Valentine SHAFFER

Birth:
31 Dec 1765
Lower Milford, Lehigh, Pennsylvania
Chr:
12 Jan 1766
Blue Church, Upper Saucon, Lehigh, Pennsylvania
Death:
1 Dec 1852
Ringgold Twp, Jefferson, Pennsylvania
Marriage:
Abt 1787
of Lower Milford, Lehigh, Pennsylvania
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
      1. Family Records
      2. Christening Records of Blue Church, Upper Saucon, Lehigh, PA
      3. Geist Relation, by A. Frank Geist
      4. Garrett Estate Work Papers
      5. 1850 Census Ringgold Twp, Jefferson, PA
      6. Military Accounts Records of the Comptroller General and the Division ofArchives and Manuscripts
      7. Jefferson Co., PA Court Records
      8. Jefferson Co., PA Death Records
      9. Confirmation Records of Howerter Church, Upper Mahanoy Twp, Northumberland, PA
      10. 1830 Census Upper Mahanoy Twp, Northumberland, PA
      11. Himmel's Church Records
      12. Howerter's Church Records
      13. Main Archive Record
      14. 1997 Ordinance Index
Catherine STAUB
Birth:
Mar 1767
of Lower Milford, Lehigh, Pennsylvania
Death:
1842
Ringgold Twp, Jefferson, Pennsylvania
Children
Marriage
1
Johannes SHAFFER
Birth:
14 Aug 1788
Lower Milford, Lehigh, Pennsylvania
Death:
18 May 1858
Ringgold Twp, Jefferson, Pennsylvania
Elizabeth GEIST 
Marr:
10 Nov 1813
 
2
Anna Catherine SHAFFER
Birth:
14 Aug 1791
Lower Milford, Lehigh, Pennsylvania
Death:
14 Nov 1868
Upper Mahanoy, Northumberland, Pennsylvania
3
Dorothea SHAFFER
Birth:
2 Dec 1792
Lower Milford, Lehigh, Pennsylvania
Death:
10 Mar 1870
Ringgold Twp, Jefferson, Pennsylvania
Henry SHERRY 
Marr:
23 Aug 1816
Upper Mahanoy, Northumberland, 
4
Anna Maria SHAFFER
Birth:
21 Jan 1795
Lower Milford, Lehigh, Pennsylvania
Death:
John BEISEL 
Marr:
Abt 1819
of Lehigh, Pennsylvania 
5
Peter SHAFFER
Birth:
15 Dec 1796
Lower Milford, Lehigh, Pennsylvania
Death:
13 Nov 1850
Mary Magdalena BRAUN 
Marr:
15 Feb 1818
Upper Mahanoy, Northumberland, 
6
Isaac SHAFFER
Birth:
18 Jan 1799
Lower Milford, Lehigh, Pennsylvania
Death:
16 Apr 1868
Christina GEIST 
Marr:
Abt 1821
Upper Mahanoy, Northumberland, 
7
Elizabeth SHAFFER
Birth:
3 Apr 1800
Lower Milford, Lehigh, Pennsylvania
Death:
4 Mar 1886
Ringgold Twp, Jefferson, Pennsylvania
Daniel HINDERLITER 
Marr:
Abt 1820
of Mahanoy Twp, Northumberland 
8
Andrew SHAFFER
Birth:
29 Sep 1802
Lower Milford, Lehigh, Pennsylvania
Death:
12 Jan 1891
Warsaw Twp, Jefferson, Pennsylvania
Christina ESTERLEIN 
Marr:
22 Mar 1822
Northumberland, Pennsylvania 
9
Joseph SHAFFER
Birth:
4 Nov 1804
Lower Milford, Lehigh, Pennsylvania
Death:
4 Jan 1865
Millstone, Elk, Pennsylvania
Hannah MILLER 
Marr:
Abt 1828
of Lehigh, Pennsylvania 
10
Mary SHAFFER
Birth:
1806
Lower Milford, Lehigh, Pennsylvania
Death:
Michael SHAFFER 
Marr:
Abt 1826
of Lehigh, Pa 
FCID:2072:188
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Valentine Shaffer - Catherine Staub

Valentine Shaffer was born at Lower Milford, Lehigh, Pennsylvania 31 Dec 1765. His parents were Johann Martin Schaffer and Elisabeth Catherine Lautenschlager.

He married Catherine Staub Abt 1787 at of Lower Milford, Lehigh, Pennsylvania . Catherine Staub was born at of Lower Milford, Lehigh, Pennsylvania Mar 1767 daughter of Johannes Staub and Anna Maria Nessner .

They were the parents of 10 children:
Johannes Shaffer born 14 Aug 1788.
Anna Catherine Shaffer born 14 Aug 1791.
Dorothea Shaffer born 2 Dec 1792.
Anna Maria Shaffer born 21 Jan 1795.
Peter Shaffer born 15 Dec 1796.
Isaac Shaffer born 18 Jan 1799.
Elizabeth Shaffer born 3 Apr 1800.
Andrew Shaffer born 29 Sep 1802.
Joseph Shaffer born 4 Nov 1804.
Mary Shaffer born 1806.

Valentine Shaffer died 1 Dec 1852 at Ringgold Twp, Jefferson, Pennsylvania .

Catherine Staub died 1842 at Ringgold Twp, Jefferson, Pennsylvania .