On Sun, 12 Oct 1997, Carol A Cecil wrote: > I am a decendant of John Shaffer (1755-1847) wife Eve Kelchner > (1757-1830), do you know or have any information on his parents, > brothers & sisters? I have a large line of John Shaffer decendants, & > Jacob Shaffer & Otilla Schmid decendants.. I am a decendant of John > Shaffer through his son William, his son William Jefferson Shaffer, his > son James Franklin Shaffer , his son Oliver Jefferson Shaffer, his son > James Robert Shaffer. Many geneologists are trying to claim Jacob Shaffer > as his father, but there is no proof, also Jacob has a son Frederick born > the same year 1755. I have ordered both their RW militray records and > have proof of their births. > any info will be helpful, I also share lines. > > Thank You Carol A. Shaffer Cecil > PO Box 986 > Willows, Ca. 95988 > > Hi Carol, His parents were Jacob & Maria Shaffer. Ottilla was Jacob's second wife. Jacob & Rosina Nina Keller Schaffer are John's grandparents. Michael (b 1757 in either PA or Shenandoah CO Va) is his brother, & my g-g-g--grandfather. I have a friend who says John is really a nephew of Jacob (b 1728 in Darmstadt Germany, d 9 May 1815 near New Market VA) & Maria (or Mary, b 1732 in Germany or PA). My info comes from "The Sheffer Family of Shenandoah County Virginia," by Charles Loeber. This is a printer's proof of a 1944 Shaffer Reunion in Staunton VA. You can get it at the Library of Congress (it is not bound but a loose collection of papers) or through the Mormon Family History libraries. It is on microfilm, & is so thick, it is almost thicker than the spool. On it is the compilation by all branches of Jacob & AHis two wives' families, except Michael's (mine), which was not represented at the reunion. (No, I wasn't at the reunion; I had to wait 8 more years to be born). I know there are a good number of us on this list, Carol, who are descendants. Jacob the emigrant, according to his obituary, was born 30 December 1728, & came here "in his 19th year." He arrived in Philadelphia, & moved to Maxatawny Twp, Berks Co PA before going to Shenandoah Co. VA. The "SFofSCV" states they had a family Bible which named Jacob's older siblings (but they didn't write them down in that document!!!), the first being born in 1711, & Jacob in 1728, being the youngest. The document says his mother's naem was Rosina Nina Roller, but I won't go into here why others have persueaded me that it is not Roller but Keller. Jacob Keller was Jacob Shaffer the emigrant's sponsor when Jacob & Rosina died at an early age. I have ship records, too, & oddly enough, my mother's emigrants were on that same ship! That was seven generations back for me & they came from different places to ride the same ship & probably met each other during the voyage. I hope others weigh in on the John Shaffer m Eve Kelchner & their relatives; this John also died in Sullivan Co Tn, just across the border (4 miles) from sw VA where many of the other relatives lived. Rev. G. S. Shaffer Silver Spring MD (a transplant Buckeye)