Johan Valentine Moyer immigrated from Germany to America in 1751. He settles in Berks County PA, where he died in 1797. Peter Moyer, his son, moved to Snyder County PA sometime before 1804. Our Moyer & Houser lines are based mostly in Snyder County Pa.
Valentine Moyer served in the Revolutionary War.
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Catherine Moyer 1786-1857 Married Yost Henry Bingaman 1782-1832 Julianna Bingaman married Mary Cordelia Smith 1850-1906 married Dora Geise married Lucian Harding Sulouff | John Valentine Moyer 1715-1797 Married Margaret B. Werler 1739-1823 Peter Moyer 1782-1849 Married Elizabeth Druckenmiller 1784-1866 Anna Moyer Married William Henry Houser 1860-1923 Married Sarah Jane Snyder 1863-1927 Married July 27 1899 Anna Celestia Houser 1882-1930 |
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THE MOYERS OF ADAMS TWP.
(By Dr. J. C. Shuman)
In the latter part of the eighteenth century the ancestor of the Moyers of Adams township is said by J. G. Moyer to have come from Germany to America. J. G. Moyer also says that Jacob Meyer, who was his grandfather, came to Musser's Valley from Berks County, Pa.
In the census of 1790, which was the first U. S. Census, I find 55 Meyer families in Pennsylvania, none in Berks County. Then there are 157 Moyer families given as being in Pennsylvania, 56 of these were in Berks County, six of whom by the name "Jacob Moyer." However this I give for what it may be worth. Jacob Meyer is said by his grandson to have come from Berks County to Snyder County and that by "common consent" the name was changed from Meyer to Moyer afterwards.
Jacob Moyer must have come to Snyder County early in the nineteenth century. He owned some land south of what is now Moyer's gap in Jack's mountain where he built a grist mill. This mill was an old landmark. It stood a short distance north of the public road from Troxelville to Centerville. It was operated afterwards by his son, Michael and then by his grandson, Joseph Moyer. This was "Moyer's Mill" and here originated the sayimg: "Miller Mike Moyer, musht miner mommy mush male mawla. My mommy mus mich meshta mit mush." Moyer's mill was still run when I left in 1890 by Joseph Moyer.
J. G. Moyer says his grandfather, Jacob Moyer had sixteen children. I know of only four, namely: Christina, born 1797, died 1866, married Henry Bingaman, son of old Frederick Bingaman; Mrs. Ettinger; Michael Moyer, who lived at Moyer's Mill and there he died; John Moyer, tanner born 1802 and died 1885.
Christina, wife, of Henry Bingaman, was the mother of J. Fred Bingaman, Christina, wife of Elias R. Swartz, and Jacob Bingaman whose wife was a daughter of Peter Fetterolf and his wife, Sarah Swartz. In this tangle of intermarriages we find represented the Swartz, Fetterolf, Bingaman and Moyer families.
Mrs. John Ettinger and family lived about two miles west of Troxelville, on the public road near the foot of Jack's mountain.
Michael Moyer married Caroline Haines. I know of only three of their children; Joseph Moyer, who lived near Moyer's Mill and operated it after the death of his father, Uriah and Jonathan Moyer, lived close to the old mill, and are buried side by side nearby. The two brothers were executed for the murder of John Kinsler and wife. John Moyer, who is designated "Tanner Moyer" to distinguish him from another John in that neighborhood, was born in Snyder County in 1802. He married a sister of Henry Bingaman, daughter of old Freidrich Bingaman. Here again is a cross between the Moyer and the Bingaman families. John Moyer, Tanner, married his sister's husband's sister.
He lived about half a mile east of the old Troxelville cemetery. He had a small tannery there, and also a farm. The old house stood on the western slope of a low hill that is crossed by the public road. It stood on the north side. Another house and the tannery were on the south side of the road east of a small stream of water which crosses the road. John Moyer's face reminded me of the pictures we see of Richard Wagner, the great German musician. John Moyer had the following children: J. Y. Henry Moyer, Mrs. Josiah Kline, mother of Ida, wife of Manbeck, of Cleveland, Ohio; Catherine, second wife of Josiah Kline; Maria, unmarried; Mrs. Isaac Krebs; Mrs. N (Nathan?) Fattcrolf; Jacob J. S. Moyer married Miss Musser, died in Salem, Oregon; John Gustavus Moyer, who married Maggie J. Swartz, daughter of Elias R. Swartz and his wife, Christiana Bingaman, a daughter of Henry Bingaman.
J. Y. H. Moyer lived at, and farmed the old home farm. He married Miss Klose, of Mifflinburg. Some years ago he moved to Troxelville and there he died a few years ago. I knew him well. He was a very good man.
John Gust Moyer was born in Adams township. He was the youngest of John Moyer's children. Gust was a shrewd business man. He owned a large general store in Troxelville. After he sold his store he sawed, and dealt in lumber, and was quite successful. He died at Beaver Springs a few years ago. His widow and two daughters survive him. Victoria May born 1876 and Pirie Pruella born 1874, and Franklin Guy, who died 1881, are his children. The writer spent three years with the family of J. G. Moyer and wife while in Troxelville, and will always remember them for their kindness.
After further inquiry I find that Capt. Friedrich Bingaman had a son, Peter Bingaman, born 1795 and died 1877. There was also Christian Bingaman born 1780 and died 1874. It is probable that he was a brother to Henry and Peter. Peter Bingaman had a son, John Bingaman (who was the father of Joshua Bingaman and Mrs. James M. Middleswarth. Now James M. Middleswarth Esq., Ner M. Middleswarth, Mrs. Joshua Bingaman, Mrs. A. Howard Swartz and Mrs. D. J. Bingaman were brothers and sisters, children of Jacob Middleswarth, who was one of the sons of Hon. Ner. Middleswarth, who came with his parents, John and Martha Middleswarth, from New Jersey in 1792 when ten years old, to a place a mile south of Beavertown.
Ner Middleswarth was captain in the war of 1812. Afterwards he served thirteen terms in the Pennsylvania State Legislature. He was also a member of the thirty third U. S. Congress. Afterwards these five grand children went to Musser's Valley and were married.
John Fetterolf, brother of Andrew and Peter, had a son named Robert, who was lost in the Civil War. Robert Fetterolf was the father of Henry and Phares Fetterolf and Mrs. Frank Ettinger.
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