Jacob Meyer

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6.1 Jacob Meyer [4x Great Grandfather]
......... b: 4 Nov 1751, Montgomery Co., PA
......... military: Revolutionary War Veteran
......... lived: 1784, Father's Homestead, Lower Salford Twp
......... d: 4 Jan 1810 Montgomery Co., PA (age 58)

...............m: Mary (Maria) Kolb Detweiler
......................b: 1751
......................d: 1819

Jacob, a farmer, and Mary were Funkite Mennonite's, and Jacob was a deacon. Jacob served in the American Revolutionary War. Jacob received 132 acres of his father's homestead in Lower Salford Township on May 29, 1784. He purchased the remaining 100 acres of the old homestead from his brother Christian on November 30, 1789. Jacob and Mary resided on the 232 acre farm at least through 1805, when they sold 90 acres of it to their son Christian. They also donated land on which the Delp's Meetinghouse was erected.

Jacob Moyer's surname is also seen as Meyer. He was born in what is now Montgomery Co, PA (in 1751 it was still part of Philadelphia Co.)

Jacob Meyer/Moyer was a son of Christian Meyer, III, b. 29 Jan 1728 in what is now Montgomery Co, PA, and Christian's 1st wife, Mary, who died around 1760. Christian married Susanna K. Detweiler for his 2nd wife in about 1763.

Children of Jacob Meyer and Mary Kolb Detweiler

......... 7.1 Samuel Myer (Meyers)
..................b: 1773
..................d:
......... 7.2 Susanna Moyer
..................b: 1775
..................d: 1856
......... 7.3 Ann (Nancy) Moyer (Meyers)
..................b: 1775
..................d:
......... 7.4 Jacob Meyer
..................b: 1777
..................d:
......... 7.5 Christian Moyer
............ + Mary D. Landis (Mary and Christian were 2nd cousins)
..................b: 12 Jan 1778, Salford Twp, Montgomery Co., PA
..................d: Apr 1859, Montgomery Co., PA
..................b: Delps Cemetery, Harleysville, Montgomery Co.PA
.........................7.5.1 Jacob L. Moyer
................................+ 1 Mary L. Cassel
................................+ 2 Maria C. "Mary" Hackman
.....................................b: 20 May 1802, Montgomery Co. PA
.....................................d: 10 Apr 1874, Montgomery Co. PA

......... 7.6 Marie Elizabeth Moyer (Meyers)
..................b: 1779
..................d: 1832
......... 7.7 Jacob Meyer (Moyer)
..................b: 1777
..................d: 1 Apr 1836, Perkasie, Bucks Co.(age 60 yrs 10 mos)
..................b: Deep Run Mennonite Church
......... 7.8 Mary Moyer
..................b: 1783
..................d: 1820
......... 7.9 Abraham Moyer
..................b: 1786
..................d: 1866
......... 7.10 Willaim Moyer
..................b: 1786
..................d: 1866




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