1721 Jacob Meyer was born on March 29. [1] [2]
1720 Addey Erisman was born about this time. [3]
Jacob Meyer and Addie Erisman were married. [4] [5]
1751 Jacob Miyer, Christian Myer, Martin Myer, Michael Myer Sn'r, and Jacob Brubaker were taxed in Manheim Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [6]
1755 John Newcomer and wife Elizabeth, Jacob Brubaker and wife Susanna, and Christian Hershey and wife Maria), the wives being daughters of Christian Stoneman, deceased, sold land to Jacob Moyre of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Dated January 13, 1755. The same day, Jacob Moyre and wife Addy sold the land to Christian Hershey. [7]
1755 Jacob Moyre and wife Addy of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, sold land to Christian Hershey. Dated January 13, 1755. The land was five undivided seventh parts of a 200 acre tract in Manor bounded by lands of the heirs of Christian Stoneman deceased and lands of Overholtz and of George Kendrecks. The land had been granted to Jacob Moyer by John Newcomer and wife Elizabeth, Jacob Brubaker and wife Susanna, Christian Hershey and wife Maria (Elizabeth, Susanna, and Maria being daughters of Christian Stoneman deceased) on January 7, 1755. Christian Stoneman had bought the land from Michael Baughman and wife Katherine in two deeds dated 27 December, 1740 and 27 September, 1741. [8]
1756 Jacob Mier, Christoffel Myer, Christe Myer, and Martin Myer were taxed in Manheim Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [9] [10]
1756 Jacob Meyer, Stephen, Samuel, and Martin Meyer [Myre Myer] lived in what was later known as Oregon in Manheim Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Jacob and Samuel were smiths and owned about 100 acres each. [11]
1757 Jacob Meyer, Christoffel Myer, [12] and Martin Myer, Michael Myer, Chris't Myer, Sam'l Myer [13] were taxed in Manheim Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
1758 Martin Mier, Samuel Mier, Christian Mier, Jacob Mier were taxed in Manheim Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [14]
1759 Father John Moyer and his wife Mary of Lancaster Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, sold to son Jacob Moyer, 556 acres of land that John Meyer had patented on March 24, 1738 and recorded on January 19, 1740/41 (Patent A10-194) [15]. Dated September 29. [16] [17]
1759 Martin Mier (150 acres), Samuel Mier (smith, 20 acres), Christian Mier (110 acres), Jacob Mier (400 acres) were taxed in Manheim Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [18]
Jacob Moyer married, second, Anna.
1760 Jacob Meyer, yeoman of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and his wife Anna and other heirs of Melchior Erisman, sold to Jacob Erisman, their shares of a tract on Little Conestoga Creek. Jacob Meyer was an heir due to his prior marriage to Addey Erisman, deceased. Dated July 25. [19]
1761 Brother Christian Moyer and his wife Mary of Earl Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania sold land to Jacob Moyer, of Manheim Twp. Dated April 11. The land was part of a 146 acre tract on a branch of Conestoga Creek in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, that their father John Moyer had purchased from Roger Hunt on May 19, 1747, 100 acres of which John had willed to Christian and Jacob (50 acres each) in his will dated September 29, 1759 (which stated that the land was purchased of Moses Musgrove). Christian Moyer and wife Mary sold their share to Jacob. The tract of 146 acres was adjacent to land of John Brubaker and Peter Sware. [20]
1761 Martin Mier (150 acres), Samuel Mier (smith, 20 acres), Christian Mier (100 acres), Jacob Mier (400 acres) were taxed in Manheim Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [21]
1763 Martin Myer, Samuel Myer, Christian Myer, Jacob Myer, and Abraham Myer were taxed in Manheim Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [22]
1766 Martin Myer, Samuel Myer, Christian Myer, Jacob Myer, and Abraham Myer were taxed in Manheim Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [23]
