We are researching the ancestors of Christina Minier, spouse of John Brenizer.
Research Notes:
1731 Christian Minier (age 28), David Minier, and John George Minier (age 26) immigrated from Michelfeld in the Northern Kraichgau, Germany [1]. The Brenizers were from Adelshofen, Eppingen, Germany and all three of these Minier immigrants were from Michelfeld Lutheran Church in Dühren, Baden-Württemberg, Germany [2]. Michelfeld and Adelshofen are about 11 km apart.
1737 Hans George Minnir patented land on Tulpehoken Creek in Heidelberg Twp, Berks County in 1737. [3] [4]. The land was adjacent to Jost Hetrig [survey A46-78] and Michael Keiser [survey C107-139] [5]. The warrant was adjacent to Jacob Senseback and Hans Adam Shroff [6].
1742 Hans George Minhear patented land on Tulpehoken Creek in Heidelberg Twp, Berks County in 1742 next to his own land and land of Jacob Sensebach. [7] [8] [9] [10]
1743 Frederick Meener patented land in Donegal Twp, Lancaster County. The land was surveyed for Jacob Eversohl in right of Frederick Menart. Land was next to John Longenecker, James Allison, Jacob Boyer, Peter Root, Martin Haisey, and John Nell. [11] [12] [13]
1749 On 29 January, George Mineer was granted 50 acres adjoining Joseph Hetrick in Heidelberg Twp, Lancaster County. [14] [15]
1756 George Minier did not appear on the tax list Heidelberg Twp, Berks County. [16]
1779 In December, George Minier died, perhaps in Heidelberg Twp, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
[1] Annette Kunselman Burgert, Eighteenth Century Emigrants From German-Speaking Lands to North America, Vol. 1: The Northern Kraichgau (1983), 260.
[2] Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online Dühren_(Baden-W%FCrttemberg,_Germany), content subject to change, [GlobalAnabaptistEncyclopedia].
[3] Pennsylvania Land Warrant, Lancaster County, M75, [PALandWarrantLinks].
[4] Pennsylvania Land Patent, AA3-526, [PAPatentBookLinks].
[5] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, A5-282, [PASurveyBookLinks].
[6] Pennsylvania, Land Warrants and Applications, 1733-1952, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[7] Pennsylvania Land Warrant, Lancaster County, M277, [PALandWarrantLinks].
[8] Pennsylvania Land Patent, AA3-526, [PAPatentBookLinks].
[9] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, C122-216, [PASurveyBookLinks].
[10] Pennsylvania, Land Warrants and Applications, 1733-1952, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[11] Pennsylvania Land Warrant, Lancaster County, M286, [PALandWarrantLinks].
[12] Pennsylvania Land Patent, AA13-444, [PAPatentBookLinks].
[13] Pennsylvania Archives Land Office Survey, C166-83, [PASurveyBookLinks].
[14] Pennsylvania, Land Warrants and Applications, 1733-1952, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[15] Pennsylvania Land Warrant, Lancaster County, M540, [PALandWarrantLinks].
[16] Israel Daniel Rupp, Von Gail Hamilton, History of the Counties of Berks and Lebanon (1844), 191, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].