*Note: The Original German spelling of the Family Name was either Schöner, Schöener, or Shöener. Presumably, the spelling was changed to the present-day spelling of "Shaner" in order to 'Americanize' the Family name.
In 1775 at the age of 18 Henry Shaner, Sr. joined the Colonial Army as a Private for 18 months in the Third Pennsylvania Line Regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph Wood in Captain Craig's Company, sometimes known as Captain Bunner's Company.
Henry Shaner, Sr. in the spring of 1798 married Mary Magdalene (born Starner) Shaner (1778 - 1864)[Yes, the dates are correct; She was 21 years younger] at Millerstown (now Macungie), Pennsylvania, and the couple had 8 children together:
1. Henry Shaner, Jr.(1801-1856)#41007719
2. Samuel David Shaner(1807-1878)#56969700
3. Susannah Shaner(1809-1856)#41007718
4. Charles Shaner, Sr.(1811-1874)#58263698
5. Sarah Saloma(born Shaner) Shaffer(1813-1877)#78549141
6. Jeremiah Shaner(1820-1898)#79839025
7. Ester "Hettie" (born Shaner) Biery(1823-1897)#58262071
8. Christina "Dina"(born Shaner) Rapp(1826-1890)#78822171
Henry Shaner, Sr., the Shaner Family Patriarch, was laid to rest at the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, Zionsville (Lehigh County), Pennsylvania, USA.
Mary Magdalene (born Starner) Shaner, the Family Matriarch, was laid to rest at Salem Lutheran Church Cemetery, Lamartine (Clarion County), Pennsylvania, USA, along with several Shaner Family Descendants, our Ancestors.
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From Historical Records:
Henry Shaner, Sr. was born December 7, 1757, in Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA. He is the son of German immigrants who came to Pennsylvania at the invitation of William Penn whose colony offered religious freedom and economic opportunities that did not exist in Europe. Life in Europe was hard after the ravages of the Thirty Years War (1618 - 1648). In the Palatine, which bordered France, property had been destroyed and the land devastated.
The bulk of the immigration from Germany occurred after 1710 when the Germans first arrived from the Palatine. Enthusiastic reports from the colony brought more settlers from Germany until by the time of the American Revolution, the population of Pennsylvania, according to Benjamin Franklin, was one-third German. At first, the English neighbors did not look with favor on these people from Germany who kept to themselves and did not make much of an effort to learn the English language. But the Germans were gradually accepted and during the Revolution provided valuable assistance.
In 1775 at the age of 18, Henry Shaner, Sr. joined the colonial army and served as a private for 18 months in the Third Pennsylvania Line Regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph Wood in Captain Craig's Company, sometimes known as Captain Bunner's Company.
He took part in an expedition into Canada to wrest that country from British dominance. One force of 1,000 men led by General Richard Montgomery captured Montreal; another led by Benedict Arnold joined Montgomery's forces and attacked Quebec on New Year's Day in a blinding snowstorm. They were repulsed. General Montgomery was killed, and Benedict Arnold wounded, while Canada remained loyal to the British crown.
A copy of the payroll of Captain Craig's Company, Revolutionary War, shows that Henry Shaner, Sr. received L 2 - 10 August 1776, the same amount for September, and half that amount for the months of October and November 1776. This concludes the known records of his military service.
In the Spring of 1798, Henry Shaner, Sr. had married Mary Magdalene Starner (Stoner, Sterner) at Millerstown (now Macungie), Pennsylvania, USA. They became parents of eight (8) children:
1.Henry Shaner, Jr. (1801 - 1856) -> Married Elizabeth (1806 - 1869) *8 Children
2.Samuel Shaner (1807 - 1878) -> Married Harriet Brye (1815 - 1903) *9 Children
3.Susannah Shaner (1809 - 1856) *Never married, nor had any children
4.Charles Shaner (1811 - 1874) -> Married Mary Ann Biery *8 Children
5.Sarah (Sally Saloma) (1812 - 1887) -> Married Charles Shaffer *8 Children
6.Jeremiah Shaner (1820 - 1898) -> Married Sarah M. Mong (1828 - 1917) *6 Children
7.Esther "Hetty" Shaner (1823 - 1897) -> Married John Biery (1819 - 1897) *3 Children
8.Dinah (Christina ?) (1826 - 1890) -> Married Henry Rapp, lived in Mercer County, PA USA
No record has been found of Henry Shaner, Sr.'s activities after his army service until he bought a farm at a sheriff's sale September 6, 1820. Henry acquired 83 acres of land, originally belonging to John Shuler, for a sum of $1,494, the highest bid. Henry paid for it in full that day. The land was located in Upper Milford Township (Lehigh County), Pennsylvania, approximately ten miles from Allentown, the county seat. The deed is recorded in the Lehigh County courthouse.
