Coffinberry, Salathiel Curtis

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• Residence: Michigan, USA; Marital Status: Married
• Residence: 1860, Constantine, St Joseph, Michigan, USA; Residence Post Office: Constantine
• Residence: 1870, Constantine, St Joseph, Michigan, USA; Residence Post Office: Constantine

Salathiel married Coffinberry, Artemisia on 18 Jan 1843 in Richland, Ohio, USA. Artemisia was born on 11 Jan 1819 in Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio, USA; died on 8 Dec 1912 in Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Coffinbury, Maria Estella was born on 9 Jan 1851 in Near Centerville, Mich.
2. Coffinbury, John was born on 14 Nov 1854 in Near Centerville, Mich.
3. Coffinberry, Augusta was born on 12 May 1838; died on 13 Apr 1856; was buried in Constantine, St. Joseph County, Michigan, USA.
4. Richard, Marie Estella was born on 9 Jan 1851 in Centreville, St. Joseph County, Michigan, USA; died on 8 Apr 1920 in Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA.
5. Coffinberry, Estephena was born on 8 May 1857 in Michigan, USA; died on 16 Sep 1921 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA; was buried in Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA.
6. Prentiss, Hermia Salathiella was born on 13 Nov 1844 in Centreville, St. Joseph County, Michigan, USA; died on 27 Oct 1924 in Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington, USA; was buried in Howe, Lagrange, Indiana, USA.
7. Coffinbury, Hermia Salathiella was born on 13 Nov 1844 in Near Centerville, Mich.
8. Coffinbury, Herman Napoleon was born on 23 Apr 1846 in Near Centerville, Mich.
9. Coffinbury, Manfred was born on 24 Jan 1849 in Near Centerville, Mich.

Notes:

According to the records of Ruth Dunlap, George Lewis Coffinberry was part of the Revolutionary War.

George Coffinberry (1760-1851) enlisted from Berkeley County at the age of sixteen in Captain Culbert Anderson's company. He was in service in the Carolinas under General Nathaniel Greene. He was born at Martinburg, West Virginia and was a pensioner when he died near Mansfield, Ohio.

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Rev War pension W6726. While residing near Martinsburg, he enlisted in the autum of 1780 and served six months as private in Captain Colbert Anderson's company, Colonels Lucas or Glenn's Virginia Regiment. He was allowed pension on his application executed Oct 25, 1832 while a resident of Springfield Township Richland County, Ohio. He died there July 13, 1851.

"a lawyer elected to Legislature in VA about 1790 & while in that capacity petitioned to change name from Kaufenbaerger to Coffinberry"

Source: Genealogy of the Coffinberry Family. Descendants of George Lewis Coffinberry, 1760-1851 (Revolutionary War Soldier) and His Wife, Elizabeth (Little) Coffinberry, Mrs. Beatrice B Scott

Birth:
note:Frederick County at the time

George married Little, Elizabeth on 5 Dec 1785 in Martinsburg, Berkeley, West Virginia, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Klein, George and Truggat, Elizabeth) was born in 1769 in Strasburg, Alsace-Loraine, Germany; died on 23 Jun 1854 in Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio, USA; was buried in Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Genealogy of the Coffinberry Family: Descendants of George Lewis Coffinberry (1760-1851) Revolutionary War Soldier (published 1927), pages 8-11:

[George Lewis Coffinberry] married December 5, 1786, at Martinsburg, West Virginia. Married Miss Elizabeth (Klein) Little, who was born near Alsace Loraine about 1769. Elizabeth Little believed herself to be a descendant of royalty. She was gifted with language and from her pen came forth at command prose and poetry, and her writings, if they had been cared for and published, most certainly would have made her known as a lady of letters in the western world.

An item of interest to those of this present generation was the fact that in the days of Elizabeth Little, false teeth or plates were unknown and so she made her own teeth, by taking a cow’s horn and soaking it in water until flexible, then carefully shaping it to her mouth and by filing teeth in it, made a very serviceable set of lower and upper teeth. The only fault with these kind of teeth was the fact that they wore out too soon and the same performance had to be gone through with again.

Elizabeth Little had a brother that we know of. A Mrs. Cope of Chattanooga, Tennessee, claims to be a descendant of this brother.

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Springfield Township was organized in 1816. Its name was suggested by Mrs. Coffinberry, one of its earliest settlers, on account of the numerous springs within its limits.

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ELIZABETH LITTLE COFFINBERRY, wife of George Lewis Coffinberry, was a blonde with blue eyes. Her hair kept its golden tinge until she was quite an old lady. Her father was George Kline (Little) and her mother was Elizabeth Truggat. They were both born in Strasburg, in Alsace, early in the eighteenth century, and were married there. They came to the town of Chambersburg in the colony of Penn, where they both died within six months after their settlement, leaving George Little, 2 years old, and Elizabeth, 6 months old.

These children were taken to Martinsburg, Va., by their mother’s sister, who reared them and where George was married to Caroline Roush, and Elizabeth to George Lewis Coffinberry. The name of her family was originally Kline, but was later changed to Little. The word Kline means “little” in the German language. Elizabeth Little Coffinberry always told her children that some day they would come into a great heritage through her people, but just what this was I do not know.

