Research Notes:
These notes do not all refer to the same person.
c 1661 Hans Meyer, perhaps the son of Vincenz Meyer and Elisdabeth Hasler, was born about this time. [1] [2]
1717 Hans Meyer lived in Mauer, Germany. [3] [4]
1717 Three ships arrived in Philadelphia with Mennonite passengers. [5] [6] 79. Hans Meyer, age 52, died 1722, Lancaster County, Wife, Anna Brubacher, has been named as likely being on one of the ships. [7] Names children: Abraham, age 27, Jacob, age 23, John, age 21, Annali, age 19, Elizabeth, age 17, Mary, age 15.
Some sources list Hans Meyer, son of Hans and Anna Bauman Meyer as the husband of Anna Brubaker, but with different children.
See also [8]
1720 Hans Meyer moved to Rohrhof from Mauer and was called a newcomer who has to begin by seeking a living in 1724. [9]
1753 Hans Meyer's son Heinrich was living at Rohrhof, Baden and it was stated Heinrich was born at Mauer and that his father moved to Rohrhof 33 years ago." [10] [11]
[1] Jane Evans Best, "Meyer Families Update," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 21 (April, 1998), 31-36, at 35, person MS334.
[2] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Meyer C4, [Website].
[3] Jane Evans Best, "Meyer Families Update," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 21 (April, 1998), 31-36, at 35, person MS334.
[4] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Meyer C4, [Website].
[5] Ralph B. Strassburger, William J. Hinke, ed., Pennsylvania German Pioneers, Vol. 1 (1934, Pennsylvania German Society), xvii, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[6] Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania, Vol. 3 (1852), 29, [HathiTrust].
[7] Richard Warren Davis, "Swiss and German Mennonite Immigrants from the Palatine, 1704-1717," Mennonite Family History 13 (1994), 9-16, at 15.
[8] Lawrence Berger-Knorr, The Relations of Milton Snavely Hershey (2005), 17, person 188, Hans Meyer was the son of Vincenz Meyer, [GoogleBooks].
[9] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Meyer C4, [Website].
[10] Jane Evans Best, "Meyer Families Update," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 21 (April, 1998), 31-36, at 35, person MS334.
[11] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Meyer C4, [Website].