Jacob Moyers

Male 1792 - 1866  (73 years)


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  • Name Jacob Moyers  [1, 2
    • Jacob Moyers
    Born 22 Dec 1792  Clinton County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Church He and his family, with a single exception, were members of the Baptist Church.  [4
    Occupation Jersey Shore, Lycoming County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    He was a farmer and the owner of a fine farm near Jersey Shore. 
    Residence Jersey Shore, Lycoming County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Died 30 Mar 1866  Lycoming County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Buried Jersey Shore Cemetery, Jersey Shore, Lycoming County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50772137/jacob-moyers

      First wife was Barbara Wise. She had six children to Jacob; Eliza, Catherine both died young. Mary, married John Knepley, Jacob, married Rebecca Walise, Margaret, married John S Antes, husband of sister Christina (who died in 1855), married to John Antes.
    Person ID I1734  Kreider Moyer
    Last Modified 5 Jan 2023 

    Father John Jacob Meyer,   b. 03 Jun 1760, Lebanon County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 1815, Lycoming County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Mother Julia Morr,   b. 18 Jun 1770, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 08 Nov 1824, Lycoming County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Family ID F197  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Barbara Wise 
    Children 
     1. Eliza Meyer
     2. Catharine Meyer
     3. Mary Meyer,   b. Abt 1818, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1869  (Age 51 years)
     4. Jacob Moyer,   b. 04 Jun 1817, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 05 Sep 1906  (Age 89 years)
     5. Margaret Meyer,   b. 19 Jul 1818, Lycoming County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Mar 1883, Lycoming County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
     6. Christina Moyers,   d. 24 Jun 1855
    Last Modified 5 Jan 2023 
    Family ID F117  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Martha Clark,   b. 26 Feb 1809, Jersey Shore, Lycoming County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Aug 1885, Lycoming County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Children 
     1. Barbara Meyer,   b. 19 Apr 1831, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Nov 1896  (Age 65 years)
     2. Martha Meyer,   b. 1833, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1896  (Age 63 years)
     3. Julia Ann Meyer,   b. 13 Mar 1836, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 03 Jul 1882  (Age 46 years)
     4. Elizabeth Meyer,   b. 29 May 1835, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Feb 1875  (Age 39 years)
     5. Henry Meyer,   b. 02 Apr 1841, Lycoming County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Feb 1922, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
    +6. Margaret Margery Meyer,   b. 7 Jan 1845,   d. 24 Dec 1872, Newberry, Lycoming County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 27 years)
    Last Modified 16 Jul 2020 
    Family ID F122  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 22 Dec 1792 - Clinton County, PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - He was a farmer and the owner of a fine farm near Jersey Shore. - - Jersey Shore, Lycoming County, PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Jersey Shore, Lycoming County, PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 30 Mar 1866 - Lycoming County, PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Jersey Shore Cemetery, Jersey Shore, Lycoming County, PA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Jacob (John Jacob, Jacob, Gr. Meyer) was married twice, first to Barbara Wise; second, to Martha Clark. His occupation was farming; he lived near Jersey Shore. Pa. His daughter, Mrs. Cummings, says he resembled ray father very much ; they were fast friends, and visited each other quite often. Jacob was born Dec. 22, 1792; died March 30, 1866; and is buried at Jersey Shore, Pa.

      ISSUE— FIRST WIFE, Martha Clark:
      1. Eliza, died in infancy.
      2. Catharine, died in infancy.
      3. Mary, deceased, was married to John Nepley.
      4. Jacob, married to Rebecca Walise, 111.
      5. Margaret, deceased, married John Antes, Jersey Shore, Pa.

      ISSUE-SECOND WIFE, Martha Clark:
      6. Barbara, born April, 19, 1831; married H. A. Cumings. Her husband is dead. She lives at Newberry, Pa. I visited her Jan. 3, 1888, and received a number of facts for this sketch.
      7. Martha, married Peter Nepley. She is a widow, and lives at Bloomsburg, Pa.
      8. Julia Ann, married first A. Haganbauch ; second, Thomas Holt. She is dead.
      9. Elizabeth, deceased, was married to George Brown.
      10. Henry, married Susan Schenck.
      11. Margery, deceased, was married to Duncan Campbell.

    • Jacob was born in Penn's township, Northumberland county, Pa., Dec. 22, 1892; died near Jersey Shore, Pa., March 30, 1866. He was twice married: First to Barbara Wise; second to Martha Clark. Nothing has been obtained of the dates of birth, death and burial of his first wife; his second wife died Aug. 13, 1885, aged 76 years, 5 months, 15 days. Jacob and his second wife are buried in Jersey Shore Cemetery. He was a farmer and the owner of a fine farm near Jersey Shore. He and his family, with a single exception, were members of the Baptist Church. Politically Jacob at first belonged to the Whig party, but afterwards became a Republican. Jacob and his family, and remaining brothers and sister as well as their descendants, wrote their name Myers.

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  • Sources 
    1. [S38] Find A Grave database.

    2. [S29] Headstone photograph on findagrave.

    3. [S2] Genealogy of the Meyer Family, Meyer, Henry, (1890).

    4. [S48] Genealogy of the Morr Family, Calvin F. Moyer, (https://hiltner.com/genealogy/showmedia.php?mediaID=382), 254.