1749 The heirs of Michael Meiser, deceased, of Heidelberg Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania settled ownership of a tract of land from the estate, by deed, dated November 23. The heirs were eldest son John George Meiser, Michael Meiser, Henry Hoffman and wife Elizabeth, Jost Hoffman and wife Mary Margaret, Frederick Wolfertsberger and wife Ann. The Orphans Court of Lancaster County, on fifth of May last past, the petition of John George Meiser then a minor by guardian George Miller, Henyry Meiser then a minor by guardian Michael Breght, John Meiser a minor by guardian Valentine Herekleroad, and Adam Meiser a minor by said Valentine Herekleroad, the said Henry Hoffman and Elizabeth his wife, the said Jost Hoffman and Mary Margaret his wife, and of Margaret Meiser and Magdalena Meiser also minors by their guardian Valentine Herekleroad, and the said Ann then a minor by guardian Nicholas Swingel, the said Michael, Henry, John, Adam, Elizabeth, Mary Margaret, Magdalene, and Ann being also children of the said Michael Meiser deceased. The petition set forth that their father died with 128 acres in Heidelberg Twp in two tracts. Eldest son John George Meiser chose to take only one of the two shares and paid the other heirs for that share. [1]
1751 John George Hoffman, son of Henry and [sister] Elizabeth Hoffman, was baptized on July 6, with sponsors Anna and John George Meiser, at the Millbach Reformed church in Lebanon County. [2]
1753 George Mieser was named on the tax list for Heidelberg Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [3] [4]
1771 John George Meiser, son of Henry Meiser and Anna Maria Meiser, was born on December 26. He was baptized on June 7, 1772 at the Millbach Reformed Congregation, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, with sponsors George and Catharine Meiser. [5]
1772 Geo Miser was taxed for 50 acres cleared land, 50 acres woodland, 2 horses, and 2 cows, in Heidelberg Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [6]
1773 Geo Miser was taxed in Heidelberg Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [7]
1773 Geo Miser Junior was taxed in Heidelberg Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [8]
1779 George Meiser, George Meiser Junior, and John Meiser were each taxed for 128 acres in Heidelberg Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [9]
George Meiser was shown as a landowner in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. [10]
[1] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed M-26 to 28, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[2] Millbach Reformed Congregation, 1747-1875, Lebanon County, [AncestryRecords].
[3] Israel Daniel Rupp, Von Gail Hamilton, History of the Counties of Berks and Lebanon (1844), 343, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[4] Genweb Lebanon 1753, tax list, [URL].
[5] Millbach Reformed Congregation, 1747-1875, Lebanon County, [AncestryRecords].
[6] Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[7] Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[8] Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[9] Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[10] Pennsylvania Archives, Township Connected Warrant Map (large download), See tract 5 in the connected map, [PAConnectedWarrantMaps].