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Abt 1712 - 1784 (~ 72 years)
Generation: 1
1. | Casper Shafer was born about 1712; died on 17 Dec 1784; was buried in Stillwater Cemetery. Notes:
Came from Europe on the "Queen Elizabeth"
arrival date: 16 SEP 1738
Port: Philadelphia, PA
Place of origin: Unknown
Source: "Memoirs and Reminiscences...of Sussex County, NJ",
Rev. C. Schaeffer, MD 1907 p.26
Notes:
Casper Schaeffer was one of the founders of Stillwater, Sussex County, NJ. The name Schaeffer has been spelled in a variety of ways - Schaeffer, Schaffer, Shaffer, Shaffar, Shaver, and Shafer. Casper Schaeffer was a delegate from Sussex
County to New Jerseys Provisional Congress of 1776.
Family/Spouse: Maria Catherina Bernhardt. Maria (daughter of John Peter Bernhardt) was born about 1721 in Kezenheim in the Grafschaft Bolander Europa (Rhenish Bavaria; died on 1 Dec 1794; was buried in Stilwater Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 2
2. | Peter Bernhard Shafer (1.Casper1) was born on 28 Jul 1744. Notes:
baptised as "Valentyn" 9 Mar 1747 at Machackemeck Dutch Reformed Church.
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4. | Margaretta Shafer (1.Casper1) was born about 1748. Notes:
baptised 17 Sept 1749 at the Walpack Dutch Reformed Church at Walpack, Sussex County. Witnesses were "Jory Windemout and Margareta Bernhardin
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5. | Maria Susanna Shafer (1.Casper1) was born about 1753. Notes:
baptised 30 June 1754 Walpack. Witnesses were "Jan Aersen and Jacobina Bernhardin."
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