| Sources:
1a. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service:
IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org):
Andrew SHAFFER
Spouse: Martha STROUP; Marriage: 1780/82, Maryland
Source: [patron submission] |
Andrew SHAFFER; Birth: 27 Aug 1784,
Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland
Adam SHAFFER; Birth: 3 Mar 1786, Hagerstown, Washington,
Maryland
Susannah SHAFFER; Birth: 12 Aug 1788, Hagerstown, Washington,
Maryland
Barbara SHAFFER; Birth: Abt. 1790, Hagerstown, Washington,
Maryland
George SHAFFER; Birth: 17 Jun 1792, Hagerstown, Washington,
Maryland
John SHAFFER; Birth: Abt. 1794, Hagerstown, Washington,
Maryland
Jacob SHAFFER; Birth: 1796, Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland
Daniel SHAFFER; Birth: Abt. 1799, Hagerstown, Washington,
Maryland
Jonas SHAFFER; Birth: 8 Sep 1801, Hagerstown, Washington,
Maryland
Nancy SHAFFER; Birth: Abt. 1804, Hagerstown, Washington,
Maryland
Samuel SHAFFER; Birth: Abt. 1809, Highland Co., Ohio
Father: Andrew SHAFFER; Mother: Martha STROUP
Source: patron submissions |
Mary Ann SHAFFER; Birth: 1820, Highland,
Ohio
Martha SHAFFER; Birth: 1822, Highland,
Ohio
Father: Andrew SHAFFER; Mother: Martha Mary STROUP
Source: none given |
Regarding these last two: There is no Mary Ann nor a Martha mentioned
in the bio of our subjects (see below). In any case, these two cannot
be our subjects' children because there is no way a woman born in 1763
is going to be having children in the 1820s. Note also the 11-year
gap between Samuel and Mary Ann and the fact that there is no room in the
censuses for these two girls.
1b. Anon. 1966. Marriage Index: Ohio, 1789-1850.
Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-400):
| Shaffer, Susannah |
Caily, George |
7 Dec 1807 |
Highland Co. |
3. 1790 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com;
Image #7 of 18; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
| 1790 |
MD |
Washington Co. |
Roll 3 (Book 2) |
p. 11 |
Ln. 17L |
Andrew Shaver |
1-3-2-0-0 |
These data indicate:
| Gender and Type |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 1 free white male |
16 or over |
in or bef. 1774 |
= Andrew (b. 1757-60) |
| 3 free white males |
15 or under |
1774-1790 |
= Son A
= Andrew Jr. (b. 1784)
= Adam (b. 1786) |
| 2 free white females |
all ages |
in or bef. 1790 |
= Martha (b. 1763)
= Susanna (b. 1788) |
4a. 1800 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com;
Image #6 of 12; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
| 1800 |
MD |
Washington Co. |
Upper Antietum Hundred |
Roll 12 (Book 1) |
p. 124/611 |
Ln. 16 |
Andrew Shaffer |
42010-01011-00 |
These data indicate:
| No. & Sex |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 4 males |
9 or under |
1790-1800 |
= Daniel (b. 1798)
= Jacob (b. 1796)
= John (b. ca. 1794)
= George (b. 1792) |
| 2 males |
10-15 |
1784-1790 |
= Adam (b. 1786)
= Andrew Jr. (b. 1784) |
| 1 male |
26-44 |
1755-1774 |
= Andrew (b. 1757-60) |
| 1 female |
10-15 |
1784-1790 |
= Susanna (b. 1788) |
| 1 female |
26-44 |
1755-1774 |
= Martha (b. 1763) |
| 1 female |
45 or over |
in or bef. 1755 |
= mother? mother-in-law? |
4b. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1800 (Broderbund
CD-312):
| 1807 Tax List |
Sheaner, Andrew |
OH |
Highland Co. |
New Market [now Salem] _Twp. |
p. 8 |
| 1808 Tax List |
Shoaffer, Andrew |
OH |
Highland Co. |
New Market [now Salem] _Twp. |
p. 12 |
5. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1810 (Broderbund
CD-313). The 1810 Ohio Federal Census was destroyed (except for Washignton
Co.). Where available, tax lists are substituted on this CD.•
| 1810 Tax List |
Shaver, Andrew |
OH |
Highland Co. |
Newmarket [now Salem] |
p. 7 |
6. 1820 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com;
Image #1 of 2; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
| 1820 |
OH |
Highland Co. |
Salem Twp. |
p. 35 |
Ln. 1 |
Andrew Shaffer |
110201-00101-0-300 |
These data indicate:
| No. & Sex |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 1 male |
9 or under |
1810-1820 |
= Son B (Joseph?) |
| 1 male |
10-15 |
1804-1810 |
= Samuel (b. ca. 1809) |
| 2 males |
19-25* |
1794-1801 |
Any two of these four:
= Jonas (b. 1801)
= Daniel (b. 1798)
= Jacob (b. 1796)
= John (b. ca. 1794) |
| 1 male |
45 or over |
in or bef. 1775 |
= Andrew (b. 1757-60) |
| 1 female |
16-25 |
1794-1804 |
= Nancy (b. ca. 1804) |
| 1 female |
45 or over |
in or bef. 1775 |
= Martha (b. 1763) |
| 3 |
persons engaged in agriculture |
| *In the 1820 Census, the third column is
age class 16-18 and the fourth column is age class 16-25; therefore, any
individual in column three is duplicated in column four. By subtracting
the number in column three from the number in column four, you can create
an age class "19-25." |
7. 1830 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com;
Image #13 of 14; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
| 1830 |
OH |
Highland Co. |
Salem Twp. |
p. 28 |
Ln. 4 |
Andrew Shafer |
010 000 000 100 - 010 000 001 000 |
These data indicate:
| No. & Sex |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 1 male |
5-9 |
1820-1825 |
= grandson? |
| 1 male |
70-79 |
1750-1760 |
= Andrew (b. 1757-60) |
| 1 female |
5-9 |
1820-1825 |
= granddaughter? |
| 1 female |
60-69 |
1760-1770 |
= M. (b. 1763) |
8. 1840 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com;
Image #1-2 of 12; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
| 1840 |
OH |
Highland Co. |
Salem Twp. |
pp. 93B-94A |
Ln. 8 |
Andrew Shafer Sr |
000 000 000 010 - 000 100 000 100 |
0000000 |
Andrew Shafer 81 |
These data indicate:
| No. & Sex |
Age Class |
Therefore Born |
Individuals Inferred |
| 1 male |
80-89 |
1750-1760 |
= Andrew (b. 1757-60) |
| 1 female |
15-19 |
1820-1825 |
= granddaughter? |
| 1 female |
70-79 |
1760-1770 |
= M. (b. 1763) |
| 0 |
persons engaged in occupations |
Pensioners for Revolutionary
or Military Services |
Andrew Shafer 81 |
Listed one line below Simon SHAFER, who is two lines below John ROUSH,
and one line above Henry ROUSH, who is one line above Samuel SHAFER, et
al.
