MAUGANS Family History
Karleen & Tom Miller of Morrisville, Pennsylvania.
The MAUGANS descend from Conrad MAUGANS of Frederick County, Maryland and his progeny of at least 12 children! Centered on Wolfsville, between Frederick and Hagerstown, at the time of the American Revolution, his descendants shifted north of Hagerstown near the Pennsylvania line in a town that became known as Maugansville.
- 1st Generation: Conrad (1735-1822)
- 2nd Generation: Magdalena ([1767]-1833)
Conrad MAUGANS1 (1735-1822)
1. Conrad MAUGANS1 was born in either Pennsylvania or Frederick County, Maryland in 1735. He married a woman named Rebecca and fathered as many as 12 children, most in Wolfsville, Frederick County, between Frederick and Hagerstown:
| 1A. | Peter MAUGANS | (1761) | Bef 1813 | (<52) |
| 1B. | Catherine MAUGANS | (1765) | 1830 | (65) |
| 1C. | Magdalena Abigail MAUGANS2 | (17 Aug 1767) (10 Mar 1770) |
24 Mar 1833 | (63/66) |
| 1D. | Matthias MAUGANS | 1769 | ||
| 1E. | Abraham MAUGANS | 1774 | 16 Feb 1833 | (58) |
| 1F. | Mary MAUGANS | 1775 | ||
| 1G. | John MAUGANS, Sr. | 16 Jul 1776 | 16 Aug 1862 | (86) |
| 1H. | Elizabeth MAUGANS | 29 Oct 1777 | 26 May 1858 | (80) |
| 1I. | Gabriel MAUGANS | (1779) | 1 Nov 1822 | (42) |
| 1J. | Daniel MAUGANS | 31 May 1781 | 28 Jun 1848 | (67) |
| 1K. | Barbara MAUGANS | 1782 | 20 Mar 1835 | (52) |
| 1L. | David MAUGANS | 6 Jun 1783 | 7 Oct 1820 | (37) |
By 1774 the MAUGANS family was settled in Wolfsville.
Conrad MAUGANS died in Wolfsville on 2 February 1822. He was about 86 years old.
Magdalena Abigail (MAUGANS) MILLER (~1767-1833)
1C. Magdalena Abigail MAUGANS2 was born either August 17, 1767 or March 10, 1770 in present-day Washington County, Maryland (then Frederick County). She married David MILLER4 about 1783 and had nine children:
| 1C1. | Michael MILLER | 10 May 1784 | 18 Dec 1856 | (72) |
| 1C2. | Lydia MILLER | (1785) | (1805) | (20) |
| 1C3. | Esther MILLER | 30 May 1787 | 21 Apr 1861 | (73) |
| 1C4. | Catherine MILLER | (1791) | > 1860 | (>69) |
| 1C5. | Elizabeth H. MILLER3 | 1793 | 4 Apr 1865 | (71) |
| 1C6. | Jacob MILLER | 17 Feb 1795 | 8 Oct 1861 | (66) |
| 1C7. | Susannah MILLER | (1798) | (1852) | (54) |
| 1C8. | Nancy MILLER | 1800 | 1822 | (22) |
Magdalena Abigail (MAUGANS) MILLER died on March 24, 1833 in Montgomery County, Ohio. She was either 63 or 66 years old.