Henry Shaner, Sr. died January 6, 1832, when he was 74 years old; It was just one year and three days after making a January 3, 1831, agreement with his son-in-law Charles P. Shaffer to take over the farm with "certain reservations" for $1,722.
Not long after Henry Shaner, Sr.'s death and sometime in the early 1830's, all of his children, accompanied by their mother, migrated to western Pennsylvania, stopping in Westmoreland County for a time, then north to Mercer County, and finally to Venango County.
Source(s): The Columbia Encyclopedia, 2nd ed., Columbia University Press, page 1512.; Frederick Klees, "The Pennsylvania Dutch," MacMillan, 1951; and Adams & Vannest, "The Record of America," Scribner's, P. 108-109.
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In 1775 at the age of 18 Henry Shaner, Sr. joined the Colonial Army as a Private for 18 months in the Third Pennsylvania Line Regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph Wood in Captain Craig's Company, sometimes known as Captain Bunner's Company.
Henry Shaner, Sr. in the spring of 1798 married Mary Magdalene (born Starner) Shaner (1778 - 1864)[Yes, the dates are correct; She was 21 years younger] at Millerstown (now Macungie), Pennsylvania, and the couple had 8 children together:
1. Henry Shaner, Jr.(1801-1856)#41007719
2. Samuel David Shaner(1807-1878)#56969700
3. Susannah Shaner(1809-1856)#41007718
4. Charles Shaner, Sr.(1811-1874)#58263698
5. Sarah Saloma(born Shaner) Shaffer(1813-1877)#78549141
6. Jeremiah Shaner(1820-1898)#79839025
7. Ester "Hettie" (born Shaner) Biery(1823-1897)#58262071
8. Christina "Dina"(born Shaner) Rapp(1826-1890)#78822171
Henry Shaner, Sr., the Shaner Family Patriarch, was laid to rest at the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, Zionsville (Lehigh County), Pennsylvania, USA.
Mary Magdalene (born Starner) Shaner, the Family Matriarch, was laid to rest at Salem Lutheran Church Cemetery, Lamartine (Clarion County), Pennsylvania, USA, along with several Shaner Family Descendants, our Ancestors.
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From Historical Records:
Henry Shaner, Sr. was born December 7, 1757, in Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA. He is the son of German immigrants who came to Pennsylvania at the invitation of William Penn whose colony offered religious freedom and economic opportunities that did not exist in Europe. Life in Europe was hard after the ravages of the Thirty Years War (1618 - 1648). In the Palatine, which bordered France, property had been destroyed and the land devastated.
The bulk of the immigration from Germany occurred after 1710 when the Germans first arrived from the Palatine. Enthusiastic reports from the colony brought more settlers from Germany until by the time of the American Revolution, the population of Pennsylvania, according to Benjamin Franklin, was one-third German. At first, the English neighbors did not look with favor on these people from Germany who kept to themselves and did not make much of an effort to learn the English language. But the Germans were gradually accepted and during the Revolution provided valuable assistance.
In 1775 at the age of 18, Henry Shaner, Sr. joined the colonial army and served as a private for 18 months in the Third Pennsylvania Line Regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph Wood in Captain Craig's Company, sometimes known as Captain Bunner's Company.
He took part in an expedition into Canada to wrest that country from British dominance. One force of 1,000 men led by General Richard Montgomery captured Montreal; another led by Benedict Arnold joined Montgomery's forces and attacked Quebec on New Year's Day in a blinding snowstorm. They were repulsed. General Montgomery was killed, and Benedict Arnold wounded, while Canada remained loyal to the British crown.
A copy of the payroll of Captain Craig's Company, Revolutionary War, shows that Henry Shaner, Sr. received L 2 - 10 August 1776, the same amount for September, and half that amount for the months of October and November 1776. This concludes the known records of his military service.
