Johannes Meyer (abt. 1719 - 1786)

Born about 1719 in Heiliges Römisches Reich

Husband of Anna Barbara (Gingerich) Sharer — married before 1730 (to after 1761) in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 11 Dec 1786 at about age 67 in Muhlbach, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Johannes was born circa 1719, in the Palatinate of Prussia (modern day Germany) and is identified as the oldest son of the immigrant Henry Meyers.^[1] He and his family immigrated to Pennsylvania around the same time as the German Baptists, generally known as Dunkers. They named their settlement "Mühlbach" (which means Mill Creek).^[2] This was originally part of Lancaster County, but is now in Lebanon county (which was formed from portions of Dauphin and Lancaster counties in 1813).

In 1759, John patented the land which had been warranted to his father^[1] and inherited the old homestead. A deed signed in 1788 to assign his land to his oldest son, names his wife as Anna Barbara and his five children^[3] as :

1. John
2. Henry (m. Anna Engle)
3. Anna Margaret (m. Jacob Neff)
4. Elizabeth (m. John Moore)
5. Barbara (m. Ludwich Miller)

He is reported to have been a fine violinist, although he invariably met requests to play with the protest that his fingers were too bony and crooked, and required encouragement to perform.^[1]

John died December 11,1786, and is buried in the Millbach cemetery, in Lebanon county, Pennsylvania.^[4] The inscription on his headstone reads :

JOHANNES MAYER

[?] Geitorben den 11ren

December 1786, Sein

Alters 67 Jahr

(Johannes Mayer, Died 11th December 1786, aged 67 years)^[1]

Letters of administration were granted on 22 December 1786 to his oldest son, John.^[1]

Notes

An earlier version of this profile included the middle name Georg. There is no evidence that he ever used this name. It appears to have been introduced into the profile at the same time as the inclusion of the 1890 reference work published by Henry Meyer; the only time this name appears in that work is in relation to two different men, one b.1783 and the other b.1774. It has been deleted from this profile.

An earlier version of the profile included the note that one source^[5] identified John as the son of Henry's brother, also John. That source references Meyer (1890), which clearly identifies John as the son of Henry, and it is presumably a typographic error that his father is identified here as John.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Meyer, Henry (1890) Genealogy of the Meyer Family pp.22-24, Rebersburg, PA : Author. Viewed at https://archive.org/details/genealogyofmeyer00meye/page/n6
2. ↑ Egle, William Henry (1883) History of the Counties of Dauphin and Lebanon: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania p.210. Philadelphia : Everts and Peck. Viewed at https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/History_of_the_Counties_of_Dauphin_and_L/bMIpR0FUIgYC?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover
3. ↑ "Book A, vol. 20, page 240. Recorded at Harrisburg, Pa. Book D, vol. 1, page 167", cited by Meyer (1890)
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155809759/johannes-mayer : accessed 05 November 2021), memorial page for Johannes Mayer (1719–11 Dec 1786), Find A Grave: Memorial #155809759, citing Millbach Cemetery, Millbach, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by BluMoKitty (contributor 46830270). Entry includes an image of the headstone, which is still legible .
5. ↑ https://www.hiltner.com/genealogy/documents/Millbach%20Cemetery%20Lebanon%20County%20PA%202017.pdf