[Ancestor] Ziegler

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1 M Nicholas Ziegler ¹

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           Born: Abt 1710
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           Died: Abt 1791 - Codorus Twp, York Co, PA
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         Spouse: Catharine [Unk] (      -      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - [Ancestor] Ziegler

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The Ziegler name originated in Germany. Ziegler means "tile;" a Ziegler is a tiler, a manufacturer of or dealer in tile and tile kilns. The name, Ziegler, therefore, is of commercial origin.
A principal branch of the family in Germany is organized as the Ziegler Familien Verein. Mr. Otto Ziegler of Dresden is president. They had their origin in Langensalza in Thuringia, where some of the direct descendants still [1935] live.
In 1928 there was completed a Ziegler Chronic, that contains more than 500 related families, and dates back to 1378. The Ziegler escutcheon displays a Golden Griffin on a blue field, and it can be seen on the sarcoffagus of Rev. Doctor Eobanus Ziegler, a cotemporary of Martin Luther, and who is buried in the cathedral at Erfurt. It is interesting to note, also, that Luther's mother was Margarethe Ziegler.
The commercial origin of the Ziegler name accounts largely for the numerous family groups in America, having no immediate connection one with
another.
Michael Ziegler, generally referred to as the Ziegler pioneer in Pennsylvania, was naturalized in Philadelphia in 1730. He came to America before 1717. He was born about 1680. With two other brothers, he settled in Montgomery County forming the town of Zieglerville. The original farm has remained in the Zieglar family until recently [1935].
Christ Lutheran Church of York, Pennsylvania, the first Lutheran church in York County, was organized in 1733. In the list of 24 heads of families appear the names of Philip, John George and Jacob Ziegler. It is likely that these three were brothers. John George and Philip came over in 1727.
NICHOLAS ZIEGLER came over in the QUEEN ELIZABETH, September 16, 1738. NICKLAS ZEGLAR arrived on the EDINBURG, September 16, 1751. All the evidence points to NICHOLAS as our GREAT ANCESTOR. He lived and died in Codorus Township, York County, Pennsylvania. It is likely that John George, Philip, Jacob and NICHOLAS were closely related.
Rupp's Thirty Thousand Names, a list of those landing in Philadelphia in Colonial times, includes the names of numerous Zieglers arriving at many
different times. What the relation of many of these groups to one another is, and what their relation to the parent stems in the districts from which they came, is certainly problematical. They were Catholics, Protestants, Jews and Mennonites. coming principally from Germany, France and Switzerland. Today, the Ziegler family is well nigh innumerable, and is scattered throughout the states from the Atlantic to the Pacific. ³

1 John A. M. Ziegler, Ph.D., D.D, Ziegler Genealogy (Huntington Park, CA: Glenn Printing Co., 1935), Pg 4.

2 John A. M. Ziegler, Ph.D., D.D, Ziegler Genealogy (Huntington Park, CA: Glenn Printing Co., 1935), Pg 5.

3 John A. M. Ziegler, Ph.D., D.D, Ziegler Genealogy (Huntington Park, CA: Glenn Printing Co., 1935), Pg 2.