In the Spring of 1798, Henry Shaner, Sr. had married Mary Magdalene Starner (Stoner, Sterner) at Millerstown (now Macungie), Pennsylvania, USA. They became parents of eight (8) children:
1.Henry Shaner, Jr. (1801 - 1856) -> Married Elizabeth (1806 - 1869) *8 Children
2.Samuel Shaner (1807 - 1878) -> Married Harriet Brye (1815 - 1903) *9 Children
3.Susannah Shaner (1809 - 1856) *Never married, nor had any children
4.Charles Shaner (1811 - 1874) -> Married Mary Ann Biery *8 Children
5.Sarah (Sally Saloma) (1812 - 1887) -> Married Charles Shaffer *8 Children
6.Jeremiah Shaner (1820 - 1898) -> Married Sarah M. Mong (1828 - 1917) *6 Children
7.Esther "Hetty" Shaner (1823 - 1897) -> Married John Biery (1819 - 1897) *3 Children
8.Dinah (Christina ?) (1826 - 1890) -> Married Henry Rapp, lived in Mercer County, PA USA
No record has been found of Henry Shaner, Sr.'s activities after his army service until he bought a farm at a sheriff's sale September 6, 1820. Henry acquired 83 acres of land, originally belonging to John Shuler, for a sum of $1,494, the highest bid. Henry paid for it in full that day. The land was located in Upper Milford Township (Lehigh County), Pennsylvania, approximately ten miles from Allentown, the county seat. The deed is recorded in the Lehigh County courthouse.
Henry Shaner, Sr. died January 6, 1832, when he was 74 years old; It was just one year and three days after making a January 3, 1831, agreement with his son-in-law Charles P. Shaffer to take over the farm with "certain reservations" for $1,722.
Not long after Henry Shaner, Sr.'s death and sometime in the early 1830's, all of his children, accompanied by their mother, migrated to western Pennsylvania, stopping in Westmoreland County for a time, then north to Mercer County, and finally to Venango County.
Source(s): The Columbia Encyclopedia, 2nd ed., Columbia University Press, page 1512.; Frederick Klees, "The Pennsylvania Dutch," MacMillan, 1951; and Adams & Vannest, "The Record of America," Scribner's, P. 108-109.
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*Note: The Original German spelling of the Family Name was either Schöner, Schöener, or Shöener. Presumably, the spelling was changed to the present-day spelling of "Shaner" in order to 'Americanize' the Family name.
In 1775 at the age of 18 Henry Shaner, Sr. joined the Colonial Army as a Private for 18 months in the Third Pennsylvania Line Regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph Wood in Captain Craig's Company, sometimes known as Captain Bunner's Company.
Henry Shaner, Sr. in the spring of 1798 married Mary Magdalene (born Starner) Shaner (1778 - 1864)[Yes, the dates are correct; She was 21 years younger] at Millerstown (now Macungie), Pennsylvania, and the couple had 8 children together:
1. Henry Shaner, Jr.(1801-1856)#41007719
2. Samuel David Shaner(1807-1878)#56969700
3. Susannah Shaner(1809-1856)#41007718
4. Charles Shaner, Sr.(1811-1874)#58263698
5. Sarah Saloma(born Shaner) Shaffer(1813-1877)#78549141
6. Jeremiah Shaner(1820-1898)#79839025
7. Ester "Hettie" (born Shaner) Biery(1823-1897)#58262071
8. Christina "Dina"(born Shaner) Rapp(1826-1890)#78822171
Henry Shaner, Sr., the Shaner Family Patriarch, was laid to rest at the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, Zionsville (Lehigh County), Pennsylvania, USA.
Mary Magdalene (born Starner) Shaner, the Family Matriarch, was laid to rest at Salem Lutheran Church Cemetery, Lamartine (Clarion County), Pennsylvania, USA, along with several Shaner Family Descendants, our Ancestors.
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From Historical Records:
Henry Shaner, Sr. was born December 7, 1757, in Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA. He is the son of German immigrants who came to Pennsylvania at the invitation of William Penn whose colony offered religious freedom and economic opportunities that did not exist in Europe. Life in Europe was hard after the ravages of the Thirty Years War (1618 - 1648). In the Palatine, which bordered France, property had been destroyed and the land devastated.
