Lawrence Myers

1754 - 1810  (56 years)

• Name	Lawrence Myers
  Birth	1754	Germany   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	1810	Forty Fort, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA
  Death	26 Nov 1810	Kingston, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I5894	Larson
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2015

  
  

  Father	Valentin Mayer,   b. 1729, Bingen, Mainz-Bingen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Teresa   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1775	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Gore,   b. 23 Nov 1756, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	2 Jan 1782	Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Family ID	F3428	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2015

  
  

• Notes

  Lieutenant in Continental Army, Revoluitionary War. Later a Major in PA militia, justice of the peace, and prominent citizen of Wyoming valley, Luzerne county, PA. Died without issue. To the present day, one Myers in every succeeding generation, either a son or a nephew of the preceeding Lawrence, has been given the name.

  
  

• Sources

  [S157] Harvey, Oscar Jewell, A history of Wlkes-Barre, v. 2, p. 837 (Reliability: 0).