Wilhelm Best and Anna Susanna Schaeffer

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Husband Wilhelm Best ¹

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           Born: 1713 - Switzerland 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 Nov 1762 - Lehigh Twp, Northampton Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Indianland, Lehigh Twp, Northampton Co, PA

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         Father: Wilhelm Bast (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Anna Michael (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: Abt 1732 - Palatinate, Germany

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Wife Anna Susanna Schaeffer ¹

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           Born: Abt 1717 - Germany
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

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         Father: Adam Schaeffer (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Anna Margaret Weiland (      -      ) 1

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   Other Spouse: Peter Lobaugh (      -      ) 1

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Children

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1 M Johan Wilhelm Best ³

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            AKA: John William Best 1
           Born: Abt 1733 - Palatinate, Germany
     Christened: 
           Died: 1823 - Clarion Co, PA 3
         Buried:  - St. Paul's Union Cemetery, Knox, Beaver Twp, Clarion Co, PA

         Spouse: Catherine Kuster (      -Abt 1776) 3
           Marr: Abt 1763 - Northampton Co, PA

         Spouse: Anna Catherine Dorn (      -      ) 4

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2 F Susanna Best ¹

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           Born: 1735 - Palatinate, Germany 1
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1796
         Buried:  - St. James Lutheran Cemetery, Bell Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA

         Spouse: Christian Lauffer (      -      ) 1
           Marr: Abt 1751 - Bucks (later Northampton) Co, PA

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3 F Ann Elizabeth Best ¹

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           Born: 1738 - on the Atlantic Ocean 1
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1781 - Westmoreland Co, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Jacob Dormeyer (      -      ) 1

         Spouse: John Peter Sherry (      -      ) 1

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4 F Mary Catherine Best ¹

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           Born: 1743 - Lehigh Twp, Bucks Co, PA (Northampton Co) 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 1808 - Westmoreland Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - Old German Cemetery, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA

         Spouse: Nicholas Silvius (      -      ) 1
           Marr: Abt 1766 - Northampton Co, PA

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5 F Anna Maria Best ¹

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           Born: 1745 - Lehigh Twp, Bucks Co, PA (Northampton Co) 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 1827 - Northampton Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - Zion Stone Church, Kreidersville, Northampton Co, PA

         Spouse: Ludwig Kleppinger (      -      ) 1
           Marr: 1768 - Northampton Co, PA 1

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6 M John Henry Best ¹

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           Born: 1 Mar 1748 - Lehigh Twp, Bucks Co, PA (Northampton Co) 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 1793 - Northampton Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Indianland, Lehigh Twp, Northampton Co, PA

         Spouse: Elizabeth Barbara Kuntz (      -      ) 1
           Marr: Abt 1771 - Northampton Co, PA

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7 F Sibilla Best ¹

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           Born: 1752 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 1762 - Northampton Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Indianland, Lehigh Twp, Northampton Co, PA

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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8 F Maria Barbara Best ¹

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           Born: 1754 - Lehigh Twp, Northampton Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: Sep 1824 - Franklin Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - Old Associate Reformed, Shippensburg, Cumberland Co, PA

         Spouse: Frederick Kleppinger (1749-1802) 1
           Marr: Abt 1772 - Zion Stone Church, Kreidersville, Northampton Co, PA

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9 F Susanna Sabilla Best ¹

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           Born: 28 Aug 1758 - Northampton Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 May 1836 - Heidelberg Twp, Lehigh Co, PA 1
         Buried: 

         Spouse: [Unk] Schneider (      -      ) 1

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10 M John Michael Best ¹

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           Born: 12 Jun 1761 - Lehigh Twp, Northampton Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 Apr 1843 - Plum Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - Hankey's Cemetery, Franklin Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA

         Spouse: Eva Catherine Schaeffer (1766-1862) 1 5
           Marr: 1783 - Heidelberg Twp, Lehigh Co, PA 6

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General Notes: Husband - Wilhelm Best

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Came to America on the Winter Galley, Sept. 5, 1738

1 Jude Ann Fischer, Wilhelm Best - Abridged Edition (Privately published, 1985), Pg 11.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 657.

3 Terrance L. Johnson-Cooney, The Exley Family 1789 to 2005 (Self-published, Aug, 2005), Pg 62.

4 Jude Ann Fischer, Wilhelm Best - Abridged Edition (Privately published, 1985), Pg 6.

5 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 895.

6 Jude Ann Fischer, Wilhelm Best - Abridged Edition (Privately published, 1985), Pg 33.