Philip Meyer

1755 - 1831  (75 years)

• Name	Philip Meyer
  Born	14 Nov 1755	Lebanon County, PA   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	Brush Valley, Centre County, PA   [1]
  Died	27 Apr 1831	Centre County, PA   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Buried	Saint Peters Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA   [3]
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39439879/philip-meyer Buried Section 1, Row 17, #19. Next to wife Margaret. Died age 75 years, 5 months, 13 days. Section 1, Row 14. Philip (Sergeant Philip Meyer 1756-1831 Revolution Soldier, Capt Ben Wetser's Co. PA Div Colonial Army Rev) is acknowledged on a cast bronze plate affixed to a marble stone "in memoriam of the Meyer family buried in this plot".
  Person ID	I127	Kreider Moyer
  Last Modified	17 Oct 2020

  
  

  Father	Jacob Meyer,   b. 1732, Muhlbach ,   d. Abt 1808  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Susanna Ream,   b. 1730, Snyder County, PA ,   d. 1811, Freeburg, Snyder County, PA  (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F66	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Morr,   b. 20 Aug 1759, Pennsylvania ,   d. 12 Mar 1829, Centre County, PA  (Age 69 years)
  Married	Abt 1780  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Philip Moyer,   b. 20 Dec 1780, Penn Township, Northumberland County, PA ,   d. 19 Dec 1858, Clermont County, OH  (Age 77 years)   2. George Meyer,   d. 1842   3. Jacob Myer,   b. Abt 1790, Pennsylvania ,   d. 4 Aug 1857  (Age 67 years)   4. Henry Meyer   5. John Meyer,   b. 15 Oct 1794, Freeburg, Snyder County, PA ,   d. 23 Jan 1872, Le Claire, Scott County, IA  (Age 77 years)   6. Benjamin Meyer   7. Samuel Moyer,   b. 26 Dec 1805, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA ,   d. 19 Sep 1884, Garwin, Tama County, IA  (Age 78 years)   8. Barbara Meyer,   bur. Saint Peters Cemetery, Freeburg, Snyder County, PA   9. Elizabeth Meyer,   b. 17 May 1792, Pennsylvania ,   d. 17 Dec 1865  (Age 73 years)   10. Margaret Meyer,   b. 21 Feb 1796,   d. 24 May 1878  (Age 82 years)   11. Catharine Meyer
  Last Modified	15 Jul 2020
  Family ID	F69	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 14 Nov 1755 - Lebanon County, PA Residence - - Brush Valley, Centre County, PA Died - 27 Apr 1831 - Centre County, PA Buried - - Saint Peters Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Headstones		Meyer, Philip (1756-1831) Sergeant in PA Div Colonial Army Rev War St. Peters Lutheran & Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Miles Township, Centre County, PA Plot: Died age 75 years, 5 months, 13 days. Section 1, Row 17, #19. Next to wife Margaret.
  		A cast bronze plate affixed to a marble stone "in memoriam of the Meyer family buried in this plot". The monument was placed in 1923 by Dr. Thomas P. Meyer Col. Henry Meyer (1764‐1820) Mary Steese Meyer (d. 1801) Margaret Harper Meyer (1788‐1871) Capt. Henry Meyer (1795‐1881) Jacob Meyer (1797‐1873) Benjamin Meyer (1800‐1824) William Meyer (1804‐1824) Maj. John Meyer (1806‐1891) Reuben Mayer (1808‐1891) Abigail Meyer (1819‐1849) Selena Meyer (1844‐1845) Major John Meyer family Catharine Poorman Meyer (1816‐1849) Susan Confer Meyer (1833‐1858) Abigail Meyer Harter (1841‐1904) Daniel Harter (1838‐1907) Catharine Harter (1861‐1889) John F. Harter (1865‐1884) Thomas P. Meyer, Sergeant, Dr. (1843‐1923) Lucetta Bierly Meyer (1845‐1923) Edward J. Meyer, Corporal (1874‐1923) Oliver Perry Meyer (1844‐1857) Nathaniel Meyer (1845‐1858) Margaret Meyer (1849‐1849) Christina Poorman (1777‐1856) Philip Meyer, sergeant (1756‐1831) Rev. War Mrs. Philip Meyer (1759‐1829) (Margaret Morr) Plot: Plot: Section 1, Row 14.

  
  

• Notes

  Revolutionary War. Served in Captain Ben Weiser's company. From Genealogy of the Meyer Family by Henry Meyer. 1890. Philip (son of Jacob, son of Gr. Meyer) was married to Margaret Morr, sister of his brother John Jacob's wife Julia, daughters of Andrew Morr, one of the early settlers in the region where Freeburg, Pa., is now located. The respective family histories of the Meyers and Morrs have been running in parallel streams for over a century with frequent intermingling of their branches all along their course. The first record of marriage between the two families is that of Philip Meyer and Margaret Morr, which occurred about the year 1780; and the members of the families still continue to intermarry in Ohio. Philip was the oldest of the sons; heavy built, muscular and active, but not as tall as his brothers. He was a noted wrestler in his day, and was not averse to contests of a more serious nature, as his numerous experiments in that line seem to demonstrate. But that was in an age when physical power was at a premium. The man who could leap the greatest distance, could kick the highest and hit the hardest blows was a hero and received the applause of society. There was a vast amount of hard work to do in those pioneer days, and for want of labor-saving machinery; it had to be accomplished by sheer physical force. Hence, any exercise which tended to muscular development, or exhibited physical vigor in its greatest perfection, was cherished and applauded. - Philip served in the Revolutionary War, being a member of Capt. Ben. Weiser's company. Adam Schaeffer was Lieutenant of the company, and subsequently became captain by promotion. On his return from the army Philip settled down to domestic life near Freeburg for a number of years, thence moved to Brushvalley, Centre Co., Pa., and bought a tract of land about a mile east of the present post village of Wolfs Store. This was about the year 1802. His brother Henry had then been in the valley five years, while Michael, another brother, came three years later. Mr. Meyer, the subject of our sketch, was of a liberal disposition, - was kind to his family, generous to his neighbors, and a useful citizen in his township. For many years he was supervisor of Miles township, serving in that capacity in 1815, when the public road from Wolf's Store across the mountains to Pennsvalley was made. Philip was a consistent member of the Reformed Church, and mother states he experienced religion in his declining days and died a happy Christian. A short time before his death, he remarked to Mr. Fred. C. Meyer, of Freeburg, who visited him, "I am ready to die." He breathed his last April 27, 1831, aged 75 years, 5 months and 13 days. His wife was born Aug. 20, 1759; died March 12, 1829. Both are buried in the Lutheran and Reformed cemetery, Rebersburg, Pa. One tombstone marks the graves of both. Their descendants are legion and are all out West, mostly in Ohio and Iowa. There were eleven children, seven sons and four daughters.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Genealogy of the Meyer Family, Meyer, Henry, (1890). [S3] Cemeteries of Miles Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, (Name: Centre County Genealogical Society, 2004;). [S29] Headstone photograph on findagrave. [S48] Genealogy of the Morr Family, Calvin F. Moyer, (https://hiltner.com/genealogy/showmedia.php?mediaID=382).