John Adam Schaeffer

Immigrant ~1773

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Adam Sheffer is not in my direct ancestry. He is the great-great-grandfather of James Austin Sheffer and Otis Branfield Sheffer who married Anna Catherine "Annie" Kline and Beulah Gladys Kline; the wives are 1 step removed in the following ways: Sister of Winnifred May Kline Daughter of of John Abram Kline and Elizabeth Anna Frederick

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	~1751	Germany
Military	1779	enlisted at Hannah's Town PA, in Capt. Mathey Jack's Rangers Company
Marriage	1780		To Catherine Dorothea Trope (Sipe) widow of Christopher Sipe who was killed by Indians
Death	1840		age 89
Burial		Salem Lutheran Cemetery, Salem Twp., Clarion Co. Pa

Ancestry chart segment

    Generation 3               Generation 4                   Generation 5            Generation 6            Generation 7
                                                                                                          +-- Adam Schaeffer
                                                                                                          |    (~1751-1840)
                                                                                  +-- John Sheffer -------+
                                                                                  |   (1784-  )           |
                                                          +-- Jacob Best Sheffer--+                       +-- Catherine Dorothea Trope (Sipe)
                                                          |   (1814-1900)         |
                           +-- George Mansfield Sheffer --+                       +-- Barbara Bescht/Best
                           |   (1847-1937 )               |
 +--James Austin Sheffer --+                              +-- Sarah Linn
 |  (1880-1960)            |                                  (1824-1890)
 |                         +-- Sarah Myers
 |                             (????-???? )
 |
 +-- Anna Catherine "Annie" Kline
     (1885-1939) 
 Sources: 

Children

(all children with Catherine Dorothea Trope (Sipe))

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Mary Magdalena Sheffer	F	1781
Adam Sheffer, Jr.	M
John Sheffer	M	1784
Hannah Sheffer	F
Maria Sheffer	F
George Sheffer	M
Anna Dorothea Sheffer	F	1790

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
near Mannheim, Baden,Germany	1751~1773	immigrated possibly on ship "Chance"
near Greensburg, Westmoreland Co. PA	1773	per Rev. War pension applicaion
Fayette Co. PA	1785 Fayette Co. formed from Westmoreland	for ~18 yrs; per Rev. War pension applicaion
Bullskin Twp., Fayette Co. PA	by 1785-86	86 acres, tax records
2.5 mi. from Greensburg, on road to Harrison City, Westmoreland Co. PA	1799	per 1909 letter from gr-gr-grandson Adam Sheffer

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
2	1800 United States Federal Census, Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA, page 17. Census is not dated. Family headed by Adam Shaffer: 2 males <10, 1 male 26-44; 3 females 10-15, 1 female 16-25, 1 female >44.
3	1810 United States Federal Census, Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA, page 17. Census is not dated. Family headed by Adam Sheffer: 2 males 16-25, 1 male >44; 1 female <10, 2 females 16-25, 1 female >44. This age for Adam is a little low.
4	1820 United States Federal Census, Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA, page 22. Census is not dated. Family headed by Adam Schaffer: 1 male <10, 1 male >44; 1 female >44. There is a John Schaffer next door. The child is possibly a grandchild since the Shaffers are now in their 60's..
5	1830 United States Federal Census There are no Adam Schaeffer families which can be clearly identified as matching.
6	1840 United States federal Census, Richland Twp, Venango Co, PA, pages 9,10. Census is not dated. Family of Joseph Redick: 1 male 5-10, 1 male 60-70,1 female 40-50. Adam Schaeffer is listed as a Revolutionary War pensioner living at this residence. His age is listed as 80. The family of John Schaeffer live next door: 1 male 5-10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 15-20, 2 males 20-30, 1 male 50-60, 2 females 15-20, 1 female 40-50.
7	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams, granddaughter of Winnifred May Kline.
8	Rick Sheffer personal correspondence Aug 2008.br>"Sheffer Family Journey, from the Rhineland to Venango County, Pa.", copyright 2008 by Rick Sheffer, a powerpoint presentation of data and photos,program presented in Emlenton PA Sept. 2008. Information based on Hazel Sheffer Crawford's collection of family and other photos to be donated to the Pumping Jack Museum ( of the local oil industry), Emlenton, Venango Co. PA. The museum is located in the former Crawford High School building.
9	The John Adam Scheffer Family History and Lineage 1751-1958 compiled by Hazel Sheffer Crawford, Emlenton, PA 1958. Submitted to us by Nancy Beals Walls Oct 2008.

Source notes

• Adam Schaeffer took out a warrant on 86 acres in Bullskin Twp., Fayette Co. PA on12 Dec 1788; surveyed 25 June 1789; received patent 25 Mar. 1878.
• The 1799 property near Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., and an "Indian Spring" on the property; this property is today a golf course, and the spring can be seen.