1767 Jacob Meyer and Ann; of Manheim Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; sold [24] 30 acres in Manheim Twp back to Valentine Metzler that they had purchased the same day for 183 pounds [25] from Valentine Metzler and other heirs of Jacob Neasley, deceased. Dated March 24. The tract had been held by Jacob Neasly, deceased by deed. [26]
1768 Martin Myer, Samuel Myer, Christian Myer, Jacob Myer were taxed in Manheim Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [27]
1769 Jacob Myer, of Manheim Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, purchased 72 acres of land adjacent to land of his own and his brother Christian, from Joseph Galloway of Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Dated February 15. [28] [29]
1769 Martin Myer, Samuel Myer, Christian Myer, Jacob Myer were taxed in Manheim Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [30]
1770 Martin Myer, Samuel Myer, Christian Myer, Jacob Myer were taxed in Manheim Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [31]
1771 Jacob Myer was taxed in Manheim Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania for 600 acres, 6 horses, and 15 cattle. [32]
1772 Jacob Myer was taxed for 4 pounds 10 shillings in Manheim Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania for 100 acres clear, 500 acres woodland, 6 horses, 20 sheep, and 15 cattle. [33] [34] [35]
1773 Jacob Mayer was taxed in Manheim Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania for 450 acres, 4 horses, and 12 cattle. [36] [37]
1777 Jacob Meyer and Samuel Mayer were listed as non-associators in Manheim Twp. [38]
1777 Anna Meyer reportedly died in March, 1777. [39] [40]
1779 Jacob Meyer was listed on the septennial census in 1779 in Manheim Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [41]
1779 There were two tax listings for Jacob Mayer as landowners in Manheim Twp, one with 250 acres, 7 horses, and 9 cattle and one with 100 acres. Jacob Mayer was taxed in Manheim Twp for 2 horses and 1 cattle. Jacob Mayer Jr was also listed. [42] [43] John Meyer [Myer] was taxed as a freeman. [44] [45]
1781 Jacob Mayer was taxed in Manheim Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania for 500 acres, 6 horses, 6 cattle, 2 stills. Jacob Mayer, smith was also taxed. [46]
1782 Jacob Mayer was taxed in Manheim Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania for 420 acres, 5 horses, and 9 cattle. [47]
1783 Jacob Mayer was taxed in Manheim Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania for 300 acres, 4 horses, 9 cattle, 15 sheep, 1 still. Jacob Mayer, smith was also taxed. [48]
1785 Jacob Mayer was taxed in Manheim Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania for 300 acres, 5 horses, 7 cattle, 2 stills. Jacob Mayer, smith was also taxed. [49]
1786 Jacob Mayer was taxed in Manheim Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania for 300 acres, 5 horses, 9 cattle. Another Jacob Mayer, was taxed for 100 acres. [50]
1790 Jacob Meyer lived in Manheim Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania with 6 males and 3 females in the household. Jacob Meyer Jr lived nearby. [51] [52] Samuel, Christian Jr, and John Meyer; and Christian Brubaker and Christian Bomberger were listed on the same page of the census.
1793 Jacob Myer, of Manheim Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, valued and appraised his estate with explicit amounts to each of his children: Barbara Bear, John Myer, Abraham Myer, Anna Smith, Mary Shenk, Christian Myer, Jacob Myer, Martin Myer, and David Myer. Son John was given 150 pounds beforehand which included 100 pounds of his mother's portion. Signed by Jacob Myer as agreeable with his will and last testament and witnessed by John Huber and Abraham Brubaker. Dated October 8 or 10. Exhibited into the registers office at Lancaster on January 11, 1794 with signatures of the executors Christian Meyer and Jacob Brubarger (German). [Photocopy] Administration, page 1. [Photocopy] Administration, page 2.
