c 1695 John Meyer, son of Hans Meyer and Anna Brubaker, who later married Mary Lenhardy, was born about this time. [1] [2]
1718 Jacob and Rudy Moyer [perhaps brothers of John] were taxed in Lancaster County. [3]
1719 Hans and Rudil Moyer [perhaps the father and a brother of John] were taxed in Lancaster County. [4]
1720 Hance Mayer Jun was taxed in Conestoga Twp for 30 pounds. [5] [6] Hance Moyer Sen was taxed in Conestoga Twp for 50 pounds [7] [8]
1721 (December 2, 1721) Jacob Mier (£30), ?ic Mier (£12), Anna Mire (£16) [perhaps the widow of Hans Conrad], John Mire (£18), Rudolph Mire (£17), Michael Mire (£15), and John Mire (£8) were taxed in Conestogoe. [9]
1720-21 Jacob, Rudith, Hans Curick, and Hans Senior Mayer were taxed in Lancaster County. [10]
1721 John Meyer's brother Hans Conrad Miers, died. Jacob Myer was a witness, but John Meyer was not a witness for Conrad's will. [11]
1721 Hans Myer witnessed the will of his father, Hans Miers, suggesting he may have been 21 by this time. [12] [13]
1721 John, Jacob, Anna, Rudolph, John (a second listing), and Michael Meyer [Mier Mire] were taxed in Lancaster County. [14]
1724 John, Rudy, Michael, Jacob (twice), Abraham, and Hans Meyer [Myer Moyer] were taxed in Lancaster County. [15]
1725 John (twice), Michael, and Jacob (twice) Meyer [Mire Moyer] were taxed in Lancaster County. [16]
1726 John, Abraham, Rudy, Mike, and Jacob Meyer were taxed in Lancaster County. [17]
c 1729 John Moyer acquired 19.5 acres from Hans Brubaker. The date of 1729 has been surmised based on dates of a subsequent land warrant and land patent, both dated in 1734. The land was situated just west of the town of Lancaster.
1730 The first Mennonite meetinghouse was built on Christian Stoneman's land, which was just to the west of the Moyer property. It is not known if John Moyer was a Mennonite. [18]
1733 John Moyer received a warrant for 100 acres on a branch of Conestoga Creek, on January 24. No survey or patent was recorded. [19] [20]
1733 John and Michael Meir received a warrant for 550 acres near Lancaster Town in Manheim Twp, on October 23. [21] [22] A survey of the tract was made on November 2. The land was adjacent to lands of George Aston, Jacob Gritor, and Andrew Hamilton. [23] A patent for the tract of 556 acres was issued on March 24, 1738 to John Moyer. [24] [25] In 1759, John Moyer deeded this tract of land to his son Jacob. [26]
1734 John Meyer received a warrant for 250 acres on a branch of Conestoga Creek, on April 8. The land had been warranted to Michael Baughman in 1718. Baughman sold the land to John Moyer. No survey or patent was cited. [27] [28]
1734 John Meyer received a patent for 262 acres of land, on June 10. [29] The tract had been previously warranted by Michael Baughman (warrant dated inst. 8 [June, 1734?], adjacent to the 18.5 acres previously acquired in 1729. Michael had sold the land to John Moyer by deed dated January 19, 1732.
