Johannes Meffert (abt. 1732 - 1795)

Born about 24 Jan 1732 in Oberdorfelten, Hesse-Hanau, Kurfürstentum Pfalz, Heiliges Römisches Reich [uncertain]

Husband of Catherine Barbara (Lutz) Kigar — married after 1780 (to after 1795) in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died Feb 1795 at about age 63 in Scott, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Johannes Meffert was born on Jan. 24th, 1732 in what is now Hessen, Germany.^{[citation needed]} He immigrated with his father, Andreas Conrad Meffert, arriving in Philadelphia on 26 Sep 1749 aboard the Ranier which originated in Rotterdam and stopped in England.^[1] He was naturalized on 19 Sept 1762 in Coventry Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.^{[citation needed]}

John may have married Susanna Kuntz about 1755 in Pennsylvania.^[2] He married Catherine Lutz, probably in 1781 or 1782 in Frederick County.^[3][4]

John and his family moved to Fredericks County, Maryland in 1762.^[5]. He served in the Revolutionary War from 12 Sept 1775 to 25 Oct 1776 in Captain John Carmacks Company as a 1st Lieutenant.^{[citation needed]}

There are seven deeds in total recorded for John Meffert in Fredericks County, Maryland. The last deed recorded on 8 Apr 1793 (WR-11) shows that John sold all his land as well as the land that his wife, Catherine, inherited from her first husband, Michael Trout. It's assumed that the family headed for Kentucky and settled in Scott County around that date^[6]

John Meffert died in Scott County, Kentucky, USA in February of 1795.^[7] He may have been buried in the Eastern Cemetery in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Betty Lou Mefford, Mefford, David L., The German Mefferts: (Meffert, Mefferd, Mefford) (Cleveland, Ohio, 1985), p. 98. https://studylib.net/doc/8559185/meffert---mefford.org.
2. ↑ Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Source number: 3929.013; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1.
3. ↑ Frederick, Maryland, Inventories 1777-1786 vol 1, pg. 279-280. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9T1P-9M99?i=160&cc=1803986&cat=19444.; digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.com).
4. ↑ Frederick, Maryland, Frederick County Orphans Court Proceedings, T109 C 844-1, GM 1, 1777-1784, pg. 145. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CST7-112R?i=146&cat=1876656.; digital images, FamilySearch.
5. ↑ County Court, Frederick, Maryland, v. H, p. 273; MSA Number: MSA CE 108-5.; digital images, Maryland State Archives, MDLANDREC (www.mdlandrec.net).
6. ↑ Clerk of the Circuit Court, Frederick, Maryland, https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007737900?cat=13309.; digital images, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Familysearch.org (www.familysearch.org).
7. ↑ County Court, Scott, Kentucky, Will books (Scott County, Kentucky), 1796-1930, Vol. D, pg. 113-114. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GP3Y-9X8J?i=56&cc=1875188&cat=629676.; digital images, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Familysearch.org (www.familysearch.org).
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65514623/johannes-meffert : accessed 10 January 2022), memorial page for Johannes “John” Meffert (24 Jan 1732–Feb 1796), Find a Grave Memorial ID 65514623, citing Eastern Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Sue McDuffe:) (contributor 47122067)

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Additional Information

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65514623/johannes-meffert : accessed 10 January 2022), memorial page for Johannes “John” Meffert (24 Jan 1732–Feb 1796), Find a Grave Memorial ID 65514623, citing Eastern Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Sue McDuffe:) (contributor 47122067).
• MARYLAND HISTORICAL MAGAZINE, Vol. 11, "John Medford," page 170, 1916