Posted on: BaltimoreCity County Md. Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Md/BaltimoreCity/3019 Surname: SCHAFFER, SHAFFER ------------------------- Hi Jane -thanks so much for responding. I can give you what I have on my Schaffer line - no Jacob yet-but I do go back a bit further. And yes, it has finally sunken in that Shaffer/Shaffer may very well indeed be the way they spelled it back then. They appear to have all been in NYC. Here Goes: George Schaffer b. 1790's NY, d. unknown married Parnella Nichols (b. 1799, d. 1883 NY) Known Children (but there are others): Christian W. b. 1821, d. 1901 (married Eliz. Dean) VA William b. 1826, d. 1905 NY (married Rachel Patten) Eliza Somers b. 1834, d. 1904 NY (married Frederick King I know there were quite a few more children of George and Parnella but cannot pinpoint them yet. Have a John Legrand Schaffer (b. 1844 MD, d. NY 1890) but I have yet to find George and Parnella in MD. John was a lawyer/physician and Christian was a broker so they seemed to be quite prominent. Parnella might very well also have had a Jacob but that name has not shown itself in the younger generations yet (George, John, Samuel, William, Christian appear to be the older male names thus far). I also know some of my Schaffers were in NJ. I have more on Eliza, my gg grandmother, but simply cannot find her father, George Schaffer, or John Legrand Schaffer. Keep me posted if any of this sounds familiar and thanks again. Linda -NYC