Henry Jacob Stauffer (1713 - 1775)

Born 1713 in Ibersheim, Worms, Hesse, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Descendants

Died 1775 at about age 62 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Henry Stauffer was born in Muckenheiser, near Ibersheim in Germany. In 1719, he and his widowed mother, Veronica, and three brothers, travelled with a party of Swiss Mennonite refugees to Pennsylvania. ^[1] Henry and his brothers must have been very young, and it is assumed that Veronica was the sister or daughter of another family travelling in the same party.

Henry married Magdalena Hess in 1735, and they were the parents of 11 children.^[1]. These included :

1. Abraham, settled near Chambersburg, Franklin ^[1]
2. Henry, settled near Chambersburg, Franklin ^[1]
3. Daniel, settled in York County ^[1]
4. John, settled in York County ^[1]
5. Christian, operated a mill on Hammer Creek ^[1]
6. Samuel b.1757 (the youngest) ^[1]

Notes

An earlier unsourced version of the profile also recorded :

• Occupation : Miller
• Religion : Mennonite
• Hess Historians DHMH. First settled in 1732 in Conestoga then to Warwick and then Donegal Twp.
• death in Warwick Twp, Lancaster, PA

Evidence needed to confirm :

• birth date
• death date.
• use of Jacob as middle name

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} "OUR GRANDFATHERS" in The Semi-Weekly New Era 12 Jan 1878, p.6. Viewed at https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107946130/stauffer-family-widow-veronica/

See also :

• John Stauffer Memorial Association, Ringtown, Pa (1811). Records of the Proceedings of the John Stauffer Memorial Association ... The Association.