Here is interesting trivia about the Moyer(s) name. The Moyer name does appear in English history. There was apparently a Sir Edward Moyer who was a Bard from Essex in the late 16OOs early 1700s. He may or may not have been an emigrant nobleman from Germany who traveled to England on the shirt tail of the Royals transplanted from the mainland after the fall of Cromwell, or he may have been from a mercenary family. This brings up another interesting clue. In Ireland, "Moyer" means "a level place." There is even a Mount Moyer and my father has been to its summit. It is about 20 miles north west of Dublin. Not much of a mountain but there are interesting stones at its top. The Moyer family I am related to were Mennonites in Pennsylvania. When my Great Grandfather, John, married my Great Grandmother in Ashland Pennsylvania, it caused a great stir since she was Catherine Doyle and an Irish Catholic. They were shunned for a long time and they moved to the Pacific Northwest. Later they supposedly made a reconciliation and visited Pennsylvania, however [they] never moved back. We have been marrying Irish Catholics ever since! I just happened upon Mount Moyer when in Ireland a few years back and Dad and Mom were there last year.
William Penn's family held a castle at Bunratty on the west coast of Ireland near Shannon. I have been there. He was a baby there. The castle had withstood lots of sieges including some when the Penn family lived there. The Penns may have had some Moyer soldiers in his employ in Ireland and when they eventually came to Pennsylvania the connection was still strong enough to grant some of these men and their families land there. As you probably already know, the Moyer name appears very early in American history. We were some of the very first settlers in Germantown. I believe the Moyer group were German or Swiss mercenaries that became farmers. In fact the name is old enough to show itself in ancient Irish strongholds and into Scotland where a Moyer is known as "the son of the steward." I also believe that the reason there is very little history of the Moyer name in Germany is because so much history was destroyed during the religious wars, about the time the Moyer group came to America! Stubborn and hard working I think we got around alot in the wooden ships and are the product of alot of hard times and good family life. You are fortunate to be one of us. We are mystery with a history.
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