Christen kauffman biography of martin

This tract of land was take over by John Kauffman, in He and his family moved from there to a acre tract in Augusta County, Virginia, which was later sold, along with the acre tract in Pennsylvania, to his brother, Michael Kauffman. Martin worked as a blacksmith and served as a Mennonite minister. He married Barbara probably Stauffer. Martin's Will is written in German, and names his wife as administratrix, and names his brother to be bondsman and hold the estate until his oldest son reaches the age of majority.

On the same date, his wife Barbara posted a bond to administer. Martin bequeathed all of his estate to his wife Barbara until their eldest son reached maturity.

When Martin Kauffman was born in

He mentioned his children and appointed his wife Barbara and his brother David Kaufman as administrators. There is a photograph of his headstone on his Find a Grave memorial. The double-F version was fairly standard from the s on in Virginia, but most of the family members who moved to Ohio in early s used the "Coffman" spelling.

White House Fort near river built by the Kaufman family at early date. Meeting place of Mill Creek Church when organized Martin Jr. Martin is assumed to have been aged at least 21 when land was surveyed to him in Pennsylvania in This puts his birthdate at before , and realistically probably somewhat earlier.