When Melchior Eggler was born on 7 June 1810, in Brienz, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Peter Eggler, was 11807 and his mother, Magdalena Nuefer, was 43. He married Anna Stahli on 23 March 1838. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 10 daughters. He lived in Cochecton, Sullivan, New York, United States in 1860 and Delaware, Sullivan, New York, United States for about 10 years. He died on 4 February 1882, in Jeffersonville, Sullivan, New York, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Jeffersonville, Sullivan, New York, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
South German: variant of Egler .
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