c 1702 Abraham Meyer, perhaps a son of Hans Mier and Anna Brubaker, was born about this time. [1] [2]
1724-1727 Abraham Meyer was taxed at Conestoga in 1724 and 1727 near Hans Meyer, Durs Eby, Hans Henry Bair and Hans Graff. [3]
1726 Abraham Meyer signed a road petition. [4]
1728 Abraham Meyer, perhaps this one, signed the oath of allegiance to King George of England to be naturalized in Pennsylvania, which allowed him to hold land as a citizen. He was on the list of Mennonites. [5] [6]
1729 Abraham Meyer was naturalized in 1729, likely immigrated prior to 1718. [7] [8] [9]
1729-1739 Abraham Meyer died. [10] [11]
1739 Abraham Meyer was not alive when his brothers and sisters sold his father's land to Casper Loughman in 1739. [12]
1748 Abraham Meyer Sr died on April 28 in Groffdale, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Abraham Meyer Sr was buried at Groffdale Mennonite Brick Church Cemetery, Leola, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He was born on September 9, 1693 in Naurath (Eifel), Landkreis Trier-Saarburg, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. [13]
1748 Barbara Meyer died on September 12 in Groffdale, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Barbara Meyer was buried at Groffdale Mennonite Brick Church Cemetery, Leola, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. She was born on October 7, 1688 in Erlangen, Stadtkreis Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany. [We seek documentation for this report.] [14]
[1] Jane Evans Best, "Meyer Families Update," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 21 (April, 1998), 31-36, at 33, family MC137.
[2] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Meyer D 136, suggests c 1702, [Website].
[3] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Meyer D 136, [Website].
[4] Jane Evans Best, "Meyer Families Update," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 21 (April, 1998), 31-36, at 33, family MC137.
[5] Barbara L. Weir and Laurie A. Roffini, "German Qualification for Naturalization in Pennsylvania, 1728," Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 37 (1991), 367-373, at 371, [AmericanAncestors].
[6] U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, [AncestryRecord].
[7] U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, [AncestryRecord].
[8] Jane Evans Best, "Meyer Families Update," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 21 (April, 1998), 31-36, at 33, family MC137.
[9] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Meyer D 136, [Website].
[10] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Meyer D 136, [Website].
[11] Jane Evans Best, "Meyer Families Update," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 21 (April, 1998), 31-36, at 33, family MC137.
[12] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Meyer D 136, [Website].
[13] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[14] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].