood. Records of his death list him as 102 years old in 1754 suggesting a birth date of 1652 but there could be some confusion with the death of his son Ulric and others suggest a birth date of 1668.

From Switzerland he went to Wurtemburg, in Germany, where he married a woman by the name of Arnold, or Arnoldt, (pronounced “Ornoldth” in German) by whom he had several children -- one son and several daughters.

In the year 1709 he joined the company, or rather the colony, of the Palatines, who emigrated to America under the protection and fostering care of Anne, Queen of England. (For a history of the Palatines, see Doc. Hist. of New York, vol. 3.) ^[1] He was 41 at that time with 7 sons and 4 daughters, making his birthdate approximately 1668.

Soon after landing in America, he settled on a piece of land on the bank of the Hudson river, about two miles south of the present station or depot at Germantown, N. Y. on the Hudson River Railroad, and there lived several years as a tenant under Robert Livingston, the lord of the manor of Livingston, in the present county of Columbia, state of New York. [I have been on the spot, and the ruins of the cellar, etc., were pointed out to me by an old Dutch gentleman named Shultz. This spot or piece of land has been ever since, and is to this day, (1855) known and called among the descendants of the old settlers “Wenecker’s long,” or Winegar’s land.] Here he lived until the year 1724, with the exception of two or three years that he lived in the German camp, or what is now called Germantown.

When the six thousand acres of land which was purchased of lord Livingston for the Palatines, by Governor Hunter, as agent for the crown -- as appears by said Doc. Hist., vol. 3, page 724 -- was divided, he drew his share; but must have sold out the same year, viz: 1724. For, as it appears in Mr. Spafford’s Gazetteer of the State of New York, he moved to Oblong, now Amenia, Dutchess Co., N.Y. in that year.

Mr. Spafford, in his history of Amenia, says that in 1711, Mr. Richard Sackett settled in this town, and was the only white inhabitant until the year 1724, when Mr. Ulric (or Oliver) Winegar moved there from the German camp.” The spot where he settled in Amenia, as well as the place of Mr. Sackett, I have had pointed out to me by my father, your father’s uncle.

Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions Name Uldridk Winegar Birth Date abt 1652 Death Date 3 Mar 1754 Age at Death 102 Cemetery Amenia Union B Cemetery Burial Place Connecticut

Name Dr Uldrick Winegar Birth: 1652 Zurich Bezirk Zürich,, Switzerland Death: Mar. 3, 1754 Dutchess County, New York

FindAGrave Memorial Obit: ^[2]Uldrick came to the United States as part of the Palatine Migration from Germany in 1710. They actually went to England first, then to America. The Palatine region in Germany was attacked by the French (The Thirty Years War) over religous and political issues. As a final blow, the winter of 1708 destroyed much of the farming/vineyard livelihood of many of the inhabitants. This instability was probably a major factor in Uldrick choosing to leave the Palatine with his family and join a group of emigrants to England. The group fled to England but the British government soon sent them onward to the United States in 1710. The Winegar's were one of the families in this group.

His name has many different spelling variations, including Ulrick, Ulrich, Uldrich and even Olric.

Family links: Spouse: Susanna Arnoldt Winegar (1670 - 1735) Children: Garret Winegar (1702 - 1755) Anna Engel Winegar Lasher (1705 - 1775) Burial: Amenia Union Cemetery Amenia Union, Dutchess County, New York

New York State Education Department Historical Marker, photo on FG Memorial, reads: "Uldrick Winegar and son Capt. Garrett Winegar, who came from the East Camp of the Palatines, Germantown, N.Y. settled here in 1724". ^[3]

Research Notes

Uldrich's year of birth and number of children are disputed.

Sources

1. ↑ According to four London lists of Palatines from Germany, 1709, copied from a manuscript in the British Museum, London. See also nos. 4772-4773, "Lists of Germans..."; no. 3990, Knittle; and no. 9214, Tribekko and Ruperti, Ulric traveled to London in 1709 with other natives of the Palatine.
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36819830/uldrick-winegar: accessed 08 April 2023), memorial page for Dr Uldrick Winegar (1652–3 Mar 1754), Find a Grave Memorial ID 36819830, citing Amenia Union Cemetery, Amenia Union, Dutchess County, New York, USA; Maintained by Cody Bain (contributor 47128576). Photo of well worn tombstone with inscription "IN MEMORY OF DR ULRICK WINEGAR DIED MAR 3 1754 AE 102".
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36819830/uldrick-winegar: accessed 08 April 2023), memorial page for Dr Uldrick Winegar (1652–3 Mar 1754), Find a Grave Memorial ID 36819830, citing Amenia Union Cemetery, Amenia Union, Dutchess County, New York, USA; Maintained by Cody Bain (contributor 47128576). Photo of well worn tombstone with inscription "IN MEMORY OF DR ULRICK WINEGAR DIED MAR 3 1754 AE 102".

See also:

• MacWETHY, LOU D. "List of Palatines in 1709." In The Book of Names. St. Johnsville [NY]: The Enterprise and News, 1933, pp. 75-111. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1985.

• Genealogy of the Winegar Family, published 1855 by Ira Winegar. Found at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~springport/winegar/winegar.htm

• Henry Z. Jones, Jr., The Palatine Families of New York 1710, p. 1102

Acknowledgements

Merged Winegar-101 into Winegar-50. Clear duplicate. 20230408.