Sarah Seger.
Born on 24 Feb 1788 in Guilderland, Albany County, New York. Sarah died in New Scotland, Albany County, New York, on 20 Jan 1877; she was 88.
On 4 Nov 1809 when Sarah was 21, she married Frederick Fuller in Jerusalem, Albany County, New York. Born on 5 Oct 1787. Frederick died in New Scotland, Albany County, New York, on 24 Sep 1877; he was 89.
Richard Seger.
Born on 28 Feb 1790 in Albany, Albany County, New York.156 Richard was baptized in Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, on 18 Apr 1790.156 Dirk, son of George Zeeger and Catharina V. d. Willigen; Wit: Dirk, Simon and Sara V. d. Willigen, Jennith Cook (?). Richard died in New Scotland, Albany County, New York, on 15 Jan 1872; he was 81.
On 15 Oct 1815 when Richard was 25, he married Christiana Fuller in Jerusalem, Albany County, New York. Christiana died in New Scotland, Albany County, New York on 5 Nov 1869.
Jane Seger.
Born on 16 Mar 1792 in Albany, Albany County, New York.156 Jane was baptized in Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, on 22 Apr 1792.156 Jane, daughter of George Seger and Catharine Terwilliger. Wit: Harm. and Jane Hoghteling.
Jane, also known as Jennie, married a Mr Vedder.
Simon Seger.
Born ca Jul 1797 in New Salem, Albany County, New York.
Maria Seger.
Born ca May 1803 in New Salem, Albany County, New York.
Jacob Sager.
Born on 2 Feb 1807 in Albany, Albany County, New York. Jacob died in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, on 14 Nov 1880; he was 73. Buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse.
From the Onondaga's centennial, volume 2, page 424:598
Sager Family, The, Syracuse.—The ancestral home of the Sager family of Syracuse was Amsterdam, Holland. the American ancestors of George J. and A. Park Sager came over in the ships of Patrone Killen Van Rensselaer, and were among the earliest settles of Albany Co., N. Y. They are of the stock of sturdy Dutch traders, employed by the West india Company, who settled New Amsterdam, and later, in the beginning of the 17th century, worked their way up the Hudson to the head of tide water, at Albany, for the purpose of adventures and commerce with the Indians. The family names appear in the annals of Albany as early as 1642. The struggles of the people at this period with the French and Indians present an interesting history, and produced conditions which tended to develop the Dutch character along natural lines, and made a fearless, sturdy, honest, and industrius people. Mansell, in his Historical Collectoin of Albany, says: ‘Segers is the surname of a family in Albany which in early times was called Van Voorhoudt. cornelius Seger Van Voorhoudt, the first settler, came to Berwick (now Albany) in 1642 and succeeded Vander Dunk on the farm called Welyesburg on Castle Islands.’ The records of Albany show the descendants of Cornelius Seger to have filled places of trust in the city government as well as the military service of the country during the Revolutionary and Indian wars. The first official recognition of Sager as the family name occurs in the case of Thomas and John Sager, cousins, on the company rolls of the Revolutionary war.
The lineage of the mother, Rebecca Smith Grote, wife of Jacob Sager, is traced back to 1632, she being a descendant of Symon Symouse Groot, boatswain of the ‘Prince Maurice’ and one of the early settlers of New Amsterdam, who in 1663 moved to Berwick and afterward to Schenectady, and who was probably the ancestor of all the Groots now living in that vicinity. In the winter of 1690, Frontenac, govenor of Canada, with a force of French and Indians, raided and pillages the then outpost of Schenectady. Most of the inhabitants were massacred. Among the thirty or forty captured were the Grote family, consisting of the brothers, Abraham, Simon, Philip, Dirk, and Class, who were taken to Canada. The next season the Grote boys were ransomed, except Class, who either died or was killed.
Jacob Sager, son of George, and a descendant of Cornelius Segers and father of George J. and A. Park Sager, came to Syracuse June 1, 1847, with his wife and six children; another child was born in this city. Jacob Sager died in 1880; his widow survives (1895) at the age of 84. Their seven children, all living, are Abraham H., Aaron, Catharine (Mrs. G. K. Collins), George J., Anna (Mrs. A Becker), A. Park, and Emma (Mrs. N. C. Hubble).
Evert Seager, grandfather of Jacob Sager, was a private in Col. John Harper’s regiment of New York militia in the Revolution in 1780.
Thomas Seager, uncle of Jacob, also served in that war in the 6th company of the 1st regiment of special levy for frontier duty, and died while so engaged October 18, 1778. In consequence his heirs were entitled to five hundred acres of the military tracdt and on Sept. 13, 1790, lot 19 in Tully was issued to his sister, Syntie Sager.
George J. and A. Park Sager received a common school education, and early entered upon their buisness career. George J. enlised in the 149th N. Y. Vols. in Aug., 1862, and served until the close of the war, being connected part of the time with headquarters, 3d Brigade, 2d Division, 12th and 20th Army Corps. He was a member of the Army of the Potomac, the Army of the Cumberland, and the Army of Georgia, and was brevetted second lieutenant of N. Y. Vols. for galland and meritorious service. To A. Park Sager belongs the credit of starting in Syracuse an industry which to-day employs nearly 3,000 people, mostly women, in and about the city, in the manufacture of fine hand-made kint goods in silk, Angora, and worsted. They are also engaged in the importation of goods in their lines, and have a trade extending from Boston to San Francisco. The junior partner of the firm is Frederick W., the only son of A. Park Sager. George J. and A. Park married sisters, the daughters of the Rev. E. W. Thurston.
1880 Federal Census. Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York
Roll 907, page 340B
14 Johnson Street
Jacob Sager, 73, carpenter
Rebbeca Sager, 68, wife, keeping house
Newcomb Hubbell, 27, son in law, moulder in iron
Emily Hubbell, 28, daughter, keeping house
All were born in New York, as were their parents.
Jacob married Rebecca Smith Groot. Born on 28 Mar 1813 in Guilderland, Albany County, New York. Rebecca Smith was baptized in Albany, Albany County, New York, on 4 Apr 1812. Rebecca Smith died in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, on 5 Apr 1899; she was 86. Buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse.
Rebecca, daughter of Arent Groot and Esther Frederick.