I don't see any "research Statistics" pertaining to the Sheaffer variation of spelling for this surname and there are really quite a few of these Sheaffer's scattered around the country. After 25 years of research on this name, I can attest to that. Lots of them in the Shippensburg, PA and adjacent counties. "The Sheaffer Search" by Margaret Earlin Sheaffer in 1992 identifies 92 variations in the spelling of this surname. Strange that this Sheaffer surname does not appear in any of the cited "statistics". [email protected] Ken Sheaffer