Christian Moyer

Male Abt 1672 - Bef 1751  (< 79 years)


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  • Name Christian Moyer  [1
    Born Abt 1672  Lazengall, Palatinate, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Bef 6 Jun 1751  Lower Salford, Philadelphia Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4205  Paul's Tree
    Last Modified 2 Jul 2018 

    Father Jacob Meyer,   b. Abt 1636 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F2080  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Barbara,   b. Abt 1677,   d. Bef 18 Jan 1748  (Age < 71 years) 
    Children 
     1. Barbara Moyer,   b. Abt 1701, Langenzall, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1773, Upper Leacock Township, Lancaster Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)  [natural]
     2. Christian Moyer,   b. Abt 1705, Langenzall, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 31 May 1787, Franconia Township, Montgomery Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 82 years)  [natural]
     3. Elizabeth Moyer,   b. Abt 1707,   d. 1766, Lower Salford, Montgomery Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)  [natural]
     4. Anna Moyer,   b. Between 1707 and 1713,   d. 8 Jul 1758, Franconia Township, Montgomery Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years)  [natural]
     5. Jacob Moyer,   b. Abt 1709,   d. Aft 1763  (Age > 55 years)  [natural]
     6. Christian Moyer,   b. Abt 1709, Europe Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     7. Samuel Moyer  [natural]
    Last Modified 2 Jul 2018 
    Family ID F2079  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • From Donna Basinger's Clymer Connections web site on ancestry.com

      Burial: 1751 Delp's Graveyard near Harleyville, Montogmery County, Pennsylvania 2
      Burial: Cemetery of Franconia Mennonite Meetinghouse, Philadelphia County, PA 1
      Emigration: ABT 1700
      Emigration: BEF 1718 May have emigrated with community-wide migration with Bishop Henry Funk, Bishop Valentine Klemmer, etc. 3
      Event: Founder Asylym from religious persecution in the Netherlands 1
      Event: Homestead 1983 SE corner of 63 and 113. From Souderton take 113 south to Rt. 63. Original homestead is back in the corner of routes 113 and 63. No early buildings survive. Moyer/Meyer most common Mennonite name in Franconia/Eastern Conference. 4
      Residence: 1710 Entire Meyer family emigrated from Holland and (some?) settled on Livingtston Manor, New York in the Schoharie Valley on the Hudson River. Then migrated to the Indian Creek where Christian Meyer owned land next to Henry Funk
      Residence: Palatinate, Amsterdam, Philadelphia, Lower Salford, Montgomery County 5
      Event: Signed 1731 Petition to divide Township of Salford so as to establish Franconia Township ( Petition drafted by Henry Panebaker and presented to Court of Quarter Sessionsn in Philadelphia) 1
      PROP: BEF 1719 Purchased 150 acre farm on Indian Creek, now Montgomery County 6
      Event: Emigrated 1717 In second wave of Palatine Mennonites to land in Philadelphia. Generally, those Swiss-born headed to Pequea area of Lancaster County, and others moved into Skippack. Bishops Valentine Klemmer, Benedict Brechbill, and Burghalter in group. 3

  • Sources 
    1. [S130] Donna Basinger's Clymer Connections web site on ancestry.com.


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