1737 Henry Koffroth was born on December 5, 1737, and was baptized on December 25, with sponsors Johannes Schäffer and Heinrich Böckel, at the Muddy Creek Church, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
1748 Anna Margaret Schaerck, child of David Schaerck and Anna Maria Schaerck, was baptized at Bethany United Church of Christ, Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Anna Margaret Schaerck was born on February 22, 1748, in Pennsylvania. [6] [7]
1754 Henry Koffroth was confirmed on April 14, at Cocalico Reformed Church at age 17. [8] [9]
1763 Henry Cofferath was taxed in Cocalico Twp, Lancaster County as a freeman [unmarried]. [10]
1766 Henry Caffroth witnessed a deed between Elias Moyer Sr and son Peter Moyer for land on Conestogoe creek in Earl Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [11]
1768 Anna Margaret, daughter of Henry and Anna Margaret Cafferoth, was born on May 13, 1768. She was baptized on June 12, 1768 at Bethany United Church of Christ, at Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania with sponsors David and Anna Margaret Schoerck. [12]
1768 Henry Koffroth was named as a son-in-law in the estate papers of David Shirk. Dated in December. [13]
1771 Henry Kaffrode was taxed in Cocolico Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [14]
1777 Jacob and Henry Koffroth were taxed in Cocalico Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [15]
1778 Jacob and Henry Koffroth were taxed in Cocalico Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [16]
1779 Jacob and Henry Koffroth were taxed in Cocalico Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [17]
1779 Henry Kaffroth was taxed in Cocalico Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [18]
1781 Jacob and Henry Koffroth were taxed in Cocalico Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [19]
1782 Jacob and Henry Koffroth were taxed in Cocalico Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [20]
1783 Jacob and Henry Koffroth were taxed in Cocalico Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [21]
1781 Henry Kofroth was taxed in Cocalico Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania for 82 acres, 2 horses and 4 cattle and 1 still. [22]
1772 Henry Koffrot was taxed for 50 acres, 1 horse, and 1 cattle in Cocalico Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [23]
1773 Henry Kafras was taxed for 50 acres, and 2 cattle in Cocalico Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [24]
1779 Henry Kaffroth was on the tax list for Cocalico Twp, Lancaster County. He owned 37 acres. [25]
1781 Henry Koffroth returned home from the Revolutionary War as a Private first class in the 6th company, 3rd battalion of the Lancaster County Militia. [26] [27]
1782 Henry Kofroth was on the tax list for Cocalico Twp, Lancaster County. He owned 85 acres. [28]
1786 Elizabeth, daughter of Henry and Margaret Kaffroth, was born on April 5, 1786 and was baptized April 26, 1786 with her parents as sponsors. [29]
1786 Henry Kaffroth was listed on the septennial census in 1786 in Cocalico Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [30]
1787 Henry and Margaret Coffroth sold land to Jacob Henry Coffroad, on March 27, that Henry's father Gerhard Koffroth had granted to Henry in 1785. [31]
1788 Heinrich and Margaret Koffroth moved from an 80 acre farm in Cocalico Twp to a 188 acre farm in Salisbury Twp. [32]
1790 Henry Kaufroad lived in Salisbury Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in a household with 5 males under age 16, 2 males age 16 and over, and 4 females. [33]
1800 Henry Koffroth moved back across the Welsh Mountains to Earl Twp in the New Holland area. [34] [35]
1800 Henry Cofroad Sr lived in Salisbury Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in a household with males: 1 (16 thru 25), 1 (26 thru 44), and 1 (45 and over); and females: 2 (10 thru 15) and 1 (45 and over). Henry Cofroad Jr was listed adjacent. [36]
1803 Heinrich Kaffroth died on January 21 and was buried at Saint Stephen United Church of Christ Cemetery, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Heinrich Kaffroth was born on December 5, 1737. [37] [38]
Research Notes:
1803-1804 Henry Koffroth was reportedly buried in the St Stephens Reformed cemetery in New Holland, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [39] I cannot find any mention of this burial in the source cited. [40] [41]
See also [42]
[1] William John Hinke and Frederick S. Weiser, Records of Pastoral Acts at the Lutheran and Reformed Congregations of the Muddy Creek Church, East Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1730-1790 (Breinigsville, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania German Society, 1981), 40.
[2] Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Pennsylvania Archives, Sixth Series, Volume 6 (Egypt) (1907), 268, reports birth in December 1737, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[3] Willis Adrian Koffroth, Koffroth Family History (2000), 19 and 37, report birth 7 December, 1737 while page 38 reports birth on 5 December and baptism by John Casper Stoever on 25 December, citing records of the Muddy Creek Church, [FHLCatalog].
[4] Julius Friedrich Sachse, The German Sectarians of Pennsylvania: 1708-1742, Vol. 1 (1899), 235, footnote, reports baptism 7 Dec 1738, citing the register of the Reformirte Gemeinde Cocallico in Conestoken Church, [InternetArchive].
[5] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, [AncestryRecord].
[6] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, [AncestryRecord].
[7] Willis Adrian Koffroth, Koffroth Family History (2000), 37, [FHLCatalog].
[8] Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Pennsylvania Archives, Sixth Series, Volume 6 (Egypt) (1907), 268, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[9] Sylvester M Kauffroth. The Kauffroth/Sensenig Families (1984), 12, [FHLCatalog].
[10] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[11] Recorder of Deeds, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed Book H, 355-356, [355], [356], [FHLCatalog].
[12] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, Bethany United Church of Christ, Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[13] Willis Adrian Koffroth, Koffroth Family History (2000), 44, [FHLCatalog].
[14] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 17 (Lancaster Taxables) (1897), 45, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[15] Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Tax List, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[16] Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Tax List, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[17] Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Tax List, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[18] Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801, [AncestryRecord].
[19] Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Tax List, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[20] Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Tax List, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[21] Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Tax List, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[22] Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801, Cocalico Twp, Lancaster County, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[23] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 17 (Lancaster Taxables) (1897), 266, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[24] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 17 (Lancaster Taxables) (1897), 481, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[25] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 17 (Lancaster Taxables) (1897), 578, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[26] Sylvester M Kauffroth. The Kauffroth/Sensenig Families (1984), 11, [FHLCatalog].
[27] Willis Adrian Koffroth, Koffroth Family History (2000), 45, [FHLCatalog].
[28] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 17 (Lancaster Taxables) (1897), 867, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[29] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, Bethany United Church of Christ, Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[30] Pennsylvania, Septennial Census, 1779-1863, [AncestryRecord].
[31] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Deed II-156 to 158, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[32] Sylvester M Kauffroth. The Kauffroth/Sensenig Families (1984), 13, [FHLCatalog].
[33] United States Federal Census, 1790, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[34] Sylvester M Kauffroth. The Kauffroth/Sensenig Families (1984), 13, [FHLCatalog].
[35] Willis Adrian Koffroth, Koffroth Family History (2000), 48, [FHLCatalog].
[36] United States Federal Census, 1800, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[37] Find A Grave Memorial 128783059, [FindAGrave].
[38] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[39] Willis Adrian Koffroth, Koffroth Family History (2000), 48, citing Gerhard and 19, [FHLCatalog].
[40] D. W. Gerhard, A history of the New Holland charge of the Reformed Church in Lancaster county, Pa., [HathiTrust].
[41] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[42] Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Vol 34, 2011, July, p 51. Born 2 Dec 1737, seeking a copy.