Buried:
Spring Mill Cemetery

Notes:

"George Ludwig (Lewis) Coffinberry or Kaufenberger as his German neighbors called him, was born in Stuttgart, Wurtenburg, Germany early in the eighteenth century. He was married in Germany to Katrina Kimmel who was born in Hanover about the same time George was born. ... He first changed his name to Coffinberg and later, about 1790, by permission of the Legislature of Virginia, to Coffinberry."
Source: Geneology of the Coffinberry Family

Georg Ludwig Kassenberger arrived in Philadelphia on the ship St Andrew from Rotterdam and took oaths at the Court House in Phildelphia on 14 Sep 1751. Also immigrating on the same ship were Jacob, Johan, Phillip, Adam, and Valentin Kimmel.

George Lewis Coffinberry received a land grant of 282 acres in 1763 at Wts. Opequon, Frederick County, Virginia. (Opequon Creek) He appears on various rent rolls, tax lists, tithable lists and polls in Berkeley County Virginia for 1782 , 1783, 1788, and 1792.

George and Katrina made their home at Martinsburg where all their children were born and married.

George Lewis Coffinbery Sr. was a noted German clergyman of the Baptist order, and by trade a sickle maker. He is buried at Martinsburg, West Virginia. Died at the advanced age of 108 years. And his wife, Katrina at the age of 116 years. George was a private in the Revolutionary War in the Virginia Regiment.

The will of George Lewis Coffinberry was written 26 Aug 1812 and presented in court on 8 Mar 1813 in Berkeley County, Virginia. Therefore, death date may be about 03/08/1813

The will of George Lewis Coffinberry was written 26 Aug 1812 and presented in court on 8 Mar 1813 in Berkeley County, Virginia.

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Berkeley Co., West Virginia; Will Book 5, page 59
26 August, 1812
I George Lewis Coffinberger of the County of Berkley & State of Virginia, being of sound & perfect mind & memory do on this 26th day of Augt 1812 make and ordain this my last will & testament in the manner & form & allowing making void all other former wills heretofore made by me to viz

1st I give and bequeath to my wife Fanny Coffenbarger the sole use and profits of my whole estate both real and personal of whatsoever kind I may own at the time of my death during her natural life.
2nd It is my will & desire that the proceeds of my estate real & personal after the payment of my just debts & all necessary expenses & charges shall be equally divided between my eight daughters and sons herein after named to vis. Mary Newman, Elizabeth Curtus, Nancy Seybert, Fanny Sipp, Sarah McCasland, Catherine Young, Jacob Coffenberger, & George Cofffenberger or their living children to be equally divided between them share & share alike except the part bequeathed Sarah McCaslin her equal part is to be put to interest by my executors and she is only to receive the legal interest thereof during her life & at her death it is to be equally divided between all her living children.
3rd I hereby consititue & appoint my friends Thomas C Smith & Obed Wait the sole executors of this my last will & testament it will be understood that my executors are fully authorized to sell real estae as well as personal & convey in full authority in witness whereof I have herunto set my hand & seal the date and year above written my executor are not to give any security for the performence as executors. Signed sealed published in presence of us the subscribers

Witnesses: Jacob Hesse, Richard Gartrel, James Riddle, Conrad Hogmire
George L Coffenberger (seal)

Buried:
Old Lutheran Cemetery

Georg married Kimmel, Maria Veronika before 1750 in Stutgart, Wuertemberg, Germany, Estimate. Maria (daughter of Kimmel, Johann Valentin and Beltzer Or Baltzer, Anna Maria) was born about Jan 1726 in Gimbsheim, Hessen, Germany; died before Jul 1813 in Martinsburg, Berkeley, West Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Katrina Kimmel was known as Veronika and Fanny a nickname for Veronika.

George was married in Germany to Katrina Kimmel who was born in Hanover about the same time George was born. They came to the colony of Virginia in 1750, where they made their home at Martinsburg in Berkley County, West Virginia, where all their children were born and married.

According to Timothy Kimmel - - - Maria Veronika Kimmel emmigrated to the US aboard the St. Andrews which landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1751. Georg Ludwig Kauffenbaerger was listed as her husband on the ship's list of passengers.

According to Ruth Dunlap - - - Maria Elisabet Kauffenbaergerbaptismal record lists her mother's name as Veronika.

Georg Ludwig Kauffenbaerger's will lists Veronika's name as Fanny which is the dim. of Veronika.

Veronika's parents travelled with Georg and Veronika to America in 1751 on the St. Andrews.

According to Johann Valentin Kimmel's will - Veronika was married to Georg at the time of Johann's death.


Birth:
based on baptisim date

Died:
in her husband's estate there is an entry of July 23 that year for "paid John Hooper for a coffin for the widow" then Oct 11 "paid Elizabeth Smith for attendance on the widow making her burying clothes"

George married Truggat, Elizabeth about 1768 in Strasburg, Alsace-Loraine, Germany, Estimate. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Burkhart married Ludwig, Anna Elisabeth in 1727 in Groß-Bieberau, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Hessen, Germany. Anna was born in 1705 in Lichtenberg, Hessen, Germany; died in 1740 in Groß-Bieberau, Hessen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Wife Kimmel, Anna Maria Beltzer; Child Kimmel, Maria Barbara; Child Kimmel, Maria Elisabetha; Child Kimmel, Conrad; Child Kimmel, Maria Veronica; Child Kimmel, Anna Margretha

Johann married Beltzer Or Baltzer, Anna Maria on 8 Feb 1724 in Gimbsheim, Hessen, Germany. Anna was born in in Germany; died about 1767 in Ephrata, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]