Philip Myers

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Name Philip Myers Born 3 Nov 1759 Mainz, Germany [1, 2, 3]
Christened 28 Nov 1759 St. Stephen Katholiche, Mainz, Germany* [1]
Gender Male Immigration 1766 Frederick, Maryland, USA [2, 3]
Buried 1835 Forty Fort, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA Died 2 Apr 1835 Forty Fort, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA [3, 4]
Person ID I4277 Larson Last Modified 7 Aug 2017
Father Valentin Mayer, b. 1729, Bingen, Mainz-Bingen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany , d. Yes, date unknown
Mother Teresa Family ID F1775 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Martha Bennet, b. 15 Jan 1763, Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, USA , d. 3 Jan 1851, Forty Fort, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA
(Age 87 years)
Married 15 Jul 1787 Kingston, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA [3, 5]
Children 1. William Myers, b. 14 Mar 1788, Forty Fort, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 29 Jul 1824, Sunbury, Delaware, Ohio, USA
(Age 36 years)
2. Elizabeth Myers, b. 14 Aug 1789, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA , d. Yes, date unknown
3. John Myers, b. 17 Feb 1791, Forty Fort, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 25 Jan 1850, Forty Fort, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA
(Age 58 years)
4. Sarah Myers, b. 25 Sep 1792, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 4 Mar 1867, Kingston, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA
(Age 74 years)
5. Lawrence Myers, b. 28 Jun 1794, Forty Fort, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 7 May 1829, Sunbury, Delaware, Ohio, USA
(Age 34 years)
6. Mary Myers, b. 6 Mar 1796, Forty Fort, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 3 Jul 1881, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA
(Age 85 years)
7. Henry Myers, b. 11 Feb 1800, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA , d. Yes, date unknown
8. Philip Thomas Myers, b. 15 Feb 1802, Forty Fort, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 3 Dec 1887, Williamsport, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, USA
(Age 85 years)
9. Martha Ann Myers, b. 20 Jan 1804, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 9 Jul 1828 (Age 24 years)
10. Harriet Myers, b. 10 Dec 1807, Forty Fort, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 2 May 1889, Forty Fort, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA
(Age 81 years)
Last Modified 5 Feb 2015 Family ID F1740 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Documents 1832 Pension Declaration
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Notes - Illustrated Life Story
Military Service Bet. 1775-1783 MD Regiment, Revolutionary War
After Revolutionary War, was an innkeeper in Forty Fort, PA
*Christening record, thus all ancestors, are questionable! It could be the christening of some other Phillip Meyer. Older brother Lawrence is not in this churchbook, but three other siblings of Philip are. Possibly the other siblings all died, but Lawrence should be in the book??
- Illustrated Life Story
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Sources - [S125] Churchbook (LDS Library).
- [S152] Newman, Harry Wright, To Maryland From Overseas, p. 128 (Reliability: 0).
- [S159] Philip Myers Pension File, LDS Microfilm 1016415 (Reliability: 0).
- [S175] tombstone inscription, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Myers&GSfn=Philip&GSby=1759&GSbyrel=in&GSdy=1835&GSdyrel=in&GSst=40&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=38870742&df=all& (Reliability: 0).
- [S158] Harriet Myers Bible (Reliability: 0).
Original owner uncertain. Bible was in the possession of Mrs Charles Myers, Wilkes-Barre, PA until 2008, when it was given to Thomas Welch. Images of memop pages in possession of George Larson
- [S125] Churchbook (LDS Library).