Jacob Meyer

1636 - Aft 1685  (50 years)

• Name	Jacob Meyer
  Birth	1636	Stallikon, Zurich, Switzerland
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aft 1685	Germany
  Notes	JACOB MEYER, b. 1636 in Stallikon, Zurich; listed as age 1 in 1637, age 4 in 1640. The first mention of him is in Gundersheim in the Palatinate, Germany. It is thought he was among a group of Anabaptist Mennonites who were persecuted and finally driven out of Switzerland because they would not conform to the state church. At that particular time Germany was looking for good farmers to try and repair the damage to the country done by the Thirty Year War. So they welcomed the Anabaptists escaping from Switzerland. In 1685 JACOB MEYER is shown as living in Gundersheim, Germany with his 4 sons, ULRICH, CHRISTIAN, HANS and JACOB.
  Person ID	I38967	OurNorthernRoots | Rebecca's Ancestor
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2011

  
  

  Father	Sabastian Meyer,   b. 20 Jan 1592, Canton, Berne, Switzerland d. Aft 1640, Zurich, Switzerland (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Ottila Muller,   b. 15 Dec 1598, Rossdorf, Thurgau, Switzerland
  Marriage	ca 1620	Zurich, Switzerland
  Family ID	F13838	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	+ 1. Hans Meyer,   b. 1683, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany d. 1748, Salford, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania, USA (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F13839	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 1636 - Stallikon, Zurich, Switzerland Death - Aft 1685 - Germany  = Link to Google Earth