Kaufenbaerger, Georg Ludwig

Kaufenbaerger, Georg Ludwig

Male 1728 - Abt 1813  (85 years)

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  • Name Kaufenbaerger, Georg Ludwig  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Born 1728  Stutgart, Wuertemberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 6
    Gender Male 
    Died Abt Feb 1813  Martinsburg, Berkeley, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 7, 8
    Buried Martinsburg, Berkeley Co., Virginia (now WV) Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    • Old Lutheran Cemetery
    Person ID I18401  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2022 

    Father Kaffenberger, Burkhart Ferdinand,   b. 1702, Hausen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1772, Oberhausen, Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Ludwig, Anna Elisabeth,   b. 1705, Lichtenberg, Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1740, Groß-Bieberau, Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 1727  Groß-Bieberau, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F7397  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Kimmel, Maria Veronika,   b. Abt Jan 1726, Gimbsheim, Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Jul 1813, Martinsburg, Berkeley, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 87 years) 
    Married Bef 1750  Stutgart, Wuertemberg, Germany, Estimate Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Coffinberry, Mary,   b. Abt 1751, Martinsburg, Berkeley, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     2. Coffinberry, Maria Elizabeth,   b. 25 Oct 1753,   d. Bef 1813, Curtis Run, Ohio, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 59 years)  [natural]
     3. Coffinberry, Nancy,   b. Abt 1754, Martinsburg, Berkeley, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     4. Coffinberry, Sarah,   b. Abt 1756, Martinsburg, Berkeley, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 1812 and 1813  (Age 56 years)  [natural]
     5. Coffinberry, Frances,   b. 1756, Martinsburg, Berkeley, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1848, Martinsburg, Berkeley, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)  [natural]
     6. Coffinberry, Jacob Lewis,   b. Abt 1758, Martinsburg, Berkeley, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1814  (Age > 57 years)  [natural]
     7. Coffinberry, Catherine,   b. Abt 1770, Martinsburg, Berkeley, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1843, Ohio, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)  [natural]
     8. Coffinberry, George Lewis,   b. 10 Feb 1760, Martinsburg, Berkeley, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jul 1851, Mansfield, Richland, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2022 
    Family ID F7414  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1728 - Stutgart, Wuertemberg, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - Bef 1750 - Stutgart, Wuertemberg, Germany, Estimate Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Abt Feb 1813 - Martinsburg, Berkeley, West Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
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    Documents
    Coffinberry History - from 'Genealogy Of The Coffinberry Family' by Beatrice Berman Scott
    Coffinberry History - from "Genealogy Of The Coffinberry Family" by Beatrice Berman Scott

  • 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)

  • Sources 
    1. [S256] My Ancestor George Ludwig (Lewis) Coffinberry, Marjorie McCaddon Constanz.

    2. [S142] Genealogy of the Coffinberry Family: Descendants of George Lewis Coffinberry (1760-1851) Revolutionary War Soldier, compiled by Mrs. Beatrice Berman Scott b. 1893, (Name: published 1927;).

    3. [S1885] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).

    4. [S1894] Genealogy of the Coffinberry family, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT; Date: 2004;).
      Genealogy of the Coffinberry family
      Genealogy of the Coffinberry family


    5. [S1790] U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Year: 1751; Page Number: 457.

    6. [S108] Download - Coffinberry, Leslie Ann Kelly Edmunds, darryl_leslie@email.msn.com, (Name: GEDCOM Import;).
      Date of Import: Mar 10, 2001

    7. [S1877] Virgina Land Grants, Book M, page 121.
      Evd-1143-03
      Evd-1143-03


    8. [S1882] West Virginia Will Book 6, pages 357-363, Record for George Lewis Coffinberger.
      estate sale and settlement