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Isaac Kauffman II (bef. 1685 - abt. 1738)

Isaac Kauffman II
Born before in Steffisburg, Bern, Switzerlandmap
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Son of and
Brother of , , , , , , , , and
Husband of — married 24 Sep 1706 in Switzerlandmap
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Father of , , , , and
Died about after about age 52 in Pennsylvaniamap [uncertain]
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Biography

Isaac Kauffman, II was christened January 11, 1685, in Steffisburg, Bern, Switzerland, a son of Isaac Kauffman and Elsbeth Megerdt [1][2]

Isaac married Maria Streitt on 24 Sep 1706 in Zimmerwald, Switzerland. [1][3]

Isaac Kauffman and Maria Streit were the parents of :

  1. Barbara Kauffman, b.c.1707 [4] (assumed to have died in childhood)
  2. Hans b.c.1710 [1][5]
  3. Barbara b.c.1714 (second of this family of this name) [1][6]
  4. Isaac b.c.1718 [1][7]

Isaac is reported in an unsourced Findagrave entry to have died in 1738.[8]

Research Notes

Earlier unsourced version of profile recorded that :

  • Isaac was the brother of Michael Kauffman Sr., Anna Ruchti, Barbara Ruchti, Jacob Kauffman Sr, Elsbeth Kauffman, Christian Kauffman, Hans Kauffman, Magdalena Shelly and Christina Gerber. This presumably references an estate settled in Pennsylvania, and has conflated two different men of this name
  • Isaac and Anna were also the parents of Stephen, Christian and Jacob. Evidence sought to confirm.
  • Isaac died after 1798, aged 113, in Bern, Berks, PA. This is so unlikely that it is assumed it is a mistaken reference to a different Isaac, and so it has been deleted.

Emigration / immigration : Isaac Kauffman Sr (age 55, i.e. b.c.1682) and Isaac Kauffman Jr (age 19, i.e. b.c.1718), as well as son Hans Kauffman, arrived in Philadelphia on 24 Sept 1737 by way of the ship "Virtuous Grace".[9] It's assumed this arrival record is for this family. Other arrivals in 1737 include Anna Maria, Barbara, Hans Jacob, and Hans (age 24, b.1713). This would appear to line up more or less with the known births. It's assumed that Isaac's wife Maria was listed as Anna Maria, and that Stephen, Christian and Jacob, if they were sons of Isaac and Anna Maria, were aged under 16 in 1737 (i.e. born after c.1721), and were too young to be recorded on the arrivals list.

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 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. xvii-xviii. York, PA : Author. Viewed at https://archive.org/details/genealogyhistory00kauf/page/n24/mode/1up
  2. ↑ "Schweiz Taufen, 1491-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FVDM-7BD : 10 February 2018), Isaac Kauffman, ; citing Steffisburg, Bern, Switzerland, reference ; FHL microfilm 2,005,787
  3. ↑ "Schweiz Heiraten, 1532-1910 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FVN8-ZVQ : 10 February 2018), Jsaac Kauffman and Maria Streitt, 24 Sep 1706; citing Bern, Switzerland, reference ; FHL microfilm 2,005,964 : Marriage on 24 Sep 1706 of Isaac Kauffman and Maria Streit
  4. ↑ "Schweiz Taufen, 1491-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FVDM-JH4 : 10 February 2018), Isaac Kauffman in entry for Barbara Kauffman, ; citing Steffisburg, Bern, Switzerland, reference ; FHL microfilm 2,005,787 : Baptism on 11 Mar 1707 of Barbara, daughter of Isaac Kauffman and Maria Streit
  5. ↑ "Schweiz Taufen, 1491-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FVDM-V4B : 10 February 2018), Isaac Kauffman in entry for Hans Kauffman, ; citing Steffisburg, Bern, Switzerland, reference ; FHL microfilm 2,005,78 : Baptism at Steffisburg on 15 Nov 1710 of Hans, son of Isaac Kauffman and Maria Streit
  6. ↑ "Schweiz Taufen, 1491-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FVDM-KFW : 10 February 2018), Isaac Kauffman in entry for Barbara Kauffman, ; citing Steffisburg, Bern, Switzerland, reference ; FHL microfilm 2,005,787 : Baptism at Steffisburg on 1 Apr 1714 of Barbara, daughter of Isaac Kauffman and Maria Streit
  7. ↑ "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
  8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31278583/isaac-kauffman: accessed 29 August 2023), memorial page for Isaac Kauffman (11 Jan 1685–Dec 1738), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31278583; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by judy wilson (contributor 47031670).
  9. ↑ 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.




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Jeffrey Vitter
The following message below is from my wife Sharon Weaver Vitter. You can reach us c/o [email address removed] She shows a DNA match to Wayne Kauffman.

Thanks, -- Jeff Vitter, [email address removed]


Hi, my name is Sharon Weaver Vitter. I'm writing to ask for info on my Kauffman ancestors (and any other ancestors for that matter!).

