REVOLUTIONARY WAR SERVICE
Civil. According to Peden's work on Baltimore County (p. 239), he took the Oath
of Allegience 1778.
Military. Private, unit not identified.
BIOGRAPHY
Jacob Schaeffer was born 23 Feb 1725 in Germany and died 4 FEB 1800 in what is now Carroll Co., Maryland. He married Dorothea Brosch, who was born in Germany and died before 1794 in what is now Carroll Co., Maryland.
Jacob and Dorothea had the following children:
i. Jacob
ii. John, born 11 JUL 1755, died 11 MAR 1828 in what is now Carroll Co., Maryland, married Mary Powder
iii. Benjamin
GRAVE LOCATION
39° 35.752' N, 77° 00.299' W
GRAVE SITE
Kreider’s Cemetery, Westminster, MD
ORIGINAL TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTION
1800
HIER RUHET
JACOB SCHOEFER ER
IST AUF DIESE WELT GE
BOREN WORDEN IM IAHR
1725 DEN 23 FEBR
UND IST GESTORBEN IM
IAHR 1800 DEN 4 FEBR
SEINE EHFRAU WAHR
DOREDE ENNE [?] GEBORNE
BROSCHEN SIE ZEIGDEN
MIT EIN ANDER 10 KIN
DER UND LEBDEN MIT
EIN ANDER IN DER EH
SER IAHR AE 8 IAHR DAS
SEIN GANSES ALDER
WAH 74 IAHR 11 MONAT
TRANSLATION
1800
HERE RESTS
JACOB SCHOEFERER,
WHO WAS BORN
ON THE 23RD OF FEB
IN THE YEAR 1725
AND DIED THE 4TH OF FEB
IN THE YEAR 1800
HIS WIFE WAS
DOREDE ENNE [?] WHO WAS BORN
BROSCHEN THEY HAD TOGETHER
10 CHILDREN
AND LIVED WITH
EACH OTHER FOR
{?] YEARS
HIS TOTAL AGE
WAS 74 YEARS 11 MONTHS
ADDITIONAL TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTION
(Plaque)
JACOB SCHAEFFER (SCHOEFER)
BORN FEBRUARY 2, 1725
DIED FEBRUARY 4, 1800
DESCENDANTS IN WESTMINSTER CHAPTER, MARYLAND STATE SOCIETY, SONS OF
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Roland Nathaniel Shaffer
