Johan Jurg Meisser

Johan Jurg Meisser arrived from Germany via Holland to New York on 7/28/1709. Wife & 3 children; Son Johann Michael (See documentation in Media tab.)

Pennsylvania 250 years ago, was settled by Germans.

Note: Book "A Genealogy of the Meisser Family (Meiser, Miser,Mizar, Mizer,Myser, Myzer)", The Meisser Genealogy Association.

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German Heritage:

Johan Jurg Meisser - b. Abt 1680, Germany, d. 1745 Scoharie Valley, New York State First Immigrant to America of this Line.

Johan Jurg Meiser came from the Phatz (Pflaz) region in Germany, his wife and four children (stated as vvrow & 4 kinder) were in the 6th group of the first immigrants to leave Germany through Rotterdam, Holland, 28 July 1709. In 1710, they sailed to England, then on to New York, America. Leaving Germany was believed to be due to religious persecutions and heavy taxes and the promise of freedom in America. After their long and arduous journey and over the span of several years, they settled in the well-known German immigrant area of southeast Pennsylvania.

According to histories, the religious persecutions were against Protestants and included Germans, Austrian, Swiss, Dutch and French people's arriving in America during the early 1700s by the thousands, settling in the state of New York, New Jersey, North Carolina and eventually Pennsylvania. England assisted and encouraged the settling of these people's in the English Colonies in America to increase the number of people in America.

Three separate immigration records have been found to prove that Johan, his wife and four children, including son Johan Michael Meisser were those that finally arrived in New York, NY, America in 1709.

The Meiser/Meisser (and various spellings) have been well-documented from this first ancestor and the children by the Meisser Genealogy Association who compiled and wrote a book.

Zecht/Sixt Family:

According to family histories, Johan Jurg Meisser's wife was Anna Elizabeth Zecht/Sixt - the exact last name spelling not known, many tend toward the spelling "Zecht", as it sounds more German. Her parents were: Johan Philip Zecht b. abt 1656, Germany and married wife Ann Gertraud in Germany before immigrating with other German's to America. Johan Philip Zecht and family arrived aboard the ship "James & Elizabeth" on the 14th of June 1710 to New York, which departed from London, England. They were Lutherans, and his occupation was a husbandman and vinedresser.

Those that arrived together from his family in June 1710 were: Johann Phillip "Sex" - is how it is spelled on the immigrant records - Age 53. Anna Gertaud Johann Henrich (John Henry) Age 20 Anna Elizabetha, Age 16 Anna Magdalena, Age 13 Son, Age 5 Daughter, Age 1-1/2 yrs of age Place of Origin: Marienfels, Hessen, Nassau

Family histories state that Joahann Phillip died 1710 in the Mohawk Valley, Scholarie County, New York. Although, if their ship arrived in 1710 in the ship harbors of New York, it would be fairly impossible to travel to mid-state New York in the same year and die there. More research is needed about his life and death in America.