| Name |
Michael Christian^ Shoffner |
| Suffix |
(immigrant) |
| Birth |
25 Jun 1721 |
Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Immigration |
1758 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| from Germany |
- 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
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| Death |
25 Jun 1810 |
Orange Co, North Carolina |
| Will |
27 Sep 1810 |
Orange Co, North Carolina |
| written |
- 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.]
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| Burial |
St Paul's Lutheran Ch Cem, Alamance Co, North Carolina |
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St Paul's Lutheran Church and cemetery
Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina |
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St. Paul's Lutheran Church and cemetery
2719 Bellemont Alamance Rd; Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina
List of Interred at the Cemetery Website here: http://cemeterycensus.com/nc/alam/cem007.htm |
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Shoffner, Michael and Margaretha Fogleman headstone
St. Pauls Lutheran Church Cemetery
2719 Bellemont Alamance Road
Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina |
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Shoffner, Michael and Margaretha Fogleman
St. Pauls Lutheran Church Cemetery
Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina |
| 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
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| Person ID |
I19301 |
Roots |
| Last Modified |
22 May 2015 |
| Family |
Ann Margaretha^ Fogleman (Vogleman), (immigrant), b. 3 Aug 1724, Frankfurt on the Main, Germany d. 17 Aug 1796, Orange Co, North Carolina (Age 72 years) |
| Marriage |
Abt 1751 |
Germany |
| 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.
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| Children |
| + | 1. Michael Shoffner, Jr. (immigrant), b. 26 Jan 1752, Frankfurt on the Main, Germany d. 24 Jun 1820, Almance, Orange Co, North Carolina (Age 68 years) |
| + | 2. George Shoffner, (immigrant), b. 1755, Fankfort on the Main, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany d. 24 Jun 1820, Alamance, Orange Co, North Carolina (Age 65 years) |
| + | 3. Mary Magdalena^ Shoffner, (immigrant), b. 1757, Frankford, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany d. 26 Mar 1827, Orange Co, North Carolina (Age 70 years) |
| + | 4. George Martin Shoffner, (immigrant), b. 03 Dec 1758, Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany d. 30 Sep 1838, Bedford Co, Tennessee (Age 79 years) |
| + | 5. Frederick Shoffner, b. 1761, Orange Co, North Carolina d. 11 Apr 1846, Orange Co, North Carolina (Age 85 years) [Father: Birth] |
| + | 6. Peter Shoffner, b. May 1764, Alamance, Orange Co, North Carolina d. 1836, Bedford, Bedford Co, Tennessee (Age ~ 71 years) |
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| Family ID |
F7078 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
10 Feb 2011 |
1721 - 1810 (89 years)