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Descendants of Wilhelm Minnir

Generation No. 3

3. JOHANN (HANS) GEORGE³ MINNIR (CHRISTIAN², WILHELM¹) was born May 12, 1705 in Lutzelsach, Sachen, Palatinate, Germany, and died December 14, 1779 in Heidelburg, North Hampton County, Pennsylvania. He married (1) ANNA CATHARINA MEYER November 23, 1728 in Sinsheim, Heidelberg, Baden, Germany, daughter of ULRECH MEYER and ELIZABETH. She was born May 12, 1709 in Duren, Germany, and died May 1745 in Canastogo, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He married (2) MARIA ELIZABETH STRUCK 1745 in Tulpehoken Moravian Congregational House, Pennsylvania, daughter of WEINERT STRUNK and CATHARINA. He married (3) EVA MEITZER July 03, 1764.

Notes for JOHANN (HANS) GEORGE MINNIR:
Johann Gorg Minnir changed his name to "Johann George Minear" when he moved to the United States and Settled in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He arrived, with his brother Christianus Minnir, at Philadelphia on the ship "Mary Of London" from Rotterdam Adn Cowes on September 26, 1732. He gave his age as 26 and his brother, Christainus gave his age as 28. He changed his name soon after to Geoge Minnear.

He was listed as Hans Georg Minier on the importation list and as Hance Jerck Mineer on the list of persons taking the oath of allegiance to Pennsylvania.

According to a Nicolas Stemple, age 70 and Jacob Stemple, age 40 , arriving on the same boat, Johann and his family settled first in Conestoga, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where their next 3 children were born. They then moved to Heidelberg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Catherine, his wife, died in the early part of 1745 and he remarried later that same year to Elizabeth Strunk. Their next to the last child, Lorenz, was born in 1753 in Northhampton County, Pennsylvania.

During the French and Indian Wars, he wintered (1755-56) in the fortified Moravian settlement at Friedensthal or "Vale of Peace". During the Revolutionary War he took the oath of Allegiance in Pennsylvania.

NOTE: A Abraham Minniear, a revolutionary war soldier, living in Ohio at the time of his Pension, gave all spellings of Minear and explained that in "Germans Of Pennsylvania" he was even called "MINNIGRE".

George left a will in May 1779, Easton, Pennsylvania, which names children listed as Minier, Meniger, Mynegar. His will is filed the Surrogate's Office.

Information was obtained from the Moravian Church achieves, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

More About JOHANN (HANS) GEORGE MINNIR:
Christening: May 17, 1705, Evangelical Church, Mannheim, Baden, Germany

More About JOHANN MINNIR and ANNA MEYER:
Marriage: November 23, 1728, Sinsheim, Heidelberg, Baden, Germany

More About JOHANN MINNIR and MARIA STRUCK:
Marriage: 1745, Tulpehoken Moravian Congregational House, Pennsylvania

More About JOHANN MINNIR and EVA MEITZER:
Marriage: July 03, 1764

Children of JOHANN MINNIR and ANNA MEYER are:

5.	i.	JOHANNES (JOHN) GEROGE(MINEAR)⁴ MINNIR, b. February 11, 1729/30, Michelfield, Norbadin, (palentine) Germany; d. April 16, 1781, Hackers Creek, Barbour County, west Virginia.
	ii.	MARIA ELIZABETH MINEAR, b. December 24, 1732, Canastogo, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; m. JACOB DEATRICK.
	iii.	MARIA CATHERINE MINEAR, b. February 02, 1733/34, Canastogo, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
	iv.	HEINRICK MINEAR, b. December 24, 1735, Canastogo, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
	v.	CHATRINE MINEAR, b. September 15, 1740, Canastogo, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Children of JOHANN MINNIR and MARIA STRUCK are:

	vi.		CHRISTINA⁴ MINEAR, b. September 27, 1746, Canastogo, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
	vii.		CHRISTAIN MINEAR, b. September 30, 1747, Heidelburg, North Hampton County, Pennsylvania.
	viii.		DANIEL MINEAR, b. October 13, 1749, Heidelburg, North Hampton County, Pennsylvania.
	ix.		MARIE ELIZABETH MINEAR, b. March 31, 1751, Heidelburg, North Hampton County, Pennsylvania.
	x.		LORENZ MINEAR, b. February 1753, Heidelburg, North Hampton County, Pennsylvania.
	xi.		ABRAHAM MINEAR, b. May 1762, Heidelburg, North Hampton County, Pennsylvania.

4. CHRISTIANUS³ MINNIR (CHRISTIAN², WILHELM¹) was born February 02, 1703/04 in Lutzelsachen, Mannheim, Germany, and died Abt. 1784. He married MARIA CATHERINE RUDI.

Child of CHRISTIANUS MINNIR and MARIA RUDI is:

LORENZ⁴ MINIER, b. 1753.

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