B eb i cati u n . THIS L ITTL E FA M I L Y S K E TCH I S A F F ECT I O NA 'I ‘ E L Y DE DICA T E D T s O M Y cou m, R OBE R T H E M A K E R S O , WH O DU R G A L ON G L E H A S E V E R E L A N TE R E S H I S F A M I L Y , IN IF , F T IN T I N H S R Y D G M U H R E S UE R M BL V I TO , OIN C TO C IT F O O I ION , A N D WH O W H GR E A UR E S Y A N D H E E R UL ES S H A S E VE R R E E L Y PL A E D , IT T CO T C F N , F C TH E INFO R M A TION H E H A D A T T H E DI S POS A L OF 01 H E R S . T . H . S . ! I t W1 “ be s een th at it was o ngmally I ntend ed to l l lustrate this l l ttle w o rk t h some o f the o ld ho mes of the famil but I t wa s afterw ard fo und t a so r e l t I ts cos t that the id e a y , o dd g at y o Was abandoned hou h the te xt was unchs turbe d , t g j R E F P A C E . FR OM the frequency and nu mber of question s asked famil about ou r y, there appears to be an awakening interest among its variou s members to know a little of the history of their ancestors . It has therefore seemed well , for the benefit of such inquirers, to place in a compact form su ch information as a number of years of research has furnished me with . It has not been at all my intention to attempt a genealogy of the - family, but simply to lay the corner stone for others , who may wish to build thereon their own particular I lines . have started with the earliest possible data obtainable of those of the name, and so specified the various earlier branches, of which I have a knowl it edge, that should be comparatively easy work for any of their descendants to trace their lines back and make connection with the emigrants . The frequ ent repetition of Christian names in the different lines and generations necessitates great care and watchfulness on the part of those who may take up the subj ect , and the verifying of all su ch data , or errors will occu r . M A OE M A E R . TH O S H . SH K G E R M A NI’ ‘ OWN rd 18 , Fourth month 3 , 93 . T E N T C O N S . C H A P T E R I . K R I E GS H E I M T C H A P E R I I . J A COB S HOE M A KE R T C H A P E R I I I . PE TE R S HOE MA KE R C H A T R I V P E . G E OR GE S HOE M A KE R C H A T E R V P . NA TUR A L I ! A TI ON OF OU R A NCE S TOR S C H A P T E R V I . I S A A S ON O F G E OR GE S HOE M A E R S E N . C , K , V C H A P T E R I I . SUS A NNA S HOE MA KE R PR I CE C V I I H A P T E R I . R I HAR D A L L S E N C W , 8 C ON TE N TS . C H A P T E R I ! . R I HA R D WA L L R . C , J H A C P T E R ! . S HOE MA KE R BUR Y I NG - G R OUND C H A P T E R E R E H E M A E R R . G O G S O K , J C H A P T E R A BR A HA M S H OE M A KE R T R - C H A P E ! I I I . TO BY L E E CH C H A P T E R ! I S A A C S HOE M AKE R C H A P T E R DE SCE ND A NTS OF I S A A C A N D DOR OT H Y S HOE MA KE R C H A T E R ! V I P . OTH E R S OF TH E NA M E C H A T E R ! V P I I . O TH E R I NCI-D E NTS T H E SCH UMACHER OR SHOEMAKER FAMI LY . C H A P T E R I . E E M KR I GS H I . Who that anti que stories reads Consider may the worthy deeds Of our progenitours : mirrours Which should to us be right , Their virtuous deeds to ensue A nd ! vicious living to eschew . I F we had no other clue than the original name , there would be little doubt as to the country from whence the Schu macher family emigrated , so pro no unced is its German origin . A very few years elapsed , however, after their arrival here, before it began to be Anglicized into that of Shoemaker, the change being a gradual one , for we can readily believe the emigrants parted with relu ctance from this last relic of the Fatherland . Fortunately, however, we are not required to su rmise regarding them , as reliable f “ ! in ormation is furnished u s in the List of Arrivals, 9 1 H H )? F 0 T E S OE /WA K E A M I L Y. ’ ff and Besse s Su erings of the People called Quakers , 1 published in London in 7 5 3 . From the latter we learn that William Ames and 1 6 C resheim George Rolf in 5 7 visited , a village in the f Palatinate, on the right bank of the Rhine, not far rom Worms . It is now known as Kriegsheim , having been S 1 2 S changed to that ince 75 . Professor Oswald eiden o f w sticker, Philadelphia, who has t ice visited the village , 1 8 18 2 once in 74 and again in 9 , writes me regarding it “ I t is easily reached by taking the railroad from Worms to Manheim . At the depot of Manheim , you see K riesheim right before you at a distance of less than a mile, and readily accessible by a pleasant cou ntry road . “ It is a small place, the houses mainly lining the road that passes from one en d of the village to the other . I w as Some O f the houses look quite old . struck by O ld w the remnants of alls, that perhaps in former O ld times served as fortifications . There is also an stone tower connected with the house O f the B urgo 1 6 master . Knowing that William Penn had in 7 7 K riesheim preached at , in a barn , I took notice of im o s barns that had an oldish look , bu t it would be p sible to single out any on which to fasten the shadow ! of probability that it was the identical one . To retu rn to Ames and Rolf : they were ministers TH E S HOE M A KE R FA M I L Y. t of the Socie y of Friends, and by their preaching soon made converts to their faith among these simple minded people, whose occupation appears to have been that of farming . It was natural that these ministers suffered much persecu tion as a consequence of their labors, as did their little band of converts, prominent among whom were George and Peter Schumacher . 1 66 O f According to Besse, in 3 a fine one shilling was imposed on each person who joined an assem bly for worship . Among those who suffered were the “ persons named in the following account : From feven - George Shoemaker, Bedding worth Rix Dol : lars And from Peter Shoemaker, Goods worth ! “ 166 feveral fuffered Diftrefs two Gu ilders . In 4 of refufin A c Goods for g to bear A rms, on which cou nt were taken from George Shoemaker, Pewter and Brafs worth three Gu ilders and a Half : From ! Peter Shoemaker, two Sheets worth three Guilders . “ 1 666 afo refaid In , the George Shoemaker, Peter H end rickz ChriftO her Shoemaker, John , and p Moret, O f had each them a Cow taken away for Fines , for their religiou s Meetings , which fou r Cows were - worth fifty Rix Dollars, though the Fines demanded ! fixt “ amou nted bu t to y Guilders from them all . The Diftreffes made in the Foregoing years for refufing 1 2 TH E S E M A E R FA M I L Y HO K .