Contents:
- Fogwell Name Origin
- Fogwell Family Origins in Maryland
- Fogwell SSA Records
- Fogwell Researchers
- A Few Helpful Genealogy Links
- Contact Information
Fogwell Name Origin
According to the book A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames with Special American Instances by Charles Wareing Bardsely the name Fogwell is derived from the surname Vogwell. It appears that the Vogwell (Fogwell) family was originally from the Devon, England area. There is a town named Ogwell in Devon but whether this name is related to Vogwell has not been determined. The earliest Fogwell located in the US is Nicholas Fogwell, Captain of the sloop Francis and Catherine, which arrived in Boston, Massachusetts from Barbados on 11 June 1716. Nicholas was married in Barbados to Thomasine Willoughby on 19 September 1714. There are indications that Nicholas was born in Worborough And Newton Abbot, Devon, England about 1684. It is unknown if Nicholas settled in the US.
Fogwell Family Origins in Maryland
The earliest Fogwells located to date in Maryland are John Fogwell of Queen Anne County and George Fogwell of Washington County. Recent information indicates that George is not related to John Fogwell of Queen Anne's Co. as previously thought.
Records discovered in the Devon Record Office state that George Fogwell was transported to Virginia from Great Britain as a felon in 1771. George then appears in Virginia in 1771 under the name of George Vogwell. George Fogwell (1750-1838) resided in Washington County, Maryland and served in the American Revolution. George is listed as serving as a Sergeant with the Maryland Troops and was listed as a deserter. He is also listed as being a prisoner in the Provost of New York according to the muster rolls of Captain Francis Frasers' Company of Guides and Pioneers, a Loyalist group. George had at least one son, William and William had eleven children: George, Maria, Salome, Catherine, Samuel, Susanna, John, Anna, Sarah and Roseanna, John, Samuel and Sarah, who all migrated to Ohio while the remaining children stayed in western Maryland.
In his will John Fogwell (c. 1730-1798) of Queen Anne's County written in 1798, mentions his children, Capt. John Fogwell (1755-1840), Jamima Fogwell (1757-), and Aquilla Fogwell (1760-c.1788). Also listed were Capt. John Fogwell's six children: Sara (c. 1774-), Elizabeth (1780-) who married John Seigar, Aquilla (c. 1786-), Tilla (c. 1789-) who married Benjamin Hoalding, Jamima (c. 1791-) and Dudley (c. 1794-).
Fogwell Social Security Records
This list was obtained from the Social Security Administration Master Death File. This file contains Fogwell deaths after 1962. You may obtain your Fogwell ancestor's SSA application from the Social Security Administration by mail. Click here for the complete list of Fogwells plus a sample letter.
Fogwell Researchers
Family Line: John Fogwell circa 1740-1798
of Queen Anne and Kent Co., MD
Contact: Jim
Long or Jim Hartung
Family Line: John Fogwell circa 1740-1798
of Queen Anne and Kent Co., MD
Contact: Ruby
Fogwell
Family Line: John A. Fogwell (1813-1881)
son of George Fogwell of Washington Co., MD, died in Greene Co., OH.
Contact: Lois
P. Fowler
2226 Springmill Rd.
Kettering, OH 45440-2502
Family Line: George Fogwell
of Washington Co., MD.
Contact: Elise
Simpson
Family Line: Queen Anne
and Kent County Fogwells.
Contact: Brenda C. Mondragon
WEB Site: A
Walk in the Woods
Family Line: Queen Anne
and Kent County Fogwells.
Contact: Jim Fogwell
Family Line: Richard Fogwell
b. abt. 1842 Harberton, Devon, England.
Contact: Paul
Ashton
Family Line: Thompson Vogwell
Family
Contact: Mary
Vogwell
WEB Site: The
Thompson Vogwell Family Tree
A Few Helpful Genealogy Links
- Fogwell-Weir Extended Family Home Page
- RootsWeb is a treasure throve of information.
- Search the RootsWeb Surname List for a specific name.
- The Genealogy Home Page
- Kent Co., MD genealogy
- Queen Anne's Co. MD genealogy
- Maryland State Archives.
- Talbot Co., MD genealogy
- The Historical Society of Cecil Co., MD
- Maryland GenWeb Project
- Baltimore Co. Genealogical Society
- Baltimore Co. Historical Society
- Handley's Eastern Shore
- Carrol County Genealogical Society
- Maryland Historical Society
- Baltimore City Nineteenth-Century Photos
- Sandy's File Cabinet
Contact Information
If you would like to have additional family information, and/or your email address, added to the information in this page, please contact James Long or me with your information.
Comments and Suggestions
E-Mail: Jim Hartung
Copyright James C. Hartung
Last Updated
August 30, 2008