John
Jacob
Shaffer
Born in Tulpehocken, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Mary Elizabeth (Reiss) Shaffer
— married
[date unknown] in Pennsylvania
Descendants 
Father of
John William Shaffer, Daniel Shaffer, Rebecca Shaffer, Anna Maria Shaffer, Anna Margaret (Shaffer) Vredenburg, Jacob Shaffer, Samuel Shaffer and John Shaffer
Died
at age 91
in Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Mar 2011
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Contents |
Biography
Sources
- Military: "Bremen, Germany, Military Lists, 1712-1914"
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 60899 #160211 (accessed 30 September 2023)
Name: Jacob Schäffer; Birth Date: abt 1763; Enlistment Date: 1791-1811; Enlistment Age: 28; Discharge Date: 07 Apr 1800 (7 Apr 1800); Discharge Place: Bremen, Deutschland (Germany); Signatur: 2-R.5.d.19.d.
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User ID
- User ID: 3F6657F240AD4C009BF15280847D4E16EA71
Data Changed
- Data Changed:
- Date: 9 DEC 2009
Prior to import, this record was last changed 9 DEC 2009.
Burial
- Burial:
- Place: Reformed Luthern Grave Yard
Ancestral File Number
- Ancestral File Number: VZ6R-97
Marriage
- Husband: John Jacob Shaffer
- Wife: Mary Elizabeth Reiss
- Child: John William Shaffer
- Child: Elizabeth Shaffer
- Child: Daniel Shaffer
- Child: Rebecca Shaffer
- Child: Anna Maria or Polly Shaffer
- Child: Anna Margaret Shaffer
- Child: Jacob Shaffer
- Child: Samuel Shaffer
- Child: John Shaffer
- Marriage:
- Date: ABT 1787
- Place: Pennsylvania
Could not parse date out of ABT 1787.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~0.78%
Deborah (Duncan) Kaiser
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A316241 [compare]
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~0.39%
Holly Jackson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member H_jacks1986
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