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Anceatry of Georege SCHAEFFER
(Alias SHEFFER)

Up Dated 6 February 2008

Georg or Jerg STAMM Sr.
and
Maria Magdalena

Georg or Jerg STAMM Sr. was born in Schaffhaussen, Switzerland, and since he and his wife were sponcers at the baptizm of George STAMM'S oldest child Georgius, they probably died in New York. His wife's name is Maria Magdalena.

According to Swiss Genealogy documents (www2.genealogy.net), Jerg (George) Stam emigrated from Schaffhausen, Switzerland in 1751, bound for Caroline. With him he took 4 children; no wife is listed.

The following appeared
in the
Oneida (Madison County, New York)
Democratic Union
January 31, 1900:.

Historical Sketches
- Families of some Early Settlers of Madison County -

George Stam came to America, landing in Philadelphia, from the sloop "Ann Galley" Sept. 27, 1746. He married Maria Magdelena. It is uncertain from whence he came. Some of his descendants are positive he was from Schashaussen, Switzerland, while others claim that he was from the Palatine district of Germany. It is possible that he may have been from Holland, as he is found but a few years later among the Holland Dutch, at Stone Arabia, Montgomery County, NY, where he was the owner of a grant of land.

His son, George Stam, whose place of birth is uncertain, married at Stone Arabia, Dec. 11, 1765, Anna Eva Bellinger. He was a soldier of the Revolutionary having served in the 2nd Battalion (Palatine) in the Revolutionary War.

CHILDREN of George or Jerg STAMM Sr. and Maria Magdalena:

 + 1. GEORGE Jr.  b:    Abt 1742; , Schaffhaussen, Switzerland.
                 md: 11 Dec 1765; Dutch Reformed Church, Stone Arabia,
                                  Montgomery, New York.
                                  Anna Eva BELLIN or BELLINGER.
   2. BARBARA     b:    Abt 1744; , Schaffhaussen, Switzerland.
                 md:  4 Nov 1765; , , New York.
                                  Jacob KRAM.
   3. LORENTZ     b:            ; , Schaffhaussen, Switzerland.
                 md:            ; , , New York.
                                  Elizabeth.
   4. MARIA       b:            ; , Schaffhaussen, Switzerland.
   5. SUSANNA     b:            ; , Schaffhaussen, Switzerland.
                 md:  7 Aug 1784; , , New York.
                                  Peter Henry LOUCKS.

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          I. Bible Records Johannes SCHAEFFER Jr'S (in German)
         II. Church Records:
               A. Dutch Reformed Churh, Stone Arabia, Palatine Twp.,
                  Montgomery, New York.
               B. Schoharie, Schoharie, New York.
               C. German Flatts, Herkimer, New York.
               D. Albany, Albany, New York.
               E. Langenselbold, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia.
               F. Huttengesass, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia.
        III. Census Records:
               A. 1820; Sharon Twp., Schoharie, New York.
         IV. Histories:
               A. Allegan County, Michigan Published in 1892.
                    1. Sketch on Clark M. SHEFFER.
                    2. Sketch on S. G. SHEFFER, (Samuel George).
               B. Koon and Coons families of EASTERN NEW YORK A History
                  of the descendants of MATTHIAS KUNTZ and SAMUEL KHUN
                  (two distinct families). Who came with the Palatine
                  Immigration from Germany and settled on the Hudson
                  River in New York in 1710.
               C. The Palatine Families of New York, by Henry Z. Jones,
                  Jr. published 1985, LAUX Family pages 538 and 539,
                  KUHN Family pages 494 to 497.
               D. History of Schoharie County by Jeptha R. Simms.
               E. History of Schoharie County by William Roscoe