Run, do not walk, to the Chester County Historical Society's genealogical library, when you get there. It is a wonderful resource....they have an online site...the URL is included on the Chester Co website mentioned in your Welcome Email, under County Resources. Visit there to get an idea of what holdings they have. Unfortunately, after looking 'around' in books/CDs I find that Jacob Meyer/Meyer/Myers is a fairly common name in the whole area....I saw quite a few listed in area wills...Bucks/Berks Co in particular...... There are several wills in Bucks Co, 1797 for a Jacob Meyer (different wives names, so I didn't include) , and this one, in Lancaster Co (I include it, as the wife's name is Anna (the children's names should be a help in deciding if this could be 'your' Jacob'); July 24, 1793 January 11, 1794 MEYER, JACOB Wife. Ann Meyer (2nd wife). Children: John, Barbara, Abraham (children by 1st wife), Anna, Christian, Jacob, Mary, Martin and Daniel (children of 2nd wife). Ex. Christian Meyer and Jacob Brubaker. Manheim Twp. This is from Chester Co, but wife's name is not Anna; MYERS, JACOB. West Bradford.February 2, 1808. April 1, 1825.To my wife Esther all estate, real and personal.Executor: Wife Esther Myers.Wits: Joshua Jackson, Joshua Weaver.Letters c t a to Thomas Clayton, the Exr. being deceased. The only mention of a Jacob Meyer in THE HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, is on a list compiled by the sheriff of Pikeland, in around 1797.....there was a property problem with mortgages, etc, due to confusing land sales. (Pikeland was home to a lot of the German emigrants.) Have you checked with the NARA to see if there is paperwork on this fella's military service? There might be pension info that could contain more family data. I have a CD of Emigrants to PA, which contains a LOT of Germans....as you may know, an oath of allegiance was required of all those emigrating here from non-British countries, and they administered the oath on landing....sometimes on the courthouse steps...so I looked up Jacob. There were quite a few Jacobs included, but early enough that he would have been an older man during the Rev War, so I disregarded those, and concentrated on a timeframe when he would have been young enough to fight......(and, of course, the emigration stopped before the war)....but, there didn't seem to be any in the 'right timeframe', I'm afraid. (plus, you don't know if he came as man or child....if a child, his name then probably wouldn't appear on any passenger lists...some did, but most didn't include children and women). As a German, there is a good chance that he was a member of either a Lutheran church, or one of the German Reformed Churches. The Chester Co site has a listing of all the Lutheran and German Reformed churches, and their dates of inception. You might get lucky and find him in some of these records, so remember them when you visit the CCHS. But, so your 'homework' before you go, read up on the county, the German population, where many of them lived, etc...to give you a better feel for the area and where you need to be looking. Good luck. Sandra >" Patriot: Jacob Myers > Birth Date: 1730 > Birth Place: Westphalia, Palatin > Death Date: 1800 > Death Place: Chester, PA > War Time Residence:Pennsylvania > Spouse: Anna Maria Heger -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.1/421 - Release Date: 8/16/2006

I did visit the Chester County Historical Society, as well as Lancaster's counterpart, and the Mennonite Historical Society in Lancaster. As it was rather warm, I generally, walked, did not run, to each location. I spent several hours at each location, and like you, found numerous Jacob Meyers-Myers-Miers-Moyers-Meyers referenced, but none who appeared to be my ancestor. A gentleman working at the Lancaster site assisted in my search, but also came up empty. The closest match I could find was at Lancaster, where there was a reference to a Samuel Mountebach Myers, whose father Frederick was a tailor of Manheim, and whose grandfather was Jacob. Frederick married an Elizabeth Montebach of Warwick Twp. I have not researched that name as yet. An interesting note in the Mennonite records indicated that a researcher had attempted to find a Jacob Myers, of the same approximate time frame as "my" Jacob Myers. He listed several, with spouse's name, but indicated that this was a very difficult name to research, as there were so many Jacobs, with a variety of spellings for the last name. He found a deed with the name Jacob Myers, also referencing a daughter Elizabeth, the name of one of the daughters of the Jacob