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-- A current list of work items for essays on the spouses of the May generations-- January 2001

This page will be updated as work progresses and links will be made to new essays when they are completed.


Six German Generations

For a map showing the villages where the Mey families lived, CLICK HERE.

Gen: Meÿ Ancestors  Spouse  Essay notes on the spouse
1 - Hans Peter Meÿ Christina No information on her family name. She lived in Callbach, near Meisenheim.
2 - Conradt Meÿ Maria No information on her family name. She lived in Callbach, near Meisenheim.
3 - Heinrich Meÿ Appolonia No information on her family name. She lived in Callbach, near Meisenheim.
4 - Johannes C Margaretha Lauers The first Meÿ spouse with a known family line. She was from Niedermoschel and attended church in Alsenz.
5 - Johann Nickel Meÿ Anna Catharina Beyers They were married in 1699 and lived in her home village of Niederhausen an der Nahe.
 

Maria Catharina Graeff

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Johann Nickel's second wife and our oldest immigrant ancestor!  She was from the village of Hüffelsheim.

Spouses of the ten children of Johann Nickel Meÿ and Maria Catharina Graeff

Gen: Meÿ Ancestors  Spouse  Essay notes on the spouse
6 - Johann Nickel Meÿ  
6 - Johann Adolf Meÿ   ===============> No record of his ever being married.
6 - Maria Elizabetha Meÿ    
6 - Anna Maria Meÿ    
6 - Johann Frederich Meÿ  ===============> He died at the age of sixteen months.
6 - Johann Leonhardt Meÿ First wife
  Second wife
6 - Frantz Philip Meÿ   ===============> He died at the age of seven weeks.
6 - Johann Daniel Meÿ Anna Maria
6 - Frantz Peter Meÿ Anna Maria  
6 - Anna Margaretha    

For more detailed essays on these earlier generations, CLICK HERE.

Facsimile copies of many family records, including those cited in these essays, are printed in the book on the May/Meÿ family,
The Shoemaker's Children.

The American Generations

These essays will begin after the ones on the earlier generations are completed.