The bulk of the immigration from Germany occurred after 1710 when the Germans first arrived from the Palatine. Enthusiastic reports from the colony brought more settlers from Germany until by the time of the American Revolution, the population of Pennsylvania, according to Benjamin Franklin, was one-third German. At first, the English neighbors did not look with favor on these people from Germany who kept to themselves and did not make much of an effort to learn the English language. But the Germans were gradually accepted and during the Revolution provided valuable assistance.
In 1775 at the age of 18, Henry Shaner, Sr. joined the colonial army and served as a private for 18 months in the Third Pennsylvania Line Regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph Wood in Captain Craig's Company, sometimes known as Captain Bunner's Company.
He took part in an expedition into Canada to wrest that country from British dominance. One force of 1,000 men led by General Richard Montgomery captured Montreal; another led by Benedict Arnold joined Montgomery's forces and attacked Quebec on New Year's Day in a blinding snowstorm. They were repulsed. General Montgomery was killed, and Benedict Arnold wounded, while Canada remained loyal to the British crown.
A copy of the payroll of Captain Craig's Company, Revolutionary War, shows that Henry Shaner, Sr. received L 2 - 10 August 1776, the same amount for September, and half that amount for the months of October and November 1776. This concludes the known records of his military service.
In the Spring of 1798, Henry Shaner, Sr. had married Mary Magdalene Starner (Stoner, Sterner) at Millerstown (now Macungie), Pennsylvania, USA. They became parents of eight (8) children:
1.Henry Shaner, Jr. (1801 - 1856) -> Married Elizabeth (1806 - 1869) *8 Children
2.Samuel Shaner (1807 - 1878) -> Married Harriet Brye (1815 - 1903) *9 Children
3.Susannah Shaner (1809 - 1856) *Never married, nor had any children
4.Charles Shaner (1811 - 1874) -> Married Mary Ann Biery *8 Children
5.Sarah (Sally Saloma) (1812 - 1887) -> Married Charles Shaffer *8 Children
6.Jeremiah Shaner (1820 - 1898) -> Married Sarah M. Mong (1828 - 1917) *6 Children
7.Esther "Hetty" Shaner (1823 - 1897) -> Married John Biery (1819 - 1897) *3 Children
8.Dinah (Christina ?) (1826 - 1890) -> Married Henry Rapp, lived in Mercer County, PA USA
No record has been found of Henry Shaner, Sr.'s activities after his army service until he bought a farm at a sheriff's sale September 6, 1820. Henry acquired 83 acres of land, originally belonging to John Shuler, for a sum of $1,494, the highest bid. Henry paid for it in full that day. The land was located in Upper Milford Township (Lehigh County), Pennsylvania, approximately ten miles from Allentown, the county seat. The deed is recorded in the Lehigh County courthouse.
Henry Shaner, Sr. died January 6, 1832, when he was 74 years old; It was just one year and three days after making a January 3, 1831, agreement with his son-in-law Charles P. Shaffer to take over the farm with "certain reservations" for $1,722.
Not long after Henry Shaner, Sr.'s death and sometime in the early 1830's, all of his children, accompanied by their mother, migrated to western Pennsylvania, stopping in Westmoreland County for a time, then north to Mercer County, and finally to Venango County.
Source(s): The Columbia Encyclopedia, 2nd ed., Columbia University Press, page 1512.; Frederick Klees, "The Pennsylvania Dutch," MacMillan, 1951; and Adams & Vannest, "The Record of America," Scribner's, P. 108-109.
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In 1775 at the age of 18 Henry Shaner, Sr. joined the Colonial Army as a Private for 18 months in the Third Pennsylvania Line Regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph Wood in Captain Craig's Company, sometimes known as Captain Bunner's Company.
Henry Shaner, Sr. in the spring of 1798 married Mary Magdalene (born Starner) Shaner (1778 - 1864)[Yes, the dates are correct; She was 21 years younger] at Millerstown (now Macungie), Pennsylvania, and the couple had 8 children together:
1. Henry Shaner, Jr.(1801-1856)#41007719
2. Samuel David Shaner(1807-1878)#56969700
3. Susannah Shaner(1809-1856)#41007718
4. Charles Shaner, Sr.(1811-1874)#58263698
5. Sarah Saloma(born Shaner) Shaffer(1813-1877)#78549141
6. Jeremiah Shaner(1820-1898)#79839025
7. Ester "Hettie" (born Shaner) Biery(1823-1897)#58262071
8. Christina "Dina"(born Shaner) Rapp(1826-1890)#78822171
Henry Shaner, Sr., the Shaner Family Patriarch, was laid to rest at the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, Zionsville (Lehigh County), Pennsylvania, USA.
