Burial records show his name as Michael Reamer as that name is what he went by while living in America and was given to his wife. His birth name from Germany is Johann Michael Römer. Most of his descendants adopted the anglicized version Raymer.
∼ Johann Michael Roemer/Römer was born in the village of Buerkenau/Birkenau, Germany and married Charlotta Amalia Hartwich in 1736. They immigrated to America together in 1738 - "Year of The Destroying Angel".
∼5 Sep 1738: Immigration of "John Michael Römer" aged 23, among others from the Palatinate, listed to Port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (British Colonial America) on the ship "Winter Galley" from Rotterdam, Holland by way of Deal, England.∼ together, they had two sons and six daughters, but only three daughters survived him. The deceased had the good fortune of experiencing in the course of his life a descent of 37 grandchildren and 51 great grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild of whom some preceded him into eternal rest. He died peacefully on the 24th at 11 am, age 85y 2m 21d from the weakness of age, and was buried on the 25th. ∼
Michael Roemer (Raymer) was the leading elder of the early Lutheran Church at Frederick and at Monocacy Church of the Muhlenberg Articles of 1747. From the newspaper "Frederick News-Post" of Frederick, Maryland, United States of America, Sep. 10, 1980
∼Tradition says Michael Raymer married Catherine Kemp, who may have predeceased him. The book "History of Carrollton Manor, Frederick County, Maryland," by William Jarboe Grove, Lime Kiln, Maryland, 1928
∼ The widower Michael remarried the widow Susanna Margaretha Wagner Fultz January 23, 1791. Children of first marriage:
1. Johanna Magdalena Römer, b. Abt 1738, of Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location+ 2. Anna Barbara Römer, b. Abt 1739, of Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location, d. From 16 Oct 1768 to 15 Feb 1769, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 29 years) 3. Römer, b. Abt 1741, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location, d. Bef Feb 1779, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 38 years) 4. Römer, b. Abt 1742, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location, d. Bef Feb 1779, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 37 years) 5. Maria Barbara Römer, b. 20 Jul 1744, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 12 Sep 1776, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years) 6. Elizabeth Römer, b. 25 Jul 1747, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 13 Aug 1841, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years) 7. Johann Conrad Römer, b. 8 Sep 1750, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location, d. Bef Feb 1779, of Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years) 8. Christina Römer, b. 18 Jul 1752, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 10 Nov 1808, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)