Johannes
(John)
Meyer
Born in Springfield Twsp, Bucks County, PA
Ancestors 
Son of Peter Meyer
and Magdelena (Clemmer) Meyer
Brother of
Unknown Meyer, Unknown Meyer, Barbara (Moyer) Detweiler, Elizabeth (Meyer) Kulp, Christian Meyer, Jacob (Meyer) Moyer, Henry Meyer, William (Meyer) Moyer, Mary (Meyer) Funk, Abraham Meyer and Isaac (Meyer) Moyer
Husband of
Elizabeth (Detweiler) Moyer
— married
1779 in Franconia, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Mary D. Moyer, Peter D. Moyer, William Moyer, Jacob Detweiler Moyer, Susan Detwiler (Moyer) Nyce, Elizabeth Moyer, John D. Moyer and Jonas D. Moyer
Died
at age 75
in Franconia Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania
Profile last modified
| Created 29 May 2011
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Biography
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN MEYER SON OF REV PETER MEYER
II John Meyer, born in Springfield township, Bucks Co., Pa., Nov. 2, 1757 ; died Aug. 28, 1833 ; married Elizabeth Detweiler. After marriage they removed to the old Detweiler homestead in Montgomery county. The old homestead was a large log cabin that was built before the Revolutionary war. It was used as a meetinghouse before the Franconia meetinghouse was built. He owned 300 acres of land, which he divided into three farms for his sons --- Jacob, John and Jonas. Farmer ; Menns. Children : Jacob, Elizabeth, John, William, Jonas, Mary, Susan, Peter. [1]
Johannes Moyer married Elizabeth Detweiler in 1779[2] and died in 1833.[3]
Sources
- ↑ Fretz, Abraham. A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Christian and Hans Meyer and Other Pioneers. Harleysville, Pennsylvania: News Printing House. 1896. Web. Google Books. link to free e-book
- ↑ Historic Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Historical Society of Pennsylvania.[ http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pachurchtownrecords&h=4473770&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt]
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 12 March 2020), memorial page for Johannes “John” Moyer (2 Nov 1757–28 Aug 1833), Find A Grave: Memorial #84512877, citing Franconia Mennonite Church, Telford, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Deborah R. (contributor 47066664).
See also :
- U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.
- A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Christian and Hans MEYER and Other Pioneers.
- Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-1999. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Digital Images, 3–5. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Bureau of Archives and History. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
- Edmund West, comp. Family Data Collection - Individual Records Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
- 1810 United States Federal Census. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Third Census of the United States, 1810. (NARA microfilm publication M252, 71 rolls). Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29.
Acknowledgements
- WikiTree profile Meyer-938 created through the import of CombinedTreeFmMyHeritage-Private.GED on May 29, 2011 by George Stradtman. See the Changes page for the details of edits by George and others.
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AncestryDNA Paternal Lineage (discontinued) 33 markers, haplogroup E1b1b, Ancestry member jrmoyer1 - Richard Moyer :
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~0.78%
Rick Reed :
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~0.78%
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Moyer-1877 and Meyer-938 appear to represent the same person because: Clear duplicates. Last name at birth possibly more likely to have followed Swiss/German spelling convention of Meyer and then changed to Moyer later on.
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