for which I am searching, but no further information was provided, and I could not find such a deed. I also attempted to find a cemetery which related to "Callam," which is what my grandmother appeared to have written. The closest match I could find was the Caln Friends Cemetery. I reviewed microfilm for that cemetery but found no Myers who seemed to be related, though there were several Ingrams listed. Jacob's son, William, my great grandfather, born in Newlin Twp., married an Ingram, so that may be the connection,although so far I have not been able to match up the cemetery listings with names I have for that family. I also searched, using the married names of the children, but to no avail. I saw the Jacob Meyer you mentioned in several records. He does not appear to be the one I am looking for. Darn! I did not check the Lutheran or other church records, nor have I checked with the NARA. Thanks for those suggestions. Bob Myers On Aug 17, 2006, at 5:28 AM, Sandra Ferguson wrote: > Run, do not walk, to the Chester County Historical Society's > genealogical library, when you get there. It is a wonderful > resource....they have an online site...the URL is included on the > Chester Co website mentioned in your Welcome Email, under County > Resources. Visit there to get an idea of what holdings they have. > Unfortunately, after looking 'around' in books/CDs I find that > Jacob Meyer/Meyer/Myers is a fairly common name in the whole > area....I saw quite a few listed in area wills...Bucks/Berks Co in > particular...... There are several wills in Bucks Co, 1797 for a > Jacob Meyer (different wives names, so I didn't include) , and this > one, in Lancaster Co (I include it, as the wife's name is Anna (the > children's names should be a help in deciding if this could be > 'your' Jacob'); > > July 24, 1793 January 11, 1794 MEYER, JACOB Wife. Ann Meyer (2nd > wife). Children: John, Barbara, Abraham (children by 1st wife), > Anna, Christian, Jacob, Mary, Martin and Daniel (children of 2nd > wife). Ex. Christian Meyer and Jacob Brubaker. Manheim Twp. > > This is from Chester Co, but wife's name is not Anna; MYERS, JACOB. > West Bradford.February 2, 1808. April 1, 1825.To my wife Esther all > estate, real and personal.Executor: Wife Esther Myers.Wits: Joshua > Jackson, Joshua Weaver.Letters c t a to Thomas Clayton, the Exr. > being deceased. > > The only mention of a Jacob Meyer in THE HISTORY OF CHESTER > COUNTY, is on a list compiled by the sheriff of Pikeland, in around > 1797.....there was a property problem with mortgages, etc, due to > confusing land sales. (Pikeland was home to a lot of the German > emigrants.) > > Have you checked with the NARA to see if there is paperwork on > this fella's military service? There might be pension info that > could contain more family data. > > I have a CD of Emigrants to PA, which contains a LOT of > Germans....as you may know, an oath of allegiance was required of > all those emigrating here from non-British countries, and they > administered the oath on landing....sometimes on the courthouse > steps...so I looked up Jacob. There were quite a few Jacobs > included, but early enough that he would have been an older man > during the Rev War, so I disregarded those, and concentrated on a > timeframe when he would have been young enough to fight......(and, > of course, the emigration stopped before the war)....but, there > didn't seem to be any in the 'right timeframe', I'm afraid. (plus, > you don't know if he came as man or child....if a child, his name > then probably wouldn't appear on any passenger lists...some did, > but most didn't include children and women). > As a German, there is a good chance that he was a member of either > a Lutheran church, or one of the German Reformed Churches. The > Chester Co site has a listing of all the Lutheran and German > Reformed churches, and their dates of inception. You might get > lucky and find him in some of these records, so remember them when > you visit the CCHS. But, so your 'homework' before you go, read up > on the county, the German population, where many of them lived, > etc...to give you a better feel for the area and where you need to > be looking. > Good luck. > > Sandra > > >> " Patriot: Jacob Myers >> Birth Date: 1730 >> Birth Place: Westphalia, Palatin >> Death Date: 1800 >> Death Place: Chester, PA >> War Time Residence:Pennsylvania >> Spouse: Anna Maria Heger > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.1/421 - Release Date: > 8/16/2006 > > > ==== PA-OLD-CHESTER Mailing List ==== > Unsubscribing.... 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