Peter Bernhardt Shaffer (1744 - 1799)

Born 28 Jul 1744 in Stillwater, Sussex, New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Simpson) Schaffer — married 28 Mar 1770 in Sussex, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 6 Apr 1799 at age 54 in Hardwick, Warren, New Jersey

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Biography

Event: Fought in Revolutionary War. Event 1. 1777 Captain of New Jersey Militia. Occupation Residence Sussex, New Jersey, USA. Also spelled Schaeffer, Shaver. Comment 1. Revolutionary War; fought w/ Washington. Military

Note: #N85.

Notes

Note N85"Peter Bernhardt Schaeffer, born 1743 or 1744, died April, 1799, was Collector of Sussex County, 1777-79. He was a captain of militia, and marched to Morristown, NJ to the aid of Washington, in the winter of 1977; and on June 22, 1779, he served against the Indians in the valley of the Minisink with a company of men. He married Miss Simpson. Six of their children left descendants... Elizabeth married John Armstrong, Jr.". 1

From a photocopied text (probably from A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Nathan Armstrong - An Early Settler of Warren County, New Jersey by William Clinton Armstrong (1895). 1

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"I would advise that while there is no record on file in this office for service of a Captain Peter Bernard Schaeffer during the period of the Revolutionary War, 1775-1783, it is shown that a Captain Peter B. SHAVER served in the armed forces during such war period. This officer's name is also shown as Peter Bernhardt Shaver; Baltus Shaver; Balturs Shaver and Peter Barnet Shaver.

"In view of the similarity of names and service of these two men, there is given herein all information available in the archives of this office pertaining to the military record of Peter B. SHAVER:

PETER B. SHAVER - Hardwick, Sussex County.

Captain, Second Regiment, Sussex County Militia, February, 1777.

Active Service: Commanded his company serving in Sussex County under Major Cortright after Tories, April, 1777; commanded company of 39 men serving at Elizabethtown under Colonel Silvanus Seely, 22nd January to 25th February, 1778; commanded company of 48 men serving along the Delaware [River] under Colonel Aaron Hankinson, 6th to 13th July, 1778; commanded company of 32 men serving at Minnisink under Major Samuel Westbrook, 19th July to 19th August, 1778; commanded company of 30 men serving along the Delaware under Colonel Aaron Hankinson, 14th to 18th October, 1778; commanded company of 30 men serving at Minnisink under Colonel Aaron Hankinson, June, 1779". 1

From a letter to Ann McCord Weech by Colonel Samuel Brink, State of New Jersey, Department of Defense, September 12, 1966. 1

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"Marksboro [New Jersey], two miles from the [Armstrong] homestead, is a flourishing town, made so by its water privileges. One mile below the last-named village Peter B. Shafer, son of Casper, cleared a farm and built a mill. His family and Judge [John] Armstrong's were related by marriage. One mile below Peter B. Shafer's was Judge Armstrong's mill; it was situated in a small village called Lawrenceville, and went by that name until 1830 when a new name became necessary, and Dr. W.P. Vail, then a resident, proposed the name Paulina after the Kill it was situated on; and since then it has been known by that beautiful name.". 1

From The Home and Family of the Armstrongs, by Margaret Sarah Armstrong, dated 1870. 1

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