Jonathan was born in January 1751 in Pennsylvania to Frederick and Maria Margretta Schaeffer [1 & 2]. He was baptized May 19, 1751 at Zion's Lutheran Church in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania [2]. He died in 1776.
. John T. Humphrey, Pennsylvania Births, Lehigh County 1734-1800 (Washington D.C: Humphrey Publications, 1992), page 244.
2. Raymond E. Hollenbeck, translator and transcriber, Records of Lehigh Church, Zion Lutheran Church, Lower Macguie, Lehigh County, (1964), page 3. [Housed at Allen County Public Library in Ft. Wayne, Indiana.]
Initial profile prepared by K. Schmugge. Changes, additions and sources added by K. Jones.
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