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- JOHANNES SCHMEYER, who settled in Birkenfeld, was born 19 April 1609 in Ellweiler. He reportedly was a fishermand and lived originally at the castle at Birkenfeld. He was married about 1641 to Magdalena Eisenschmidt, born July 1616. She was the daughter of Johannes Hutmann (see above). Johannes and Magdalena had the following children: Anna Katharina, born 31 August 1641; Ernst Crafft, born 1642; Craftlena; Hans Georg, born 28 September 1646; Dorothea, born 1648; and Maria. From this point, we will limit our discussion to the Schmeyer lines directly related to the families that emigrated to America. For details on those that remained in Germany as well as their descendants, interested readers should contact Hans Schmeyer for details on ordering his fine book "Die Familie Schmeyer Auf Dem Hochwald".
ERNST CRAFFT SCHMEYER was born in 1642 in Ellweiler and died on 1 October 1711 according to the marriage records. He was married to Barbara Hoth on 27 February 1666. She was born in 1641 in Ellweiler and died at age 88 on 24 April 1729. One of the German marriage records describes Ernst as a "Gemeindsmann" or literally a "parish man" or "community man" and resident of Ellweiler. He also built a sawmill along the creek near Ellweiler. This couple had at least four children: JOHANNES, born 19 December 1667, married twice (see below); HANS FRANZ, born in 8 March 1669, married twice (see below); Jacob, born in July of 1671 and died on 26 November 1708, married to Gertraud Schmitt, daughter of Heinrich Scmitt, of Allenbach on 12 February 1704; and Susanna Magdal, born on 13 September 1682. It is the children of the oldest two sons that eventually emigrated to America.
HANS FRANZ SCHMEYER probably later moved to nearby Nohfelden, near Wolfersweiler, where he died on 13 October 1731. He was married first to Anna Elizabeth Bungert around 1692, daughter of Jacob and Margaret Bruch Bungert. Anna Elizabeth was born on 14 March 1674 in Nohfelden and died on 17 April 1713. Franz and Elizabeth had at least eight children: Maria Catharina, born 17 August 1692; Johann Franciscus (see below), born 28 November 1693 and died on 8 February 1755 in Wolfersweiler, married on 11 January 1724 to Maria Barbara Stephan (see below); Anna Margaretha, born 20 February 1695 and died 6 April 1702; Johann Philip (see below), born 26 June 1696; Maria Susanna, born 4 March 1703 (Susanna married Johann Christian Ruth of Walhausen on 4 January 1729. They are known to have had at least two children, Maria Barbel, baptized 9 March 1732, and Lisa Catharina, baptized 19 September 1734. This family emmigrated to America, probably in 1737.
According to the Burgert book, they appear as sponsors for a child of Philip Schmeyer at Jordan Lutheran Church, Lehigh Co., PA in 1741. A Christian Ruth of Macungie Twp., Northampton Co. was naturalized on 10 April 1755 according to the same book.); Johann Peter, born 5 March 1705 and died 17 December 1776, married to Anna Juliana Geiss on 20 January 1739; Hans Nickel, born 26 April 1708 and married to Anna Catherina Close of Heimbach on 25 January 1735; and Johann Melchior, born 15 April 1713 and died 29 December 1713. We now provide further details on the family of Johann Franz (or Franciscus) Schmeyer, son of Franz, who married Maria Barbara Stephan. Maria Barbara was the daughter of Michel and Margaretha Kunz Stephan of Wolfersweiler.
The known children of Johann Franz and Maria Barabara are as follows: Johann Jacob, born 7 June 1725, married to Sophia Catharina Werkhauser on 25 September 1760; Susanna Catharina, born 13 October 1727; Anna Maria, born 11 April 1731 and died 25 January 1756; a son, name not stated, born in 1732 and died 29 May 1736; Anna Juliana, born 4 October 1733; Johann Nickel, born 22 April 1736; Johann Christian, born 15 March 1739, married first on 6 March 1764 to Maria Catharina Hornberger of Nohfelden and second on 18 April 1775 to Maria Margaretha Stephan of Walhausen; and Johann Michel, born 5 December 1742.
Before proceeding with details on the emigrant Johann Philip born 1698, details are provided on FRANZ SCHMEYER's family by his second wife. After the death of his first wife, Franz was married on 22 May 1714 to Anna Elizabeth Spengler. She was born on 14 September 1692 in Ellweiler and died on 7 April 1762. Her parents were Hans Nickel and Maria Foos Spengler of Ellweiler. Their known children are as follows: Maria Barbara, born 17 March 1715 and died 24 April 1715; Johann Jacob, born 3 August 1716; Johann Matthias, born 1 March 1719; Johannes, born 4 September 1721; Maria Catharina, born 27 May 1723 and died 1 May 1725; Maria Elisabeth Catharina, born 24 March 1726 and died 8 October 1796 (Maria, according to the German records, apparently had a child out of wedlock by Matthias Simon. The child, Johann Nicolaus Schmeyer, was born on 25 November 1754.); Maria Margaretha, born 8 August 1728 and died 10 December 1797 (she had a child, Johann Jacob Schmeyer, father not identified, born 13 September 1765 and died 11 June 1798); and Johann Christian, born 17 December1730.
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