Marin King Shoffner

Marin married Martha Burnett on 31 Mar 1839 in Lincoln Co, Tennessee. Martha was born on 27 Nov 1821 in Lincoln Co, Tennessee; died on 12 Aug 1904 in Somerville, Burleson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. William Martin Shoffner was born on 24 Mar 1846 in Tennessee; died on 30 Sep 1882 in Petersburg, Lincoln Co, Tennessee.

Christopher married Mrs. Elizabeth Jennings-Hailey on 15 Jan 1811 in Bedford Co, Tennessee. Elizabeth was born on 1 Jan 1792 in Wilkes Co, Georgia; died on 9 Dec 1845 in Mulberry, Lincoln Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He married Catherine Cooke by bond dated 7 July 1780 in Duplin County. They moved to Bedford County, Tennessee about 1806-1808 where he founded the Shofner Lutheran Church. A modern monument there gives his birth and death dates as above.
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Notes from Brenda Thomas, RootsWeb, WorldConnect:
Martin was seventeen when the Revolution started. An account by his grandson Loton Shofner states " Martin Shofner was actively engaged as a soldier in the War of the Revolution serving in the North Carolina Line. I have often listened to my grandfather as he told me stories of those troblesome times. Martin was a man of wonderful physical strength and great activity even down to old age. One story illustrates his great strength. He was a member of a regiment of calvalry. On one occasion a regiment of infantry, being encamped near them, sent a challenge to bring out their best man for a trial of strength and skill at wrestling. Grandfather was selected to meet their champion and after the match, came off victor."


Marriage 1 Catherine Gilbert

Marriage 2 Catherine Cooke b: 27 MAY 1763 in North Carolina
Married: 7 JUL 1780 in Duplin County, North Carolina

Children
Margaret Shoffner b: 13 FEB 1779 in Orange County, North Carolina
Dorothea Turley Shoffner b: 3 FEB 1783 in Orange County, North Carolina
John Martin Shoffner b: 23 FEB 1787 in Orange County, North Carolina
Christopher Shoffner b: 25 JUL 1789 in Orange County, North Carolina
Eve Shoffner b: ABT 1792 in Orange County, North Carolina
Frederick Shoffner b: 1794
Sarah Shoffner b: 14 DEC 1796 in Orange County, North Carolina
Polly Shoffner b: ABT 1800
Austin Shoffner b: 16 AUG 1801 in North Carolina
Lizzie Shoffner b: ABT 1803
(Rootsweb - Family Trees - Sandra)

George married Catherine Cook on 7 Jul 1780. Catherine was born on 27 May 1762 in Orange Co, North Carolina; died on 14 Jun 1823 in Bedford Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1758, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; from Germany
• Will: 27 Sep 1810, Orange Co, North Carolina; written

Notes:

The name was "SCHAEFFNER" in Germany and means woodworker or carpenter. The name was Anglicized after the family moved to America, and may have been spelled Shofer, Shoffner, Shaffner, or Schoffner as the various family branches preferred. Tradition states that they came to America with a kinsman, Malachi Fogleman, when he returned to Germany for the girl he had left behind.
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The Shoffner's traveled with the Spoon's to North Carolina circa 1763.


(see will in will notes)

Shields, Ruth Herndon, [View Citation] [Table of Contents]
Abstracts of wills recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1752-1800 : and (202 marriages not shown in the Orange County marriage bonds) and Abstracts of wills recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800-1850
Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1972, 446 pgs.

D 342 Will dated 27 September 1810, proved --

MICHAEL SHOFNER
youngest son: Peter Shofner, "his four brothers"
son: Michael Shofner
dau: Magdalane

Executors: "sons-in-law Jacob Antony, Mathea (?) Fogleman>"
Witness: Henry Cook, Jr..
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(Rootsweb - Family Tree - Sandra)

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findagrave:
Michael Shoffner was born in Germany in 1721. An exact date of birth has yet to be determined, further research is being conducted.

In 1751 he married Margaretha Fogelman, also of German birth.

Michael, Margaretha and their oldest four children immigrated to America in 1760. The family settled in the Orange County area of North Carolina. In 1849, this area of Orange County was formed into the present day Alamance County.

Additional children were born into the family after their arrival in North Carolina.

A death date of 10 Oct 1810 was given by a 5th great grandchild of Michael Shoffner's. However, the original monument was inscribed in German. It is possible that an error was made when the additional monument was placed. The dates on the monument will be honored.

-Bio by Jacqueline Hendrix Yancy

Immigration:
U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Name: Michael Schaffner
Arrival Year: 1758
Arrival Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Source Publication Code: 3211.7
Primary Immigrant: Schaffner, Michael


Will:
WILL OF MICHAEL SHOFNER

In the Name of God Amen. I Michael Shofner in the County of Orange and State of North Carolina being weak in Body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be given unto God Caling to mind the Mortality of Body and knowing that it is apponted for all Men Once to die Do make & ordain this my last Will and Testament that is to say principally and first of all I give & recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God, who gave it & my body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in a decent & Christian Burial at the discretion of my Executors & as touching such worldly Estate wherewith It hath pleased God to Bless me in this life I give and dispose of Same in the following manner & form Viz.

Firstly I Will & ordain that my youngest Son Peter Shofner Shall
have all the land and Plantation which I now hold & Possess according to the Deceased for the said Land providing that he shall give two pounds ten Shillings Currency of North Carolina Or five Dollars to Each of his four Brothers & also two pounds ten Shillings or five Dollars to his sister Magdalane one year after my death he shall pay the said two pounds ten Shillings to the Oldest Brother and so on Every year Two pounds ten Shillings according to the age of his Brothers & Sister.

Secondly I Will & ordain that my said Son Peter Shofner shall have the loom which I have now & an Iron stove which is in the house wherin I now live.

Thirdly I will and ordain that my Son Michael Shofner shall have Ten pounds Currency of No. Carolina or Twenty Dollars out of my Estate after my death after all & when my Just Debts paid I Will and Ordain that Every thing shall be sold & the remainder of my Estate shall be divided into Equal Shares among my five Sons & my Daughter Magdalane

lastly I constitute Make & ordain my well beloved son in law Jacob Antony & Mallica Fogleman to be Executors of my Last Will & Testament And do
hereby utterly revoke & disannull all & every other former Testament Will & Confering Confirming ??] this and no other to be my last Will & Testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand And seal this Twenty Seventh day of September in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred an ten___

Signed sealed & pronounced by the said Michael Shofner as his last Will & Testament in the presence of us
Henry Cook Jur.
Michael Shofner (seal)

[from Orange Co., North Carolina Will Book D , p.342-343.]

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]

Notes:

Possible parents: George Fogleman (1707-1779) and Catherine Curtiss (1702-1798)

Notes:

http://www.lynnpdesign.com/genealogy/fogleman.html

The original Fogleman ancestor that I am related to is George Fogleman who came over with the Shoffner family (my grandmother's family) in the 1700's on the Ship Shirley which arrived in Philadelphia.

Left is a picture of my grandfather, John Page Fogleman, when he was young. The Fogleman and Shoffner family came to this country from the same town in Germany. In fact, Michael Shoffner I, was married to Margaretha Fogleman (Vogleman) when he arrived in this country in 1739 [sic] 1751 on the (ship SHIRLEY; arrived in Pennsylvania; settled in Almance Co, now Burlington, N.C.


My grandfather's parents were John Tyler Fogleman and Frances Shoffner Fogleman (pictured below). There were married during the civil war on December 31, 1863, the following is reported be their wedding photo.