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From: Bill Davis <>
Subject: [MYERS-L] Melchior MIERS, Lexington, KY 1800
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 12:28:23 -0400

For a friend I am seeking information on the orgins of Melchior Miers, a
Butcher and trustee of the German Lutheran
Church in Lexington, Kentucky in 1800. One branch of the family had a
legend that he came to America
in the mid-1700's, and that he had been a "german mercenary serving under
LaFayette" in th American
Revolution. The Kentucky Gazette was a Lexington, Kentucky newspaper.

1. Melchior Miers

Chronology:

June, 1792 - Melchior Miers advertises in THE KENTUCKY GAZETTE
that he is selling candles.

December, 1798 - Melchior Miers, a butcher, advertises in THE
KENTUCKY GAZETTE for people to pay their bills.

February, 1799 - George A. Webber publishes a notice regarding a
deed from Melchior Miers.

June 3, 1799 - THE KENTUCKY GAZETTE contains a notice regarding a
sale of the property of Melchior Miers, to satisfy his debts, by
Sheriff G. R. Tompkins. Jesse Beauchamp, John Blackmore, George
Young, and John Phillips are mentioned.

Aug 7 1799 - George Wiegert announces he is moving to Lexington
into a house formerly occupied by Jacob Kiser, next to Melchior
Miers on High Street. From THE KENTUCKY GAZETTE.

1800 - Melchior Miers is a trustee of the German Lutheran Church
in Lexington.

1800 - There is a hatter in Lexington named Peter Myers,
relationship unknown.

1801 - George Hytel, attorney-in-fact for Melchior Miers, calls
for debtors to pay their debts.

July 18, 1806 - Fayette County Circuit Court Deed Book A pg. 802,
Melchior Miers of Lexington has this day sold to Francis Krickel,
a saddler of Lexington, one horse, one mare and colt, one cart
and gears, one bureau, and one cow, for $90. Witnessed by Thomas
Ocheltree, George Wery, and T. Davis. Void if Miers shall repay
amount within 5 years. Entered Aug 13 1806.

1808 - George Hytel announces in THE KENTUCKY GAZETTE that he is
selling a house, now occupied by Melchior Miers.

1810 - George A. Webber publishes a notice in THE KENTUCKY
GAZETTE that an indentured servant, Magdalena Miers, has run
away.

Date unknown - No death date is available for Melchior Miers, but
as a trustee of the German Lutheran Church he was probably buried
in the church lot at what is now the Methodist Church, 214 West
High Street in Lexington. It's said that some of the graves were
later moved to a Presbyterian Cemetery on North Limestone.

Aug 29 1825 - Christina McQuillen, William and Magdeline Sally,
Barbary Miers, and Sally and Silas McDermid convey to Francis
Krickel for $800 a lot in Lexington on the corner of Main Cross
and High Street in Lexington. 1. Begin at corner an run with Main
Cross 67 ft to the lot belonging to John Shedell, now the
property of Francis Krickel. 2. Thence at right angle with
Krickel's line 56 ft to the alley. 3. Thence with the alley 67 ft
to High Street. 4. Thence with High Streeet 56 ft to the
beginning. The same lot conveyed by George Hydel to all parties
in 1810. Signed with "marks" by Christina, Magdalena, and Barbary
Miers, and with the signatures of Sarah and Silas McDermid.
Christina, Magdalena, and Sarah are described as "late Miers."
Margin: Examined and given to owner October 9 1838.


Children of Melchior Miers:

2. i Catherine "Caty" Miers born cir ___ 00 1790.
ii Henry Myers married Oct 25 1809, in Fayette County,
Kentucky, Lydia Wall. Jonathon Pew mentioned on
marriage record. Need to review why I have Henry as
a child of Melchior Miers. It might be from the
marriage record. He was not a party to the 1825
deed of Melchior Miers heirs.
3. iii Christena Myers.
4. iv Mary Magdalena Miers born ___ 00 1798.
v Madoline Barbary Miers married Apr 13 1826, in
Fayette County, Kentucky, James Madison Parker
(Col). The name Barbara or Barbary Miers appears on
an 1825 deed of the Miers heirs to Francis Krinkle.
A year later Madoline Barbary Miers married Col.
James Madison Parker of the Northern Neck of
Virginia.
vi Sarah "Sally" Miers married Silas McDermid. Silas
and Sarah signed an 1825 document with the other
Miers, but I can find no McDermids in early Fayette
County Census records. In 1792 a Hugh McDermid is
settling the estate of his father, Francis McDermid
of Lexington.
Silas: There is no McDermid list in Fayette County
Censuses, 1810 - 1840.

1806 - August 6, 1806, Fayette County Deeds E, page
9 Elisha Warfield Jr. and Maria to James McClain, on
Market Street, Lot 33 "in McDermid's Square."

