Samuel Meyer (1645 - aft. 1722)

Born 1645 in Schleitheim, Schaffhausen, Switzerland

Ancestors

Descendants

Died after 1722 after age 77 in Reihen, Sinsheim, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany [uncertain]

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Biography

Best^[1] identifies Samuel, b.c.1645, as the son of Michel Meyer and Anna (Hess) Meyer. He was a Mennonite leader and school master in 1685, and in 1709 signed a letter in the German Palatinate as one of the Mennonite leaders. He was living at Reihen in 1717, and was still alive in 1722. Best notes that in 1724 he was described as "a poor farmer who had a hard life', but does not indicate where this description was found.

Birth : Best^[1] notes that Samuel's father, Michel, left Schleitheim between 1642 and 1652. It is possible that Samuel was born in Schleitheim, but not confirmed.

Marriage and children : Marriage records from Bockschaft, Baden (Baden-Württemberg), Preußen, give that Samuel Meyer (son of Michel Meyer) married Anna Engelerin (daughter of Hans Engeler) on 8 Feb 1676 in the parish of Reihen. ^[2][3][1]

Best^[1] identifies two sons who she believes were born to Samuel and Anna :

1. Michael b.c.1677, d.aft.1751 Lancaster, PA
2. Samuel b.c.1682, d.c.1755 Lancaster, PA

Death : Best notes that Samuel died after 1722, although gives no evidence for this; since Anna, his wife, died on 28 Nov 1722 in Reihen, it's assumed that Samuel was named as being still alive at that time.

Notes

Original profile gives death date as 2 Apr 1719 in Reihen, which is believed to be the date of death for Samuel's brother, Hans, and which conflicts with Best^[1]. In the absence of any evidence to the contrary, the date from Best is assumed to be correct.

Original profile records wife's surname as Hess, which conflicts with Best^[1]. Evidence needed to clarify.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Best, Jane Evans. "Meyer Families Update", Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, April 1998, citing : Annette Kunselman Burgert Eighteenth Centun; Emmigrants from German-Speaking Lands to North America, vol 1: The Northern Kraichgau, (Breinigsville, Pa: Pennsylvania German Society, 1983), p. 425. Herman and Gertrud Guth and J. Lemar and Lois Ann Mast, Palatine Mennonite Census Lists 1664-1793 (Elverson, Pa.: Mennonite Family History, 1987), pp. 15, 20, 22. (Samuel Meyer identifier : MA14)
2. ↑ "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP6H-L959 : 25 March 2020), Samuel Meyer, 8 Feb 1676; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Marriage, Reihen, Sinsheim, Baden, Deutschland, , German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. Baden and Hesse Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1502-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: Mikrofilm Sammlung. Familysearch.org. Originale: Lutherische Kirchenbücher, 1502-1985.

See also:

• FamilySearch Person: LH34-141

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Meyer-1254 created through the import of martins-clipping.ged on Aug 8, 2011 by Cody Coggins.