I am looking for any information you might have on the following: I am not sure I have the right parents for Mary Elizabeth Shafer. Any help/corrections would be appreciated! Lori Fortner Houston, TX Descendants of Samuel Shaffer Generation No. 1 1. SAMUEL2 SHAFFER (ADAM1) was born October 09, 1803 in Centre Co. PA, and died in Centre Co. PA ?. He married CATHERINE. Notes for SAMUEL SHAFFER: >From the Shafer family homepage from Centre Co. Not sure how we relate to the following family. The Shaffer Family First Started With Three Brothers And Their Families Immigrating From Germany In June 1710. Their Names Were Johann Nicolaus Schaeffer, His Wife Maria Catharina Suder; Their Daughter Anna Margaretha, And Five Sons, Michael, Caspar, Peter, Nicolaus And Jacob. The Other Two Families Were Johann Michael And His Wife Anna Christina Schehrer, And Johann Friederich And His Wife Anna Rosina. Discouraged, And Dissatisfied With Their Treatment After Their Arrival, The Families Left In The Late Fall Of 1712 For Schoharie Valley, Some 60 Miles From Livingston Manor, Ny., Where They RemainedThere For 10 Years. Early In 1723, The 3 Families Left Schoharie And Settled Tulpehocken, In Southeastern Pennsylvania. Johann Nicolaus Schaeffer And His Family Were The Earliest Settlers To Tulpehocken. His Brother Johann Friederich Also Settled The Same Area Johann Nicolaus' Son, Johann Nicolaus Jr., Who Was Born Jan. 21, 17o6 In Relsberg, Germany Had A Son Named Johannes. Johannes Was Born In Tulpehocken In 1728. Johannes Was Raised Near Rehersburg In Berks County, And Later, He Met And Married Maria Eva Saab In 1749. Their First Son, Johan Nicholas Was Born On New Years Day In 1750, In Berks County.Two Years Later On October 31, 1752, My Great, Great, Great, Great Grandfather John Adam Schaffer Was Born. Johannes And His Family, Wife Eva, Five Sons AndThree Daughters Moved Northwest To Mahanoy Township In Northumberland County In The Spring Of 1775. In April 1775, When The Colonies Started Getting Mad At King George Iii In England, And Declared Their Independance, The Two Oldest Shaffer Boys Went Off To Fight For Liberty And Freedom. John Adam Was A Lieutenant And His Brother Nicholas Was A Private In A Company Called "The Associators." They Both Fought In The Battles Of Trenton And Princeton During The Cold Winter Of 1776-1777. Their Enlistment Commitment Ended In 1779 And John Adam Mustered Out At York County. He Married A York County Girl Named Elizabeth Klinefelder. After Eleven Children, (6 Boys And 5 Girls) John Adam And Elizabeth Moved Their Family To Centre County In 1801. Nicholas And His Wife Juliana Brosius Had Moved To That Area Nine Years Earlier And Produced 14 Kids In 22 Years. John Adam Was The Patriarch Of His Day, Lived To Be 87 Years Old When He Passed Away In Madisonburg, In 1840. His Wife Elizabeth Died 5 Years Earlier And His Brother Nicholas Died In 1825. All Are Buried In The Lutheran And Reformed Church Cemetery In Madisonburg. Children of SAMUEL SHAFFER and CATHERINE are: i. JOHANNES DAVID3 SHAFER. 2. ii. MARY ELIZABETH SHAFER, b. August 27, 1828, Clinton Co. PA; d. July 25, 1912, Clinton Co. PA Greenburr. iii. JONATHAN SHAFER, b. March 22, 1830. iv. WILHELM SHAFER, b. November 02, 1832. Generation No. 2 2. MARY ELIZABETH3 SHAFER (SAMUEL2 SHAFFER, ADAM1) was born August 27, 1828 in Clinton Co. PA, and died July 25, 1912 in Clinton Co. PA Greenburr. She married MICHAEL SNYDER, son of MICHAEL SNYDER and HANNA. Children of MARY SHAFER and MICHAEL SNYDER are: i. MARY4 SNYDER, m. SOMEONE MADER. ii. GIRL SNYDER. iii. CHARLES SNYDER. 3. iv. JOHN WESLEY SNYDER I, b. August 22, 1851, Clinton Co. PA; d. May 11, 1932, Clinton Co. PA bur ref. cem Greenbur. v. ELLEN SNYDER, b. February 15, 1853, Clinton Co. PA; d. 1934. vi. FRANK SNYDER, b. 1860. 4. vii. MARTHA ELIZABETH "LIZZIE" SNYDER, b. December 12, 1866, Clinton Co. PA; d. Okoboji, Iowa. Generation No. 3 3. JOHN WESLEY4 SNYDER I (MARY ELIZABETH3 SHAFER, SAMUEL2 SHAFFER, ADAM1) was born August 22, 1851 in Clinton Co. PA, and died May 11, 1932 in Clinton Co. PA bur ref. cem Greenbur. He married ELLEN KAHL 1873 in Clinton Co. PA. Children of JOHN SNYDER and ELLEN KAHL are: i. MAY ELLEN5 SNYDER. ii. DORNEY LEE SNYDER. iii. SOMEONE SNYDER. iv. ANNA ELIZABETH SNYDER, b. April 21, 1874. v. CHARLES HERBERT SNYDER, b. December 03, 1875. vi. JOHN WESLEY SNYDER II, b. February 28, 1878; m. BESSIE VERNERVA RUTE. Notes for BESSIE VERNERVA RUTE: no children vii. WILLIAM HENRY SNYDER, b. 1879. viii. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SNYDER, b. 1880. ix. EVA MAY SNYDER, b. 1892. x. LULU JANE SNYDER, b. December 27, 1894. 4. MARTHA ELIZABETH "LIZZIE"4 SNYDER (MARY ELIZABETH3 SHAFER, SAMUEL2 SHAFFER, ADAM1) was born December 12, 1866 in Clinton Co. PA, and died in Okoboji, Iowa. She married THOMAS EDWARD RUTE, son of JOHN RUTE and ANNA SNOOK. Children of MARTHA SNYDER and THOMAS RUTE are: 5. i. LAURA GAY5 RUTE, b. October 23, 1887, Salona, Pa; d. February 1986, Milford, Dickinson Co. IA. 6. ii. JOHN SNYDER RUTE, b. July 1889, Salona, PA; d. December 29, 1953, bur Milford Cem.. 7. iii. MABEL HELEN RUTE, b. April 12, 1891, Salona, Pa; d. 1980, Milford, Dickinson Co. IA. 8. iv. L'NORA RUTE, b. January 11, 1893, Salona, Pa; d. June 1978, Milford, Dickinson Co. IA. v. VERGIE E. RUTE, b. March 27, 1894; m. THOMAS CONNELL. 9. vi. ELLIS THOMAS RUTE, b. January 01, 1896, Salona, Pennsylvania; d. September 26, 1939, bur. Lake View Cem. Spirit Lake, Iowa. vii. JOSEPH RUTE, b. September 15, 1899; m. LORENE CROOKS. Gwen was a business teacher at Milford H.S. in Milford IA and a bank loan officer.