Capt. John Adam Schaeffer and Catherine Klinefelder

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Husband Capt. John Adam Schaeffer ¹

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            AKA: John Adam Shaffer 2
           Born: 31 Oct 1752 - Berks Co, PA 1 3
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           Died: 14 Jan 1840 - ? Centre Co, PA 1 3
         Buried:  - Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Madisonburg, Centre Co, PA

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         Father: [Father] Schaeffer (      -      )
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       Marriage:  - York Co, PA

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Wife Catherine Klinefelder ⁴

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            AKA: Elizabeth Klinefelder 3
           Born: 27 Dec 1760 3
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           Died: Nov 1835 3
         Buried:  - Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Madisonburg, Centre Co, PA

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Children

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1 M Hon. John Schaeffer ¹

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            AKA: Judge John Shaeffer,5 Judge John Shaffer 3
           Born: 31 Jan 1780 - York Co, PA 1 3
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           Died: 21 Sep 1851 - near Madisonburg, Centre Co, PA 1 6
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         Spouse: Eve Frank (      -Bef 1898) 5
           Marr: Penn's Valley, Centre Co, PA

         Spouse: Sarah Kren (1778-1867) 6

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2 M Michael Schaeffer ¹

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            AKA: Michael Shaffer 3
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3 M George Schaeffer ¹

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            AKA: George Shaffer 3
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4 M Jacob Schaeffer ¹

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            AKA: Jacob Shaffer 3
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5 M Adam Schaeffer ¹

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            AKA: John A. Schaefer,7 Adam Shaffer 4
           Born: 22 Nov 1796 1 4
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           Died: 4 Apr 1862 4
         Buried:  - Madisonburg, Centre Co, PA

         Spouse: [Unk] Musser (      -      ) 4

         Spouse: Lydia Bailey (1801-1847) 4

         Spouse: Lydia Schall (      -Aft 1881) 7

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6 M Samuel Schaeffer ¹

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            AKA: Samuel Shaffer 3
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7 F Barbara Schaeffer ¹

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            AKA: Barbara Shaffer 3
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8 F Catherine Schaeffer ¹

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            AKA: Catherine Shaffer 3
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9 F Lizzie Schaeffer ¹

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            AKA: Lizzie Shaffer 3
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10 F Eve Schaeffer ¹

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            AKA: Eve Shaffer 3
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11 F Magdalena Schaeffer ¹

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            AKA: Magdalena Shaffer 3
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General Notes: Husband - Capt. John Adam Schaeffer

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He came into Centre County, Pennsylvania, in 1801, and purchased Valentine Ertle's interests in a lease for a tract east of Madisonburg half a mile.
During the campaign of Trenton and Princeton, 1776-77, Capt. Benjamin Weiser, of Northumberland County (that portion which is now in Snyder County), was in command of a company of Associators under Col. James Potter, of which John Adam Schaeffer was second lieutenant. Lieut. Schaeffer was a man of herculean frame, and said to have been the strongest man in the company.

He did gallant service in the Revolutionary army. He was second lieutenant of a company of Associators, during the campaign of Trenton and Princeton in 1776-77, and was noted for his Herculean fame, being the strongest man in the company. He came from York County, Pennsylvania, with a brother, Nicholas, and settled in Brush Valley, Centre County, about the beginning of the nineteenth century, purchasing the interest of Valentine Ertle's in a tract of land one-half mile east of Madisonburg, where he passed his remaining days.

1 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 224.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 230, 259.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 230.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 259.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 171.

6 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 231.

7 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 225.