1793 On April 15, Jacob Meyer Senior and his wife Anna Meyer of Manheim Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, sold 190 acres of land to their son, Jacob Meyer Junior. The land was part of the 556 acre tract that Jacob Meyer Senior had purchased from his father John Meyer in 1759. Water rights through a meadow were granted to son Christian. [53] [54]
1793 On April 15, Jacob and Anna Meyer of Manheim Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, sold land to their son, Christian. The land was next to land of Christian Brubacher, Christian Bomberger, John Meyer, Jacob Meyer Junior, David Meyer, and William Hamilton. The land was part of a 146 acre tract originally patented to Roger and Hester Hunt in 1738 [55]. The Hunts had sold the land to John Meyer, father of Jacob, on May 19, 1747. John Meyer was father to Jacob and Christian and bequeathed the land to them equally, 50 acres each, in his will dated September 29, 1759. Christian sold his share to Jacob on April 11, 1761 [56] Another tract was patented by father John and wife Mary Meyer on March 24, 1738 [57] and sold to Jacob on September 29, 1759 [58] Christian was given rights to water from David Meyer's spring. [59]
1793 On April 15, Jacob and Anna Meyer of Manheim Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, sold land in Manheim Twp, Lancaster County, to one of their sons, John. The land was next to land of Jacob and Adam Wilhelm, Jacob Kauffman, Samuel Meyer, Jacob Meyer Junior, and Christian Meyer. The land was part of a 146 acre tract patented to Roger Hunt on 15 February, 1738 [60]. Roger and Hester Hunt sold the land to John Meyer on May 19, 1747. John was father to Jacob and Christian and bequeathed the land to them equally, 50 acres each, in his will dated September 29, 1759. Christian sold his share to Jacob on April 11, 1761 [61]. Another tract was patented by father John Meyer on 24 March 1738 [62] and was sold by John and wife Mary Meyer to Jacob on September 29, 1759 [63]. Jacob signed in German and Anna made her mark. [64]
1793 Jacob Meyer's will was dated July 24, 1793, in Manheim Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and was proved January 11, 1794. Wife Anna [65] was given her choice of living in the house known by the name "weaving house" with the upper part of the cellar above the spring-house, or she could choose to live with son Christian in a room that he should build for her. Son Jacob was to provide a riding horse to wife Anna. The servant girl Dise was to serve the remainder of her time before her freedom serving Anna and son Jacob. First born son John was named. Children were named as John [66], Barbara [67], Abraham [68], Anna [69], Christian [70], Jacob [71], Mary [72], Martin [73], and David Meyer [74]. Abraham was named as deceased with children Anna, Jacob, and Abraham Meyer. The children by his first wife were named as John, Barbara, and Abraham (deceased). Witnessed by Abraham Brubaker and Bentz Hershe. The will was executed by son Christian Meyer and friend Jacob Brubacker in Manheim Twp on January 11, 1794. On January 11, 1794, John Huber and Abraham Brubaker attested to their signatures as witnesses to a codicil. [75] [76] [77]
1794 Jacob Mayer of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, deeded 150 acres called "Land of Promise" to [daughter] Barbara Behr. Deed dated August 28. As described in a subsequent deed dated March 10, 1795 in Washington County, Maryland. [78]
1794 Jacob Meyer reportedly died on November 4, 1793. [79]
1794 On December 3, Jacob Myer's heirs (Martin, Mary, and Anna) "deed" 521 acres to Martin Gryder. " … all that part of a tract of land lying and being in Washington County called The Land of Promise originally on the twenty eighth day of August seventeen hundred and ninety four conveyed by Jacob Meyer of Lancaster County and State of Pennsylvania to her the aforesaid Barbara Behr for one hundred and fifty acres …" [80] [81]
1795 On March 10, Martin Grider deeds back to Martin Behr the 150 acres of "The Land of Promise". [82]
1797 On June 6, four of Jacob's children or their spouses recorded deeds for land in Washington County, Maryland that Jacob Meyer had sold to them. The land tract was called "Land of Promise". The people involved, all of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, were Daniel Smith (husband of Anna), Martin Meyer, Henry Shenk (husband of Mary), and Martin Barr (husband of Barbara). [83]
Research Notes:
Some researchers have named Anna Ebersole, daughter of Johannes Ebersole and Ann Haldiman, as the second wife of Jacob Meyer. [84] [85] [86] [87] However, Anna, daughter of Jost Ebersole and Ann Haldiman [88], was a spinster in 1806 and was married to Jacob Mayer by 1825, so she could not be the spouse of this Jacob named in a 1760 deed.
Researchers have variously reported Jacob Meyer's second wife to be Ann Guth, Anna Ebersole, or Anna Burkholder. We welcome evidence or information about Anna's identity.
A biosketch reported [89]:
Jacob Meyer, Sr., of Manheim amassed a huge fortune by Lancaster standards of his time. In addition to the 656 acres of land he inherited from his father and later divided among three of his sons, he purchased plantations for the other five surviving sons and daughters, and compensated the children of Abraham [the son that predeceased Jacob] with generous provisions of cash and moveables. These tracts varied in size and value, but Jacob maintained accounts of the land, moveables and other expenses advanced to each child, to ensure an equitable distribution of his estate. Those whose inheritance was less than the value of their real estate and other advances, signed bonds for the balance owed the estate, to be paid at the rate of £50 per year (page 59).
