Catharina Knistern
1748 - 1824 (75 years)
1. Catharina Knistern was born on 18 Jun 1748 in Schoharie, Schoharie County, NY (daughter of Johannes Kniskern and Sophia Schaeffer); died on 17 Feb 1824 in Schoharie County, NY. Catharina married Richard Shelmadine on 15 Feb 1774 in St. Paul Evangelist Lutheran Church, Schoharie, Schoharie County, NY. Richard was born on 13 May 1753 in England; died on 15 Dec 1826 in Oil Creek Township, Venango County, PA; was buried in Dec 1826 in Old Shelmadine cemetery, Oil Creek Township, Crawford County, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Bornt Shelmadine was born on 13 May 1780 in Schoharie, Schoharie County, NY; died on 10 Feb 1843 in Oil Creek Township, Venango County, PA; was buried in Feb 1843 in Old Shelmadine cemetery, Oil Creek Township, Crawford County, PA.
2. Johannes Kniskern was born on 14 Jan 1721 in Schoharie, Schoharie County, NY (son of Johan Peter Kniskern and Elisabeth Barbara Adam); died on 6 Jun 1803 in Schoharie County, NY. Johannes married Sophia Schaeffer on 22 Mar 1747/1748. Sophia (daughter of Johannes Schaeffer and Anna Maria Zoeller) was born on 21 Oct 1721 in Schoharie, Schoharie County, NY; died on 11 Oct 1807 in Schoharie, Schoharie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Sophia Schaeffer was born on 21 Oct 1721 in Schoharie, Schoharie County, NY (daughter of Johannes Schaeffer and Anna Maria Zoeller); died on 11 Oct 1807 in Schoharie, Schoharie County, NY. Children:
- 1. Catharina Knistern was born on 18 Jun 1748 in Schoharie, Schoharie County, NY; died on 17 Feb 1824 in Schoharie County, NY.
Generation: 3
4. Johan Peter Kniskern was born on 25 Oct 1683 in Reinheim, Hassen, Germany; died on 11 Nov 1759 in Schoharie, Schoharie County, NY. Johan married Elisabeth Barbara Adam about 3 Jul 1709. Elisabeth was born in 1687 in Palatinate, Pfalz, Bavaria, Germany; died on 31 Oct 1770 in Schoharie, Schoharie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Elisabeth Barbara Adam was born in 1687 in Palatinate, Pfalz, Bavaria, Germany; died on 31 Oct 1770 in Schoharie, Schoharie County, NY. Children:
- 2. Johannes Kniskern was born on 14 Jan 1721 in Schoharie, Schoharie County, NY; died on 6 Jun 1803 in Schoharie County, NY.
6. Johannes Schaeffer was born in 1690 in Hilgert, Dorf-Hesse, Nassua, Prussia (son of Johannes Schaeffer and Mary Elizabetha Schafferin); died on 15 May 1777 in Cobleskill, Schoharie County, NY. Johannes married Anna Maria Zoeller in Saugerties, Ulster County, NY. Anna was born in 1694 in Cobleskill, Schoharie County, NY; died on 15 Jul 1768 in Cobleskill, Schoharie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Anna Maria Zoeller was born in 1694 in Cobleskill, Schoharie County, NY; died on 15 Jul 1768 in Cobleskill, Schoharie County, NY. Children:
- 3. Sophia Schaeffer was born on 21 Oct 1721 in Schoharie, Schoharie County, NY; died on 11 Oct 1807 in Schoharie, Schoharie County, NY.
Generation: 4
12. Johannes Schaeffer was born in 1665 in Hilgersdorf, North Bavaria, Germany; died in 1712 in Schoharie, Schoharie County, NY. Johannes married Mary Elizabetha Schafferin. Mary was born in 1668 in Germany; died on 28 Mar 1749 in Schoharie, Schoharie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Mary Elizabetha Schafferin was born in 1668 in Germany; died on 28 Mar 1749 in Schoharie, Schoharie County, NY. Children:
- 6. Johannes Schaeffer was born in 1690 in Hilgert, Dorf-Hesse, Nassua, Prussia; died on 15 May 1777 in Cobleskill, Schoharie County, NY.