Johann Heinrich Henry Schaeffer
1749 - 1803 (54 years)-
Name Johann Heinrich Henry Schaeffer [1] Birth 05 Jul 1749 Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA 
[2] Gender Male Death 12 Oct 1803 Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA [2] Burial 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) Marriage 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) Marriage 09 Mar 1773 [2] Family ID F885 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 17 May 2018
Family 2 Margaret Hoffman, b. 11 Dec 1764 d. 30 Apr 1851, Lebanon County, PA (Age 86 years) Marriage 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)Family ID F886 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 9 Sep 2020
Family 3 Family ID F1037 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 6 Sep 2020
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25854327/johann-heinrich-schaeffer
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Birth - 05 Jul 1749 - Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA 
Marriage - 2 Jan 1791 - Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA Death - 12 Oct 1803 - Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA 
Burial - - Schaefferstown Cemetery, Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, PA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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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)
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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]
- 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.
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