Hans Meyer (abt. 1655 - 1719)

Born about 1655 in Herisau, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland [uncertain]

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Died 2 Apr 1719 at about age 64 in Reihen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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Biography

Best^[1] identifies Hans, b.c.1655 and d. 2 Apr 1719 in Reihen (age 64) ^[2] as a son of Michel Meyer and Anna Hess. She notes that he was a Mennonite, and married on 19 Feb 1678, but does not record his wife's name. She identifies 2 sons, both of whom emigrated to Pennsylvania :

• Hans "the younger" b.c.1684
• Martin b.c.1695

Research Notes

Earliest version of the profile did not include the middle name Krebs and recorded death date as 2 Apr 1719. Changes made in Dec 2018 - introducing middle name Krebs, changing birth date to Sep 1655 and birthplace to Herisau, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland, and changing death date to 15 Mar 1718 - appear to rely on an unsourced FamilySearch profile which has since been merged and now agrees with the details from the original Wikitree profile. Middle name has thus been removed and dates have been restored. Evidence needed to support identification of birthplace as Herisau, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland.

Marriage record noted for Hans Meyer in Reihen in 1678 (wife not named).^[3]

Burial record noted for Magdalena Meyers, age 26, wife of Hans Meÿers, on 26 May 1680 in Reihen, Sinsheim.^[4] (Magdalena would thus have been born c.1654.) She can not have been the woman who was still having children in 1684 and 1695. Either :

• she was Hans's first wife; or
• Hans was not the father of Hans b.1684 and Martin b.1695; or
• there was another Meyer family in the area at the same time.

Alternative burial record noted for Hans Meyer in Reihen in 1718, aged 64.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Best, Jane Evans. "Meyer Families Update", Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, April 1998. (Hans Meyer identifier : MA15)
2. ↑ "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP6C-S7HW : 9 March 2023), Hanss Meyer, 3 Apr 1719; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Burial, Reihen, Sinsheim, Baden, Deutschland, , German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany. Death of Hanss Meyer (age 64) on 2 April 1719 (burial on 3 April 1719) in Bockschaft / Reihen.
3. ↑ "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP6H-RWS5 : 9 March 2023), Hans Meyer, 19 Feb 1678; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Marriage, Reihen, Sinsheim, Baden, Deutschland, , German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
4. ↑ "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP6H-55HR : 9 March 2023), Magdalena Meyers, 26 May 1680; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Death, Reihen, Sinsheim, Baden, Deutschland, , German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.
5. ↑ "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP6C-791H : 9 March 2023), Hanss Meyers, 16 Mar 1718; images digitized and records extracted by Ancestry; citing Burial, Reihen, Sinsheim, Baden, Deutschland, , German Lutheran Collection, various parishes, Germany.

See also:

• FamilySearch Person: LKK2-SWW