1757 John Henry Meisser, child of John George Meisser and Anna Meisser, was baptized on April 8 in Heidelberg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania with sponsors Henry Zoeler and Mrs Henry Zoeler. [1]
1779 Henrich Meiser and Barbara Lenardsin were married on 28 Sept 1779 in Stouchsburg, Pennsylvania. [2]
1823 The estate of Henry Miser of Muskingum County, Ohio was administered. The administration took place in December in Muskingum County, Ohio. The will named Henry Miser, Barbara Miser (Wife, Executrix), John Miser (Son), Peter Miser (Son), Mary Wright (Daughter), Elizabeth Gwm (Daughter) and Catharine Thrall (Daughter). [3]
A Genealogy of the Meisser Family reports [4]
JOHN HENRY MEISER 4/4 son of Johann George Meiser I 3/1, (Johann Michael Meiser 8, 1757. He married Barbara _____ 2/2, Johan Jurg Meisser 1/1) and Anna Feak, was baptized at Millbach, Pennsylvania April Since his oldest son John was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania in 1781, it is possible that he moved to near Meiserville, Pennsylvania along with his uncles and cousins. He is recorded as a yeoman living in Staunton, Virginia in 1793 when he signed the release on his father's Lancaster County, Pennsylvania deed. It is believed that he moved to Putnam (now Zanesville) Muskingum County, Ohio about 1801. He died prior to December 1823, the date his will was probated in Muskingum County naming Barbara, his wife, as executrix.
According to his will, his children are:
5/1 John Miser
5/2 Peter Miser
5/3 Mary Miser, married Wright.
5/4 Elizabeth Miser, married Green.
5/5 Catherine Miser, married Thrall.
[1] Pennsylvania Church Records, Adams, Berks and Lancaster Counties, 1729-1881, [AncestryRecord].
[2] U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Region 7 (Northeastern) Church Records, 1623-1970, [AncestryRecord].
[3] Ohio, Will and Probate Records, [AncestryRecord].
[4] 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), John Henry Meiser, see page 14, image 36, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].