Johann Martin SCHAFFER

Birth:
30 Aug 1724
Bochenrod, Starkenburg, Hesse, Germany
Chr:
1 Sep 1724
Reichelsheim, Starkenburg, Hesse, Germany
Death:
9 Oct 1809
Lower Milford, Lehigh, Pennsylvania
Marriage:
29 Apr 1749
Reichelsheim, Starkenburg, Hesse, Germany
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    1. Family Records
    2. Records from the German Central Archives, by Paul Langheinrich
    3. Lehigh Co., PA Funeral Records
    4. Blue Church Records, Upper Saucon Twp, Lehigh, PA
    5. Dillingerville Church Records
    6. Extracts from the Register of Marriages of the Protestant Parsonage in Reichelsheim
    7. Oaths of Allegiance of Northampton Co., PA, compile by Robert Levere
    8. Wills of Northampton Co., PA
    9. Schaeffer-Huston Family History (FHL#929.273 Shl 3m)
    10. Lehigh Church Records
    11. Garrett Estate Records
    12. 1790 Census Upper Saucon Twp, Northampton, PA
    13. 1762 Tax List Upper Milford, Lehigh, PA
    14. PA German Pioneers, by Strassburger
    15. PA Traveler Vol.16 (FHL#974.8 B2pt)
    16. 1998 Ancestral File
    17. 1997 Ordinance Index
Elisabeth Catherine LAUTENSCHLAGER
Birth:
27 Jan 1729
Laudenau, Starkenburg, Hesse, Germany
Death:
7 Oct 1809
Lower Milford, Lehigh, Pennsylvania
Burial:
9 Oct 1809
Blue Church Cem, Upper Saucon, Lehigh, Pennsylvania
Children
Marriage
1
Johann Georg SHAFFER
Birth:
7 Oct 1750
Lower Milford, Lehigh, Pennsylvania
Death:
1824
Catharina MULLER 
Marr:
1773
Bethal, Lebanon, Pennsylvania 
2
Margaretha Elisabeth SHAFFER
Birth:
25 Oct 1752
Lower Milford, Lehigh, Pennsylvania
Death:
 
Marr:
 
3
Johann Peter SHAFFER
Birth:
11 Mar 1755
Lower Milford, Lehigh, Pennsylvania
Death:
Mar 1832
4
Anna SHAFFER
Birth:
26 Sep 1757
Lower Milford, Lehigh, Pennsylvania
Death:
 
Marr:
 
5
John Andrew SHAFFER
Birth:
17 Jan 1760
Lower Milford, Lehigh, Pennsylvania
Death:
1848
6
Anna Catherine SHAFFER
Birth:
30 Aug 1763
Lower Milford, Lehigh, Pennsylvania
Death:
 
Marr:
 
7
Valentine SHAFFER
Birth:
31 Dec 1765
Lower Milford, Lehigh, Pennsylvania
Death:
1 Dec 1852
Ringgold Twp, Jefferson, Pennsylvania
Catherine STAUB 
Marr:
Abt 1787
of Lower Milford, Lehigh, Penn 
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 of Archives 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
8
Simeon SHAFFER
Birth:
3 Jan 1772
Lower Milford, Lehigh, Pennsylvania
Death:
Aug 1847
Maria  
Marr:
 
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Johann Martin Schaffer - Elisabeth Catherine Lautenschlager

Johann Martin Schaffer was born at Bochenrod, Starkenburg, Hesse, Germany 30 Aug 1724. His parents were Johann Adam Schaffer and Anna Catharina Reinhard.

He married Elisabeth Catherine Lautenschlager 29 Apr 1749 at Reichelsheim, Starkenburg, Hesse, Germany . Elisabeth Catherine Lautenschlager was born at Laudenau, Starkenburg, Hesse, Germany 27 Jan 1729 daughter of Hans Heinrich Lautenschlager and Anna Elisabeth Seitz .

They were the parents of 8 children:
Johann Georg Shaffer born 7 Oct 1750.
Margaretha Elisabeth Shaffer born 25 Oct 1752.
Johann Peter Shaffer born 11 Mar 1755.
Anna Shaffer born 26 Sep 1757.
John Andrew Shaffer born 17 Jan 1760.
Anna Catherine Shaffer born 30 Aug 1763.
Valentine Shaffer born 31 Dec 1765.
Simeon Shaffer born 3 Jan 1772.

Johann Martin Schaffer died 9 Oct 1809 at Lower Milford, Lehigh, Pennsylvania .

Elisabeth Catherine Lautenschlager died 7 Oct 1809 at Lower Milford, Lehigh, Pennsylvania .