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1728 - Abt 1813 (85 years)
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Name |
Kaufenbaerger, Georg Ludwig [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] |
Born |
1728 |
Stutgart, Wuertemberg, Germany [2, 3, 6] |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
Abt Feb 1813 |
Martinsburg, Berkeley, West Virginia, USA [3, 7, 8] |
Buried |
Martinsburg, Berkeley Co., Virginia (now WV) [6] |
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Person ID |
I18401 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
21 Jan 2022 |
Father |
Kaffenberger, Burkhart Ferdinand, b. 1702, Hausen, Germany , d. 1772, Oberhausen, Hessen, Germany (Age 70 years) |
Relationship |
natural |
Mother |
Ludwig, Anna Elisabeth, b. 1705, Lichtenberg, Hessen, Germany , d. 1740, Groß-Bieberau, Hessen, Germany (Age 35 years) |
Relationship |
natural |
Married |
1727 |
Groß-Bieberau, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Hessen, Germany |
Family ID |
F7397 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Kimmel, Maria Veronika, b. Abt Jan 1726, Gimbsheim, Hessen, Germany , d. Bef Jul 1813, Martinsburg, Berkeley, West Virginia, USA (Age < 87 years) |
Married |
Bef 1750 |
Stutgart, Wuertemberg, Germany, Estimate [1] |
Children |
| 1. Coffinberry, Mary, b. Abt 1751, Martinsburg, Berkeley, West Virginia, USA [natural] |
| 2. Coffinberry, Maria Elizabeth, b. 25 Oct 1753, d. Bef 1813, Curtis Run, Ohio, Virginia (Age < 59 years) [natural] |
| 3. Coffinberry, Nancy, b. Abt 1754, Martinsburg, Berkeley, West Virginia, USA [natural] |
| 4. Coffinberry, Sarah, b. Abt 1756, Martinsburg, Berkeley, West Virginia, USA , d. Between 1812 and 1813 (Age 56 years) [natural] |
| 5. Coffinberry, Frances, b. 1756, Martinsburg, Berkeley, West Virginia, USA , d. 1848, Martinsburg, Berkeley, West Virginia, USA (Age 92 years) [natural] |
| 6. Coffinberry, Jacob Lewis, b. Abt 1758, Martinsburg, Berkeley, West Virginia, USA , d. Aft 1814 (Age > 57 years) [natural] |
| 7. Coffinberry, Catherine, b. Abt 1770, Martinsburg, Berkeley, West Virginia, USA , d. 1843, Ohio, Virginia (Age 73 years) [natural] |
| 8. Coffinberry, George Lewis, b. 10 Feb 1760, Martinsburg, Berkeley, West Virginia, USA , d. 13 Jul 1851, Mansfield, Richland, Ohio, USA (Age 91 years) [natural] |
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Last Modified |
21 Jan 2022 |
Family ID |
F7414 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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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)
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Sources |
- [S256] My Ancestor George Ludwig (Lewis) Coffinberry, Marjorie McCaddon Constanz.
- [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;).
- [S1885] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).
- [S1894] Genealogy of the Coffinberry family, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT; Date: 2004;).
- [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.
- [S108] Download - Coffinberry, Leslie Ann Kelly Edmunds, darryl_leslie@email.msn.com, (Name: GEDCOM Import;).
Date of Import: Mar 10, 2001
- [S1877] Virgina Land Grants, Book M, page 121.
- [S1882] West Virginia Will Book 6, pages 357-363, Record for George Lewis Coffinberger.
estate sale and settlement
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