Thomas Gager

  General Notes:

Thomas Gager, b. 11-13-1774 in Duchess County, New York, died in Camden township, Lorain Co., O. 11-8-1846, was a son of John Gager [or Jagger] and Mercy Browne. Thomas was one of ten children: Hannah, Nathaniel, John, Thomas, Joshua, Mary or Sarah, Phebe, Nathan, Noah, Robert.
Thomas Gager lived in Duchess county, N. Y., for some years after his birth, removing some time in the 20's to Chenango Forks, Broome County, New York. He married, about 1804, Hannah Underhill [born 6-5-1787, died 4-15-1857]. They had thirteen children: Aaron, 1805-1833; Edwin, 1808-1894; 1-24-1811, infant d -; Joseph Mead and Joel, twins, b. 10-10-1811. Joel died in infancy; Calvin, 1813-1842; Priscilla M., 1816-1855; Phebe 1819-? Mary Ann 1821-1856; Ellen, no date; Abigail, 1823-1848; Caroline 1820-? Stephen 1829-1896.

  Research Notes:

GAGER. Israel D. and Thomas Gager came to Camden in 1833, purchasing the John D. Williams farm, now the Sharp farm, just south of Kipton. Israel D. made a contract with the Mather heirs, but did not get the deed until 1837. In 1840 he had a sawmill on the farm, the remains of the race still to be seen. He leased the mill, ashery and crops to Calvin Gager, probably a son. Calvin died suddenly while in the woods on the Harry Groot farm, in 1842, at the age of 28. In 1840 Israel Gager deeded the farm to his sons, Edwin and Joseph, each one half, but Edwin and his wife Pamelia, deeded their half to Joseph in 1850. In 1854 Joseph M. and Ruth Gager deeded the land to John D. Williams.
In 1858, Stephen Gager, the youngest son of Israel, a carpenter by trade bought the south half of Lot 28, tract 11, the south part of the Harry Groot farm, but sold it to C. A. Twining in 1860. Israel lived there. He married, Jan. 2, 1837, Caroline Gregg, in Wellington, probably a second wife. Aaron Gager, perhaps a brother of Israel and Thomas, came to Camden at the same time as the others. He lived across the road from the others, but did not purchase the land. He once lived north of Frank Sigsworth's. In 1861 he purchased the farm now owned by J. A. Gower, and lived there. His wife was named Lury A., and she died Oct. 31, 1880 at the age of 74 years. They had a family of six girls and four boys: Harriet, Ann Eliza, Betsy [who married Gibson Douglass], Lavina and Farozina, who died in 1871, at the age of 24. The boys were Arthur, Joel and Reuben. Thomas Gager married Hannah Underhill, a Quaker. He died Nov. 8, 1847, at the age of 72. He had daughters, Caroline, married John Dennison, Priscilla, married Joshua Lounsbury and died Jan. 14, 1855, aged 38. Abigail, who was engaged to marry Reuben Eddy, a son of John Eddy, a Quaker preacher, of Greenwich, Ohio, and a nephew of the Camden Reuben, but she died June 20, 1849, at the age of 26. Phebe, unmarried, lived with Joseph in Oberlin. Mary Ann, who married Elisha Coltrin.

From:
PIONEER HISTORY OF CAMDEN TOWNSHIP, LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO
(By Dr. F. E. Weeks, Kipton, Ohio)

Thomas married Hannah Underhill, daughter of Joel Underhill and Abigail Dean, on 5 Jul 1797. (Hannah Underhill was born on 5 Jun 1778 and died on 15 Apr 1857.)