John Peter Hoffman

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Husband John Peter Hoffman ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1709 - Germany 1 2
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           Died: 1798 - Pennsylvania 1
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Children

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1 F Catherine Hoffman ¹

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         Spouse: Andrew Reigle (      -      ) 1

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2 F Barbara Hoffman ^{1 2}

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           Born: 31 May 1763 - Berks Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: George Buffington (      -      ) 1 2
           Marr: 2 Sep 1782 2

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3 F Elizabeth Hoffman ¹

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         Spouse: Ludwig Sheetz (      -      ) 1

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4 M John Hoffman ¹

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           Born: 1746 - Berks Co, PA 1
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           Died: 1831 1
         Buried:  - Hoffman's Church Cemetery

         Spouse: [Unk] Kauffman (      -      ) 1

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5 M John Nicholas Hoffman ¹

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           Born: 1749 - Tulpehocken Twp, Berks Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Margaret Harman (      -      ) 1
           Marr: 22 Apr 1772 1

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6 M Christian Hoffman ¹

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           Born: 1752 1
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         Spouse: [Unk] Deibler (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - John Peter Hoffman

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Among the earliest settlers of the Wiconisco valley in Pennsylvania was John Peter Hoffman. With other of his family and friends he came to America in 1739 in the ship
"Robert and Alice," Captain Walter Goodman, arriving at Philadelphia in September of that year. He first located in Berks County, Pennsylvania, where he worked at his trade, that of a carpenter. During the early Indian troubles on the frontiers he served some time as a soldier in the Provincial forces. About the year 1750 he came to the end of Short mountain, in Lykens Valley, where he built a small log house. He was driven off by the Indians in their marauds of 1756. It was subsequent to this period that he brought his family to the Valley. There he followed farming and died at the age of eighty-nine years. His remains with those of his wife, who had deceased previously, were interred in the field near the house on the old farm.

1 William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 211.

2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 565.