George Shoemaker1

M, #2464, b. before 1634, d. before 11 August 1684
  • Name Variation: George Schumacher1,2
Last Edited: 3 Apr 2013
Charts:
Pedigree of Josephine Bailey

Family:

Sarah (?) d. a 1708

Children:

George Shoemaker+ 8 b. c 1663, d. c 1740
Sarah Shoemaker9 b. c 1665, d. 1716
Barbary Shoemaker10 b. c 1666
Abraham Shoemaker10 b. c 1667
Isaac Shoemaker11 b. c 1669, d. 12 Apr 1732
Susanna Shoemaker12 b. c 1673
Elizabeth Shoemaker10 b. c 1675
Benjamin Shoemaker10 b. c 1676

Notes

  • Note*: See Benjamin H. Shoemaker's book for a short account of the Shoemakers on the Rhine. He cites Wilhelm Niepoth's article, which gives a more detailed account.6
  • Note: Wilhelm Niepoth's article is based on German records. Regarding the Shoemakers in Europe:

    In the Dukedom of Julich and Berg, in the district of Lowenburg, now in Southern Siebengebirge, oppression of Baptists by Catholics was resumed in 1623. A 1638 list of Baptists from Dollendorf and Oberkassel on the Rhine included Arnold Reusen and Johann Schumacher. This Arnold Reusen (or Rosen) is identical with Arret (Arnold) Schumacher, who married Neesgen (Agnes) Rosen. He had taken the name of the estate inherited from his father-in-law.

    A 1652 list of the Anabaptists in the government of Lowenburg, included at Niederdollendorf, Niesgen Reusen and her son Peter Schumacher, neither with property. Other Schomechers were listed at Oberdollendorf.

    A 1655 Oberdollendorf court document lists Agnes, widow of Arnold Schumacher, deceased; her children, Peter and George Schumacher, both of age; and others. They sold their possessions and were to travel to Mainz, not far from Kriegsheim.

    In 1659 a Quaker missionary in Kriegsheim converted some Mennonite families, among those named are a George and Peter Schumacher.

    A 1664 record of the Mennonites in the government of Alzey does not list Peter and George Schumacher, presumably because they were no longer Mennonites.

    In 1679 two Quakers preached in Kriegsheim and distributed a tract. Peter and Jorg Schumacher were among five Quakers who subscribed for the tract.

    An August 11 1684 a government report on the Quakers in Kriegsheim reported the taxable possessions of Peter Schumacher at 450 florins and of George Schumacher's widow at 626 florins. So George Shoemaker had died by this time.

    A 1685 record listing Quakers in Kriegsheim includes "19 - Georg Schuhmacher, 20 - Peter Schuhmachers Wittib. (widow)". The author suggested that the word "Wittib" should apply to the individual on line 19 rather than line 20.

    Peter Schumacher arrived in Pennsylvania in October 1685, and died there in 1707 at age 85. Sarah, widow of George, arrived there with her children the 20th of 1st month 1686. Her daughter Sarah had come in 1685 with Peter. Jacob Schumacher, a Quaker, unmarried, came to Pennsylvania in 1683 with Francis Daniel Pastorius from the Mainz area, suggesting he was a relative of Peter and George.

    The author compared lists of Mennonites in the Dollendorf region in the district of Lowenburg in 1652 and 1655 to the lists of Mennonites and Quakers in the government of Alzey (Palatinate) in 1665. He concludes that all or nearly all Schumachers in the Alzey region (including Kriegsheim) came from the Dollendorf in Siebengebirge; and likewise with other families. The translator notes that this article appears to disprove the notion that the Kriegsheim Quakers, or at least the Schumachers, came from Switzerland or from Holland.1
  • Note: For additional information on George Schumacher's parents see a May 1 2010 posting on the Shoemaker Family Genealogy Forum on genforum.genealogy.com entitled 'Corrections concerning the Benjamin Shoemaker book', posted by Andreas Frohnhaus, of Niederdollendorf, Germany. He provides a revised translation for the 15th February 1655 record of the appearance before the rent controller of Sarah Schumacher and family. The correction is particularly in regard to the list of Sarah Schumacher's minor children.
    [Frohnhaus corrects Niepoth p.8 quoted by Shoemaker Pioneers p. 75]2
  • Note: Benjamin H. Shoemaker in Shoemaker Pioneers reviews the possibility that Jacob Shoemaker, who arrived on the "America" in 1683, was related to Peter and George Shoemaker. He found it unlikely.7

