Brief Life History of John
John Waggoner was born before 1742, in South Carolina, United States. He married MRS John Waggoner about 1767, in South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died about 1792.
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Spouse and Children
1742–1792 Male
1744– Female
Children (1)
1764–1814 Male
World Events (4)
1776
Age 34
1776 · Battle of Sullivan's Island
Age 34
1781 · The First Constitution
Age 39
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German or Dutch Wagner or its German and Dutch variants Wagener and Wagenaar . Compare Waggener and Wagoner .
Possibly also English: altered form of Waghorn . The surname Waggoner is very rare in Britain.
History: A planter named John Waggener or Waggoner, who came to America c. 1670 and lived in Essex County, VA, is said to have been born in Colchester, Essex (England). No documentary source for this origin is given and an English origin is difficult to establish. The nearest similar English surname is Wagner 2, a very rare Norfolk name, originating in the 14th-century. In 17th-century Kent a number of families named Waghorn alias Wagon were occasionally also known as Waggoner (through false association with that word). Direct derivation from the English word wag(g)on is not possible, since it was borrowed into English only in the 16th century from Dutch, and wag(g)oner is an early Modern English coinage.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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