Born before in Baumholder, Birkenfeld, Rheinland-Pfalz, Heiliges Römisches Reich
Daughter of [father unknown] and Anna Catherina Hornberger
[uncertain]
Sister of
Johann Franz Albert
Wife of
Nicholas Meyer
— married
17 Nov 1743 in Trinity Church, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Descendants 
Mother of
Johannes (Meyers) Meyer, Nicholas Meyer, Mary (Meyer) Weaver, Susannah (Meyer) Albert, Ludwig Myers, Jacob Myers, David Meyer, William Meyer, Elizabeth (Meyer) Miller and Johan Philip (Meyer) Myer
Died about
after about age 62
in Mud Run, Adams, Pennsylvania
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Nov 2017
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Biography
Anna Margaretha Albert/Albrecht is believed to have been born in 1727, in what is today Germany and baptised on 20 Jul 1727 in Eckersweiler, Rhinelland.[1][2]. She may be a daughter of Hans Sebastian Albert/Albrech (1690- ) and Anna Catharine Hornberger (~1690- ), from Eckersweiler. They were married 7 Mar 1713, in Baumholder[3] and are believed to have arrived in Philadelphia on 3 Sep 1739 in Philadelphia, aboard the ship Loyal Judith [see research notes].
Anna Margaretha is said to have married "PHILIP NICLAUS MEYER" / "Nicholas Myers" on 17 November 1743 at Trinity Church, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, although no source has been identified to confirm this, and it conflicts with a biography of Nicholas Myers which gives that he and his wife were married before they arrived in Pennsylvania.[4]
She is believed to have died in Feb 1787 and been buried in the Lower Bermudian Lutheran Church Cemetery, Latimore Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania. No grave has been identified but the Findagrave entry includes an image of an old, highly-eroded headstone which may possibly be hers.[5]
Research Notes
Earlier version of the profile, now merged :
- showed a death year of 1790. Image of (possible) headstone at FindAGrave is illegible.
- recorded her first name as Christina. There is no evidence that she ever used this name, all available documentation refers to her as Anna Margaretha. She has possible been confused with a Christina Mayer who was in Adams around the same time.
- identified her as possibly the daughter of Hans Sebastian Albert and Margaretha Schmitt. This can not be correct as they were reported to have been born c.1718, and would not have had a child born in 1727. They are believed to have arrived in Philadelphia aboard the Loyal Judith on Sep 3, 1739, and Anna Margaretha may have been a relative of some sort.
Arriving in Philadelphia 3 Sept 1739, aboard the Loyal Judith:
- Johann Michell Albert, age 20
- Bastian Albert
- William Albert
- Johann Frantz Alberd
But note that there were many others with that surname that arrived on other ships, including:[6]
- the ship Brittania 21 Sep 1731
- the ship Samuel 11 Aug 1732
- the ship Glasgow 9 Sep 1735
- the ship Phoenix 22 Nov 1752
- the ship Edinburgh 14 Sept 1753
- the ship Phoenix 1 Oct 1754
Sources
- ↑ Reformed Lutheran Church books in Baumholder
- ↑ The Western Palatinate, Vol 11, by Annette K. Burgert
- ↑ See his profile and list of 14 children baptized at Baumholder, Birkenfeld at Strausstown Roots
- ↑ History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania p.498. Chicago; Warner, Beers (1886). Viewed at https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/54120-history-of-cumberland-and-adams-counties-pennsylvania
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28167551/anna-margaret-meyer : accessed 26 November 2021), memorial page for Anna Margaret Albert Meyer (20 Jul 1727–1790), Find A Grave: Memorial #28167551, citing Lower Bermudian Lutheran Church Cemetery, Latimore Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Nancy (Clayton) Phillips (contributor 47008554) .
- ↑ See: My Albert Line, by Carl Bert Albert, pp. 51-51 Full Text at Archive
See also :
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 14 April 2018, 18:13), entry for Anna Margaretha Albert(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L6QT-WK8); contributed by various users.
- Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Year: 1731; Page Number: . Ancestry.com :
- Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Church Records Ancestry.com
- Pennsylvania, Revolutionary War Battalions and Militia Index, 1775-1783 Ancestry.com
- Pennsylvania, Septennial Census, 1779-1863 Ancestry.com
- Ancestry.com. Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
- Strausstown Roots
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Anna by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Anna:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Anna by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Anna:
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~0.78%
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Categories: Lower Bermudian Lutheran Church Cemetery, Latimore Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania
I believe her LNAB should be Albrecht (or possibly Albert) and not Dierdorff.
There is also a Hannah Dierdorff of Reading, only a few miles away, who definitely did marry a Nicholas Myers, although (one again) it's not clear which Nicholas she married. I wonder if the two women have been conflated in this profile, and need to be disentangled.