Second Generation

2. Catherine "Caty" Miers born cir ___ 00 1790, married Dec 09
1807, in Fayette County, Kentucky, Frances Krickel, died bef ___
00 1830. May 21 1805, the Kentucky Gazette carried a notice that
Krickel and Boyd had dissolved their partnership.

November 20 1806, Francis Krickle and John Shields gave notice
that their partnership in the tavern-keeping business in
Lexington had been dissolved.

In the 1810 Fayette County, Ky Census, Francis Krinkle appears in
Lexington with two males between 16 and 26, one between 26 and
45, and a male over 45 and with two girls under 10 and two
females between 16 and 26.

October 21, 1814 - Thomas McQuillen and Francis Krickle dissolved
their partnership.

August 29 1825, Melchior Miers' heirs convey to Francis Krinkle,
a lot at the corner of High and Main Cross Street in Lexington.

In the 1830 Fayette County, Ky Census a Tynus Krichel is living
near William Sally and Christina Quillan with a boy under 5, a
male between 30 and 40, and a male between 50 and 60, and a girl
under 5, another between 10 and 15, and a woman between 30 and
40.

1838 - Lexington City Directory lists Francis Krickel, a tavern
keeper, on West High Street corner of Main Cross Street (or
Broadway).

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Children:
i Edward Francis Krickel Sr. born Dec 25 1819,
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, married
Elizabeth Hart, born Jan 05 1828, Kentucky,
(daughter of John Kemer Hart and Harriet Burress)
died Nov 09 1904. Edward died Dec 24 1886, Helena,
Phillips County, Arkansas, buried Hart Cemetery,
Phillips Co., Arkansas.

3. Christena Myers married Jul 01 1812, in Fayette County,
Kentucky, Thomas McQuillen, died bef Mar 00 1825. Christena died
Jun 00 1833, Fayette County, Kentucky. The 1820 Fayette County,
Ky Census shows the Thomas McQuillen household in Lexington with
a boy under 5, another between 16 and 18, Thomas between 26 and
45, 3 girls under 5, one between 16 and 25, and Christena between
26 and 45, and one slave.

The 1830 Fayette County, Ky Census shows Christina Quillen as
head of household, in the household are a boy under 10, a boy and
a girl between 5 and 10, a girl between 15 and 20, and Christina
between 30 and 40. She is living near William Sally and a Tynus
Krickle.

June 5, 1833 - THE KENTUCKY GAZETTE notes the death of Christina
McQuillen, widow of Thomas McQuillen, in a listing of cholera
victims during the 1833 cholera plague. The August 1 issue
mentions the death of a "Mrs. Myers" in Ward No. 4 in Fayette
County, also from cholera.

Jan Barrett (jbarr2 at flash.net) is descended from this line.
She states that Christina left 5 children: Mary, Emaline,
George, Margaret, and Francis, and that Lexington lawyer John
McCalla became their guardian upon Christina's death.

Children:
i Mary McQuillen married Apr 22 1835, in Fayette
County, Kentucky, William Puthuff.
ii Emaline McQuillen born Apr 20 1817, Fayette County,
Kentucky, married (1) ___ 00 1835, in Fayette
County, Kentucky, James W. Shaw, married (2) Dec 13
1845, in Franklin County, Kentucky, Lott Duvall.
Emaline died Sep 16 1896, Frankfort, Franklin
County, Kentucky.
iii Thomas McQuillen. Might be the Thomas McQuillen on
the 1840 Census of Green County, KY.
iv Margaret McQuillen married Jun 15 1837, in Fayette
County, Kentucky, James Duncan.
v Francis McQuillen born ___ 00 1822, married Oct 14
1848, Martha Jane Duvall, born ___ 00 1826,
(daughter of Lott Duvall and Lucy Marshall) died ___
00 1883, Franklin County, Kentucky. Francis died
___ 00 1887, Franklin County, Kentucky.

4. Mary Magdalena Miers born ___ 00 1798, Fayette County,
Kentucky, married (1) Isaac? Salyers, born Virginia, (son of
John? Salyers) died cir ___ 00 1823, married (2) Jan 21 1824, in
Fayette County, Kentucky, William Sallee, born Virginia, died ___
00 1835. In 1810 George A. Webber published in THE KENTUCKY
GAZETTE a notice that Magdalena Miers, an indentured servant, had
run off (September 25 1810) If this is her, she would be about 12
years old. In 1799 George A. Webber had published a notice
regarding a deed by Melchior Miers. An October 2, 1799 entry in
the Kentucky Gazette shows that Webber was a baker. In another
entry in 179_, Jacob Beoshart of Lexington announced that he had
a blue dying business in the shop between Adam Webber and Mr.
Meyer.



Bill Davis
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