Individual Details
(Abt 1676 - 6 Jun 1751)
IMMIGRATION: The Meyer (Mayer) family fled Palatinate to Holland due to religious persecution and to America in abt. 1700 with entire family. They settled in Livingston Manor, NY, in the Schoharie Valley near the Hudson River in 1710. In abt. 1711 they migrated to PA, possibly down the Schuykill River to Perkiomen Creek, where a Christian Miers owned land next to Bishop Henry Funk. They finally settled at Indian Creek, Franconia Twp., Philadelphia Co. (now Montgomery Co.), PA. In 1731 Christian Meyer was granted patent by John Thomas & Richard Penn (sons of William Penn). SOURCE: Richard & Kathryn Hott, Hott Ancestors; 710 - 1984, Adelphi, MD. Richard D. Hott, 10423 Oakhill Court, Adelphia, MD 20783. James Y. Heckler, The History of Lower Salford Township, 1888 and George Wheeler, "Richard Penn's Manor or Andolhea" as coted in Frances Funk, Joseph Funk A Biography, Pub 1984, Frances Funk, HC72, Box 557 Lake of the Woods, Locust Grove, VA 22508. Approximate birth date from Ancestral File Source BXMV-JK.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1676 | Lanzengall, Palatinate, Germany | | | |
| Marriage | Abt 1701 | Germany - Anna Barbara Bergey | | | |
| Death | 6 Jun 1751 | Lower Salford, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA | | | |
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