From 1818 Will of Adam Joh. Shafer (1724-1818):
Peter Schafer not mentioned in the Will, but two of his grandchildren are. They are the children of Peter's daugher Lana Schafer Becker, wife of Johan Jost Becker.
Eleventhly, This is my will and order that Adam A. Shafer and David A. Shafer, sons of my son Adam Shafer Jun shall give Peter Shafer Becker, a son of John Jost Becker a span of horses in the place of a span of horses which was left on my premice at the time of his grandfathers decease.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Peter Schaefer by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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