ALEXANDER SCHAEFFER
FOUNDER OF SCHAEFFERSTOWN, PA.
BORN IN GERMANY, JANUARY 8, 1712,
MIGRATED TO AMERICA IN 1738,
DIED APRIL 10, 1786.
In 1758, Schaeffer and his wife, Anna, purchased the land surrounding Schaefferstown (formerly Heidelberg), laid out the town and sold lots to the squatters who already had homes. On July 16, 1763, he sold the land and spring (now Fountain Park) along with the pipes and troughs of the gravity water system to representatives of the people of Market Street. This act created the water company which later became the first chartered water works in the United States.
This information was taken from a plaque on a Marker in the cemetery at Schaefferstown, PA.
By Yvonne Bomberger Fowler (The 5th great granddaughter of Alexander Schaeffer) July 25,1993.
Direct Descendants of Hans Henrich Schaeffer
1 Hans Henrich Schaeffer b: Germany
..+Anna Margaretha Mayer b: Germany
..2Alexander Schaeffer b: 08 Jan 1711/12
.........Schriesheim, Mannheim, Baden, Germany d: 10 Apr 1786
....+Anna Engel, (Angelica) b: 1708 Germany d: 1772
....3 Henry Schaeffer b: 1749 d: 12 Oct 1803
......+Anna Eva Schweitzer m: 09 Mar 1773 Jackson Twn, Lebanon Cty, PA
......4 Catherine Schaeffer b: 27 Nov 1774 Schaefferstown, PA d:16 Feb 1858
........+John Bomberger b: 16 Dec 1768 Schaefferstown, PA m: 31 Jul 1798 d: 19 Nov 1831
........5 John Bomberger b: 28 Jun 1803 Schaefferstown, PA d: 28 Jan1889
.........+Elizabeth Shenk b: 1807 PA d: 1845
..........6 Abraham S. Bomberger b: 10 Nov 1837 Schaefferstown, PA d: 19 Nov 1904
............+Catherine S. Horst b: 12 Mar 1841 Schaefferstown, PA d: 02 Feb 1910
............7 Horst Bomberger b: 08 Feb 1872 Buffalo Springs, PA d: 27 Oct 1920
..............+Mollie Amanda Keener b:24 Apr 1873 Schaefferstown, PA d:01 Jul 1959
..............8 Paul Abraham Bomberger b:12 Aug 1903 Schaefferstown, ch: 4 PA d:15 Apr 1969
................+Florentine Vernieuwe b: 24 Jun 1902 Montegneé Liége, Belgium d: 18 Nov 1986
................9 Yvonne Bomberger b: 20 Dec 1926 Lebanon, PA ch: 4
..................+William Lincoln Fowler b: 22 Dec 1923 Newburyport, MA ch: 4
..................10 Linda Suzanne Fowler b: 26 Sep 1948 MA ch: 2
.....................+Frank Gunn McAlpine Jr, b: 02 Jan 1948 m: 25 May 1968 MA ch:2
.....................11 Frank Gunn McAlpine 3rd b: 20 Dec 1968 MA ch:2
........................+Melissa Louise Costa m: 15 Jul 2000 St Jerome Church, No Weymouth, MA ch:2
........................12 Marcus Hunter Mcalpine b: 16 Apr 2002, Weymouth, MA
........................12 Marina Rae McAlpine b: 28 Jul 2004, Weymouth, MA
.....................11 Scott William McAlpine b: 10 Jul 1973 MA
........................+ Aimee DeCoste m: 21 Aug 2004, East Bridgewater, MA
..................10 Jeanne Denise Fowler b: 15 Nov 1951 MA d: 04 Oct1994 MA ch: 2
.....................+Donald Scott Hill b: 26 Jul 1946 MA m: 31 Jan 1970 MA ch: 2
.....................11 Michelle Denise Hill b: 19 Dec 1970 MA ch: 1
........................+Richard Raymond b: 17 Mar 1967 m:3 Oct 1998, Ft Lauderdale, FL
.........................Ryan Andrew Raymond b: 14 Jul 2003, Pembroke Pines, FL
.....................11 Thomas Scott Hill b: 16 Feb 1979 MA
..................10 Cynthia Carol Fowler b: 25 Apr 1955 MA ch: 1
.....................+Stephan Edwards b: 28 Jan 1953 m: Sep 1971 d: 05 1984 MA ch: 1
.....................11 Jacqueline Ann Edwards (Surname now Shea) b: 18 Apr 1972 MA
.....................*2nd Husband of Cynthia Carol Fowler:
.....................+ Stephan Shea b: 03 Aug 1950 MA m: 28 Jun 1985 MA
..................10 William Lincoln Fowler Jr, b: 12 Dec 1956 MA ch: 2
.....................+Sharon Eaton b: 17 Dec 1962 m: 14 Feb 1987 MA ch: 3 Divorced 2000
.....................11 Christine Eaton (stepdaughter of WL Fowler) b: 11 Sep 1978 MA
.....................11 William Lincoln Fowler 3rd b: 15 Mar 1988 MA
.....................11 Michael Edward Fowler b: 06 Aug 1991 MA
................9 Paul Abraham Bomberger Jr, b: 05 Oct 1928 MA d: 02 Oct 1979 FL
..................+Eugenia Manikas
................9 Carroll Vernieuwe Bomberger b: 12 Jul 1939 MA d: 29 Nov 1948 FL
..............*2nd Wife of Paul Abraham Bomberger Sr:
..............+ Charlotte Coburn b: 27 Oct 1918 m: Abt 1944 NH ch: 2
................9 Barbara Ann Bomberger b: 11 Nov 1947 NH ch: 2
..................+James Kane b: 12 May 1947 m: 1969 NH
..................10 Rebekah Kane b: 30 Apr 1972 NH
..................10 Kevin Kane b: 17 Apr 1980 NH
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