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John Myers

M, #3056, b. say 1790
Family Explorer
Pedigree
Last Edited: 28 Feb 2021
Relationship:
3rd great-grandfather of Patricia Catherine Adamson

Family:

Sarah Napier b. 14 Sep 1788, d. b 27 Apr 1827

Children:

Elisabeth Myers+ b. s 19 Nov 1817, d. 25 Apr 1894
John Myers farmer & Colonial Pioneer b. 8 May 1819, d. 21 Nov 1896
James Myers b. 24 Jun 1821, d. 1895
Charles Paget Myers b. 3 Mar 1823
George Taylor Myers+ b. 5 May 1825, d. 29 Oct 1904
Sarah Myers b. 18 Apr 1827

Notes

  • (Witness) Note for Web: John Myers and Theodore Napier 3rd son were mentioned with Sarah Napier and John Myers farmer & Colonial Pioneer. Sarah Napier, born 1788, married John Myers, farmer, of Marykirk, Kincardine, Scotland. Their eldest son, John Myers, 1819-1936. came to Melbourne in 1843. In 1847 or 48, he started farming at Merri Creek and in 1856 he purchased crown land in the Pentland Hills for 15 shillings an acre; there he bred Clydesdale horses and dairy cattle. He took a signific part in having the Presbyterian Church built in the Pentland hills - a beautiful little sandstone building; it stands beside the Western Highway.
    Descendants of his large family bear the name of : Myers, Plummer, Gibson, Lester, Charlton and others. They live in suburban and country districts, particularly in the Ballan and Bacchus Marsh countryside. They recognise the early link with the Napier family and Theodore Napier was well known by them.1

Citations

  1. [S49] Website Web Site online (www.) https://books.google.com.au/books?id=wrMbGY3_K6MC&pg=PA64&lpg=PA64&dq=Sarah+Myers+born+Napier&source=bl&ots=KR788P1y_i&sig=ACfU3U0ie8IkLmkT9613uwdj1ubgAUXQkg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwifkfG48tfpAhWHbisKHbJXCLgQ6AEwAHoECAkQAQ&#v=onepage&q=Sarah%20Myers%20born%20Na&f=false [Jun 2020].
Charts:
Beattie, Mary s1730 descendants
Myres, John c1790 descendants
Napier, William 1727 descendants