Mary Magdalene (born Starner) Shaner, the Family Matriarch, was laid to rest at Salem Lutheran Church Cemetery, Lamartine (Clarion County), Pennsylvania, USA, along with several Shaner Family Descendants, our Ancestors.
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From Historical Records:
Henry Shaner, Sr. was born December 7, 1757, in Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA. He is the son of German immigrants who came to Pennsylvania at the invitation of William Penn whose colony offered religious freedom and economic opportunities that did not exist in Europe. Life in Europe was hard after the ravages of the Thirty Years War (1618 - 1648). In the Palatine, which bordered France, property had been destroyed and the land devastated.
The bulk of the immigration from Germany occurred after 1710 when the Germans first arrived from the Palatine. Enthusiastic reports from the colony brought more settlers from Germany until by the time of the American Revolution, the population of Pennsylvania, according to Benjamin Franklin, was one-third German. At first, the English neighbors did not look with favor on these people from Germany who kept to themselves and did not make much of an effort to learn the English language. But the Germans were gradually accepted and during the Revolution provided valuable assistance.
In 1775 at the age of 18, Henry Shaner, Sr. joined the colonial army and served as a private for 18 months in the Third Pennsylvania Line Regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph Wood in Captain Craig's Company, sometimes known as Captain Bunner's Company.
He took part in an expedition into Canada to wrest that country from British dominance. One force of 1,000 men led by General Richard Montgomery captured Montreal; another led by Benedict Arnold joined Montgomery's forces and attacked Quebec on New Year's Day in a blinding snowstorm. They were repulsed. General Montgomery was killed, and Benedict Arnold wounded, while Canada remained loyal to the British crown.
A copy of the payroll of Captain Craig's Company, Revolutionary War, shows that Henry Shaner, Sr. received L 2 - 10 August 1776, the same amount for September, and half that amount for the months of October and November 1776. This concludes the known records of his military service.
In the Spring of 1798, Henry Shaner, Sr. had married Mary Magdalene Starner (Stoner, Sterner) at Millerstown (now Macungie), Pennsylvania, USA. They became parents of eight (8) children:
1.Henry Shaner, Jr. (1801 - 1856) -> Married Elizabeth (1806 - 1869) *8 Children
2.Samuel Shaner (1807 - 1878) -> Married Harriet Brye (1815 - 1903) *9 Children
3.Susannah Shaner (1809 - 1856) *Never married, nor had any children
4.Charles Shaner (1811 - 1874) -> Married Mary Ann Biery *8 Children
5.Sarah (Sally Saloma) (1812 - 1887) -> Married Charles Shaffer *8 Children
6.Jeremiah Shaner (1820 - 1898) -> Married Sarah M. Mong (1828 - 1917) *6 Children
7.Esther "Hetty" Shaner (1823 - 1897) -> Married John Biery (1819 - 1897) *3 Children
8.Dinah (Christina ?) (1826 - 1890) -> Married Henry Rapp, lived in Mercer County, PA USA
No record has been found of Henry Shaner, Sr.'s activities after his army service until he bought a farm at a sheriff's sale September 6, 1820. Henry acquired 83 acres of land, originally belonging to John Shuler, for a sum of $1,494, the highest bid. Henry paid for it in full that day. The land was located in Upper Milford Township (Lehigh County), Pennsylvania, approximately ten miles from Allentown, the county seat. The deed is recorded in the Lehigh County courthouse.
Henry Shaner, Sr. died January 6, 1832, when he was 74 years old; It was just one year and three days after making a January 3, 1831, agreement with his son-in-law Charles P. Shaffer to take over the farm with "certain reservations" for $1,722.
Not long after Henry Shaner, Sr.'s death and sometime in the early 1830's, all of his children, accompanied by their mother, migrated to western Pennsylvania, stopping in Westmoreland County for a time, then north to Mercer County, and finally to Venango County.
Source(s): The Columbia Encyclopedia, 2nd ed., Columbia University Press, page 1512.; Frederick Klees, "The Pennsylvania Dutch," MacMillan, 1951; and Adams & Vannest, "The Record of America," Scribner's, P. 108-109.
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