KOGER, Joss

1674 - 1773  (99 years)

• Name	KOGER, Joss
  Born	8 Aug 1674	Auggen, Germany
  Gender	Male
  Died	23 Aug 1773	Auggen, Germany
  Person ID	I3990	Uriah Davis I - Genealogy
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	KOGER, Claus,   b. 1637, Eastern Ostern, Germany ,   d. 14 Sep 1679  (Age 42 years)
  Mother	KUTTLER, Maria,   b. 1 May 1646, Auggen Baden-Durlach, Germany ,   d. 16 Jun 1719  (Age 73 years)
  Married	20 Nov 1655
  Family ID	F1536	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	GEBHARD, Maria Catherina
  Married	22/22 Feb 1700/1701	Auggen, Baden, Germany
  Children	1. KOGER, Maria,   b. 25 Dec 1701, Auggen, Baden, Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. KOGER, George Nicholas,   b. 21/21 Feb 1703/1704, Auggen, Baden, Germany   3. KOGER, Joss,   b. 14/14 Mar 1704/1705, Auggen, Baden, Germany   4. KOGER, Berhard,   b. 15 Nov 1706, Auggen, Baden, Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2018
  Family ID	F1535	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	LOWENBERGER, Anna,   b. 19 Sep 1675,   d. 23 Jun 1735  (Age 59 years)
  Married	23 Apr 1709	Auggen, Loerrach, Baden, Germany
  Children	1. KOGER, Hans Jacob,   b. 24 Jul 1710, Auggen, Loerrach, Baden, Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. KOGER, John Nicholas,   b. 30/30 Jan 1711/1712, Auggen, Loerrach, Baden, Germany ,   d. 1753, Organge County, Virginia  (Age 40 years)   3. KOGER, Michael,   b. 1713, Auggen, Loerrach, Baden, Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. KOGER, Peter,   b. 1715, Auggen, Loerrach, Baden, Germany ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. KOGER, Anna Maria Barbara,   b. 1716, Auggen, Loerrach, Baden, Germany ,   d. Near Elkton, Rockingham County, Virginia
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2018
  Family ID	F1523	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Five sons and one daughter of Joss Koger came to America between 1725 and 1738 to found the Koger, Coger, Cogar, and Cowger clans. - "In 1710, Jos Koger was a Cooper." This entry, found on page 254 of the book "Der Weinort Auggen", a written history of Auggen, published by the Borough of Auggen, indicates for us the importance that was placed on the "Cooper", the wine cast maker, by the elders of that wine-making village. This Jos. Koger, the Cooper, or wine-barrel maker (an important position in a wine-making village like Auggen) represented the last of our Koger ancestors to be live his life in his German homeland. Joss Koger married Maria Catharina Gebhard, daughter of the Pastor of the nearby village of Feldburg, on February 22, 1701. These were troubled times in Europe, and a family's Church Records were often left incomplete as the family moved from village to village to seek sanctuary from the incessant fighting. The records which do yet exist show these children for Maria and Joss: Maria, born December 25, 1701, died May 8, 1703; Nicolaus, born February 21, 1704, died April 4, 1704; Joss, born March 14, 1705; and Bernhard, born November 15, 1706. We must assume that Maria Gebhard Koger died, although the records do not list it, as the records next show Joss Koger marrying Anna Lowenbergen on April 23, 1709. Two of their sons are mentioned in the records; Hans Jacob Koger, born July 24, 1710, and Nicholas Koger, born January 30, 1712. It is these two brothers who, between 1728 and 1732, came across the Atlantic to America. For whatever reason, whether due to religious persecution, continuing trouble from the French troops crossing the border, or trouble with the Margrave, the political head of the state of Baden, Jacob and Nicholas Koger left Germany and immigrated to the new land of America. Joss Koger, their father, died at Auggen on August 23, 1733.