Johann
Henrich
Schaeffer
Jr.
aka Scheffer, Schafer
Born in Schoharie, Schoharie County, NY
Ancestors 
Son of Johannes Schaeffer
and Anna Maria (Zoeller) Schaeffer
Brother of
Johannes Schaeffer, Elisabetha Schaeffer, Jacob E. Schaeffer, Adam Joh. Shafer, Jost Schaeffer, Martinus Schaeffer and Margaret Schaeffer
Husband of
Anna Eva Sternberg
— married
1 Nov 1748 in Schoharie, Albany, New York Colony
Descendants 
Died
at age 36
in Schoharie, Schoharie County, NY
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Apr 2016
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Biography
Johann Henrich Schaeffer, known in some records as Johann Henrich Schaeffer Jr., was a son of Johannes Schaeffer and Anna Maria Zoeller, born in the Schoharie Valley on 6 July 1720.[1]
"Henrich, Martinus, and Johannes Scheffer were confirmed at Scohare in 1737."[2]
He was married to Eva Sternberg in St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Schoharie, Schoharie County, New York on 1 November 1748.[3]
He died from drowning on 8 April 1757.[4]
Sources
- ↑ Witthoft, Second Generation
- ↑ Witthoft, Third Generation, citing Loonenburg Luth. Chbk. Now: Zion Lutheran Church, Athens, Greene Co., NY.
- ↑ Witthoft, Third Generation, citing St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Schoharie, Schoharie Co., NY: "Henrich Schafer, Eva Sternberg" No witnesses listed.
- ↑ Witthoft, Third Generation, states that the death was recorded at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Schoharie, Schoharie Co., NY. Heinrich "drowned 8 April 1757". (From family Bible on file with the Old Stone Fort, Schoharie, NY)
- CONFIRMATION: Pastor Sommer's Family List. "Henrich, Martinus, and Johannes Scheffer were confirmed at Scohare in 1737." (Loonenburg Luth. Chbk. Now: Zion Lutheran Church, Athens, Greene Co., NY.)
- FAMILY BIBLE: (HJ) Family Bible is to be found in the attic of the "Old Stone Fort" at Schoharie, NY.
- Jones, Henry Z. The Palatine Families of New York. 2 vols. 1985.
- Witthoft, Herman W., Sr. Schaffer: The Descendants of Maria Elizabeth Schäffer, Emigrant to America. Berry Enterprises, 2000. (Includes extensive citations to and excerpts from the Jones book.)
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Both profiles have the same parents, so there are no parent conflicts to prevent a merge.
Schaeffer is the better spelling, so that profile should be the merge destination.
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