Susannah was the daughter and daughter-in-law of Revolutionary War patriots and the niece of at least two of them. She married Levi Buffington, also of Lykens Valley, and with him had eleven children. She is buried at the cemetery of the church which was first named after her family - Hoffmans Church. Susannah's husband, a carpenter, built the original church structure at the site
Name: Susannah Hoffman.
Given Name: Susannah.
Surname: Hoffman.
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Born
5 May 1776.
Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
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Died
31 October 1826.
Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
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Buried
Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
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File @O366@.
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External Files
File O1228 File: Format: jpg. image MTYPE document. STYPE jpeg. SIZE 53025. WDTH 364. HGHT 400. Hoffman's Reformed Church - Levi Buffington and John Nicholas Hoffman. RIN 67ecee5e-4f26-4f86-9ff0-640ff34bcf76 2 Feb 1895 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania CREA 2021-04-02 20:44:54.000 CLON TID 78171909. PID 48406504809. OID 3357688f-025a-4225-9aea-bc95819b44cb. 2017-01-16 07:32:49.000. Origin: newspapers URL: https:/www.newspapers.com/clip/8386338/hoffmans_reformed_church_levi?xid=865. ATL N
File O1281 File: Format: story MTYPE story. STYPE x-inline. SIZE 640. Susanna Catherine Hoffman. RIN 6bd12a24-b061-4889-b6e1-0d17cf94db07 META <metadataxml><content><line>Susannah was the daughter and daughter-in-law of Revolutionary War patriots and the niece of at least two of them. She married Levi Buffington, also of Lykens Valley, and with him had eleven children. She is buried at the cemetery of the church which was first named after her family - Hoffmans Church. Susannah's husband, a carpenter, built the original church structure at the site. It is unfortunate that the history books do not reveal more about the lives of the women other than their relationship to men. Susannah must have had a remarkably interesting life. <line></content><metadataxml> CREA 2021-04-02 20:44:21.000 CLON TID 36944545. PID 19392735668. OID 520477a6-868f-4fa6-968c-eb42c8e51498. 2012-04-13 00:05:23.000. Origin: u ATL N
File O366 File: Format: htm. story MTYPE story. STYPE x-inline. SIZE 857. Susanna Catherine [Hoffman] Buffington. RIN 1feb6cb5-7d99-4e94-9cfa-9b8ff9a3c79d 1776-1826 Pennsylvania, USA Physical Description: Susannah Catherine [Hoffman] Buffington (1776-1826). META <metadataxml><content><line><p>(1)<p>Name: <span>Susanna Catharina Hoffman Buffington</span> Description: Bride Event: Marriage Date of Event: 22 Jun 1794 Church: Record of Lykens Valley Lower (David's Reformed) Church, Killingern, Upper Paxtang Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 1774-1844 Remarks: Buried in Hoffman's Congregation.<br>Born in Leikens Valley<br>Age 50 yrs 6 mos 26 days<br>Cause of Death - Pilgers Fieber<br>Conf. In the Ref. faith<br>Children - 11 - 7 Sons and 4 Daughters (One has died) <p><em>Source: Dauphin Co. Church Records, Ancestry.com. </em></p></line></content><metadataxml> CREA 2021-04-02 20:45:28.000 CLON TID 7552377. PID -484430636. OID 2b44efe2-376b-44e8-9940-433a19bf2328. 2009-05-24 01:41:36.000. Origin: u ATL N
Source: S4 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R1 NOTE: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Lee Posey for creating WikiTree profile Hoffman-1578 through the import of Lee Posey Family Tree_2013-03-27.ged on Mar 27, 2013.
Source: S1605851778 U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2012 Provo, UT, USA Record Collection 60525
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Susanna by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Susanna: