The ancestor of this family was John Mathias Egner or Eigener, who arrived at Philadelphia, Sept. 20, 1727, on the ship Molly, the third ship on record in the lists of arrivals of German at the port of Philadelphia. He settled first in Lancaster County, where his sons, John and Mathias, were baptized in 1733 and 1739 he secured a warrant for land in Macungie Township, where he lived until his death. He was a member of the Lutheran congregation at Lehigh Church, where he is buried. He was born in 1693 and died June 20, 177 1. He and his wife, Anna Elizabeth had children: John, born June 15,1733; Mathias, born June 29,1735; Ludwig; Henry, born Jan 8, 1739; Anna Elizabeth, born May 10, 1741; and Peter.