1735 John Meyer received a patent, on May 2, for 500 acres in West Earl Twp, Lancaster County previously warranted, on October 4, 1718, by Hans Graff and, on July 25, 1718, by John Blake. A survey, dated March 3, 1734, showed adjacent lands held by John Landis, Hans Roody Negley, John Good, and Andreas Michael. [30] [31]
1735 John Meyer (known as John, the Elder) purchased, on May 28, the rights to the 400 acres in Earl Township on which his father had made a 50 percent payment (of 20 pounds) in 1719. John paid the 20 pound note, interest for 16 years, and quit-rent. He also purchased rights to an adjacent 100 acre tract. [32]
1738 John Meyer received a patent, on March 24, for the 556 acres that he warranted with Michael Moyer in 1733. [33] [34]
1747 John Meyer purchased, by indenture from Roger Hunt, on May 19, a tract of 146 acres on a branch of Conestoga Creek in Manheim Twp, Lancaster County. The land was next to land of said John Moyer, John Brubaker, and Peter Sware. [35] [36] [37] [38] [39]
1748, John Meyer of Lancaster Twp and his wife Maria Lenhardy sold, on November 22, 140 acres to John Brubaker of Lancaster Twp, Lancaster County. They had warranted the tract on February 15, 1735. [40]
1748 John Meyer, the Elder, and his wife Mary Lenhardy of Lancaster Township sold, on November 22, to their son Christian Meyer of Lancaster County, 250 acres in Earl Township next to John Meyer Jr. The 250 acres was part of the land that was patented on May 2, 1735 to John Meyers. This deed was mentioned in a subsequent deed dated 1792. [41] [42] [43]
1748 John Meyer, the Elder, and his wife Mary Lenhardy of Lancaster Township, sold 150 acres in Earl Township, on November 22, to their son, John Meyer Junior. The 150 acres was part of the land that was patented on May 2, 1735, to John Meyers. [44]
1748 John Meyer, the Elder, and his wife Mary Lenhardy of Lancaster Township sold 100 acres on a branch of Conestoga creek in Earl Twp, on November 22, to John Meyer, the nephew of John Meyer the Elder. The tract was part of the 500 acre patent of May 2, 1735 to John Meyer the Elder. [45]
1754 Hannes and Mary Meyer sold land on Mulberry Street to John George Lutz, on January 30. The deed was witnessed by Abraham Meyer and was affirmed by him in 1874. [46]
1756 John Myer was taxed in Earl Twp, Lancaster County. There were two listings, one for 100 acres and the other for 150 acres. [47]
1759 John Moyer and wife Mary, of Lancaster Twp, Lancaster County, sold 556 acres of land, on September 29, to son John Moyer. John Meyer had warranted the tract in 1733. [48] [49]
1759 John Meyer, yeoman, signed his will on September 29, in Lancaster Twp, Lancaster County. The will was probated on December 27, 1760. The will named wife Mary, who was to live in the newer apartment adjoining the old frame house where son Abraham lived, as well as the orchard and part of the garden. Abraham was to provide Mary with specified amounts of wheat, cider, apple liquor, beef, pork, and firewood. Abraham received including land from the 1734 patent and land purchased from John Brubaker in 1732. Son Jacob Moyer was to receive 50 acres adkoining the tract he had already received, and part of a tract purchased from Moses Musgrove. Son Christian Moyer received 50 acres, part of the 100 acres adjoining land of John Brubaker. Barbara Bare, daughter of Henry Bare by deceased daughter Mary was to receive 150 pounds when she achieved age 18. The residue to be divided among the children: John Moyer, Jacob Moyer, Christian Moyer, Abraham Moyer, and Barbara wife of Henry Smith. Sons Jacob and Abraham Moyer were named executors. [50]. The will was prepared by William Atlee, a well-known attorney who was a burgess of Lancaster from 1770-75 and who was appointed to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in 1777 [51]. An inventory of the estate was signed by Jacob Brubaker and John's son-in-law, Henry Smith. The inventory was valued at 773.17 pounds, most of which was outstanding debt. The inventory included one cow, a copper still, copper kettle, iron kettle, casks and tubs, and 60 gallons of "appel and Bitch (peach) licquor". (In this era, grain was often converted to whiskey prior to transport to market and whiskey was regarded as a product with a standard value, in place of money). John's Holy books were willed to his children. Other household items were listed in the inventory. [52] [53]
John Meyer had built a small apartment for himself and Mary near the main house, and had turned the farm, patented in 1734, over to Abraham, the youngest son, to care for them in their old age. The will named John's wife Mary and left the farm of about 280 acres he patented in 1734 in Lancaster Twp, to his youngest son Abraham.
