Eighth Generation

234. Nickolas LINGER⁹⁷ was born in 1758 in Hesse, Germany. He appeared in the census in 1820 in Lewis County, Virginia, USA. He died in 1827 at the age of 69 in Lewis County, West Virginia, USA. There are many stories as to how Nicholas arrived in the US, but the one we feel is nearer true follows. We believe that Nicholas had a brother, Thomas Linger. They may have been born in Erksdorf, Germany and surname may have been Lincker. Thomas was in the Hussein Army during the American Revolution, and Nicholas may have been a drummer in his regiment, however their are no documents to prove this. Some stories have Nicholas as a stowaway on the troop ship that his brother served on in 1776. It appears that both Nicholas and his brother were trying to get away from the stern laws of the German government and a very stern father. His brother may have served in the Revolutionary War in the 9th Virginia Regiment of continental Army, under Capt. John Blair and Capt. John Paulson about 12/1776. Laying aside family tradition we find that there were Linger and McNemar families in the Mifflin and York County area of Pennsylvania in the 1700's, but no proof linking them with Nicholas and Margaret McNemar Linger has been found. It is believed that Nicholas father was a hat maker.

235. Margaret Peggy MCNEMAR was born in 1764 in Orange County, Virginia, USA. She died in 1827 at the age of 63 in Lewis County, Virginia, USA. She was buried in 1827 in Linger Family Cemetery, Upshur County, West Virginia, USA. w/o Nicholas Linger (Note)This Cemetery is located on the east Side of Stonecoal Lake and is only accesable by going to the boat ramp on the Upshur Co end and walking a short distance down an old road app 1 mile cemetery was well maintaind when I last visited it in 2002

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