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Captain Robert Johann Messer 1731–1771 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1731

Birth Location: Virginia, USA

Death Date: 19 June 1771

Death Location: Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina, United States of America

Father: James Messer

Mother: Ann Wickersham

Spouse(s): Mary Baskett

Children(s):

The story of Captain Robert Johann Messer began in 1731 in Virginia, USA. Captain Robert Johann Messer married Mary Ann Little Flower Baskett. Captain Robert Johann Messer passed away in 1771 in Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina, United States of America.

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Biography

  • The story of Captain Robert Johann Messer began in 1731 in Virginia, USA.
  • Captain Robert Johann Messer married Mary Ann Little Flower Baskett.
  • Captain Robert Johann Messer passed away in 1771 in Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina, United States of America.

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Children(s)

Captain Messer's Ancestors

Self
Captain Messer
1731–1771
Birth Place: Virginia, USA
Parents
James Mercer Messer
1694–1734
Ann (Messer) Wickersham
1696–1734
Bolney, Sussex, England
Grandparents
Thomas Wickersham
1660–1730
Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Alice Hogge
1677–1730
West Sussex, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Wickersham
1638–1714
Richard Hogge
1649–1678
Alice Pannell
1654–1681
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Hogge
1629–1648
Jeane Nisbet
1630–1695
John Parnell
1629–
Elizabeth Rose
1632–1687

Captain Messer's Timeline

3 Records

1731
1731
Birth of Captain Robert Johann Messer in Virginia, USA
Virginia, USA
1735
4 Mar 1735
Age 4
Captain Robert Johann Messer was baptized in Mannheim, Mannheim, Baden, Germany
Mannheim, Mannheim, Baden, Germany
1771
19 June 1771
Age 40
Death of Captain Robert Johann Messer in Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1731
    Event Place: Virginia, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 4 Mar 1735
    Event Place: Mannheim, Mannheim, Baden, Germany
    Record Source: Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Mannheim, Baden, Germany
    Record Source: Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 June 1771
    Event Place: Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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