Johannes Meyer

Brief Life History of Johannes

When Johannes Meyer was born on 5 July 1747, in New York Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Iden Myers, was 65 and his mother, Jannetje Maris, was 39. He married Catharina VanHouten on 5 May 1774, in New York Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 24 April 1818, at the age of 70, and was buried in Deronde Cemetery, Hillcrest, Rockland, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Johannes Meyer
1747–1818
Catharina VanHouten
1754–1844
Marriage: 5 May 1774
Jannetje "Jane" Meyer
1775–1775
Elizabeth Meyer
1776–1859
Johannes "John" Meyer Jr
1778–
Gerrit "Garret" Myers
1781–1869
Jannetje John Meyer
1782–1785
Ide "Eden" Meyer
1783–1824
Jannetje "Jane" Meyer
1785–1867
Catharine Meyer
1786–
Isaac Meyer
1789–before 1795
Maria Meyer
1790–
Abraham Meyer
1794–
Isaac Myers
before 1795–1854
Jacob Meyer
1799–1804

Sources (2)

  • Johannes/John Meyer/Myers, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Isaac Kool (Cool or Cole) and Catharine Serven, married Oct. 15, 1764, at Tappan, Rockland (then part of Orange) Co., N.Y. : their descendants complete to May 1, 1876, compiled by David Cole

World Events (6)

1771

Oldest grave seen in the memorials list.

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1786 · Shays' Rebellion

Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

Name Meaning

German and Swiss German: from Middle High German meier, a status name for a steward, bailiff, or overseer, which later came to be used also to denote a tenant farmer, which is normally the sense in the many compound surnames formed with this term as a second element. Originally it denoted a village headman (ultimately from Latin maior ‘greater, superior’). This form of the surname is also established in France (mainly Alsace and Lorraine); see also 3 below. Compare Maier , Mayer , Meier , and Myer .

Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the Yiddish personal name Meyer, from Hebrew Meir ‘enlightener’, a derivative of or ‘light’ with the prefix m-. Compare Maier , Majer , Major , Mayer , Mayor , Meier , and Meir .

Dutch: variant, also Flemish and Americanized, of Meijer , a cognate of 1 above. This surname is also established in South Africa, where it was also brought from France (see 1 above).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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