Son of: Joachim and Anna Catharine Geiss Nagel
Husband of: Elizabeth Catharine Diehm

Frederick Nagle is listed in the DAR Ancestor Database as Ancestor #A081405 with the following information about his service in Berks Co., PA:

Rank: Corporal
Birth: 1748 Germany (Note states his Date of Birth is Pending Correction)
Death: 11-12-1833 Reading, PA
Service Source: PA ARCH, 5TH SER, VOL 5, PP 156, 250 Service Description:
1) Private, Capts Conrad Geist, John Diehl
2) 6th Batt, Berks Co. Militia

His wife is listed as Elizabeth DHIM, however there is a note that the spelling of her surname name is Pending Correction also.

The following information is from "Joachim Nagel and Descendants" compiled by Marion Nagle Rhoads and Janet Snyder Welsh, beginning on pg. 55:

Frederick Wilhelm Nagle was born Jun 19, 1746 (the copy of his baptism certificate says clearly 19 Juli 1746) at Kefenrod, Isenburg,Germany, with his baptism recorded that same month in the Evangelical Church at Hitzkirchen, Isenburg.

He emigrated with his parents, arriving in Philadelphia on Sept. 26, 1749, on the ship "Ranier."

He grew to manhood at the Nagel mill in Douglass Township and in the city of Reading. On Oct 27, 1773, he married Elizabeth Catharine Diehm at St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church, Morlatton, now Douglassville, PA.

In 1776, Captain Conrad Geist's Company of the Sixth Battalion of Berks County Militia was detailed to guard English prisoners of war held in Reading, and also while the prisoners were being conducted from Reading to Lancaster. Frederick Nagle and his brother-in-law Christopher Diehm appear as privates on the muster list. Later they enlisted in the battalion commanded by Colonel Henry Haller with Major Gabriel Hiester second in command.

In the roll of Captain John Diehl's company on Jan. 22, 1777, Frederick Nagle is listed as a corporal and Christian (Christopher) Diem as a private. During his war service, Frederick sustained injuries to one of his eyes, which caused him to be totally blind later in life.

Frederick Nagle purchased a lot on the south-east corner of Fourth and Franklin Streets in Reading, marked as lot number 265. The boundaries of the lot were known then as Queen and Richard Streets. He sold this lot for $1,000 on Apr 1, 1831, to George De Benneville Keim and others as the site for the Universalist Church.

Frederick Nagle's family Bible is in the possession of the Historical Society of Berks County and was the subject of an article in the Historical Review of Berks County, Vol. 1, page 60, January 1936.

'The Chronicle of the Times,' a Reading newspaper reported in the Nov. 26, 1833, edition: "On the 9th inst. Frederick Nagle in the 86th years of his age for many years past totally blind, and was of the remaining band of revolutionary heroes. He was interred with military honors by the Volunteer Corps of Washington Grays."

[Note: Some sources say the Nagels arrived in the USA from Germany Sep 15, 1751.]
∼He waas married to Elizabeth Dhim.

Her served as a Corporal with the 6th Batt of Berks County, Militia during the Revoluntary War. His DAR ancestor # is A081405.