I got a lot of useful information about my Kauffman line starting in Switzerland with Jacob Niklaus Kauffman in the late 1500s from Charles Fahs Kauffman's 1940 book, A Genealogy and History of the Kauffman-Coffman Families. (Note that you can access this very detailed book online with annotated corrections we made by going to our web site vitter.org/Genealogy.) Here's the line of Kauffman ancestors I have in my family tree all the way down to me:

Jacob Kauffman (1449– , m Augusta Sophia Kauffman) Caspar Kauffman (1475–1550, m Augusta Sophia Wahlter) Jacob Kauffman (Jan 1500–1565, m Barbara Meier) Hans Jacob Kauffman (1 Jan 1530–1605 , m Elizabeth Albright) Jacob Niklaus Kauffman (1554–1599, m Anna Bürcki) Nicklaus Kauffman (1593–1624, m Elisbeth Blank) Johann Mathias "Michael" Kauffman (1620–1711, m Anna Braendli) Isaac Kauffman (1653–1741, the famous fugitive Tauferlehrer Mennonite religious leader, m Elsbeth Megerdt) Isaac Kauffman (1684–1798, emigrated 1737 on ship Virtuous Grace, m Anna Maria Streit) Stephen Kauffman (1725–1800, emigrated 1737 on ship Virtuous Grace, m Barbara Yoder) Christian Kauffman (1760–1831, m Magdalena Gerber) Benjamin Kauffman (circa 1796 Somerset, PA–1874, Holmes, Ohio, m Veronica "Frannie" Blough) Catherine Kauffman (13 Nov 1820, Somerset, PA–18 Mar 1860, Holmes, OH, m Samuel P. Weaver) Martin Samuel Weaver (13 Apr 1841–2 Jan 1927, Wagstaff, Miami, KS, m Sarah Maxwell) Ora Franklin Weaver (17 Jul 1881–29 Nov 1929, m Jessie Bendorf) Robert Oran Weaver (6 May 1928–19 Dec 1989, m Virginia Kohlenberg) Me! (m Jeffrey Vitter)

Here are some questions I hope you can help me with:

Did Tauferlehrer Isaac Kauffman in generation 8 die in Switzerland? Some genealogies have him buried in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, but I can't find any documentation that he emigrated (as did his son Isaac and grandchildren).

Did Isaac Kauffman in generation 9, who married Anna Streit, really live over 100 years old? Is there more accurate death date info? I can't find any info on FindaGrave.com. The info I have on Anna Maria Streit is that she died in 1730, well before the family emigrated to the U.S. in 1737 on the Virtuous Grace. Some online genealogies have her as being buried in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, but that couldn't be if she actually died in 1730. Does anyone have more accurate info on her actual death data and place? There is no FindaGrave.com info on her or her husband Isaac.

Isaac's son Stephen (in generation 10) is listed as being born to Isaac Kauffman and Anna Maria Streit in Switzerland in 1725, but I can't find any birth record for him. (The birth records for several of his siblings are available on Geneanet.org, as is the marriage record for Isaac Kauffman and Anna Maria Streit.) He is not listed as a child of Isaac and Anna Maria in Charles Fahs Kauffman's 1940 book, but then there are other documented children of Isaac and Anna Maria who are also not listed by Charles Fahs Kauffman. Charles Fahs Kauffman does have a section near the end of his book on page 725 with the descendants of Stephen Kauffman.

Isaac's son Hans (born 15 Sep 1710) is referenced in Charles Fahs Kauffman's book and has his birth record online at Geneanet.org. However, it's not clear who his wife and children are.

There is a Mennonite bishop named Hans Jacob Kauffman (born circa 1700), who arrived in Philadelphia from Rotterdam on the ship Charming Nancy in October 1737. There is a reference to him in Unser Leit being married to Barbara Kauffman. He chronicled the bad conditions during the voyage and the death of several family members and friends. Apparently all his kids but Anna Maria died during the trip, and he and Barbara had a child named Jacob afterward. Who are his parents and children? Unser Leit says his son Jacob later married Anna Mast, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

It seems that my great great grandfather Samuel P. Weaver, who married Catherine Kauffman in generation 13, married again after Catherine died, namely, to Mary Nickey, who was Catherine's first cousin once removed. He apparently had eight kids from Catherine Kauffman and another 10 from Mary Nickey. I think that may be why there are so many Weavers around Holmes County, Ohio! My great grandfather Martin Samuel Weaver was the oldest child and was in fact older than his stepmother Mary Nickey! Martin Samuel Weaver was the Weaver who first landed in Kansas, where I was born. I'd be interested in info on the cousins in Ohio and Indiana that we don't already have in our tree.

Our family tree is reachable via vitter.org (click on Genealogy Web Site and then click on Online Family Tree, and you get sent directly to the tree, which is hosted on Geneanet.org) and has 30K people in it. It also resides on Ancestry.com under my husband's (Jeffrey Vitter) account. The vitter.org site has lots of other information about our family.

Besides info to the above questions, we would welcome info on people missing from the tree, whether distant cousins or those from younger generations.

Thank you Sharon Weaver Vitter

posted by Jeffrey Vitter
Brubaker-231 Karen Brubaker
An Isaac Kauffmann was with 1710 Swiss and German Settlers in Lancaster County, USA

Swiss and German Settlers in Lancaster County

posted by Karen Brubaker
Wayne Kauffman II
Paternal line haplogroup is R-Z36>>BY3551>BY32296 with SNPs down 4 tested descendant branches.
posted by Wayne Kauffman II
Mark Ryan
Kauffman-554 and Kauffman-99 appear to represent the same person because: Dates and places match, required for merge of son Stephen
posted by Mark Ryan

Rejected matches › Isaac Kauffmann (1653-)

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