Johann Heinrich Henry Schaeffer

Johann Heinrich Henry Schaeffer

Male 1749 - 1803  (54 years)

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  • Name Johann Heinrich Henry Schaeffer  [1
    Born 05 Jul 1749  Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Died 12 Oct 1803  Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Schaefferstown Cemetery, Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I1185  Kreider Moyer
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2023 

    Father Alexander Schaeffer,   b. 08 Jan 1712, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Apr 1786  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Eva Anna Angelica Engle,   b. 1708,   d. 22 Nov 1772  (Age 64 years) 
    Married Abt 1738 
    Family ID F534  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Anna Eva Schweitzer,   b. 27 Apr 1753, Lancaster, Lancaster County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 02 Jan 1790, Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 36 years) 
    Married 09 Mar 1773  [2
    Last Modified 17 May 2018 
    Family ID F885  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Margaret Hoffman,   b. 11 Dec 1764,   d. 30 Apr 1851, Lebanon County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 2 Jan 1791  Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Henry Schaeffer,   b. 13 Sep 1792, Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 May 1793, Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    +2. Henry Schaeffer,   b. 1795, Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1850  (Age 55 years)
    Last Modified 9 Sep 2020 
    Family ID F886  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Last Modified 6 Sep 2020 
    Family ID F1037  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 05 Jul 1749 - Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 2 Jan 1791 - Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 12 Oct 1803 - Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Schaefferstown Cemetery, Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Schaefferstown Cemetery Lebanon County PA headstone photos pdf
    Schaefferstown Cemetery Lebanon County PA headstone photos pdf
    Great‐great‐great grandparents of Mary Elizabeth Moyer Kreider: Alexander Schaeffer (1712‐1786) and Eva Anna Angelica Engle Schaeffer (1708‐1772) are buried in Schaefferstown Cemetery.

    Headstones
    Johann Heinrich Schaeffer - next to Alexander Schaeffer
    Johann Heinrich Schaeffer - next to Alexander Schaeffer
    Schaefferstown Cemetery, Lebanon County, PA

    Albums
    Schaefferstown, PA
    Schaefferstown, PA (7)

  • Notes 
    • Henry, the son of Alexander Schaeffer and Anna (Engel) Schaeffer, was married (first) to Anna Eva Schweitzer and (second) to Margaret Hoffman. He had 6 children with Eva and a son with Margaret. Besides being a Justice of the Peace for many years, he operated a distillery and manufactured flooring and roofing tiles. Henry organized a company of militia to fight in the American Revolution. He was of the German Reformed faith and was involved in the church at Schaefferstown.

      Note on Margaret Hoffman's findagrave entry: Margaret Hoffman was the second wife of Capt. Henry Schaeffer and the mother of two sons named Henry. The first lived less than a year. They lived their married life in Schaefferstown, Lebanon Co., PA. [3]

    • Captain Johann Heinrich "Henry" (5 Jun 1749-12 Oct 1803) He was married twice, first to Anna Eva Schweitzer on 9 Mar 1773 and they had 6 children. She died at 36. He then married Margaret Hoffman 1790-1792 and they had 3 more children. [4]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Genealogy of the Meyer Family, Meyer, Henry, (1890).

    2. [S29] Headstone photograph on findagrave.

    3. [S38] Find A Grave database.

    4. [S12] Genealogical Records of Curt McGee.