1749 The heirs of Michael Meiser, deceased, of Heidelberg Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania settled ownership of a tract of land from the estate, by deed, dated November 23. The heirs were eldest son John George Meiser, Michael Meiser, Henry Hoffman and wife Elizabeth, Jost Hoffman and wife Mary Margaret, Frederick Wolfertsberger and wife Ann. The Orphans Court of Lancaster County, on fifth of May last past, the petition of John George Meiser then a minor by guardian George Miller, Henyry Meiser then a minor by guardian Michael Breght, John Meiser a minor by guardian Valentine Herekleroad, and Adam Meiser a minor by said Valentine Herekleroad, the said Henry Hoffman and Elizabeth his wife, the said Jost Hoffman and Mary Margaret his wife, and of Margaret Meiser and Magdalena Meiser also minors by their guardian Valentine Herekleroad, and the said Ann then a minor by guardian Nicholas Swingel, the said Michael, Henry, John, Adam, Elizabeth, Mary Margaret, Magdalene, and Ann being also children of the said Michael Meiser deceased. The petition set forth that their father died with 128 acres in Heidelberg Twp in two tracts. Eldest son John George Meiser chose to take only one of the two shares and paid the other heirs for that share. [1]
1751 John George Hoffman, son of Henry and [sister] Elizabeth Hoffman, was baptized on July 6, with sponsors Anna and John George Meiser, at the Millbach Reformed church in Lebanon County. [2]
1753 George Mieser was named on the tax list for Heidelberg Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [3] [4]
1771 John George Meiser, son of Henry Meiser and Anna Maria Meiser, was born on December 26. He was baptized on June 7, 1772 at the Millbach Reformed Congregation, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, with sponsors George and Catharine Meiser. [5]
1772 Geo Miser was taxed for 50 acres cleared land, 50 acres woodland, 2 horses, and 2 cows, in Heidelberg Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [6]
1773 Geo Miser was taxed in Heidelberg Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [7]
1773 Geo Miser Junior was taxed in Heidelberg Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [8]
1779 George Meiser, George Meiser Junior, and John Meiser were each taxed for 128 acres in Heidelberg Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [9]
George Meiser was shown as a landowner in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. [10]
A Genealogy of the Meisser Family reports [11]
JOHANN GEORGE MEISER I 3/1, son of Johann Michael Meiser 2/2 (Johan Jurg Meisser 1/1) and Elizabeth Sixt (Zecht), was born at Millbach, Pennsylvania on the original Meiser Homestead in ca. 1724 and died ca. 1793.
He married Anna Feak sometime before 1747 as on September 7, 1747, he baptized his first born child, Johann Michael, at the Millbach Reformed Church.
George was reared on the original homestead which he inherited from his father via will dated 1745. For some reason the will was never probated, but through "Letters of Administra- tions" the title passed to him November 23, 1749 (Lancaster 1-M). He lived on this farm all his life, reared a fine family, and became quite successful. German was the language of the region and of his home, but he realized the importance of being fluent in the official colonial language, English. Therefore he engaged private tutors for his children so they would become proficient in the English language. He was very active in church work, serving as one of the first lay leaders in the Millbach Reformed Church. He also was superintendent of the Sunday school for a number of years. During the war for independence, it has been written that George was a color bearer in the Battle of Brandywine.
No will was found for George I, but on October 6, 1793, he and his wife, Anna, turned over four tracts of land in what was then Heidelberg Township, County of Dauphin, Pennsylvania, to their children. This information was from the original deeds and Releases.
CHILDREN:
4/1 Johann Michael Meiser, baptized in the Millbach Church on September 7, 1747, apparently died prior to October 16, 1793, as he did not share in the distribution (Release) of his father's lands.
4/2 Johann George Meiser II
4/3 John Meiser
4/4 John Henry Meiser
4/5 Barbara Meiser, married John Loraw
4/6 Benjamin Meiser
[1] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed M-26 to 28, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[2] Millbach Reformed Congregation, 1747-1875, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, [AncestryRecords].
[3] Israel Daniel Rupp, Von Gail Hamilton, History of the Counties of Berks and Lebanon (1844), 343, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[4] Genweb Lebanon 1753, tax list, [URL].
[5] Millbach Reformed Congregation, 1747-1875, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, [AncestryRecords].
[6] Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[7] Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[8] Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[9] Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801, Junior, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[10] Pennsylvania Archives, Township Connected Warrant Map (large download), See tract 5 in the connected map, [PAConnectedWarrantMaps].
[11] Lloyd E. Mizer, Joseph A. Meiser, Meisser Genealogy Association, A genealogy of the Meisser family (Meiser, Miser, Mizar, Mizer, Myser, Myzer) (1975, other versions: 1986), Johann George Meiser, see page 9, image 31, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].