Maria Margaretha Lenker1

F, #1397, b. 23 August 1763, d. December 1830
  • Last Edited: 11 Mar 2021
  • Maria Margaretha Lenker was born on 23 August 1763, Lower Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, PA.2
  • She was the daughter of Johann Michael Lenker and Catharine Barbara Jackelin.
  • Maria Margaretha Lenker married Jacob Conrad Shaffer, son of Frantz Schaffer and Anna Elizabeth Kiehl, in 1788.
  • Maria Margaretha Lenker died in December 1830, at age 67.3,2
  • She was buried at Stone Valley Cemetery, Hickory Corners, Lower Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, PA.
  • Father*: Johann Michael Lenker b. 11 Sep 1730, d. 16 May 1797
  • Mother*: Catharine Barbara Jackelin b. 1735, d. 1780

Children of Maria Margaretha Lenker and Jacob Conrad Shaffer

  • Catherine Shaffer b. 16 Jan 1789, d. 25 Feb 1863
  • Michael Shaffer+ b. 12 Mar 1789, d. 27 Jan 1837
  • Anna Elizabeth Shaffer b. 6 Apr 1791, d. 27 Nov 1860
  • Jacob Conrad Shaffer b. 23 Feb 1793, d. 27 Oct 1832
  • Anna Mary Shaffer b. 1 Aug 1795, d. 25 Feb 1862
  • Juliana Shaffer b. 1797, d. c 1867
  • Francis Shaffer+ b. 26 Apr 1803, d. 15 Mar 1871
  • Salome Shaffer b. 14 Feb 1806, d. 4 Dec 1870
  • Benjamin Shaffer b. c 1808, d. c 1873
  • Daniel Shaffer b. 10 Feb 1809, d. 25 Nov 1896
  • Jonathon Shaffer b. 28 Dec 1810, d. 14 Aug 1884

Citations

  1. [S143] "World Family Tree Vol. 4, Tree # 2233"; (identifies Maria's husband as Jacob Conrad Shaffer), Ancestral File . Hereinafter cited as "World Family Tree Vol. 4, Tree # 2233."
  2. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31370333/…. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  3. [S7] Joseph A. Meiser Jr. and Sarah Roadarmel Meiser, Genealogists Guide to Burials in Northumberland County, PA, Volume III (Grantham, PA: Ddraig Gooch Publications, Robert L.K. Jones, 4th edition, 1997), vol. III, p. 304. Hereinafter cited as Northumberland County Burials III.

Michael Shaffer

M, #1398, b. 12 March 1789, d. 27 January 1837
  • Last Edited: 5 Feb 2002
  • Michael Shaffer was buried at Stone Valley Church, Hickory Corners, Lower Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, PA.
  • Floyd, Biographical and Genealogical Annals of Northumberland County (1911) [Internet version] says:

    "Michael Schaffer, son of Jacob Conrad, was born and reared near Stone Valley Church, and lived there for some years. Then he moved to Jordan township, where he lived on a farm now owned by a Walborn, a large tract near Uniontown (Pillow) . He lived there, and was buried at the Stone Valley Church, where so many of the family have found their final resting place. A number of the later generations, however, are buried at Hebe and other churches in the surrounding townships. Michael Schaffer was married three times. His first wife, Rosanna Witmer, who died April 24, 1836, bore him children as follows: Jacob, Michael, Joseph, Samuel and Daniel. By his second marriage, to Elizabeth Wert, he had three children Philip, Elizabeth (married Joseph Seiler) and Susanna (married William Deppen). By the third wife, Susanna Reed, there were no children. (Another account says Elizabeth was born to the first marriage and Daniel to the second.) All of Mr. Michael Schaeffer's family lived in the Mahantango Valley."
  • He married Margaret Sarah Witmer, daughter of Mathias Witmer and Barbara Shaffer.
  • Michael Shaffer married Elizabeth Wert, daughter of Johann Heinrich Wirth and Elizabeth Enterline.
  • Michael Shaffer was born on 12 March 1789.
  • He was the son of Jacob Conrad Shaffer and Maria Margaretha Lenker.
  • Michael Shaffer died on 27 January 1837, at age 47.

Children of Michael Shaffer and Margaret Sarah Witmer

  • Elizabeth Shaffer b. 25 Apr 1809
  • Jacob Shaffer b. 14 Oct 1810, d. 20 Nov 1869
  • Samuel Shaffer b. 5 Nov 1819, d. 28 May 1902
  • Michael Shaffer b. 15 Jan 1822, d. 13 Sep 1887
  • Joseph Shaffer b. 1 May 1824

Children of Michael Shaffer and Elizabeth Wert

  • Philip Shaffer
  • Amanda Shaffer
  • Daniel W. Shaffer+ b. 28 Feb 1827, d. 18 Jul 1905
  • Susanna Shaffer b. 14 Mar 1832

Margaret Sarah Witmer1

F, #1399, b. 3 March 1788, d. 1824
  • Last Edited: 5 Feb 2002
  • Margaret Sarah Witmer married Michael Shaffer, son of Jacob Conrad Shaffer and Maria Margaretha Lenker.
  • Baptismal listing shows name as "Maria Sara." The sponsors were "Heinrich Hehn & wf. Maria Sara."
  • Margaret Sarah Witmer was born on 3 March 1788.
  • She was the daughter of Mathias Witmer and Barbara Shaffer.
  • Margaret Sarah Witmer was baptized on 7 April 1788, Stone Valley Church, Hickory Corners, Lower Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, PA.2
  • She died in 1824.
  • Father*: Mathias Witmer b. 10 Jun 1757, d. 5 May 1824
  • Mother*: Barbara Shaffer b. 1765, d. 1840

Children of Margaret Sarah Witmer and Michael Shaffer

  • Elizabeth Shaffer b. 25 Apr 1809
  • Jacob Shaffer b. 14 Oct 1810, d. 20 Nov 1869
  • Samuel Shaffer b. 5 Nov 1819, d. 28 May 1902
  • Michael Shaffer b. 15 Jan 1822, d. 13 Sep 1887
  • Joseph Shaffer b. 1 May 1824

Citations

  1. [S9] Lois Green Schoffstall, A History of the Shaffer-Miller Schrawder Families (Privately Published, 1980), p. 18. Hereinafter cited as Shaffer-Miller-Schrawder Families.
  2. [S131] Mahanoy and Mahantongo Historical & Preservation Society, Stone Valley Church Baptisms, online http://www.mahantongo.org (downloaded May 18, 2001), vol. 1, p. 20. Hereinafter cited as Stone Valley Church Baptisms.