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State of Service: PA
Qualifying Service: Private / Patriotic Service
Birth: 03 Apr 1741 Stetten / / Germany Death: 1805 / York / PA
Qualifying Service Description:
1780 he served as a Private in the company of Captain George Long, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Miller of York County
1779-1783, he paid a supply tax to aid the war effort
Additional References:
Martin, David and William H. Egle, Pennsylvania Archives Third Series, Vol XXI, Pennsylvania. Harrisburg: Wm. Stanley Ray, State Printer, 1897, pg 45, 311, 470, 538, 776
Montgomery, Thomas Lynch, Pennsylvania Archives Sixth Series, Vol II, Pennsylvania. Harrisburg: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1906, pg 493, 716
Spouse: Maria Elizabeth Geesy Children: Martin; John; Magdalena; Conrad; Jacob; Elisabeth;
The Find-a-Grave memorial provides no evidence of a stone or burial.
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
Author: John Mark DeNicola
This biography was edited and augmented by PRS staff.
Christianus "Christian" Bleymeyer was baptized on 3 April 1741 in Masenbach, Wurttemberg, Germany, the son of Martin Bleymeyer. Martin was the son of Hans Jerg Bleymeier, a citizen of Stetten, Germany, and Johanna Fridricca, daughter of Joh. Ulrich Schmaltzhaff.1
He arrived in Philadelphia with his father, stepmother, and three older brothers in 1749 aboard the ship Jacob, carrying 290 passengers from Swabia, Wirtemberg, and Darmstadt.2
Christian married Maria Elizabeth Giese on 22 May 1768 in York County, Pennsylvania. She was born on 16 March 1740, the daughter of Conrad and Anna Barbara (Werles) Giese. Their known children were:
George "Martin" was born on 20 May 1769 and married Margaret Kauffman.
Johannes "John" was born on 13 April 1770 and married Margaret Young.
Magdalena was born on 1 November 1771 and married Johannes Flinschbach.
Conrad was born in Jan 1774.
Johannes Jacob was born on 22 March 1782.
Elisabeth was born on 5 April 1784.
From 1779 through 1783, he is recorded on the Returns of Taxables in Hopewell Township, York County, Pennsylvania, which raised funds to purchase supplies to aid the war effort.3
In 1780 Christian was listed as a Private of the 1st Class in Captain George Long's Sixth Company, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Miller of York County. He was a member of a party of the York County Militia that apprehended British Deserters and Prisoners and brought them to the Stockade Fort.4
Two different Probate Bonds for the estate(s) of Christian Bleymeyer in Hopewell Township, York County, were issued:
The first one was issued to Magdalena Bleymeyer and Warner Light on 29 October 1804.
The second bond was issued to John Bleymeye and John Blinshback on 26 April 1805. We know that Christian's daughter Magdalena was married to Johannes Flinschbach. This strongly indicates the bonds were issued to Christian's son and son-in-law.
This raises the question, was the 1804 bond issued to daughter Magdalena, only later to be given to her husband?
According to an unsourced Find-A-Grave memorial, Christian Bleymeyer died in 1805 (aged 63 - 64) and is buried in Saint John's Blymire UCC cemetery in Dallastown, Pennsylvania. His wife, Maria Elizabeth, died on 20 December 1818 (aged 78) and is buried in the same cemetery.
Sources:
Eighteenth Century Emigrants from German-Speaking Lands to North America by Annette Kunselman Burgert, Vol. 1: The Northern Kraichgau Page 67
A Collection of Thirty Thousand Names of German-Swiss Dutch French Immigrants from 1727 to 1776 - 1927 – Rupp
Returns of Taxables of the County of York for the Years 1779, 1780, 1781, 1782, and 1783; William Henery Egle, PA Archives, Third Series, Vol. 21, Harrisburg: Wm. Stanley Ray, State Printer, 1897, pages 45 311 470 538 776
Muster Rolls Relating to the Associators and Militia of the County of York; PA Archives, Sixth Series, Vol. II, Harrisburg PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, State Printer, 1906, pages 493 716
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