Hello, Cousins! Looking for information regarding Benjamin SHAFFER, born ca. 1777, supposedly in Baltimore, MD. Married Catharine Susannah Reckart (probably a variant of Reichard or Reichart). Fathered at least eight children: Samuel - born 2 February 1798 Heinrich - 9 March 1801 Elijah - 2 April 1803 Elizabeth - 22 February 1805 Johann - 13 August 1807 Israel - 2 March 1810 - 27 March 1897 Maria - 19 January 1812 Some of the above children used the variant SCHAEFER. Israel Schaffer (above) removed to Preston County, WV, where he married Jane Virginia Feather, and fathered eight children. He was my g-g-grandfather. Would love to know more about the origins of Benjamin Schaffer and Catherine Reckart, and would love to find descendants of Benjamin's other children. Kathie Sencabaugh Chattanooga, TN