Samuel H. Kauffman (1752 - 1828)

Born 30 Oct 1752 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Died 19 Aug 1828 at age 75 in Rockingham, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Samuel was born in 1752. Samuel Coffman ... He passed away about 1828 Rockingham County, Virginia. The Neff Historical Society has documented his life on his findagrave Memorial. ^[1]

Samuel Kaufman is the son of Michael Kauffman (1714-1788 Lancaster Co., PA). Michael Kauffman gave his son, Samuel the Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania farm on 18 Dec 1788 as referenced in Kauffman-Coffman, page 549- deed in Lancaster Co., PA. (SEE IMAGES). Samuel is E1 in Charles Fah Kauffman's book. Samuel's line starts on page 554.^[2]

RESEARCH TO DO NOTE: Michael died a few days later in Virginia- need to check and see if this deed is also recorded in Virginia records as well as Pennsylvania records.

Samuel Kaufman is a proven DAR (Daughters of American Revolution) Patriot with ancestor number A063702.

His service is from Pennsylvania as a soldier: Service Description: 1) 6TH CLASS, 7TH COMPANY, 8TH BATTALION, LANCASTER CO.

Service Source to prove eligibility to the DAR: PA ARCH, 5TH SER, VOL 7, P 860.

Samuel Kauffman is recorded in the Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-1940 as Samuel Kauffman born about 1752; living in Rockingham County, Virginia by 1826 and died in Rockingham County, Virginia about 1828.

Additional persons included on his Mennonite Vital Record Card are his wife, Elizabeth Reist, who was daughter of John Reist; their children: Barbara Kauffman Neff and son, David Kauffman. [Ancestry.com. Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-1940 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Genealogical Card File. Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.]

Samuel has a nice Findagrave Memorial indicating he is buried at the Trissels Mennonite Church Cemetery in Broadway, Rockingham County, Virginia. There is a photograph of his now illegible headstone.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Insert Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 05 December 2020), memorial page for Samuel H Kauffman (30 Oct 1752–19 Aug 1828), Find A Grave: Memorial #72109259, citing Trissels Mennonite Church Cemetery, Broadway, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Neff Family Historical Society (contributor 48003862) .reference here
2. ↑ Kauffman, Charles Fah. A Genealogy and History of the Kauffman-Coffman Families of North America 1584-1937. Self Published 1940. York, Pennsylvania. online at FamilySearch.org
3. ↑ Insert Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 05 December 2020), memorial page for Samuel H Kauffman (30 Oct 1752–19 Aug 1828), Find A Grave: Memorial #72109259, citing Trissels Mennonite Church Cemetery, Broadway, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Neff Family Historical Society (contributor 48003862) .reference here

• A Genealogy and History of the Kauffman-Coffman Families of North America 1584-1937 by Charles F. Kauffman: http://books.google.com/books/reader?id=iBlWAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&pg=GBS.PP6

• DAR.org; ancestor # A063702.

• Sons of American Revolution; Ancestor # 90133.

• 1820 census for Rockingham County, Virginia. Samuel Kaufman with one male over 45; one female age 10-15; one female age over 45; total of 3 persons in household.

• Ancestry.com. Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-1940 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.

Original data: Genealogical Card File. Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

• Peter Reist of Lancaster County Pennsylvania and Some of His Descendants by Henry G. Reist. NY. 1933. Privately Published. Available in the Public Domain at familysearch.org. Page 25.

Acknowledgments

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