Christian Meyer

Male 1672 - 1751


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  • Born  1672  Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    Immigration  1700 
    Died  Jun 1751  Lower Salford Township, Montgommery County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Christian Meyer was the progenitor of a family numerously represented in Montgomery, Bucks and adjacent counties in Pennsylvania with many scattered throughout the United States and Canada. He settled in Lower Salford Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania in the early 1700's.

      Family tradition point to Switzerland as the Fatherland. As a Mennonite, Christian and his family were unmercifully persecuted by the state church. He with his family and many others finally abandoned their homes in the mountains and fled to the Netherlands. Later he sailed with his family to Philadelphia and finally located along Indian Creek in Lower Salford. It is not known when and how his 150 acre farm was purchased, but it is known from some records that he owned the land in 1719. On September 6, 1734, he received a patent from John, Thomas and Richard Penn. His land was in the form of a parallelogram extending from near what became North Wales Road northeast to the line of Franconia Township then along the township line northwest. The land was bordered on the southeast by land owned by Hans Meyer who was thought to be his brother.

      Christian made his last will January 18, 1748. It was probated June 6 1751 which means he died sometime between the two dates. His wife had died before the writing of the will and the executors were his eldest son, Christian and his son-in-law, Henry Funck. The name as written in the will was Christian Moyer but was signed Christian Meyer in German.

      Source of this information was " A GENEALOGICAL RECORD OF THE DESCENDANTS OF CHRISTIAN AND HANS MEYER AND OTHER PIONEERS " written by Rev. A. J. Fretz, Milton New Jersey and printed by News Printing House, Harleysville, Pennsylvania in 1896.
    • Died with unborn child during flu epidemic.
    Person ID  I9796  Moon Anderson Family History & Genealogy
    Last Modified  11 Jan 2017 

    Father  Hans Jacob Meyer,   b. 1658, Stallikon, Kanton, Zurich, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1685, Gundersheim, Alzey-Worms, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Ottillia Mueller,   b. 1657,   d. 1726 
    Family ID  F5004  Group Sheet

    Family  Barbara Meyer,   d. Bef 18 Jan 1748 
    Children 
     1. Barbara Meyer,   b. 1701,   d. 1773
     2. Anna Meyer,   b. 1702,   d. 8 Jul 1758
     3. Rev Christian Meyer, Jr.,   b. 1705, Langenzell, Baden, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1787
    Family ID  F11644  Group Sheet


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