Conrad Cornelius Heyer

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Conrad Cornelius Heyer (1749 - 1856)

Also Known As: "Hayer"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Waldoboro, York County, Province of Massachusetts
Death: February 19, 1856 (106)
Waldoboro, Lincoln County, Maine, United States
Place of Burial: Waldoboro, Lincoln County, Maine, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Johann Martin Heyer and Catherine Heyer
Husband of Mary Heyer
Father of George Heyer; Mary Sidelinger; Margaret Gross; Catherine Teague; Cornelius Heyer and 4 others

Occupation: Earliest born person ever to be photographed, said to be the first German born in Waldoboro, Revolutionary War veteran - served as a bodyguard under George Washington when crossing the Delaware, farmer
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About Conrad Cornelius Heyer

DAR Ancestor #: A200640

Photo is a daguerreotype held by the Maine Historical Society, taken in 1852, when the subject was 103 years of age. He lived to age 107.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/27/oldest-person-photographe_...

https://allthingsliberty.com/2016/02/conrad-heyer-did-not-cross-the...

https://southcarolina1670.wordpress.com/2014/06/11/conrad-heyer-old...

Voted in every US presidential election until the time of his death, and at the age of 103 traveled 6 miles through a severe storm to cast his vote for Winfield Scott. He generally voted Whig.

Enlisted in a Massachusetts regiment in December 1775. Served under General George Washington through the crossing of the Delaware and at Valley Forge, and had served for a time as one of his bodyguards (he would therefore be one of the few Germans who were not born in Pennsylvania to serve in that capacity - record of service said to exist in the National Archives). While at Valley Forge, became a Freemason, likely within the same (military?) lodge that Washington attended while at the winter encampment, and through the organization, associated with Lafayette, Steuben, Knox, Greene, Lincoln, and Dearborn.

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Conrad Cornelius Heyer's Timeline

1749
April 10, 1749
Birth of Conrad Cornelius Heyer
Waldoboro, York County, Province of Massachusetts
1778
April 1, 1778
Birth of George Heyer
Waldoboro, Lincoln County, Massachusetts, United States
1780
1780
Birth of Mary Sidelinger
Waldoboro, Lincoln County, Massachusetts, United States
1783
1783
Birth of Margaret Gross
Waldoboro, Lincoln County, Massachusetts, United States
1785
1785
Birth of Catherine Teague
Waldoboro, Lincoln County, Massachusetts, United States
1786
1786
Birth of Cornelius Heyer
Waldoboro, Lincoln County, Massachusetts, United States
1791
1791
Birth of Elizabeth Harriman
Waldoboro, Lincoln County, Massachusetts, United States
1792
1792
Birth of Sarah Sidelinger
Waldoboro, Lincoln County, Massachusetts, United States
1793
1793
Birth of Charles Heyer
Waldoboro, Lincoln County, Massachusetts, United States
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