Johann Heinrich Henry Schaeffer

1749 - 1803  (54 years)

• Name	Johann Heinrich Henry Schaeffer  [1]
  Born	05 Jul 1749	Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	12 Oct 1803	Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA   [2]
  Buried	Schaefferstown Cemetery, Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA   [2]
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25854327/johann-heinrich-schaeffer Plot: Reformed Inscription REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER 1738 - 1803 PLACED BY BERKS COUNTY CHAPTER DAR
  Person ID	I1185	Kreider Moyer
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2023

  
  

  Father	Alexander Schaeffer,   b. 08 Jan 1712, Germany ,   d. 12 Apr 1786  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Eva Anna Angelica Engle,   b. 1708,   d. 22 Nov 1772  (Age 64 years)
  Married	Abt 1738
  Family ID	F534	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Anna Eva Schweitzer,   b. 27 Apr 1753, Lancaster, Lancaster County, PA ,   d. 02 Jan 1790, Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA  (Age 36 years)
  Married	09 Mar 1773  [2]
  Last Modified	17 May 2018
  Family ID	F885	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret Hoffman,   b. 11 Dec 1764,   d. 30 Apr 1851, Lebanon County, PA  (Age 86 years)
  Married	2 Jan 1791	Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA
  Children	1. Henry Schaeffer,   b. 13 Sep 1792, Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA ,   d. 15 May 1793, Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA  (Age 0 years) + 2. Henry Schaeffer,   b. 1795, Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA ,   d. 1850  (Age 55 years)
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2020
  Family ID	F886	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Last Modified	6 Sep 2020
  Family ID	F1037	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 05 Jul 1749 - Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA Married - 2 Jan 1791 - Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA Died - 12 Oct 1803 - Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA Buried - - Schaefferstown Cemetery, Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Documents

  Schaefferstown Cemetery Lebanon County PA headstone photos pdf Great‐great‐great grandparents of Mary Elizabeth Moyer Kreider: Alexander Schaeffer (1712‐1786) and Eva Anna Angelica Engle Schaeffer (1708‐1772) are buried in Schaefferstown Cemetery.

  
  

  Headstones

  Johann Heinrich Schaeffer - next to Alexander Schaeffer Schaefferstown Cemetery, Lebanon County, PA

  
  

  Albums

  Schaefferstown, PA (7)

  
  

• Notes

  Henry, the son of Alexander Schaeffer and Anna (Engel) Schaeffer, was married (first) to Anna Eva Schweitzer and (second) to Margaret Hoffman. He had 6 children with Eva and a son with Margaret. Besides being a Justice of the Peace for many years, he operated a distillery and manufactured flooring and roofing tiles. Henry organized a company of militia to fight in the American Revolution. He was of the German Reformed faith and was involved in the church at Schaefferstown. Note on Margaret Hoffman's findagrave entry: Margaret Hoffman was the second wife of Capt. Henry Schaeffer and the mother of two sons named Henry. The first lived less than a year. They lived their married life in Schaefferstown, Lebanon Co., PA. [3] Captain Johann Heinrich "Henry" (5 Jun 1749-12 Oct 1803) He was married twice, first to Anna Eva Schweitzer on 9 Mar 1773 and they had 6 children. She died at 36. He then married Margaret Hoffman 1790-1792 and they had 3 more children. [4]

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Genealogy of the Meyer Family, Meyer, Henry, (1890). [S29] Headstone photograph on findagrave. [S38] Find A Grave database. [S12] Genealogical Records of Curt McGee.