(from a "Meyer-Moyer" genealogy website http://www.moyer-meyer-genealogy.com/moyer-meyer-genealogy-generation-06.htm)There is considerable controversy as to when CHRISTIAN MEYER SR. arrived in America. The Meyer Family History Book states they owned land in Salford Township by 1719. However they do not give any proof of this and I have not located any land transactions to support this theory. Some other sources say that CHRISTIAN and his brother HANS were in America by 1701. Again there is no evidence to support this.
J. E. WENGER in his book on the Franconia Mennonite Conference (page 16) cites C. Henry Smith in his History of the Mennonites (pages 136 and 180). He produces some evidence that the MEYERS were part of a group of 4 families who were driven out of the Canton of Bern in Switzerland several years prior to 1727. He says the 4 families came to America on the ship "Friendship" arriving in Philadelphia 16 October 1727. CHRISTIAN MEYER and HANS MEYER signed a petition for the Susquehanna road 9 March 1727/8. The "old" calendar system was still in effect then so this would be the March of 1728 in the "new calendar.

The Salford Mennonite settlement began in 1718 with about six families and by 1728 had grown to include several more. Originally this settlement would have been a part of the Skippack Mennonite Congregation, but by 1728 had become large enough to build their own meetinghouse.   CHRISTIAN MEYER SR. purchased 150 acres in Lower Salford Township, Montgomery County (which was Philadelphia County at that time). He had applied for a Warrant which was issued 6 September 1734 Recorded 4 November 1734. A copy in my files is taken from Survey Book "B" Volume 22 Page 186. Also a copy of the Patent that was issued taken from Patent Book "A" Volume 6 Page 398. In the files are historic and modern maps showing the location.        The above property is located on the northeast corner of Sumneytown Pike (now highway 63) and Harleysville to Souderton Pike (now highway 113). In my files are photographs taken in 1994. The buildings were built in the early 1800's by Meyer descendants. There are pictures in the files taken from the Meyer Family History Book showing these same buildings in the late 1800's. However in 1994 they were all boarded up as the property had been purchased for a new mall to be built. By 1995 all the buildings had been torn down.

       CHRISTIAN MEYER is supposed to be buried at DELP'S BURYING GROUND. It is located On Indian Creek Road in Franconia Township, Montgomery County, Pa. In my files are maps showing the location and photographs of the cemetery taken in 1994. There is no legible gravestone for CHRISTIAN MEYER SR. Many of the old stones are just red fieldstone without engraving and many are illegible because of deterioration over 250 years.