John Meyer also left the land he bought on December 7, 1732 from John Brubaker to his son Abraham. He also left 50 acres next to his Brubaker land to his son Jacob. Jacob also got 100 acres which his father bought from Moses Musgroves. By will he left 52 acres next to his Brubaker land to his son Christian. He left 150 pounds to his granddaughter Barbara Bear, daughter of "my daughter" Mary, who was deceased and was married to Henry Bare. He named all his children in his will as; John Meyer, Jacob Meyer, Christian Meyer, Abraham Meyer and Barbara the wife of Henry Smith. He named as his executors his sons Jacob and Abraham. [54]
John Meyer, the Elder gave a total of 606 acres in Manheim to his oldest son Jacob, 250 acres in Earl and 50 acres in Manheim to Christian, and 150 acres in Earl to John.
1760 John Meyer died in December and was buried at Hershey-Erisman Graveyard, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. John Meyer was born in 1695. [55] [56]
1761 Son Christian and Mary Moyer of Earl Twp, Lancaster County, sold, on April 11, their 50 acre share of John Moyer's estate to son Jacob. [57]
1793 Jacob Meyer and his wife Anna, of Manheim Twp, gave water rights to their son, Christian, on April 15. The rights were on 100 acres of land in Manheim Twp, Lancaster County, which was purchased by John Meyer, father of Jacob and Christian Meyer, from Roger Hunt who had patented the land on February 15, 1738. John Meyer had bequeathed the land to sons Christian and John in his will dated September 29, 1754, and Christian Meyer had sold his 50 acre share to Jacob Meyer. Adjacent lands of Christian Brubaker, Christian Bomberger, John Meyer, Jacob Meyer Jr, David Meyer, and William Hamilton. Another tract, originally patented by John Meyer on March 24, 1738, had been sold by John and Mary Meyer to their son Jacob on September 29, 1759. [58]
Research Notes:
1729 John, Jacob, Hans, Abraham, and Rudy Mire were named on a list of persons who immigrated from Germany between 1700-1718 [59] [60] [61].
1748 Why was wife Mary named as Mary Lenhardy, rather than simply as Mary, in several deeds?
"John Meyer, also known as Hans, Jr. and John, Jr., was a brother of Hans Conrad. He married Mary Lenhardy. In 1738 he received a patent [62] [63] for 556 acres in Manheim Township not far from the lands of Martin/Michael and of Rudolph Meyer unknown relationship. A deed [64] of April 1, 1825, traces this land from John and Mary Meyer to his son Jacob (122) and wife Anna and then to Jacob Myers (1227) and wife, Maria Bruchaker. His will [65] is dated September 29, 1759. Land amounting to 280½ acres went to Jacob and Anna Myers [66]". [67]
A biosketch has been published. [68]
The ancestry of John Meyer and of wife Mary is uncertain to us. Some researchers have suggested that Maria Lenhardy was a daughter of Sigmund Landart [69], a member of Ephrata Cloister. However, in 1747, John Moyer and wife Maria Lenhardy signed a deed granting land to their son, Christian (apparently at least age 21 at that time). If Maria was the mother of Christian, then she was likely born before 1712. Maria Landart, daughter of Sigmund Landart, was age 11 in 1738 and died at age 48 in 1773, suggesting a birthdate of 1727. If these ages and dates are correct, then Mary Lenhardy, wife of John Moyer is a different person than Maria Landart, daughter of Sigmund Landart.
c 1717? John Meyer married Mary Lenhardy or Landert, possibly the daughter of Sigmund Landert. [70] [71] [72]
1724 An evangelistic meeting for the German Baptist Brethren sect called the German Seventh Day Baptists was held, on November 13, at Isaac Friedrich's house in Lancaster County. John Mayer and his housemate were baptized. A meeting was held the following Sunday at Sigmund Landert's house. Sigmund Landert and his wife asked to be baptized and received into communion. They formed the Conestoga Church, or "Gemeinde", with a congregation of 12, including Sigmund Landert and Johannes Meyer. Meetings were held at the home of Simon (Sigmund?) Landert. At one of the meetings at Sigmund Landert's during December, the question was raised about identifying a spiritual leader. Hans Mayer, perhaps this one, a neighbor of Landert's, rose and pointed to Conrad Beissel as the man-elect chosen by God. Beissel was confirmed as the spiritual leader of the Conestoga Dunkers. [73]
c 1724 John Moyer and his wife, perhaps this couple, were members of the Conestoga congregation of the German baptists. [74]
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