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Christopher Moyer

Male 1761 - 1822  (60 years)

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  • Name Christopher Moyer  [1] 
    • Christopher Meyer
    Birth 05 Sep 1761  Schaefferstown / Heidelberg, Lebanon County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence Schaefferstown / Heidelberg, Lebanon County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Death 05 Jan 1822  Schaefferstown / Heidelberg, Lebanon County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Burial Schaefferstown Cemetery, Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I68  Kreider Moyer
    Last Modified 14 Aug 2020 

    Father Henry Meyer   d. Nov 1812 
    Mother Anna Engle 
    Family ID F27  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Margaret Eckert 
    Children 
     1. Michael Moyer,   b. 10 May 1783, Lebanon County, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Apr 1867, Schaefferstown / Heidelberg, Lebanon County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     2. John Moyer,   b. 12 Jul 1789, Schaefferstown / Heidelberg, Lebanon County, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Aug 1864, Lebanon County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    +3. Elizabeth Moyer,   b. 24 Aug 1796, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 03 Jul 1864 (Age 67 years)
     4. Margaret Meyer  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Mary Moyer,   b. 14 Oct 1804   d. 29 May 1832 (Age 27 years)
     6. Catharine Meyer  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     7. Susan Meyer  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F38  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2020 

    Family 2 Catharine Krum,   b. 17 Jul 1777   d. 30 Nov 1862 (Age 85 years) 
    Children 
     1. Sarah Moyer,   b. 14 Feb 1813, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 05 May 1855 (Age 42 years)
    +2. Magdalena Moyer,   b. 14 Apr 1817, Schaefferstown / Heidelberg, Lebanon County, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 06 Nov 1879, Millcreek Township, Lebanon County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
     3. Martha Meyer,   b. 26 Mar 1816, Schaefferstown / Heidelberg, Lebanon County, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jan 1896, Schaefferstown / Heidelberg, Lebanon County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     4. Lydia Moyer,   b. 11 Aug 1818, Schaefferstown / Heidelberg, Lebanon County, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Sep 1897, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F39  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Jul 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 05 Sep 1761 - Schaefferstown / Heidelberg, Lebanon County, PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Schaefferstown / Heidelberg, Lebanon County, PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 05 Jan 1822 - Schaefferstown / Heidelberg, Lebanon County, PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Schaefferstown Cemetery, Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Schaefferstown Cemetery Lebanon County PA headstone photos pdf    		Schaefferstown Cemetery Lebanon County PA headstone photos pdf
    Great‐great‐great grandparents of Mary Elizabeth Moyer Kreider: Alexander Schaeffer (1712‐1786) and Eva Anna Angelica Engle Schaeffer (1708‐1772) are buried in Schaefferstown Cemetery.

  • Notes 
    • Rev War Private. Captain G. Nagels Company.
      From Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Military Affairs

    • GENEALOGY OF THE MEYER FAMILY by Henry Meyer, 1890

      Christopher (Henry, John, Gr. Myer), was married twice, first to a Miss Eckert, second to widow Hoffman, whose maiden name was Catharine Krum. This lady was an inmate of the house in which occurred the Sheetz murder in 1797; she was then a little girl and was present when the murder was committed. The place is not far from Mühlbach. Christopher was born Sept. 5, 1761; died Jan. 5, 1822. He lived at Schaefferstown, Lebanon Co., Pa., and must not be confounded with the Christopher Meyer who lived at Campbellstown, same county. The list of children was given by John Meyer, Mühlbach, son-in-law, and corrected later by Charles M. Zerbe, Esq., Lebanon, Pa.

      ISSUE WITH FIRST WIFE-SEVEN CHILDREN.
      1. John married Catharine Wolfersperger. Lives at Breathodsville, Md. Children : — John, married a Miss Mussina, near Hagerstown, Md.; Israel, married to Salina Everly, Schaefferstown, Pa. ; Sarah, married to John Hill. Sheridan, Pa.; Susanna, married Michael Groh, Schaefferstown, Pa.
      2. Michael, married Miss M. Crotzer.
      3. Susan, married to Jacob Funk. Maryland.
      4. Elizabeth, married to Henry Schaeffer, grandson of Alexander Schaeffer, who laid out Schaefferstown, Pa. See page 25. Clara (Dissinger), wife of Henry Meyer, who lived on the old Mühlbach farm till recently, is a grand- daughter of this couple. Elizabeth was born Aug. 24, 1796 ; died July 3, 18G4. Children: — Catharine, married Jeremiah Magee ; Rebecca, married William Dissinger; Infant: Dr. Samuel M., born 1823; died Dec. 29, 1872.
      5. Margaret, married to Michael Stroch.
      6. Catharine, married Joe Crotzer. Maryland.
      7. Mary, married John Krall.

      ISSUE WITH SECOND WIFE, FOUR CHILDREN.
      8. Sarah, married John Krall. She died about the year 1863.
      9. Magdalena, married to John Meyer, who lives on the western part of the Mühlbach tract. See page 2G. She was born in 1814; died Nov. 6, 1879.
      10. Martha, married to Dr. Jonathan Zerbe, Schaefferstown, Pa. She is still living (1888). She contributed considerable information for these pages, forwarded through the kindness of her son, Charles M. Children: Charles M., married to Rebecca Yearsley, Phila. The family live at Lebanon, Pa., where Mr. Zerbe is practising law ; Agnes E. (deceased), was married to Dr. George Mays : Dr. Thomas T., married to Emma E. Taylor ; Jennie M., married to J. F. Hickernell ; Dr. B. Frank, married to Ida S. Lauser. Last three children live at Schaefferstown, Pa.
      11. Lydia, married Ed. Becker.

  • Sources 
    1. [S38] Find A Grave database.

    2. [S2] Meyer, Henry, Genealogy of the Meyer Family, (1890).

    3. [S29] Headstone photograph on findagrave.


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