c 1692 Jacob Meyer, son of Hans Mier and Anna Brubaker, was born. [1]
1718 Jacob Moyer is named on the first assessment list for Conestoga, which included all of Lancaster County. [2]
1718 Jacob Moyer was taxed 5 shillings, Conestogoe Rate. [3]
1719 Jacob Moyer was taxed in Conestoga Twp assessment 33 pounds.
1720 Jacob Mayer was taxed in Conestoga Twp assessment 50 pounds. [4]
1755 The will of Jacob Myer, of Conestoga Twp, was dated March 6, with probate date on March 13, 1755. No wife was named. Children were John, Adam, Anna wife of John Kagey, Mary wife of George Seigles, and Isaac. Executors were Peter Worrall and John Kagey. [5] [6]
1758 Peter Worrall of Philadelphia City, Christian Herr of Lancaster County transferred Jacob's 148 acres to John Kagey and John Meyer both of Lancaster County. The will of Jacob Meyer and Pennsylvania land patent A19-271 was mentioned. Dated December 15. [7] [8]
[1] Jane Evans Best, "Meyer Families Update," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 21 (April, 1998), 31-36, at 33, family MC132.
[2] Henry Frank Eshleman, Historic Background and Annals of the Swiss and German pioneer Settlers of Southeastern Pennsylvania (Lancaster, PA: 1917), 205, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[3] William Henry Egle, Notes and Queries Historical Biographical and Genealogical Relating Chiefly to Interior Pennsylvania, Reprint First and Second Series in two Volumes, Vol. 2 (1895), 132, [GoogleBooks].
[4] H. Frank Eshleman, "Assessment Lists and Other Documents of Lancaster County Prior to the year 1729," Historical Papers and Addresses of the Lancaster County Historical Society 21, No.7 (1916), 155-194, at 167, [HathiTrust].
[5] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Meyer D132, [Website].
[6] Jane Evans Best, "Meyer Families Update," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 21 (April, 1998), 31-36, at 33, family MC132.
[7] Recorder of Deeds, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book A3, 510-514, [510], [511], [512], [513], [514], [FHLCatalog].
[8] Pennsylvania Land Patent, A19-271, [PAPatentBookLinks].