David Stover

Notes:

The Rhodes Family Massacre listing info on David Stover 1769-1836 of Shenandoah.
https://theliteratequilter.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-rhodes-family-massacre-at-toms-brook.html

Birth:
Ref: Stover Quarterly, Stover Family Assoc Newsletter, July 1980 and Dec 1980.

Died:
Death year is established by existing estate documents listing June 1796 court order to commence with appraisement of David Stover's estate.

David — Elizabeth Strickler. Elizabeth was born Abt 1750; died Abt 1807, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

1. Mary (m. Jacob Unger) Stover was born Abt 1782, Virginia.
2. Anna (m. John Bushong) Stover was born Abt 1785, Virginia.
3. Elizabeth (m. Adam Frantz) Stover was born Abt 1785, Virginia.
4. Daniel (m. Magdaline Hosey) Stover was born 29 Dec 1785, Virginia.
5. Barbara (m. Philip Munch) Stover was born Abt 1786, Virginia.
6. Samuel (m. Mary Dietrich) Stover was born Abt 1787, Shenandoah County, Virginia; died 27 Aug 1837.
7. David (lived Ohio) Stover was born Abt 1788, Virginia.
8. Catharine (m. Jacob Springer) Stover was born Abt 1790, Virginia.
9. Mary Magdaline (m. Isaac James) Stover was born Abt 1795, Virginia.

Other Events:

• Emigration: 21 Sep 1732, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Daniel Stauffer b. 1707 Muckenhaserhof arrived with brother Jacob 1732 on ship "Pink Plaisance." Daniel probably first went to Warwick. Ref: Stauffer Families, RW Davis, pg 98. Ref: Emigrants, Refugees, Prisoners, RW Davis Vol 1 pg 364.
• Possessions: 10 Apr 1746, Sandy Hook, Page County, Virginia; Property in Augusta Co (now Page Co) where the fortified stone house known as Fort Stover was built, was sold to Daniel Stover by Peter Ruffner 10 Apr 1746. Ref: A Short History of Page County, VA, 1952 pg 62. Ref: Stauffer Families, RW Davis pg 98.
• Possessions: 3 Jul 1761, Frederick County, Virginia; Daniel was granted 200 acres in Frederick County adjacent to the land of John Bumgartner on 3 Jul 1761. Davis notes: Web link https://www.halbstein.com/genealogy/n_0.html
• Possessions: 25 Jul 1761, Frederick County, Virginia; 25 Jul 1761 Daniel was of Frederick County Virginia when he bought 408 acres adjoining the lands of William Calfee in Frederick County. Davis notes: Web link https://www.halbstein.com/genealogy/n_0.html
• Possessions: 1765, Virginia; Daniel apparently bought at least four tracts of land over his lifetime, 196 acres, 408 acres, 385 acres and 330 acres, totaling 1319 acres. Davis notes: Web link https://www.halbstein.com/genealogy/n_0.html
• Possessions: 6 Aug 1765, Frederick County, Virginia; 6 Aug 1765 Daniel was of Frederick County VA when he bought 385 acres on Pass Run from John and Mary Wood of Frederick County. Davis notes: Web link https://www.halbstein.com/genealogy/n_0.html
• Possessions: 1776, Virginia; 26 Aug 1776 Daniel's son Samuel and wife Barbara sold 330 acres to John Lionberger. Deed stated the land was first granted to John Wood 1 Jan 1753 and that John Wood later sold it to Daniel Stover, now deceased. Davis notes (web link).

Notes:

Birth:
Ref: Stover Genealogy, 1936, Bertha E Hughey, pg 227. Ref: Stauffer Families, RW Davis, pg 98. Ref: Emigrants, Refugees, Prisoners, RW Davis Vol 1 pg 364.

Died:
Or he died in Frederick Co, VA. No will or estate found. Frederick Co was formed 1743 by the splitting of Orange County, VA. Augusta Co. was split from Orange Co same year.

Daniel married Eva Albright Albrecht Bef 1740, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Daniel Stauffer
• Birth: 1660, Eggiwil, Bern, Switzerland; Daniel Stauffer 1660-1735 m. Veronica. Generous Ref: Genealogical Memoranda, Stouffer, by Kate Snively, pg 14. Ref: Genealogy of John Wesley Stauffer 1940 pg 3.
• Residence: 1706, Muckenhauserhof, Germany; Daniel moved from Ibersheim to Muckenhauserhof in 1706. He was still there in 1710. Ref: Stauffer Families, RW Davis pg 97.

Notes:

Birth:
Daniel Stauffer b. abt 1685, Ibersheim. Ref: Stauffer Families, RW Davis pg 97.

Died:
Legend is that his sons brought their widowed mother (Veronica) to Penn and settled in Lancaster Co. Ref: Genealogical Memoranda, Stouffer, by Kate Snively, pg 14.

Daniel married Veronica (m. Daniel Stauffer) Bef 1707, Germany. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Birth: Abt 1630, Eggiwil, Bern, Switzerland; Daniel Stauffer a descendant of the House of Hohenstauffen in Suabia, a generation of knights called Stauffacher, was born near Alzheim or Weissenham near Zurich, Switzerland. Ref: Stauffer Stover Family History 1899 pg 195.
• Married: Bef 1655, Switzerland; The name of Daniel's wife is not known in this Ref: Stauffer Stover Family History 1899, pg 195.
• Death: 1695, Gerolsheim, Germany; Stauffer Descendant Register Bern Switzerland: https://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/trees/164484/P24556/-/registry. Suggests Daniel's death was in Gerolsheim, Germany in 1695.

Notes:

This entry for Daniel Stauffer follows THIS Stauffer descendant register:
https://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/trees/164484/P24556/-/registry. This register lists Christian and Adelheid (Opplinger) Stauffer having a son, Daniel Stauffer (b.1632), who then had eight children with wife Barbara Galli, none named Hans. Supporting ref also at : Confusion, Real Father of Hans Stauffer,
https://Iwww.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/stauffer/510

The above register info CONFLICTS with information from Stauffer Stover Family History 1899 pg 195. This reference suggests Daniel Stauffer (b. abt 1630) had a son named Hans (Johannes) Stauffer b. btw 1650-55).

More conflicting information exists in Genealogical Memoranda, STOUFFER, by Kate Snively, pg 14. This reference ALSO suggests that Daniel (b. abt 1633) was the father of Hans (b. btw 1650-55).

Birth:
This entry for Daniel Stauffer follows THIS descendant register: https://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/trees/164484/P24556/-/registry. Supported by : Confusion, Real Father of Hans Stauffer, https://Iwww.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/stauffer/510

Died:
Ref: Stauffer Stover Family History 1899, pg 195, says Daniel died and was buried in his native land, Switzerland (year not listed).

Daniel married Barbara Galli 8 May 1652, Eggiwil, Bern, Switzerland. Barbara was born 1628, Eggiwil, Bern, Switzerland; died 1698. [Group Sheet]