Peter R Schumacher (abt. 1622 - abt. 1707)

Born about 1622 in Kriegsheim, Alzey-Worms, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Hendricks) Schumacher — married 1640 in Germany,,,Europe

Descendants

Died about 1707 at about age 85 in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America

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Biography

Peter Shoemaker (1622-1707)...^[1][2][3]

Peter Shoemaker was born about 1622 likely in Dollendorf, Palinate, Germany.^[1][2] Some sources, such as FindAGrave give the specific date as 22 Oct 1622.^[4] However, it is not clear where that date originated.

Religion

Initially he was a Mennonite and underwent religious persecution by The Duke of Julich und Berg who ordered the Mennonites to sell their possessions and vacate their land, giving them two years to do it.^[2] In around 1659 in Kriegsheim, he was converted to Quaker by William Ames and George Rofle, missionaries for William Penn.^[2] This did not stop the persecution. In 1663, goods worth 2 guilders were taken; in 1664, goods worth 3 guilders were taken; and in 1666, a cow was taken.^[5] On 11 Aug 1689, he appeared on a list of Quakers in Kreigsheim that were formerly Mennonites.^[6]

Emigration

Peter, as a 60-year old widower, emigrated with his children and a cousin, arriving in Pennsylvania in Oct 1685 aboard the Francis & Dorothy.^{[2][5][6][7] [8]},^[9][10] The specific date in October varies from source to source, but falls mostly around the 12-14th of the month. Some sources, mistakenly interpret the month as written "the 8th month" to be August^[2], when it was October of the formerly used Julian calendar.

Residences in the Americas

He was one of the founders of Germantown, Pennsylvania.^[6][11]

He lived in Pennsylvania^{[2][12][13][14]} and New Jersey.^[15]

Peter died in 1707 in Germantown.^[1][2][3] Family trees sometimes show the specific date of 1 Apr 1707, but a more reputable source is needed for that date.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Hutton, Mary Louise M.H., comp. Seventeenth Century Colonial Ancestors of Members of the National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century, 1915-1975. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1991), p.223. Available at Ancestry.com; subscription required.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7} Shoemaker, Benjamin H. 3rd. Shoemaker Pioneers: The Early Genealogy and History of the Colonial Shoemaker Families Who Came to America Before the Revolution. (Germantown, PA, 1975), p.63, 75-76. Available online at archive.org.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Ancestry.com. Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Genealogical Card File. Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
4. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 15 March 2019), memorial page for Peter Phillip Schumacher, Sr (22 Oct 1622–1707), Find A Grave Memorial no. 99389944, ; Maintained by Barbara Lamb (contributor 47618326) Unknown.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Pennypacker, Samuel Whitaker, LL.D.. The Settlement of Germantown Pennsylvania and the Beginning of German Emigration to North America. (Philadelphia: William J. Campbell, 1899), [ https://archive.org/details/settlementofgerm01penn Available at archive.org], p.118-19.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Hull, William I., Ph.D., F.R.Hist.S. William Penn and the Dutch Quaker Migration to Pennsylvania.( Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1970), p.203, 289-294, 397-398, 408.
7. ↑ The Palatine Project at ProGenealogists. Passengers aboard the Francis & Dorothy arriving 12 Oct 1685. Ancestry.com. Accessed 15 Mar 2019.
8. ↑ Henry A. Hunsicker, A Genealogical History of the Hunsicker Family, First Edition (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1911, Page: 11
9. ↑ Daniel Kolb Cassel, A Genealogical History of the Kolb, Kulp, or Culp Family and Its Branches in America, first edition (electronically reprinted copy) (Norritstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States: Morgan R. Wills, 1895), Page 12
10. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010. Citing: THE DUTCH PIONEERS OF GERMANTOWN - THE LAND - THE PEOPLE. In Krefeld Immigrants and Their Descendants (Links Genealogy Publications, Sacramento, CA), vol. 1:2 (1984), pp. 40-41. Detail:

    Arrival date: 1685 Arrival place: Germantown, Pennsylvania

11. ↑ Learned, Marion Dexter and Samuel W. Pennypacker. The life of Francis Daniel Pastorius, the founder of Germantown. (Philadelphia: W.J. Campbell, 1909), p.138. Available online at archive.org.
12. ↑ Strassburger, Ralph Beaver. The Strassburger family and allied families of Pennsylvania; being the ancestry of Jacob Andrew Strassburger, esquire, of Montgomery county, Pennsylvania. (Gwynedd Valley, PA: private, 1922). Available online at archive.org., p.381-390.
13. ↑ The Shoemaker Family of Shoemakersville Pennsylvania 1682-1909. (Reading, PA: L.S. Mohr, 1909). Available online at archive.org. Residence place: Berks, Pennsylvania
14. ↑ Davis, William W.H. A Genealogical and Personal History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. (Baltimore: Clearfield, 1999 reprint), p.297.
15. ↑ Lee, Francis Bazley, ed. Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey. (New York: Lewis Historical, 1910), p.402-4. Available as free e-book at Google Play.