Maria Margaretha Lenker1

F, #1397, b. 23 August 1763, d. December 1830
  • Last Edited: 11 Mar 2021
  • Maria Margaretha Lenker was born on 23 August 1763, Lower Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, PA.2
  • She was the daughter of Johann Michael Lenker and Catharine Barbara Jackelin.
  • Maria Margaretha Lenker married Jacob Conrad Shaffer, son of Frantz Schaffer and Anna Elizabeth Kiehl, in 1788.
  • Maria Margaretha Lenker died in December 1830, at age 67.3,2
  • She was buried at Stone Valley Cemetery, Hickory Corners, Lower Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, PA.
  • Father*: Johann Michael Lenker b. 11 Sep 1730, d. 16 May 1797
  • Mother*: Catharine Barbara Jackelin b. 1735, d. 1780

Children of Maria Margaretha Lenker and Jacob Conrad Shaffer

  • Catherine Shaffer b. 16 Jan 1789, d. 25 Feb 1863
  • Michael Shaffer+ b. 12 Mar 1789, d. 27 Jan 1837
  • Anna Elizabeth Shaffer b. 6 Apr 1791, d. 27 Nov 1860
  • Jacob Conrad Shaffer b. 23 Feb 1793, d. 27 Oct 1832
  • Anna Mary Shaffer b. 1 Aug 1795, d. 25 Feb 1862
  • Juliana Shaffer b. 1797, d. c 1867
  • Francis Shaffer+ b. 26 Apr 1803, d. 15 Mar 1871
  • Salome Shaffer b. 14 Feb 1806, d. 4 Dec 1870
  • Benjamin Shaffer b. c 1808, d. c 1873
  • Daniel Shaffer b. 10 Feb 1809, d. 25 Nov 1896
  • Jonathon Shaffer b. 28 Dec 1810, d. 14 Aug 1884

Citations

  1. [S143] "World Family Tree Vol. 4, Tree # 2233"; (identifies Maria's husband as Jacob Conrad Shaffer), Ancestral File . Hereinafter cited as "World Family Tree Vol. 4, Tree # 2233."
  2. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31370333/…. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  3. [S7] Joseph A. Meiser Jr. and Sarah Roadarmel Meiser, Genealogists Guide to Burials in Northumberland County, PA, Volume III (Grantham, PA: Ddraig Gooch Publications, Robert L.K. Jones, 4th edition, 1997), vol. III, p. 304. Hereinafter cited as Northumberland County Burials III.

Michael Shaffer

M, #1398, b. 12 March 1789, d. 27 January 1837
  • Last Edited: 5 Feb 2002

Children of Michael Shaffer and Margaret Sarah Witmer

  • Elizabeth Shaffer b. 25 Apr 1809
  • Jacob Shaffer b. 14 Oct 1810, d. 20 Nov 1869
  • Samuel Shaffer b. 5 Nov 1819, d. 28 May 1902
  • Michael Shaffer b. 15 Jan 1822, d. 13 Sep 1887
  • Joseph Shaffer b. 1 May 1824

Children of Michael Shaffer and Elizabeth Wert

  • Philip Shaffer
  • Amanda Shaffer
  • Daniel W. Shaffer+ b. 28 Feb 1827, d. 18 Jul 1905
  • Susanna Shaffer b. 14 Mar 1832

Margaret Sarah Witmer1

F, #1399, b. 3 March 1788, d. 1824
  • Last Edited: 5 Feb 2002
  • Margaret Sarah Witmer married Michael Shaffer, son of Jacob Conrad Shaffer and Maria Margaretha Lenker.
  • Margaret Sarah Witmer was born on 3 March 1788.
  • She was the daughter of Mathias Witmer and Barbara Shaffer.
  • Margaret Sarah Witmer was baptized on 7 April 1788, Stone Valley Church, Hickory Corners, Lower Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, PA.2
  • She died in 1824.
  • Father*: Mathias Witmer b. 10 Jun 1757, d. 5 May 1824
  • Mother*: Barbara Shaffer b. 1765, d. 1840

Children of Margaret Sarah Witmer and Michael Shaffer

  • Elizabeth Shaffer b. 25 Apr 1809
  • Jacob Shaffer b. 14 Oct 1810, d. 20 Nov 1869
  • Samuel Shaffer b. 5 Nov 1819, d. 28 May 1902
  • Michael Shaffer b. 15 Jan 1822, d. 13 Sep 1887
  • Joseph Shaffer b. 1 May 1824

Citations

  1. [S9] Lois Green Schoffstall, A History of the Shaffer-Miller Schrawder Families (Privately Published, 1980), p. 18. Hereinafter cited as Shaffer-Miller-Schrawder Families.
  2. [S131] Mahanoy and Mahantongo Historical & Preservation Society, Stone Valley Church Baptisms, online http://www.mahantongo.org (downloaded May 18, 2001), vol. 1, p. 20. Hereinafter cited as Stone Valley Church Baptisms.