When Daniel Maugans was born on 31 May 1782, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, his father, Conrad "Nick" Maugans, was 47 and his mother, Anna Rebecca Hoffman, was 42. He married Susannah Barbara Hollar on 31 March 1802. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Goshen, Goshen Township, Clermont, Ohio, United States in 1799 and Liberty Township, Delaware, Ohio, United States in 1826. He died in 1848, in Miami, Ohio, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Old Harris Creek Cemetery, Bradford, Miami, Ohio, United States.
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Americanized form of an unidentified German surname, possibly Morgens (see Morgen ) or, alternatively, Mangin 1, which is ultimately of French origin. Compare Morgan 4.
History: The progenitor of the Maugans family was reportedly Matthias Maugans from Baden-Württemberg, Germany, whose presumed son Conrad was born c. 1735 in Frederick County, MD. Maugansville in Washington County, MD, is named after two of Conrad's sons, who settled there with their families in 1828, while six of Conrad's children moved in the 1790s to OH, where some of them changed their surname to Morgan . The name Maugans was reportedly also recorded as Mangin(s) and Mangan(s) on certain occasions.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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