The Kaifer Family
Generation 1
Wolfgang Kaefer (Reference # 1540 & 1548 & 1588 & 1596)
was from the Ansbach region of Mittelfranken, Germany and died 8 August
1728 at Zaberfeld, Wuerttemberg, Germany where he was buried 9 August 1728.
His occupation was that of goose herdsman. He married Elisabetha,
surname unknown (Reference # 1541 & 1549 & 1589 & 1597). Further
information about Elisabetha is unknown. They had the following children:
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Maria Apollonia Kaefer
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b. c1690 in the Ansbach region of Mittelfranken, Germany
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m. 6 May 1714 to Hans Nicolaus Blanckenbuhler (c2 January 1681/2-1743)
at Neuenburg, Baden, Germany and had the following children: Maria Barbara
Blanckenbuhler (22 December 1714-); Zacharias Blanckenbuhler (21 October
1715-); Jacob Blanckenbuhler; Michael Blanchenbuhler; Ursula Blanckenbuhler;
Dorothea Blanckenbuhler; and Elizabeth Blanckenbuhler
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Maria Apollonia Kaefer and her husband Hans Nicolaus Blanckenbuhler (aka
Nicholas Blankenbaker) were members of the 1717 Colony at Germanna. For
further information on this line see the Blanckenbuhler/Blankenbaker Family.
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Wolff Michael Kaefer (aka Michael Kaifer)
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b. c1695 in the Ansbach region of Mittelfranken, Germany
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d. c17 November 1768 at Culpeper (now Madison) Co., VA
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m. c1721 to Anna Maria Blanckenbuhler in Virginia
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George Nicolaus Kaefer
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b. 20 July 1701 at Zaberfeld, Wuerttemberg, Germany
Generation 2
Wolff Michael Kaefer (aka Michael Kaifer) (Reference # 770 &
774 & 794 & 798) was born c1695 in the Ansbach region of Mittelfranken,
Germany and died c17 November 1768 in the part of Culpeper Co., Virginia
that is now Madison Co. He married Anna Maria Blanckenbuhler (Reference
# 771 & 775 & 795 & 799) c1721 in Virginia. She was christened
5 May 1687 at Neuenburg, Baden, Germany. For further information on her
ancestors see the Blanckenbuhler/Blankenbaker Family. Anna Maria Blanckenbuhler
had first married Johannes Thoma (30 December 1685-c1720 or 1721) 18 November
1711 at Neuenburg, Baden, Germany. Anna Maria Blanckenbuhler and both of
her husbands were members of the 1717 Colony at Germanna.
Children of Anna Maria Blanckenbuhler and Johannes Thoma:
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Hans Wendel Thomas
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b. 17 April 1712 at Neuenburg, Baden, Germany
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Ursula Thomas
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b. 8 November 1714 at Neuenburg, Baden, Germany
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d. 8 November 1714 at Neuenburg, Baden, Germany
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Anna Magdelena Thomas
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b. 24 November 1715 at Neuenburg, Baden, German
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m. Michael Smith, Jr.
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Margaret Thomas
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b. c1718 at VA
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m. Henry Coller
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Michael Thomas
Children of Anna Maria Blanckenbuhler and Wolff Michael Kaefer:
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Dorothea Kaifer
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b. c1717
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d. before 1775
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m. John Clore (c1704-c1785) at VA
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Elizabeth Kaifer
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Mary Kaifer
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m. Hans George Utz ( -c21 August 1766 when his will was probated) and had
the following children: George Utz; Michael Utz ( -c1790); Margaret Utz;
and Barbara Utz
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Barbara Kaifer
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m. John Weaver (c1728-) at VA
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Margaret Kaifer
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m. Nicholas Crigler ( -before 19 October 1789 when his estate probated)
and had the following children: Elizabeth Crigler (8 August 1750-); Aron
Crigler (9 July 1756-); Margaret Crigler (8 March 1759-); Nicholas Crigler,
Jr. (14 April 1762-); Susanna (13 February 1764-); Anna Crigler (16 December
1768-); Abraham Crigler (3 June 1771-); Jacob Crilger (twin); and Ludwig
Crigler (twin). *See the Weber/Weaver Family for
further information on Nicholas Crigler's ancestry.
Generation 3
We are descended from two of Wolff Michael Kaefer's daughters, Dorothea
Kaifer (Reference # 385 & 397) who married John Clore (Reference
# 384 & 396) and Barbara Kaifer (Reference # 387 & 399)
who married John Weaver (Reference # 386 & 398). See the Clore
Family for further information on Dorothea and the Weber/Weaver
Family for futher information on Barbara.
Sources
Before Germanna #2: The Ancestry of the Clore, Kaifer and Thomas Families
by Gary J. Zimmerman and Johni Cerny, American Genealogical Lending Library
Publishers, Bountiful, UT, January 1990.
Before Germanna #3: The Ancestry of the Blankenbaker, Fleshman and
Slucter Families by Johni Cerny and Gary J. Zimmerman, American Genealogical
Lending Library Publishers, Bountiful, UT, January 1990.
William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine "The German
Colony of 1717" by Arthur Leslie Keith, Vol. XXVI No. 2 October 1917 pp
79-95, Vol. XXVI No. 3 January 1918 pp 178-195, Vol. XXVI No. 4 April 1918
pp 234-249.
They Came to Kentucky by Alberta Carson Kirkwood, Gateway Press,
Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1976 pp 469-556.
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