Johan Casper Schaffer (1701 - 1762)

Born 8 Mar 1701 in Relsberg, Kusel, Kurfürstentum Pfalz, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Ancestors

Husband of Maria (Riedt) Schäffer — married 1721 in Weisersdorf, New York

Husband of Catharina (Feg) Schaffer — married about 1729 in Reeds Church, Berks, Pennsylvania, [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 29 Mar 1762 at age 61 in Tulpehocken, Berks, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Johann Casper Schäffer was born 8 Mar 1701, in Relsberg. His baptismal sponsors were Hans Caspar Gödel at Winnweiler, Hans Thebalt Born, and Anna Cathrina Born, wiffe of Veltern Born at Lohnsfeld^[1][2]

Confirmation: 1720 at Tschoghari in "Weiserts-dorp" [sic].^[3]

1724: he was a sponsor for Michel Schäffer.^[4]

The history of the Grimm Family (1934) claims the name of his wife was Margaret.

The Palatine Families of New York says that Casper married Elisabetha Catharina Feg in1729 in Reeds Church, Berks, Pennsylvania and they (probably) had the following children:^[5]

• Nicolaus. The will of Nicholas Schaeffer of Heidelberg mentions his wife Juliana, brother Caspar, and his children^[6].
• Caspar is mentioned as a brother of Nicolaus (above) in Nicolaus's 1780 will. A Caspar Schaefer married Anna Margaret Erster on 9 Apr 1745 at Tulpehocken.^[7]Papers in the estate of Casper Schaeffer were issued to Margaret Schaeffer, the widow in 1775^[8]
• Johannes, who died 1788 in Northumberland County^[9]

According to the Shaffer-Rudy Family History,^[10] Caspar Schaffer married Maria Catharina Riedt (dau. of Joh. Georg Riedt & Anna Catherina Bern) about 1721 in Weisersdorf, New York. Along with a group of Palatine families, they migrated to Tulpehocken, Pennsylvania in 1723, settling in the area of Heidelberg and Marion Townships in Berks County. Their children were:

1. Joh. George b. ca. 1722, Weisersdorf; NY, d. 1775. Berks Co., PA, m. ca. 1742/43 Berks Co., PA to Maria Margaretha Neu
2. Joh. Casper b. ca. 1724, Berks Co., PA, d. 1775 Berks Co., PA, m. 9 April 1745 pi. Berks Co., PA to Anna Margaret Erster [?Eyster]
3. Jacob b. ca. 1726, Berks Co., PA, d. July 1794 York Co., PA, m. (1) Maria Elisabetha Trorbach, (2) Maria Catharina Quickel Benedick
4. Nicholas b. ca. 1728, Berks Co., PA, d. November 1780, Berks Co.,
5. John b. ca. 1730 Berks Co., PA, d. 1788, Northumberland Co., PA, m. Maria Eva Sab (Saab), d/o ?Josef Saab
6. Andrew (Andreas) b. ca. 1732, Berks Co., PA, m. 8 April 1753 Berks Co., PA to Catharina Henning [?Henn]
7. Anna Barbara b. ca. 1734 Berks Co., PA, d  ?NorthumberIand Co , PA, m. 19 April 1752 pL Berks Co., PA to Nicholas Brosius
8. Anna Margaretha b. ca 1736 Berks Co., PA, m. 12 August 1754 Berks Co., PA to Casper Rieth
9. Maria Catharine b. 24 March 1739 Berks Co., PA

Casper appears on the list of taxables for Heidleberg township, Berks County, PA in 1759.^[11]

Research Notes

• Some trees have Johan Casper Schaffer married to a Maria Magdalena Ulrich in 1722 - but Maria Magdalena Ulrich married Jan 1727 in Altalaha Township, Berks, Pennsylvania - to a Johann Nicolas Schaffer (1705 - 1780). So is the above Johan Casper Schaffer really married to Maria Ulrich???-- Well, he was not married to her when he died, because Caspar's will mentions his wife Margaret.
• Looked for Will in Berks, PA but no luck nor with Estate Papers Note: according to Jones, his will can be found in Berks county administration book 3, p. 137
• If he was indeed the father of John Nicholas (b. 1723) and Caspar (b. 1725)--which appears increasingly likely, based on accumulating sources--then a 1729 marriage at Reed's church suggests that John Nicholas had been previously married and that his first wife is the mother of his older children. Could it have been Maria Magdalens Ulrich? Something still not right.

Sources

1. ↑ church books located at Winnweiler
2. ↑ Jones, Henry Z.. The Palatine Families of New York: A Study of the German Immigrants who Arrived in Colonial New York in 1710. United States: H.Z. Jones, 1985. p. 834
3. ↑ Lutheran church books located in New York City
4. ↑ recorded, after the fact, in the church books of Reed's Church in Tulpehocken, Pennsylvania
5. ↑ HZ Jones Jr (1985) placed questions marks next to the 3 listed children
6. ↑ Will dated 10 May 1780, probated 1 Dec 1780; Berks County Will Book A, p. 15
7. ↑ church books of Rev Stoever
8. ↑ Berks County Administration Book 3, p. 137
9. ↑ recorded by Pastor Frederick S. Weiser
10. ↑ Elsmere, Jane Shaffer. Shaffer-Rudy Family History. United States: J.S. Elsmere, 2001. pp. 76-77 https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/56921
11. ↑ Montgomery, Morton Luther. History of Berks County in Pennsylvania. United States: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886. p. 1108 https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/472119

• Find a Grave - has him married to Maria Magdalena Ulrich 1707–1773
• Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, 1774-1846: Schwaben Creek
• Germany, Select Deaths and Burials, 1582-1958
• Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898
• Pennsylvania, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1772-1890
• Ancestry Family Tree