c 1702 Abraham Meyer, perhaps a son of Hans Mier and Anna Brubaker, was born. [1] [2]
1724-1727 Abraham Meyer was taxed at Conestoga in 1724 and 1727 near Hans Meyer, Durs Eby, Hans Henry Bair and Hans Graff. [3]
1726 Abraham Meyer signed a road petition. [4]
1728 Abraham Meyer, perhaps this one, signed the oath of allegiance to King George of England to be naturalized in Pennsylvania, which allowed him to hold land as a citizen. He was on the list of Mennonites. [5]
1729 Abraham Meyer was naturalized in 1729, likely immigrated prior to 1718. [6] [7]
1729-1739 Abraham Meyer died. [8] [9]
1739 Abraham Meyer was not alive when his brothers and sisters sold his father's land to Casper Loughman in 1739. [10]
Research Notes:
DNA [11]
[1] Jane Evans Best, "Meyer Families Update," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 21 (April, 1998), 31-36, at 33, family MC137.
[2] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Meyer D 136, suggests c 1702, [Website].
[3] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Meyer D 136, [Website].
[4] Jane Evans Best, "Meyer Families Update," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 21 (April, 1998), 31-36, at 33, family MC137.
[5] Barbara L. Weir and Laurie A. Roffini, "German Qualification for Naturalization in Pennsylvania, 1728," Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 37 (1991), 367-373, at 371, [AmericanAncestors].
[6] Jane Evans Best, "Meyer Families Update," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 21 (April, 1998), 31-36, at 33, family MC137.
[7] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Meyer D 136, [Website].
[8] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Meyer D 136, [Website].
[9] Jane Evans Best, "Meyer Families Update," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 21 (April, 1998), 31-36, at 33, family MC137.
[10] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Meyer D 136, [Website].
[11] The family tree of a person who has a DNA match to Robert suggests a lineage to this sibling of Robert's ancestor. The lineage is through a descendant shown on our website, [Link].