Anabaptist Meyer Family J2 Haplogroup
Location: Pennsylvania
Surnames/tags: Meyer Myers Moyer
Under the Baschi Meyer Project.
J2 Haplogroup
At December 2023, the only known Anabaptist Meyer immigrant in the J2 Haplogroup is Hans Meyer (d.1748 in Upper Salford, Montgomery County). Five of his descendants, via two of his sons, have participated in y-DNA testing and appear together in a y-DNA-matched cluster.[1]
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| Y-DNA matched descendant lines of Hans Meyer of Upper Salford |
Profiles for the most recent of these ancestors can be found at :
- Jacob (1754-1826)
- John (1756-1814) of Pipersville, Bucks
- Christian (1761-1820) of Upper Salford, Montgomery
- Henry (1760-1846) of Bedminster, Bucks
- Christian (1772-1850) of Plumstead, Bucks
Hans of Upper Salford is popularly believed to have been a brother of Christian Meyer, who settled nearby in Franconia,[2][3][4] but y-DNA data indicate that this was not the case. Descendants of Christian test in the R1a Anabaptist Meyer Haplogroup.[1]
Some researchers have suggested that Hans was located in Langenzell in 1717 and 1724, with Christian Meyer (later of Franconia), and that both men were sons of Jacob Meyer of Gundersheim.[3][4] However, these suggestions appear to have arisen from the assumption that all the Anabaptist Meyer immigrants to Pennsylvania were part of the same family and lived near each other before they emigrated. Since some of these immigrants were known to have come from the German Palatinate, it was assumed that all the immigrants came from the German Palatinate, and this required the identification of a Meyer ancestor somewhere in the region. Jacob, who was recorded on the 1685 census as having four sons, was an appealing candidate. Since it is now known that Hans of Upper Salford was not related to Christian of Franconia, there is no evidence to suggest either that he came from the same region or that he was the son of Jacob of Gundersheim.
Descendants of Hans appear to match the family of Peter Christoph Meyer (1847-1924) who emigrated in 1881 from Hanover, Germany, and settled in Ohio. Further research - DNA and documentary - is needed to clarify the connection, and all interested descendants are encouraged to consider participating.[1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 FamilyTreeDNA Myers Surname DNA Project (J2 Haplogroup #02).
- ↑ Fretz, Abraham James. "A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Christian and Hans Meyer and Other Pioneers: Together with Historical and Biographical Sketches, Illustrated with Eighty-seven Portraits and Other Illustrations", pp.332-333. Harleysville, Pennsylvania: News Printing House, 1896. (Available online at Google Books.)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Best, Jane Evans (1998). "Meyer Families Update", Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, pp.31-36, April 1998. [Identifier ?MC43 : Hans Meyer (c.1680-c.1748)]
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Davis, Richard Warren (1995) Emigrants, Refugees and Prisoners Vol. 2 pp.308-309 [Identifier 42 : Hans Meyer (1680-1748)]
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