Christian Meyer, Sr.

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[7x GG]…... 3.2 Christian Meyer, Sr.
......................... Settled in Salford Twp, Montgomery Co. PA
......................... b: 1672
......................... m: 1704
......................... religion: Member of Salford Meeting
......................... will dated: 18 Jan 1748
......................... d: 1751
......................... b: near Franconia Mennonite Church

….….….….…. m: Anna Barbara Bergey 
......................... b: 1677, Germany
......................... d: 1748
......................... b: near Franconia Mennonite Church

Children of Christian Meyer and Anna Barbara Bergey

….….….….….…. 4.1 Barbara Bergey Meyer (Moyer) [1701-1773]  m. Abraham Reiff

[6x GG]…...….…. 4.2 Christian Meyer, Jr [1705-1787]
….….….….….……..+ Magdalena Bechtel [1710-1787]
.......................................... 4.2.1 Christian Meyer
.......................................... 4.2.2 Jacob Meyer, Rev [1730-]
.......................................... 4.2.3 Samuel Meyer
.......................................... 4.2.4 Esther Meyer + Christian Gehman
.......................................... 4.2.5 Anna Meyer + John Kratz
.......................................... 4.2.6 Maria Meyer + Martin Detweiler
.......................................... 4.2.7 Barbara (Meyer) Moyer + Abraham C. Kratz

.......................... 4.3 Anna Christina Meyer [1707-1758] + Henry Funk
.......................... 4.4 Elizabeth Bergey Meyer [1708-] + Nicholas Oblinger
.......................... 4.5 Jacob Bergey Meyer [1709-]
.......................... 4.2 Samuel Bergey Meyer [1711-1766] - Settled in Hilltown




Christian Meyer was a landowner in Lower Salford township, Montgomery county, as early as 1719, and possibly some years earlier, and was one of the founders of the earliest congregations of Mennonites in that locality.  All the earlier generations of the family belonged to that sect, though many of their descendants now belong to other denominations. 

Christian Meyer died in June, 1757, leaving three sons, Christian, Jacob and Samuel, the last of whom settled in Hilltown; and daughters Elizabeth, who married Nicholas OBLINGER; Anna, who married Henry FUNCK, and Barbara, who married Abraham REIFF.  The descendants of the two latter are now quite numerous in Bucks county.