Christopher Meyer

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Christopher Meyer

• Birth: October 20, 1736 - Muhlbach, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
• Baptism, 19 Nov 1736
• Death: August 02, 1801 - Campbelltown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States
• Place of Burial: Salem United Church of Christ Cemetery, Campbelltown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania USA
• Son of Henry Meyer (died 1758) and wife of Henry Meyer
• Husband of Anna Maria (Schaeffer) Meyer

1st Co., 2nd Batt. Lancaster County Militia
(Revolutionary War)∼Find A Grave contributor Gordon S. has made a suggestion:
According to Military Cemetery request. Christopher served in 1777 in Orth's 2nd Company.

Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania: Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion: Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, Etc. Chicago: J. H. Beers, 1898. < link >

CHRISTOPHER, the youngest son [of Henry Meyer d. 1758], was born in Muhlbach, and died near Campbelltown, Penn., August 2, 1801, aged sixty-seven years. He married Anna Maria, daughter of Alexander Schaeffer, the founder of Schaefferstown, Penn. She was born February 19, 1744; died January 1, 1823, and both are buried in the Reformed Cemetery at Campbelltown, Penn. He moved to the village last named when still single, and became the owner of a large tract of land, part of which is still owned by his descendants. The couple had nine children, most of whom moved into Snyder and Centre Counties, and will be named at the proper places in this sketch. Of the four daughters of the Meyer who came from Germany and settled at Muhlbach but little is known. One was married to Alexander Schaeffer, one to Jacob Tillman, one to John Christopher Aahlschmidt, and one to Loudermilk. Tradition says one or two moved to South Carolina.

References

• Meyer, Henry (1890) Genealogy of the Meyer Family pp.22-24, Rebersburg, PA : Author. Page 89. < Archive.Org >
• Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania: Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion: Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, Etc. Chicago: J. H. Beers, 1898. < link >
• https://archive.org/stream/genealogymeyerf00meyegoog/genealogymeyer... Aged 67 years 1st Co., 2nd Batt. Lancaster County Militia (Revolutionary War)
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