Isaac Kauffman III (1718 - 1802)

Born 29 May 1718 in Canton Vaud, Switzerland

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Died 1802 at about age 83 in Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA

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Biography

Birth : Isaac, son of Isaac Kauffman and Maria Streit, was baptised on 29 May 1718. One source gives the place as Steffisburg,^[1] and another gives the place as "Aigle im Waadtland im Rhontal near Genfersee".^[2]

Immigration : Isaac emigrated to Pennsylvania with his family aboard the Virtuous Grace on 24 Sept 1737.^[3]

Marriage : He is reported to have married Barbara [LNU].^[2]

Residence: He purchased land in Tilden Twp., Berks Co., PA on 13 Oct 1748. (Warrant 64)^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Schweiz Taufen, 1491-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FVDM-25V : 10 February 2018), Isaac Kauffman in entry for Isaac Kauffman, ; citing Trütschen, reference ; FHL microfilm 2,005,787 : Baptism at Steffisburg on 29 May 1718 of Isaac, son of Isaac Kauffman and Maria Streit
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Kauffman, Charles Fahs (1940). A genealogy and history of the Kauffman-Coffman families of North America, 1584 to 1937; including brief outlines of allied Swiss and Palatine families who were among the pioneer settlers in Lancaster and York counties of Pennsylvania from 1717 on; viz., Becker, Baer, Correll, Erisman, Fahs, Kuntz, Kneisley, Hershey, Hiestand, Meyers, Musselman, Neff, Martin, Ruby, Snavely, Shenk, Shirk, Sprenkle, Witmer, and others, pp.xviii, 648. York, PA : Author. Viewed at https://archive.org/details/genealogyhistory00kauf/page/n8/mode/1up - CAUTION : the Charles Fahs Kauffman genealogy is known to contain numerous errors and should not be relied upon without confirmation from other sources.
3. ↑ Strassburger, Ralph Beaver, and Hinke William John. "Pennsylvania German Pioneers: a Publication of the Original Lists of Arrivals In the Port of Philadelphia From 1727 to 1808". Norristown, Pa.: Pennsylvania German Society, 1934. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.49015000086612&seq=245&q1=Keender
4. ↑ https://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/rg/di/r17-522WarranteeTwpMaps/r017-Map2598-Berks-TildenWeb.pdf

See also :

• Gingerich, Hugh F., Kreider, Rachel W. (2007) Amish and Amish Mennonite Genealogies (np) : Author