Dorcas Shoffner: Our Family History

Generation: 1

Dorcas Shoffner was born about 1812 in Tennessee (daughter of Michael Shoffner and (1st wife) Shoffner); died on 6 Jun 1894 in Union Co, Tennessee.

Dorcas married Jesse Lay after 1858 in Union Co, Tennessee. Jesse was born between 1795 and 1798 in Tennessee; died in 1882 in Union Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: (unknown). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Berry Shoffner was born on 27 Sep 1827 in Tennessee; died on 27 Jun 1901 in Union Co, Tennessee.

Generation: 2

2.	Michael Shoffner was born about 1780 in North Carolina (son of George Shoffner, (immigrant)); died in Jun 1845 in Campbell Co, Tennessee. Michael married (1st wife) Shoffner about 1811. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

3.
(1st wife) Shoffner
Children:

1. Dorcas Shoffner was born about 1812 in Tennessee; died on 6 Jun 1894 in Union Co, Tennessee.

Generation: 3

George Shoffner, (immigrant) was born in 1755 in Fankfort on the Main, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany (son of Michael Christian^ Shoffner, (immigrant) and Ann Margaretha^ Fogleman (Vogleman), (immigrant)); died on 24 Jun 1820 in Alamance, Orange Co, North Carolina.

Children:

2. Michael Shoffner was born about 1780 in North Carolina; died in Jun 1845 in Campbell Co, Tennessee.

Generation: 4

Michael Christian^ Shoffner, (immigrant) was born on 25 Jun 1721 in Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany; died on 25 Jun 1810 in Orange Co, North Carolina; was buried in St Paul's Lutheran Ch Cem, Alamance Co, North Carolina.

Michael married Ann Margaretha^ Fogleman (Vogleman), (immigrant) about 1751 in Germany. Ann (daughter of Georg/Jerg^ Fogleman (Vogelmann) and Anna Margaretha^ Sanwald) was born on 3 Aug 1724 in Frankfurt on the Main, Germany; died on 17 Aug 1796 in Orange Co, North Carolina; was buried in St Paul's Lutheran Ch Cem, Alamance Co, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ann Margaretha^ Fogleman (Vogleman), (immigrant) was born on 3 Aug 1724 in Frankfurt on the Main, Germany (daughter of Georg/Jerg^ Fogleman (Vogelmann) and Anna Margaretha^ Sanwald); died on 17 Aug 1796 in Orange Co, North Carolina; was buried in St Paul's Lutheran Ch Cem, Alamance Co, North Carolina.

Children:

Michael Shoffner, Jr. (immigrant) was born on 26 Jan 1752 in Frankfurt on the Main, Germany; died on 24 Jun 1820 in Almance, Orange Co, North Carolina; was buried in St Paul's Lutheran Ch Cem, Alamance Co, North Carolina.
4. George Shoffner, (immigrant) was born in 1755 in Fankfort on the Main, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany; died on 24 Jun 1820 in Alamance, Orange Co, North Carolina.
Mary Magdalena^ Shoffner, (immigrant) was born in 1757 in Frankford, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany; died on 26 Mar 1827 in Orange Co, North Carolina; was buried in St. Paul's Lutheran Ch, Alamance Co, North Carolina.
George Martin Shoffner, (immigrant) was born on 03 Dec 1758 in Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany; died on 30 Sep 1838 in Bedford Co, Tennessee; was buried in small cem on their farm abt 6 mi from Shelbysville, Tennessee.
Frederick Shoffner was born in 1761 in Orange Co, North Carolina; died on 11 Apr 1846 in Orange Co, North Carolina; was buried in St Paul's Lutheran Ch Cem, Alamance Co, North Carolina.
Peter Shoffner was born in May 1764 in Alamance, Orange Co, North Carolina; died in 1836 in Bedford, Bedford Co, Tennessee.