An American Family History

Eva Barbara Brandstetter Meyer was born on December 7, 1715 in Aichau-Ansbach, Bayern, Germany. Her parents were Andreas Sigismund Brandstetter and Appolonia Egle Dosenbau. Her Godmother was Barbara Roth, a farmer's wife from Unterschorn.

She (Eva Barbara Broadtsteddler) married Ulrich Meyer on December 20, 1752 in Philadelphia. The marriage was officiated by Rev. Dr. Henry Melchoil Muchlenberg who was the patriarch of the Lutheran Church in America, at St. Michaels, founded in 1742.

An Ulrich Meyer arrived in Philadelphia on Wednesday November 8, 1752 on the Snow Louisa, Captain John Pittcairne, from Rotterdam. He signed the Oath of Abjuration.

They moved to New York near Schoharie.