THE GANGEWERE FAMILY. NOTED FOR THE LONG LIVES OF MANY OF ITS MEMBERS, AND THE MARTIN FAMILY. NOTED FOR ITS MANY PHYSICIANS By CHARLES R. ROBERTS (Read before the Lehigh County Ilistorical Society, January 11, 1930)

Jacob Gangewere and his wife, Susanna Margaret, arrived in America on the ship James Goodwill at Philadelphia on September 27, 1727. This was the second ship of which records were kept by the provincial authorities. It is probable that they were a newly married couple, as Mrs. Gangewere was only nineteen years old and the ship captain's list mentions only the two persons in the family.

He settled in Upper Saucon Township, then in Bucks, later in Northampton and since 1812 in Lehigh County, along the Saucon Creek, in the extreme eastern part of the township, on the line of Lower Saucon Township, on a tract of 150 acres of land. A stone house said to have been built by him still stands. His name appears on a petition in 1734 and in 1743 he was one of the petitioners for the township. In May, 1750, his name appears as a communicant at the Blue Church. In 1762 he was assessed twenty pounds. He died about 1770, as in 1772 the name of Widow Gangewere appears in the tax list. No record has been found of his age, birth or death. His wife was born in 1708 and died in 1794, aged 86 years. They are no doubt buried in the plot used by the Gangewere and Koch families for over a hundred years as a burial place.

They were the ancestors of a large number of descendants who attained great age, up to 99 years. They had, as far as known, seven children.

Michael Gangewere, the eldest, was born in 1730, removed to Westmoreland County, Pa., where he died October 26, 1826, aged 96 years. lIe had a son, Philip, born in 1760.