Capt. John Adam Schaeffer and Catherine Klinefelder
Husband Capt. John Adam Schaeffer 1
AKA: John Adam Shaffer 2 Born: 31 Oct 1752 - Berks Co, PA 1 3 Christened: Died: 14 Jan 1840 - ? Centre Co, PA 1 3 Buried: - Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Madisonburg, Centre Co, PA
Father: [Father] Schaeffer ( - ) Mother:
Marriage: - York Co, PA
Wife Catherine Klinefelder 4
AKA: Elizabeth Klinefelder 3 Born: 27 Dec 1760 3 Christened: Died: Nov 1835 3 Buried: - Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Madisonburg, Centre Co, PA
Children
1 M Hon. John Schaeffer 1
AKA: Judge John Shaeffer,5 Judge John Shaffer 3 Born: 31 Jan 1780 - York Co, PA 1 3 Christened: Died: 21 Sep 1851 - near Madisonburg, Centre Co, PA 1 6 Buried:Spouse: Eve Frank ( -Bef 1898) 5 Marr: Penn's Valley, Centre Co, PASpouse: Sarah Kren (1778-1867) 6
2 M Michael Schaeffer 1
AKA: Michael Shaffer 3 Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
3 M George Schaeffer 1
AKA: George Shaffer 3 Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
4 M Jacob Schaeffer 1
AKA: Jacob Shaffer 3 Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
5 M Adam Schaeffer 1
AKA: John A. Schaefer,7 Adam Shaffer 4 Born: 22 Nov 1796 1 4 Christened: Died: 4 Apr 1862 4 Buried: - Madisonburg, Centre Co, PASpouse: [Unk] Musser ( - ) 4Spouse: Lydia Bailey (1801-1847) 4Spouse: Lydia Schall ( -Aft 1881) 7
6 M Samuel Schaeffer 1
AKA: Samuel Shaffer 3 Born: Christened: Died: Aft 1881 Buried:
7 F Barbara Schaeffer 1
AKA: Barbara Shaffer 3 Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
8 F Catherine Schaeffer 1
AKA: Catherine Shaffer 3 Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
9 F Lizzie Schaeffer 1
AKA: Lizzie Shaffer 3 Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
10 F Eve Schaeffer 1
AKA: Eve Shaffer 3 Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
11 F Magdalena Schaeffer 1
AKA: Magdalena Shaffer 3 Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Capt. John Adam Schaeffer
He came into Centre County, Pennsylvania, in 1801, and purchased Valentine Ertle's interests in a lease for a tract east of Madisonburg half a mile.
During the campaign of Trenton and Princeton, 1776-77, Capt. Benjamin Weiser, of Northumberland County (that portion which is now in Snyder County), was in command of a company of Associators under Col. James Potter, of which John Adam Schaeffer was second lieutenant. Lieut. Schaeffer was a man of herculean frame, and said to have been the strongest man in the company.
He did gallant service in the Revolutionary army. He was second lieutenant of a company of Associators, during the campaign of Trenton and Princeton in 1776-77, and was noted for his Herculean fame, being the strongest man in the company. He came from York County, Pennsylvania, with a brother, Nicholas, and settled in Brush Valley, Centre County, about the beginning of the nineteenth century, purchasing the interest of Valentine Ertle's in a tract of land one-half mile east of Madisonburg, where he passed his remaining days.
1 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 224.
2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 230, 259.
3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 230.
4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 259.
5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 171.
6 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 231.
7
John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 225.
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