Philip Myers

Male 1759 - 1835  (75 years)


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  • Name Philip Myers 
    Born 3 Nov 1759  Mainz, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Christened 28 Nov 1759  St. Stephen Katholiche, Mainz, Germany* Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 1766  Frederick, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Buried 1835  Forty Fort, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 2 Apr 1835  Forty Fort, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Person ID I4277  Larson
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2017 

    Father Valentin Mayer,   b. 1729, Bingen, Mainz-Bingen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jan 1851, Forty Fort, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 15 Jul 1787  Kingston, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5
    Children 
     1. William Myers,   b. 14 Mar 1788, Forty Fort, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jul 1824, Sunbury, Delaware, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 36 years)
     2. Elizabeth Myers,   b. 14 Aug 1789, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. John Myers,   b. 17 Feb 1791, Forty Fort, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jan 1850, Forty Fort, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
     4. Sarah Myers,   b. 25 Sep 1792, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Mar 1867, Kingston, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     5. Lawrence Myers,   b. 28 Jun 1794, Forty Fort, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 May 1829, Sunbury, Delaware, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 34 years)
     6. Mary Myers,   b. 6 Mar 1796, Forty Fort, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jul 1881, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     7. Henry Myers,   b. 11 Feb 1800, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Philip Thomas Myers,   b. 15 Feb 1802, Forty Fort, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Dec 1887, Williamsport, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     9. Martha Ann Myers,   b. 20 Jan 1804, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jul 1828  (Age 24 years)
     10. Harriet Myers,   b. 10 Dec 1807, Forty Fort, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 May 1889, Forty Fort, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    Last Modified 5 Feb 2015 
    Family ID F1740  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    1832 Pension Declaration
    1832 Pension Declaration

  • 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??

  • Sources 
    1. [S125] Churchbook (LDS Library).

    2. [S152] Newman, Harry Wright, To Maryland From Overseas, p. 128 (Reliability: 0).

    3. [S159] Philip Myers Pension File, LDS Microfilm 1016415 (Reliability: 0).

    4. [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).

    5. [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