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JOHANN NICKEL MEY (son of JOHANNES MEY and MARGARETHA LAUERS) was born May 29, 1673 in <, Germany>, and died February 21, 1742/43. He married MARIA CATHARINA GRAEF in Germany.

 Includes NotesNotes for JOHANN NICKEL MEY:
Fred T. May of Austin, Texas, the "official genealogist" of "The Friends
of the May House" in Prestonsburg, KY plans to go to Germany in June, 1997
to further document his findings about the "Mey" family being the ancestors
of our ancestor, John May (circa 1760-1813).

Fred T. May's book, "The Shoemaker's Children", Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, MD; 1998 is n ow available. I bought a copy in September, 1998. He states that Johann Nickel Mey was a "S chumacher and Richter"(Shoemaker and Judge). The two sons from his first wife died in their i nfancy followed by her death. He later married Maria Catharina Graeff and had ten children . Johann died 5 years before his second wife Maria Catharina (Graeff) Mey and six of thei r children immigrated to America in 1748 . One other son, Johann Adolf May died in Americ a in 1747 indicating that he had immigrated before them. One son had died in early childhood . Three daughters and three sons came to America in 1748, landing at Philadelphia.

More About JOHANN NICKEL MEY:
Record Change: March 02, 2004

More About JOHANN NICKEL MEY and MARIA CATHARINA GRAEF:
Marriage: Germany.

Children of JOHANN NICKEL MEY and MARIA CATHARINA GRAEF are:
  1. +FRANTZ "FRANCIS" PETER MEY I, b. May 18, 1724, Niederhausen, Pfalz, Germany, d. Aft. 1784, Hampshire Co., VA.
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