A newspaper article reported [90]:
Jacob was the second of 6 children and probably was the first one in his family to be born in North America. He was born in 1721 and there was nothing here but primitive wilderness, Indians, and a few settlers. Since there were but few white people, there was no need for government but that all changed as more Europeans immigrated to the area. Lancaster county was erected in 1729 when Jacob was 8 years old. The chartering of Lancaster Borough did not take place until 1742 when he was in his 20s. The idea of building a town in that location seemed odd since there was no running water. Water would have to be piped from the Connestoga. The only problem was that there was a large swamp between what is now Lancaster and the river. Many wild beasts, including wolves, inhabited the swamp. He would have seen the town grow and develop and perhaps do business there. Whites and Indians had gotten along pretty well but there had been a few hostilities. In 1744 a Treaty was signed with the Indians. It has been said the Mennonites and Quakers got along fairly well with the Indians but the Irish and others feared for their safety. They wanted to migrate and develop the area west of the Susquehanna River and the Indians were in the way. During December 1763 a band of 57 Scot Presbyterians from the Paxtang area, near Harrisburg, decided to kill all the remaining Indians in the area. There was a Conestoga Indian town in Manor Township whose residents were known to be peaceable. The group killed everyone in the Indian town. The remaining Indians were taken to the Lancaster Jail for their protection. The jail and court yard was located on Prince and King Streets in Lancaster. Part of the original jail house wall is contained in the Fulton Opera House. Just after Christmas, on December 27, 1763, while local residents were in church, the gang returned and broke into the jail. They slaughtered everyone there. The local residents were very upset over these events. The gang was never brought to justice. On September 27, 1777 Lancaster served as the capital of the United States. George Washington visited Lancaster in 1773 and 1791. During his lifetime, Jacob probably witnessed more change to the area and the country than any generation since.
A newspaper article reported [91]:
John was named the oldest son in his father's (Jacob's) will. He probably settled in the Mount Joy area because more settlers were moving into the region of his father's plantation which was along the Conestoga River (then called creek) and the town of Lancaster was growing. He was 27 when his son, Henry, was born. Henry was born in 1777 in East Donegal Township so John moved to the region sometime before then. There was nothing in the area but plantations and several hotel/taverns in which teamsters and their Conestoga wagons stopped on their way through to Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and other towns of commerce. On the west shore of the Chiques creek stood a tavern known as "Big Chiques Tavern". Officers and men gathered there during the American Revolution since it was located on the old continental highway over which the mail was then carried on a horse and there semi-monthly did the Post Man stop to deliver letters on his western trip. People from the country around, far and near, would be there to get the news and read their letters to each other. Many were sad sincethey revealed who was wounded or taken prisoner during the Revolutionary War. The old tavern was the headquarters and sleeping place for the army officers. After the battle of Brandywine and massacre of Paoli, there was an encampment in the area. It was selected because there was plenty of water, wood, and only a little distance from a blacksmith shop. During the period, General Washington visited with a number of the officers and held a meeting in the tavern. It was a secret meeting and a copy of the minutes were hid in the hotel. Years later, they were found within a wall and given to the Masonic Lodge in Lancaster. During the period, the area that comprises Mount Joy was mostly woods, and frog ponds. There were but 20 houses, two taverns, one at each end of town, two blacksmith ships, one store, one tailor and one shoemaker shop, but no schoolhouse or church. The only place were public worship was held occasionally, was in a house put up by the Leaders from the Presbyterian Church, and was called "Log Hall". It stood near the bank of the Little Chiques creek and met one hundred yards from the Route 230 bridge. When peace was proclaimed, every house in town front and back streets, and wherever there was a window large and small, up and down, back and front all was lit up. To make the illumination complete and cap the climax, a scaffold suspended by chains, high up on some trees, very near to where the Presbyterian church stands. The floor of the scaffold was graveled and sand and a large tar barrel with tar in it, was placed on it and set fire. It was a beautiful site, sending its light all over the town. If John Meyer and his family did not take part, they would have been able to see the light in the sky from their plantation which was about a mile away on Pinkerton Road. A friendship was developed between John and Anna and their neighbors, Philip and Anna Maria Brenner. Later, John's son, Henry, married Phil's daughter Barbara. Henry and Barbara had twelve children. All 5 sons had the middle name of Brenner. John and Anna are buried on the same plot at Philip and Anna Maria Brenner. Several of John and Anna's children are buried there too. The eastern end of the town was laid out by Jacob Rohrer in 1812. John died 9 years later on Dec. 2, 1821, so he did not see much development of the area. He died at age 71 and was buried at the Cross Roads Cemetery. He had no will and the sheriff came from Lancaster to determine whether the plantation could be divided between the sons without spoiling the value of the property. By March, the decision was made to divide the property between Henry, the oldest son, and John.
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