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Captain Robert Johann Messer 1734–1771 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1734

Birth Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Allemagne

Death Date: 19 June 1771

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

Father: James Messer

Mother: Ann Wickersham

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Captain Robert Johann Messer was born in 1734 in Hamburg, Hamburg, Allemagne, the child of James Mercer Messer And Ann Wickersham. Captain Robert Johann Messer passed away in 1771 in Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Captain Robert Johann Messer was born in 1734 in Hamburg, Hamburg, Allemagne, the child of James Mercer Messer And Ann Wickersham.
  • Captain Robert Johann Messer passed away in 1771 in Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina, United States of America.

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Captain Messer's Ancestors

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Captain Messer
1734–1771
Birth Place: Hamburg, Hamburg, Allemagne
Parents
James Mercer Messer
1694–1755
Ann Wickersham
1696–1734
Bolney, Sussex, England
Grandparents
Thomas Messer
1652–1718
Mary Greenaway
1664–1723
Wales, England, United Kingdom
Thomas (Wickersham) Sr
1668–1730
Bolney, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Ann Grover
1668–1697
Hurstpeirpoint, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
John Greenaway
1645–1708
Anne Almy
1627–1709
John Wickersham
1632–1696
Elizabeth Prince
1632–1708
John Grover
1652–1689
Ann Killingbeck
1638–1672
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Wickersonne
1604–1658
Francis Stuckley\Struckle
1607–1651
John Prince
1603–1676
Elizabeth Watkins
1609–1661
Edward Killingbeck
1605–1642
Elsabeth Wales
1612–1697

Captain Messer's Timeline

2 Records

1734
1734
Birth of Captain Robert Johann Messer in Hamburg, Hamburg, Allemagne
Hamburg, Hamburg, Allemagne
1771
19 June 1771
Age 37
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: 1734
    Event Place: Hamburg, Hamburg, Allemagne
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    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 3
    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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