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    Person Info
  • Name: John HOFFMAN
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 14 Jul 1781 in Heidelberg, Berks Co, Pennsylvania b
  • Death: 25 Jun 1815 in Vigo Co, Indiana d


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Johann Jacob HOFFMAN Birth: 6 Mar 1752 in Zuzenhausen, Heidelberg, Baden, Germany Death: 13 Mar 1839 in Fairfield Co, Ohio
  • Mother:
  • Katherine KEASEY Death: 1791 in Dauphin Co, Pennsylvania

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Elizabeth HOFFMAN Birth: 1802
  2. Jacob HOFFMAN Birth: 1804 in Ohio
  3. John HOFFMAN Birth: 1806
  4. Perry HOFFMAN Birth: 1810
  5. Jesse HOFFMAN Birth: 1810
  6. Mary HOFFMAN Birth: 1813
  7. Abraham HOFFMAN Birth: 1815
  8. Henry HOFFMAN Birth: 1817

Bibliography
  1. Dale, Beverly, Harpster, private email 12/28/1995. Author address: revbev at pobox dot upenn dot edu Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Beverly Dale 12/28/1995].
  2. Byrd, Freida, Harpster, Herbster, Herpster, Harbster, in Boucher Family Newsletter, Mar 1987. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Byrd HARPSTER].
  3. DAR Application 415660, Kirchman, Joanne Galbrener Information from this source tagged as [Ref: DAR #415660].
  4. DAR Application 526237, Gibbons, Erma Bledsoe Information from this source tagged as [Ref: DAR #526237].
  5. Fisher, Charles A, Snyder County PA Probate and Orphan Court Records, 1772-1855. Selinsgrove, PA: author, 1940. DAR PENN Counties Snyder PEN. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Fisher SnyderCoPA p[0-9]*].
  6. Moschella, Julia, Harpster-Bledsoe families. Private email 9/6/2009. Author address: mpinetree at citlink dot net Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Julia Moschella 9/6/2009].
  7. Clark, Pat, Clark, Smith, Fisher, Jones. WorldConnect db=momstravel, visited 10/11/2002. Author address: momstravel at hotmail dot com Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Pat Clark 10/11/2002].
  8. Slentz, Roy Shoemaker, Jacob Hoffman - Patriot of the Revolutionary War, 1986. FHL 929.273 H675s. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Slentz HOFFMAN p[0-9]*].
  9. Scoville, Terry, Descendant of Johann Hoffman, private email 5/26/2003. Author address: TerryLScoville at webtv dot net. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Terry Scoville 5/26/2003].
  10. Union County Orphans Court, Docket Book 3, page 310, May Term 1837. Available through DAR Genealogical Research System, Supporting documentation for National #415660 Patriot A051119. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: UnionCoPA OrphansCt 3-310].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Julia Moschella 9/6/2009, Slentz HOFFMAN p10],
place:
[Ref: Slentz HOFFMAN p15],
parents:
[Ref: Slentz HOFFMAN p10]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Julia Moschella 9/6/2009, Slentz HOFFMAN p10],
place:
[Ref: Slentz HOFFMAN p23]
Sources with Information about marriage to Barbara HARPSTER
names:
[Ref: Byrd HARPSTER, DAR #415660, Fisher SnyderCoPA p66, Pat Clark 10/11/2002, Slentz HOFFMAN p10, UnionCoPA OrphansCt 3-310],
child:
[Ref: Beverly Dale 12/28/1995, Julia Moschella 9/6/2009, Terry Scoville 5/26/2003]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
names:
Peter HOFFMAN & Barbara HARPSTER [Ref: DAR #526237]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of John HOFFMAN
                   /-----Christoph HOFFMAN
          /-----Johann Andreas HOFFMAN
 /-----Johann Jacob HOFFMAN
|        |         /-----Michael SCHNABELIN
|         \-----Eva SCHNABELIN
John HOFFMAN
 \-----Katherine KEASEY



Descendants of John HOFFMAN
1. John HOFFMAN m. Barbara HARPSTER
m. Barbara HARPSTER father: Jacob HARPSTER mother: Ann Eva OVERMIER

2nd generation

3. Jacob HOFFMAN m. Mary CROY
m. Mary CROY

3rd generation

10. Jefferson HOFFMAN m. Effie Ann NUTT
m. Effie Ann NUTT

4th generation

20. Mathias HOFFMAN m. Martha Jane COLEMAN
m. Martha Jane COLEMAN

5th generation

26. Romie HOFFMAN m. August B DATUS
m. August B DATUS