Research Notes:
c 1717 Hans Meyer was born. [1] [2]
Hans Meyer married Anna. [3]
1748 Hans Meyer's father sold him land in Earl Township next to his brother Christian and cousin John in 1748. [4]
1759 Earhart Cless sold 150 acres of land in Lancaster County to John Myer of Earl Twp, Lancaster County. Dated April 2, 1759. Recorded 29 May, 1791. The land was originally patented by Hans Good and wife Mary on August 20, 1740 (Patent A9-208)[5]
1787 Hans Meyer died intestate in 1787 in Earl Township. [6] [7]
John Meyer died intestate and left lands to son Christian Meyer (his only son), daughter Anna wife of Jseph Hoffer, the children of deceased daughter Barbara, and Magdalena intermarried with Yenowine. [8]
1789 The will of John Meyer of Earl Twp, Lancaster County, perhaps this John Meyer, was proved on February 11. Christian Meyer and John Meyer were named executors. [9]
1789 The Lancaster County Orphan's Court ordered that son Christian Meyer should pay the other heirs for their share of the valuation of the land. Dated July 14. [10]
1792 Christian Meyer (son of this John) and his wife Magdalena, sold 45 acres of land in Earl Twp to Michael Good, weaver on April 6. The land was next to land of Emich Rudy, and to land granted on the same day to Jacob Good, and to Horseshoe Road. The land was part of the tract that John Myer (father of Christian) had purchased from Erhart Cless. The other heirs of John were also named, as in the 1794 Deed SS-551. [11]
1794 The heirs of John Meyer (perhaps this John), were named in a deed, dated November 26. "Whereas the said John Meyer died intestate siezed in fee of ... certain plantations and tracts of land situate in Earl and Leacock townships ... described as follows ... beginning at a hickory at a corner of a tract of land granted by John Meyer the Elder (perhaps father of this John) to John Meyer (perhaps a nephew of this John, son of brother Christian) and extending ... to land of Christian Meyer ...". The four tracts of land in Earl and Leacock Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania were sold to John's oldest son son Christian Meyer and his wife Magdalena, upon his payment to the other heirs, following an evaluation of the estate ordered by the Orphans' Court on 14 July 1789. The heirs included John's children oldest son Christian; Anna Hoffer wife of Joseph Hoffer; deceased Barbara Good wife of deceased Henry Good and their children Jacob Good, Michael Good, Anna the wife of Andrew Deig, Henry Good, Magdalena Good, and Abraham Good. [12]
Hans Meyer was a Mennonite minister. [13]
There may be some ambiguity distinguishing the children of John Meyer, son of brother Christian, as children of this John Meyer. [14]
[1] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Meyer D1331, [Website].
[2] Jane Evans Best, "Meyer Families Update," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 21 (April, 1998), 31-36, at 33, family MC1331.
[3] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Meyer D1331, [Website].
[4] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Meyer D1331, [Website].
[5] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed II-648 to 650, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[6] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Meyer D1331, [Website].
[7] Jane Evans Best, "Meyer Families Update," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 21 (April, 1998), 31-36, at 33, family MC1331.
[8] Recorder of Deeds, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book C3, 64-70, [64], [65], [66], [67], [68], [69], [70], [FHLCatalog].
[9] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, Lancaster, Will F-95, [FamilySearchImage].
[10] Recorder of Deeds, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book C3, 64-70, at 65, [64], [65], [66], [67], [68], [69], [70], [FHLCatalog].
[11] Recorder of Deeds, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book C3, 64-70, [64], [65], [66], [67], [68], [69], [70], [FHLCatalog].
[12] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed SS-551 to 553, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[13] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Meyer D1331, [Website].
[14] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Meyer D1331, [Website].