Beverly: Michael's father Rudolph Meyer (II) died in 1783 and is buried in a Mennonite Cemetery in North Annville Township in what is now Lebanon County, which is also near where they lived. That is quite a distance from Philadelphia. Obviously, a member of the Philadelphia militia would be a resident of Philadelphia. Michael's grandfather Rudolph immigrated in 1717 with a large group of Mennonites. When you do research on the Meyer family, you also have to deal with the various spellings (Meyer, Meyers, Moyer, Mayer, Myer, etc.). It gets quite confusing. I'm not sure how you can tie any specific Meyer to a specific war veteran based on name, age and location. You really need more specific evidence. I have also found obituaries and newspaper articles of descendents to be unreliable, since they like to turn folk lore into fact. For example, an article on one of my great grandfathers had his grandfathers name wrong! Another obituary of a relative made a connection to a famous general, which turned out to be hogwash. The DAR lineage I have on Michael only lists the first generation, but includes Martin Meyer of Morrell Kansas. Emmert Bittinger's Meyer article in Mennonite Family History (January 2000, not mid-90's as I previously noted), notes that Martin was a minister of the Middle Creek Church, before moving to Carroll County, Illinois in 1863 and in 1882 to Kansas. It also notes that he was a surveyor and had 15 children. Bill Thomas -----Original Message----- From: brethren-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:brethren-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Bb43@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 4:10 AM To: brethren@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BRE] A start...Meyer Hi, Bill. Couldn't sleep tonight, so I found my copy of the DAR application I got online. Ten people have become members based on the service of Michael Meyers - the lines run through his children Michael who married Elisabeth Lichty, Jacob who married Hannah Lichty, Barbara who married Jacob C. Lichty, and Martin who married Sally Witt. (This is my line.) E. M. Flickinger became a member in 2003, based on her documentation through Martin and Sally. I have much of the same documentation (as I listed in an earlier post.) But the documentation between Martin L. and Michael Meyers is stronger than mine.. But based on your previous post, I looked up his regiment listed on the DAR papers, and the list is from the City of Philadelphia Militia. At that time I don't believe his family lived in Philadelphia, so without seeing the specific reference in the Pennsylvania Archives, it seems rather unlikely this fifteen year old soldier was the same Michael Meyers that is my ancester. Thanks, Beverly **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007) ------------------------ Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN ------------------------ Support Our Sponsoring Agency The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:McAdamsr@hotmail.com ------------------------ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message