Johan Michael MEIXELL

Male 1761 - 1814  (53 years)


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  • Name Johan Michael MEIXELL 
    Born 25 Sep 1761  Lower Smithfield Twp, Monroe Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Farmer, saw miller 
    _UID A253DC86E273428DB8A5C66DFE1C008BB0C4 
    Died 14 Oct 1814  Chestnuthill Twp, Monroe Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Gilbert, Chestnuthill Twp, Monroe Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I625334394  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 17 May 2014 

    Father Johannes MEIXELL,   b. 4 Oct 1733, Conestoga Twp, Lancaster Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1808, Chestnuthill Twp, Monroe Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Anna Margaretha ILLIG,   b. Abt 1739, Williams Twp, Northampton Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1814, Chestnuthill Twp, Monroe Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 75 years) 
    Married 10 Oct 1758  Tohickon Reformed Church, Bedminster Twp, Bucks Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F549247983  Group Sheet

    Family Catharine FRANTZ,   b. Abt 1761,   d. 21 Jun 1818, Ross Twp, Monroe Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 57 years) 
    Married Bef 1787  Monroe Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. John MEIXELL,   b. 22 Apr 1786, Chestnuthill Twp, Monroe Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Oct 1877, Ross Twp, Monroe Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
     2. Christina MEIXELL,   b. Abt 1791, Chestnuthill Twp, Monroe Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1816  (Age ~ 26 years)
     3. Margaret MEIXELL,   b. Abt 1791, Chestnuthill Twp, Monroe Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1816  (Age ~ 26 years)
     4. Catharine MEIXELL,   b. Abt 1791, Chestnuthill Twp, Monroe Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1816  (Age ~ 26 years)
     5. Michael MEIXSELL,   b. 17 Apr 1791, Chestnuthill Twp, Monroe Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Sep 1860, Ross Twp, Monroe Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     6. George MEIXELL,   b. 21 Dec 1793, Chestnuthill Twp, Monroe Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 May 1862, Lower Nazareth Twp, Northampton Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
     7. Melchior MEIXELL,   b. 2 Oct 1797, Chestnuthill Twp, Monroe Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Apr 1882, Easton, Northampton Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     8. Peter MEIXELL,   b. 23 Feb 1800, Chestnuthill Twp, Monroe Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Sep 1823, Lower Nazareth Twp, Northampton Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 23 years)
    Last Modified 17 May 2014 
    Family ID F549247975  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • Name Suffix: Senior

      not in 1772 tax list
      1785 tax list, Chestnuthill, $8.8
      1786 tax list, Chestnuthill, 100A, 1C $5.0, saw mill
      1788 tax list, Chestnuthill, 100A, 2H, 1C, $6.0, saw mill
      1790 tax list, Chestnuthill

      1790 census, Chestnuthill, 1-1-4
      1800 census, pg 533, 41010-02210
      1810 census, pg 92, Chestnuthill, 11301-00101 (Mixel)
      1820 census, Ross, 100110-30110 (Miesell)

      land warrant, 300A, Northampton (Monroe) Co, 14 Jan 1793

      Pvt, 6th Class, 3rd Co, 4th Bn Northampton Militia, Absent 9 Aug 1784 (PAA 6:III, 789)
      Pvt, Northampton Militia, Depreciation Pay (PAA 5:4, 336)

      single sp (w/Catharine Frantz) -> 1781 Nicolaus Altemos and Charlotte (Hamilton Twp Church)

      sp (Catharina Meixel widow) -> 1818, David Hutmacher and Catharina (at Salem)


      Johann Michael is buried in Salem Church Cemetery at Gilbert (aka. Pleasant
      Valley). Name on his tombstone is "Meyszel".

      Died intestate: Northampton Co. estate file #2970 and orphans court book 9, pp.
      2 and 15.

      On 19 January 1816, John Mixsell, eldest son of Michael Mixsell, Chestnuthill,
      yeoman, deceased, filed a petition in orphans court to partition or evaluate
      Michael's land. The petition stated that Michael died on or about 3 October
      1814 leaving a widow Catharine and eight children; John, Christina intermarried
      with George Hern, Margaret intermarried with Henry Renner, Catharine
      intermarried with David Hutmacher, Michael, George, Melchior, and Peter (the
      last three children being minors).