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I was looking up my geneology today, and apparently there are so few Congers in this country that someone has written a 200 page book on their history from the the late 1600's through 1999. It's $100 so I don't know if I'm in it.
But i was able to find some incredible facts including this AMAZING little paragrah....
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It is believed that the family came from Alsace, then a French province to Holland about the date of the massacre of St. Bartholemew, the family name being Koniger, of German origin. From Holland the Konigers went to England and the name was anglicized into Conger(sometimes spelled Bellconger). It is said the Congers are numerous in Lincolnshire and in the neighborhood of Bristol. John Conger came to Newburyport, Massachusetts in his own ship the "Elizabeth Ann" around 1665/6 and lived there about one year.
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Did you catch the name of that ship? I went pale when I read it first. :)
But i was able to find some incredible facts including this AMAZING little paragrah....
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It is believed that the family came from Alsace, then a French province to Holland about the date of the massacre of St. Bartholemew, the family name being Koniger, of German origin. From Holland the Konigers went to England and the name was anglicized into Conger(sometimes spelled Bellconger). It is said the Congers are numerous in Lincolnshire and in the neighborhood of Bristol. John Conger came to Newburyport, Massachusetts in his own ship the "Elizabeth Ann" around 1665/6 and lived there about one year.
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Did you catch the name of that ship? I went pale when I read it first. :)