The Apgar (originally Ebgert, then Ebcher) family came from the borders of Lombardy, in Italy, to Philadelphia, perhaps in 1749, Sep. 13, at which time Johan Adam Ebert's name was signed by the clerk to the oath of allegiance. The first one of the name was Johan Adam, who is said to have been one of the two brothers, who came to this country. The other one going to Monmouth Co.

This John Adam had ten sons and one daughter, viz.: Herbert, settled east of Cokesburg, N.J.; Henry, settled in Alexandria Twp., Hunterdon Co., N.J.; John Peter, of Lebenon Twp., Hunterdon Co., N.J.; William, of the neighborhood of Clinton; Adam of Cokesburg; Frederick, of Alexandria Twp., Hunterdon Co., N.J.; Conrad, of Mountainsville, Hunterdon Co., N.J.; George, who went west; Catherine, the only daughter who married, first, John Emery, and second, John Sharp. (Early Germans of New Jersey; Their History, Churches and Genealogies by: Theodore Frelinghuysen Chamber, pub 1895, Dover Publishing Co.)504