Eva Mikesell ⁴⁷¹

  General Notes:

Per Robert D. Harter, he feels that Eva cannot be the wife of Johannes George, we are following up on this in 2007

I am now 95 to 99 percent sure that Johann George Harter was NOT the son of Andraes and Anna Catharina (Zahner) Harter as assumed by Byron Harter when he put together "A Harter Journal". He just does not fit into that family and I have found no evidence that he should. I wish I knew Byron's justification in putting him there, but, alas, he departed this life shortly after putting together the Journal.


I FEEL THAT EVA IS NOT THE HUSBAND OF JOH GEORGE BUT LEAVE HERE HERE FOR NOW

Thank you for contacting me about Eva Mikesell. It gives me a chance to
correct misinformation that may well have come from my naive post on the
internet (once there it takes a life of its own!!) I was first contacted by
an Adam researcher, who told me of Eva's marriage to Jonas. There is a
record of Eva Mikesell marrying Jonas Adam in the Marriage Records of Rev.
John Casper Stoever,
http://www.pa-roots.com/~lancaster/church/stoever/stoevermarriage1.html .
The will of Martin Mikesell, Eva's brother, also clearly and unambiguously
includes a mention of "Eva, wife of Jonas Adam" as a daughter of Andraes
Meixel. (Lancaster County, PA., Deeds, Record Book XX, Volume II, page
639-645)

A few months ago I found in the records of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran
Congregation, LeHigh County, PA.: Oct 26, 1752 George Herder m. Eva Bracker,
Christian Bracker's daughter.

Again, this is weak evidence to go on, but I have found very few Georg
Harters at that time so, given that the time frame is correct in relation to
their oldest child's birth (1754), am inclined to believe this is the
correct marriage until such a time as I am proven wrong.

Georg and Eva may have been in Berks County prior to appearing in Frederick
County, MD. In the Tulpehocken Church Records, 1730-1800, Christ (Little
Tulpehocken) Church and Altalaha Church, Rehrersburg. Translated by
Frederick S. Werser. The Pennsylvania German Society, Breinigsville, PA.
1982. we find the following baptismal entry: "A daughter, Catharine, born 24
Mar 1760 . Sponsors Georg Harter and his wife. Father - Joh. Georg
Radebach."

  Noted events in her life were:

• Alternate Spell: Anna Eva Midesell. ^204,470

• Baptism, May 3, 1730, Moravian Church, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. ⁴⁷²

Eva married Johannes George Harter about 1753 in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ²⁰⁴.^,470 (Johannes George Harter was born about 1729 in Wurttenburg, Germany ^204,470 and died about 1800 in Franklin Co, Virginia ^204,470.)

  Marriage Notes:

Per Robert D. Harter

This marriage is based on circumstantial evidence, and has never been proven. Eva is known to have married Jonas Adam (verified) 26 September 1748, Lebanon Co, Pennsylvania. No further record. It is felt that Jonas died and Eva subsequently married J. George Harter. One item of circumstantial evidence for this is as follows:
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The Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church (Formerly St. Peter's) - Frederick Co., MD parish register 1767-1889 shows the following.
Maria Catharine Herter, B. 29 May 1771; Bapt. 29 July 1771; parents Georg. & Eva; sponsors Andreas Meixel and Catharina. (Andreas and Catharina would have been Eva's oldest brother and his wife)
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