9. 1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):
Andrew is supposedly still alive, but the only Andrew SHAFER/SHAEFFER in
Dodson Township is just 60 years of age.
10. Biographical Sketch of Andrew SHAFFER in the History of
Highland County, Ohio (courtesy of Peggy Graybill Swander).
| Andrew Shaffer, who was born at the Maryland home about
the year 1757, and served in the Continental army, being wounded in the
battles of Bunker Hill and Brandywine. In 1780, he was married to
Martha
Stroup, whose brothers, Anthony and Michael, afterward
figured so consciously in the early settlement of that part of Highland
county included in New Market township.
During the twenty-five years succeeding their marriage, Andrew
and Martha Shaffer had eleven children, two of who died in infancy,
and the surviving nine came with their parents to Ohio in 1805. Owing
to the fact that the brothers of Mrs. Shaffer had located in Highland county,
the family were induced to also make their investments in that part of
Ohio, and after a tedious journey of five weeks, arrived at new Market
in the early part of October. The names of the nine Shaffer children
in this Party were Andrew, Adam, Susie, Jacob, George, John, Daniel,
Jonas, Nancy. Another son, Samuel, was born after the
emigration to Highland county.
With the Shaffer's came Adam Arnold and family, making a
colony of twenty persons, and the newness of the county at that time may
be realized when it is stated that the incoming Marylanders were obliged
to cut their way between Chillicothe and New Market through the woods.
After remaining in New market nearly a year, Andrew Shaffer settled
in the eastern edge of what is now Hamer township, where he had bought
two hundred and fifty acres of land. Here he died in 1855 at the
age of ninety-four years. |
11. Archives of the STROUP-L mailing list (online at RootsWeb.com):
A family letter written in 1931, posted by Peggy (Graybill) Swander.
"Weatenbury" is obviously a mutation of Wuerttemberg, but Andrew was born
in Hagerstown, MD; it was his parents who were born in Wuerttemberg.
| Andrew Shafer was born in Weatenbury, Germany, in the year
1757. At the age of 18 years he determined then to come to America,
when the Revolutionary War began, and join the American Army. With
the consent of his parents, he went into the army and fought the entire
eight years. He came out with a slight wound. After the war
concluded, he located near Hagerstown, Maryland, and bought a farm, three
miles east of the town. While soldiering he was marching in
the state of Pennsylvania and stopped to rest a couple of days.
After settling, two of the soldiers went to a farmhouse to see about getting
water. When they got to the house — it being near their camp — no
one was to be seen. Going to the house they saw a young lady.
They asked her if she was afraid, and she said, "No, I see nothing to be
afraid of." They told her what they wanted, and she told them they
could get all the water they wanted. They thanked her, and went back
to camp.
The next day one of them came back to the farmhouse and an old man
was there on the porch. He addressed the soldier in German.
The soldier answered in German. This pleased the old man. He
invited him to have a seat on the porch with him, but the soldier sat on
the edge of the porch. While they were talking in German, this same
young woman came out on the porch. While sitting on the porch, the
soldier took the old gentlemen's name and location of his farm. When
the time came to get back to camp he said, "When the war ends we may see
each other if living." The next day they moved on.
The war lasted two years longer, when Andrew Shafer made himself
ready to secure a home, he found his way back to the old farmhouse that
stood on a fine farm. He married the young lady that he met during
the war, and took her to Maryland with him.
They lived on the same farm, near Hagerstown, from that time until the
year 1805. When they came to New Market, Highland County, Ohio, bought
a fine large farm, two miles from the town of New Market. It was
then the county seat. He lived all the rest of his life on the farm,
and was blind 17 years before he died, at the age of 95. He was buried
at the Freedans Church Cemetery, a German Lutheran Church. This church
stood two miles north of his farm. His Wife, Martha Mary Stroup
Shafer, died about 7 years before he died. Nine children where
in their family; seven sons and two daughters; all born in the state of
Maryland except one the youngest. Their names follow: John, Jake,
Daniel, Jonas, George, Andrew, and Samuel. |
11. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).
12. Messages in the Highland County Ohio Forum (online
at GenForum.com). |
