1728 Henry Meiser, son of Johann Michael Meiser and Anna Elizabeth Sixt, was born in 1728 in Millbach in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
1753 Henry Miser was named on the tax list for Heidelberg Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [1] [2]
1764 Henry Meiser was married to Anna Maria. They had children named Michael, John Michael, Mary Elizabeth, Barbara, Catharine, Penn, Andrew, Frederick, George, Philip, Michael, and John. [3]
1764 John Michael Meiser, son of Henry Meiser and Anna Mary Meiser, was baptized on July 5, at the Millbach Reformed Congregation, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, with sponsors Michael Schwingle and Elizabeth Ziller. [4]
1766 Henry Miser was taxed in Heidelberg Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [5]
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. [6]
1773 Henry Miser was taxed in 1773 in Heidelberg Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [7]
1787 Henry Miser, yeoman of Penn Twp, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, sold land to Henry Heysler. Henry Miser had purchased the land from Zachariah Spangler in 1786. [8]
Henry Meiser was shown as a landowner in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. [9]
1800 Henry Myser, of Mahantango Twp, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, dated his will on August 27. The will named daughter Mary Elizabeth, daughter Catherine, daughter Barbara, sons John Michael Philip Henry and George, and Frederick, and Andrew (Andreas). Son Michael and wife were named executors. [10]
1801 Henry Meiser died on August 7 in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
1812 Michael Myser, of Mahantango Twp, Northumberland County, surviving executor for the last will and testament of Henry Myser of the same place, transferred land to Casper Gelnit. Apparently Gelnit had purchased the land before the death of Henry Myser, but the deed had not been finalized. Dated August 28. [11]
Research Notes:
Some researchers suggest that John Michael was one son, not two sons John and Michael. The will is ambiguous.
[1] Israel Daniel Rupp, Von Gail Hamilton, History of the Counties of Berks and Lebanon (1844), 343, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[2] Genweb Lebanon 1753, tax list, [URL].
[3] 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), [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[4] Millbach Reformed Congregation, 1747-1875, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, [AncestryRecords].
[5] Berks County, Pennsylvania, Tax, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[6] Millbach Reformed Congregation, 1747-1875, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, [AncestryRecords].
[7] Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[8] Northumberland County, Pennsylvania Deeds, C-466, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[9] Pennsylvania Archives, Township Connected Warrant Map (large download), See tract adjacent to tracts 5 and 8-A in the connected map, [PAConnectedWarrantMaps].
[10] Northumberland County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1-249, [FamilySearchImage].
[11] Northumberland County, Pennsylvania Deeds, Q-819, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].