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From: "Bellis Genealogy" <>
Subject: RE: [NJHUNTER] Albertus Myers - ancestors from Nordhofen Church?
Date: Sun, 05 Jun 2005 10:59:48 -0400
In-Reply-To: <000201c56975$20cfb320$6601a8c0@MarfyG>


Marfy,

I sent an email to Gary MYERS a few days ago which I had meant to post to
the list. It was in reply to his query with subject "Cornelius Myers,
Duckworth, Hann, Mason". With this continued discussion on Albertus MYERS,
thought I'd re-post it here:

"Gary,

I can't answer your immediate question, however FWIW, while reviewing the
church book records of the Nordhofen Church in Germany, I've come across the
surname HUHN (both with and without an umlaut) and I believe I noticed it
written as HAHN but didn't jot that down so I'm not certain. This surname
wasn't my focus so I didn't record anything except "HUHN" since it was
unusual and I wanted to research it further when I got home.

I only mention this because there were lots of entries in the Nordhofen
records for MYERS/MIERS. Plus, I notice from an online database that there
apparently were marriages between the daughter of Yost HOPPAUGH, who died in
Amwell, NJ and was from Seelbach/Flammersfeld, Germany, which is not too far
from Nordhofen, and Johann Peter HANN. The database also notes that other
of Yost's children married into the ALLER, JUNG (mother was ANDRIESSEN), and
FOX (FUCHS) families...all these names are present in the Nordhofen church
books, as well as my BOLLESFELDs (ANDRIESSEN is listed mostly as
ANDRE/ANDRES). Yost HOPPAUGH's wife's surname, SCHU, may also have been
listed but that name has not been familiar to me in my research so I didn't
notice it.

Just thought I'd pass this on..."

ADDED NOTE: last night I reviewed some digital images I downloaded off the
LDS microfilm of the Nordhofen church book records. In 1690, someone from
Seelbach (which presumably is the Seelbach located near Flammersfeld, not
another Seelbach) named Christina (can't read surname) was listed as a
sponsor at the baptism of Johann Christian BOLLESFELD, indicating some level
of interaction between the residents of these two areas. Thus, the HANN who
married Yost HOPPAUGHs daughter "may" have belonged to the HUHN/HAHN family
listed in the Nordhofen church records...who then "may" be the HANN
ancestors of Gary MYERS...in which case the MYERS/MIERS listed in the
Nordhofen church books "may" also be Gary's MYERS ancestors.

Roz BELLIS
Alexandria VA


-----Original Message-----
From: Marfy Goodspeed [mailto:]
Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 10:20 PM
To:
Subject: RE: [NJHUNTER] Albertus Myers

Dear Bob,
The name Albertus is an odd and unusual one in Hunterdon County, but one
would expect to find the name Albertus in a college with German roots.
The most famous Albertus was the Catholic philosopher Albertus Magnus
who lived in Germany in the 13th century. If you check Henry Z. Jones'
Palatine Migration books, you will find a few of that name. The one
we've been discussing lived from 1751 to 1839 in an area of Hunterdon
that was settled by many Germans in the early to mid 18th century. To
have someone show up with that name in the mid 20th century is kind of
amazing.

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Kitchen [mailto:]
Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 5:50 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Albertus Myers


I've been watching the notes concerning Albertus Myers, and
wondering.... When I entered Muhlenberg College (Allentown, Pa.) in
1958, there was an Albertus Myers (descendant?) who was a famous band
director in Allentown. Not too many people have that first name. Bob
Kitchen; Lock Haven, Pa.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Marfy Goodspeed" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 6:03 PM
Subject: RE: [NJHUNTER] Albertus Myers


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carol Parks [mailto:]
> Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 9:47 AM
> To:
> Subject: [NJHUNTER] Albertus Myers
>
> Gary, Marfy, and any one else interested,
> I recently discovered that I, too, am a descendant of Albertus Myers.
> Not through Cornelius but through another son, John, born 8 Jan 1789,
> died 16 May 1879, who married Elizabeth Fox on 7 Mar 1814. I was
> wondering if you had any additional information on John's line. Carol
>
> Dear Carol,
> It's funny, but I've got nothing on his family other than what you
> recited in your email. He bought and sold land in Hunterdon up to
> 1841, then seems to disappear. I don't think he has an estate in the
> Hunterdon Surrogate's court either. I assume he is one of the many
> migrants from Hunterdon County. Marfy




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