Jeremiah Jagger was the ancestor of the family of this name on Long Island. It has not been ascertained when he emigrated from England to this country, but he was one of the first settlers of Wethersfield, CT, which was settled in 1634 by people from Watertown, MA. He was in the Pequot War of 1637, and was one of the colony who went to settle a new town, which they called Stamford in 1640-41. He was master of trading vessels to the West Indies, and died August 14, 1658. His widow Elizabeth m. Robert Usher and had one d. Elizabeth.
1 Jeremiah had w. Elizabeth and ch. 2 John, 3 Jeremiah and 3 Jonathan. The two latter remained in Stamford and 2 John came to Southampton where the first mention of him on the records is of a grant of land for a house lot in 1651, this lot now being the homestead of Capt. George G. White.
2 John wills in 1698 to w. Hannah and ch. 4 John d.s.p. 5 Jeremiah, 6 Benjamin (infirm in body or mind or both) 7 Samuel, 8 Jonathan b. 1678, 9 Elizabeth, 10 Sarah b. July 21, 1669, 11 Susanna and 12 Lydia. The daughters some of them may have been older than John the oldest son, but I have given them in the order of the will.
5 Jeremiah d. 1744, had w. Hannah, who d. before 1740, and ch. 13 John, 14 Hannah, w. of [Recompence] Halsey, 15 Jeremiah b. 1690 d.s.p. 1736, 16 Sarah, w. of ---Hildreth, 17 Nathan b. 1694, 18 Patience, w. of ---Howell and 19 William b. 1704.
(Source: The Early History of Southampton, L. I., New York, With Genealogies, by George Rogers Howell, M.A., published by Weed, Parsons and Company in 1887.)
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