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Jacob Walden MEYERS

Male 1777 - Abt 1851  (73 years)


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  • Name Jacob Walden MEYERS 
    Born 31 Mar 1777 
    Gender Male 
    Died Abt 1851 
    Person ID I18499  Patrick Goodmurphy Family Tree
    Last Modified 2 Aug 2020 

    Father John Walden MEYERS
              b. 24 Feb 1745, Rhinebeck, Dutchess, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 22 Nov 1821, Sidney Twp, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mary (Polly) KRUGER
              b. 1745
              d. 1816  (Age 71 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 1765 
    Family ID F11240  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jane Christine MCKENZIE
              b. 1 May 1780, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 12 Dec 1858, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 1798 
    Children 
     1. John A W MEYERS
              b. Abt 1820, Belleville, Thurlow Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 5 Dec 1899, Waterloo, De Kalb, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 2 Aug 2020 
    Family ID F11250  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • MILITARY
      Meyers, Jacob Walden is listed as a Captain (date of rank September 5, 1807) in the 1st Hastings Regiment.
      Meyers, Jacob Walden, Captain, is listed in the 1st Hastings Regiment, Flank Companies. He is charged with disobedience in 1814.
      Source: Soldiers of the King, Upper Canadian Militia, 1812 - 1815, William Gray, 1995, p. 66, 122

      Captain Jacob Meyers, 1st Regiment of the Hastings Militia, age 40, Sidney Twsp., Concession 1, Lot 9, dated 19 Jan 1819.
      Source: Early Militia Lists of Hastings County 1799-1826, from the William Bell Papers; compiled by Don Kellaway, 1994, Quinte Branch, OGS, p. 7.

      LAND CLAIM
      Jacob W. Meyers made a land claim as a militiaman who served in the War of 1812 - 1814 with the Flank Company, 1st Regiment Hastings Militia.
      Source: Index of the Land Claim Certificates, Lauber, OGS, 1995, p. 60: RG9, IB4, V. 22, pp. 416 - 421, NAC.