When Jacob Shaffer was born on 29 August 1675, in Germany, his father, Georg Schäfer, was 48 and his mother, Catharina Koch, was 34. He had at least 6 sons and 3 daughters with Rosina Richter. He died in 1751, in Sindelfingen, Böblingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, at the age of 76, and was buried in Bavaria, Germany.
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Americanized form of German Schäffer (see Schaffer 2), Schaffer 1, or Schäfer (see Schaefer ).
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