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Notes for Jacob Meyer and Mary Brubaker

Research Notes:

1766 Jacob Meyer, son of Jacob Mayer and Anna, was born on August 3. [1] [2]

Jacob Meyer and Mary Brubaker were married. [3] [4]

Jacob Mayer was a preacher [5]. The tax records below suggest there were two Jacob Myers living in Manheim Twp at the same time, one a smith and the other a farmer. Which, if either, was the son of Jacob? Who was the other one?

1785 Jacob Mayer was taxed in Manheim Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania for 300 acres, 5 horses, and 7 cattle. Jacob Mayer, smith, was taxed in Manheim Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania for 100 acres, 2 horses, and 2 cattle. [6]

1798 Jacob Myer, smith (occupied by Abraham Winger), was taxed for old log barn (32x26 feet) in Manheim Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [7] [8] [9] Jacob Myer, smith (occupied by Abraham Wenger), was taxed for old log barn (40x25 feet), adjacent to David Myer and Christian Grubs, in Manheim Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [10]

1798 Jacob Myer, farmer, was taxed for a stone house (30x34 feet), kitchen (15x15 feet), and a spring house (22x10 feet) in Manheim Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Dated October 5. [11]

1798 Jacob Myer was taxed for a stone barn (90x33 feet), old log barn (60x30 feet), and still house (18x22 feet) adjacent to John Myer and Christian Myer, in Manheim Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [12]

1820 Jacob Myers (age 45+) lived in Manheim Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [13]

1821 Jacob Mayer died on September 3. [14]

1846 Maria Brubacher Mayer died on April 11. [15]


Footnotes:

[1] M. Robert B. Klinger and Jacqueline O. Klinger, "The Ancestry and Some Descendants of Henry E Meyers (1813-1901)," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 10 (October 1987), 12-16, at 15, person 1227.

[2] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Meyer D13326, [Website].

[3] M. Robert B. Klinger and Jacqueline O. Klinger, "The Ancestry and Some Descendants of Henry E Meyers (1813-1901)," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 10 (October 1987), 12-16, at 15, person 1227.

[4] Dorothy Adams, Myers History: some descendants of Hans Meier of Pequea, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (1987), 46, [GoogleBooks].

[5] M. Robert B. Klinger and Jacqueline O. Klinger, "The Ancestry and Some Descendants of Henry E Meyers (1813-1901)," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 10 (October 1987), 12-16, at 10, person 1227, left column.

[6] Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[7] Pennsylvania, U.S. Direct Tax Lists, 1798, particular list A, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[8] Pennsylvania, U.S. Direct Tax Lists, 1798, particular list A, line 100, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[9] Pennsylvania, U.S. Direct Tax Lists, 1798, list D, line 87, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[10] Pennsylvania, U.S. Direct Tax Lists, 1798, Particular List B, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[11] Pennsylvania, U.S. Direct Tax Lists, 1798, Particular List A, last entry, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[12] Pennsylvania, U.S. Direct Tax Lists, 1798, Particular List B, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[13] US census, 1820, Reel 0106, Image 70, top page, line 9, [InternetArchive].

[14] M. Robert B. Klinger and Jacqueline O. Klinger, "The Ancestry and Some Descendants of Henry E Meyers (1813-1901)," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 10 (October 1987), 12-16, at 15, person 1227.

[15] M. Robert B. Klinger and Jacqueline O. Klinger, "The Ancestry and Some Descendants of Henry E Meyers (1813-1901)," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 10 (October 1987), 12-16, at 15, family 1227.