Citations

  1. [S166] 'From Kriegsheim to Pennsylvania: Origin and Career of the Brothers Peter and George Shoemaker, of Kriegsheim, in the Palatinate. And also a contribution to the inquiry as to the origin of the Palatinate Mennonites.' by Wilhelm Niepoth, of Krefeld, Germany, translated by Edward W. Hocker. Germantowne Crier Vol 9, No. 1, March 1957, pp. 7-9, 26. [Copy obtained from Germantown Historical Society.] [Note that Niepoth also researched Luckens.]    Niepoth--From-Kriegsheim.pdf
  2. [S165] Frohnhaus, Andreas, Corrections concerning the Benjamin Shoemaker book. Form posting 1 May 2010. url: https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/shoemaker/…. Contains a new translation & interpretation of the 15 Feb 1655 Staats Archiv Dusseldorf document, bearing particularly on the names of the children, correcting assumptions stated in Benjamin Shoemaker’s 'Shoemaker Pioneers'.    Frohnhaus--Niepoth-Correction.pdf
  3. [S409] Shoemaker, Benjamin H., Genealogy of the Shoemaker Family of Cheltenham, Pennsylvania (JB Lippincott Co Phil. 1903. Available on web at BYU via FHL catalog, ), p. 19.   Shoemaker--Shoemaker-Family.pdf
  4. [S410] Shoemaker, Benjamin H., Shoemaker Pioneers; The Early Genealogy And History Of The Colonial Shoemaker Families Who Came To America Before The Revolution (Philadelphia: Published by author, 1975), D3, p. 63, 84.   Shoemaker--Shoemaker-Pioneers.pdf
  5. [S166] 'From Kriegsheim to Pennsylvania: Origin and Career of the Brothers Peter and George Shoemaker, of Kriegsheim, in the Palatinate. And also a contribution to the inquiry as to the origin of the Palatinate Mennonites.' by Wilhelm Niepoth, of Krefeld, Germany, translated by Edward W. Hocker. Germantowne Crier Vol 9, No. 1, March 1957, pp. 7-9, 26. [Copy obtained from Germantown Historical Society.] [Note that Niepoth also researched Luckens.], p. 8.   Niepoth--From-Kriegsheim.pdf
  6. [S410] Shoemaker, Benjamin H., Shoemaker Pioneers, p. 75.   Shoemaker--Shoemaker-Pioneers.pdf
  7. [S410] Shoemaker, Benjamin H., Shoemaker Pioneers, p. 68-70.   Shoemaker--Shoemaker-Pioneers.pdf
  8. [S409] Shoemaker, Benjamin H., Shoemaker Family, p. 20-24. #2.   Shoemaker--Shoemaker-Family.pdf
  9. [S409] Shoemaker, Benjamin H., Shoemaker Family, p. 20, 24-25.   Shoemaker--Shoemaker-Family.pdf
  10. [S333] "A Partial List of the Families Who Arrived at Philadelphia between 1682 and 1687", The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 8, No. 3 (Oct., 1884), pp. 328-340: Vol. 8, No. 3 (Oct., 1884), p. 329.   PMHB--08-328--Arrivals-Phila-20084664.pdf
  11. [S409] Shoemaker, Benjamin H., Shoemaker Family, p. 20, 25-26. #6.   Shoemaker--Shoemaker-Family.pdf
  12. [S409] Shoemaker, Benjamin H., Shoemaker Family, p. 20, 26-27. #7.   Shoemaker--Shoemaker-Family.pdf