 1704 - 1758 (54 years)
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| Name |
Mathias (of Earl) Stauffer [2] |
| Born |
1704 |
Mannheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany  |
- This is Mathias Stauffer of Earl Township, Lancaster County, Penn (Also spelled Matthias). Ref: Stauffer Stouffer Stover Family of Penn, pg 30, Meredith B Colket Jr.
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| Gender |
Male |
| Birth |
Mathias is listed in father's (Christian Stauffer) will as his eldest son. Ref: Stauffer Stover History 1899, pg 149, however no other info for Mathias is found in this reference. Oberholtzer reference below offers more. |
| Emigration |
1718 |
, , Pennsylvania, USA |
| Mathias Stauffer is believed to have emigrated from Germany in 1718. |
| Name |
Mathias Stauffer |
| Possessions |
1725 |
Rapho Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania |
| Before his marriage, Mathias took out a warrant on land in Rapho Twp in 1725, but did not patent that land. Later in 1734 he received 150 acres in Earl Twp. Ref: A Midwest Line of Matthias Stouffer, Lancaster Co (2008) pg 18. |
| Possessions |
1734 |
Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania |
| In 1734 Mathias received 150 acres in Earl Twp. Ref: A Midwest Line of Matthias Stouffer, Lancaster Co (2008) pg 18. |
| Will |
6 Feb 1758 |
Earl Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania |
| The will of Mathias Stauffer (Stover) was dated 6 Feb 1758. |
| Died |
10 Apr 1758 |
Earl Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania [2] |
- Will was proven on 1 Apr 1758, so Mathias died before this date. Ref: Stauffer Stouffer Stover Family of Penn (Colket) pg 30-31. Matthias Stauffer of Earl Twp d. after 6 Feb 1758 (will date).
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| Person ID |
I320113914 |
Barton |
| Last Modified |
14 Nov 2022 |
| Family |
Anna Oberholtzer, b. 1710, Germany, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania , d. 1798, Rapho, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Age 88 years) |
| Married |
Bef 1729 |
Pennsylvania |
| Married |
Bef 1729 |
, , Pennsylvania, USA |
| Wife Anna's last name has some *small* doubt. Mathias' will mentioned his brother-in-law, Christian Zimmerman, suggesting Mathias might have married a Zimmerman. Ref: Stauffer Stouffer Stover Family of Penn. See COMMENT. |
| Children |
| | 1. Barbara Stauffer, b. 30 Jul 1720, Rapho, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania , d. 10 Aug 1793, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Age 73 years) |
| | 2. Susanna (of Earl) Stauffer, b. 1729, Earl, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania , d. 4 Nov 1807, Earl, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Age 78 years) |
| + | 3. Peter Sr (of Earl Twp) Stauffer, b. 1733, Earl, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania , d. 20 Nov 1787, Earl, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Age 54 years) |
| + | 4. Christian (of Caernarvon Twp) Stauffer, b. Bef 1735, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania , d. 1784, Caernarvon Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Age ~ 49 years) |
| + | 5. Henry Stauffer, b. 1737, Earl Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania , d. 19 Jan 1819, Earl Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Age 82 years) |
| + | 6. Mathias Stover, b. 1738, Earl Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania , d. 1834, Scrubgrass, Venango, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 96 years) |
| | 7. Jacob Stauffer, b. Abt 1740, , , Pennsylvania, USA , d. Abt 1810 (Age ~ 70 years) |
| | 8. Daniel (of Earl) Stauffer, b. 3 Mar 1742, , , Pennsylvania, USA , d. 15 Nov 1823, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 81 years) |
| | 9. Samuel Stauffer, b. 1745, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania |
| | 10. Esther Stauffer, b. 1746, Earl, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania , d. 12 Mar 1765 (Age 19 years) |
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| Last Modified |
14 Nov 2022 |
| Family ID |
F4191 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Mathias is listed in father's (Christian Stauffer) will as his eldest son. Ref: Stauffer Stover History 1899, pg 149, however this reference offers no family or descendant information for Mathias.
Oberholtzer reference below offers more.
Ref: Book of Oberholtzer Immigrants, p 61. JF3 Anna Oberholtzer b c1711 Europe m Matthias Stauffer c1704 Germany-will proven 4/10/1758, son of 1718 Immigrant Christian Stauffer.
Oberholtzer references may be mixing different Mathias Stauffers who had wives names Anna.
Ref: Some Account of Jacob Oberholtzer pg 61 discusses Anna Oberholtzer, wife of Mathias Stauffer of Conestoga Township, Lancaster Co. This Mathias is identified as from Earl Township. Both are in Lancaster County (near Lancaster City), but are about 30 miles apart.
Ref: A Midwest Line of Matthias Stouffer of Lancaster County pg 18. The 1756 will of Mathias' father-in-law, Jacob Oberholtzer, names dau. Anna as the wife of Matthias Stauffer of Conestoga. During this time Lancaster County was known as Conestoga Township and was within the Conestoga Valley of Pennsylvania.
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| Sources |
- [S_2129326839] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Trees.
- [S1000537073] Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).
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