Pennsylvania is one of the 13 original states and was originally founded in 1681 as a result of a royal land grant to William Penn, the son of the state's namesake.
Mary Magdalene Kessler Myers was born on January 31, 1786 in North Codorus Township, York County, Pennsylvania. Her parents were Henry Kessler and Barbara Kenoyer.
She married George Myers on October 8, 1804 in Greenbrier County, Virginia. George was born about February 15, 1777 in Maryland. His parents were Lewis and Mary Myers.
George and Mary's children included:
Jacob Myers,
George Myers,
Sarah Myers,
Samuel Myers,
Catherine Myers Click (1809, married Jacob Click),
Rebecca Myers Morningstar (1811, married Benjamin Morningstar),
John Myers (1813, married Phebe Ebersol), Susannah Myers Huffman (1816, married Jacob Huffman),
Lewis Myers (1821),
Benjamin Myers (1830), and
David Myers (1834).
They moved to Ohio before the 1820 census. They were early pioneers there. The 1820 census showed George Miars in Green Township, Clark County, Ohio.
The family was still in German Township in 1850. The household consisted of George age 73 and a farmer, Mary M. was 64, and Benjamin age 20. The next household was John Myers and his family. John was age 37 and born in Ohio.
George died on July 18, 1853 and Mary died on February 22, 1867 in Clark County, Ohio and is buried in Myers Cemetery (also known as the Old German Baptist Cemetery) in German Township, Clark County, Ohio.
Clark County, Ohio was formed March 1, 1817, from Champaign, Madison and Greene Counties. The first settlement was in 1796. The inhabitants of German Township were German Lutherans who came from Virginia.
Shays's Rebellion was an armed uprising in Massachusetts in 1786 and 1787. Daniel Shays led four thousand rebels (Shaysites) in rising up against perceived economic injustices.
Daniel Shays and Job Shattuck
from Bickerstaff's Boston Almanack
York County is in south central Pennsylvania and was created on August 19, 1749 from part of Lancaster County.
The first European settlements in Maryland were made in 1634 when English settlers created a permanent colony.
