| Notes |
- Belthezar Schoffer was the first of his name to come to the new
world, a religious refugee from the Palatinate, Bavaria and old
Swabia. There was persecution for zealous Protestanta in South
Germany. Belthezar was a fine, determined, Christian man. He and
some of his sons after him for a couple generations held extreme views
which made them particularly obnoxious to the Catholic authorities.
He was something of a Pietist, Quaker-like, quite mystical and
absolutely averse to war, even in self-defense. But old Belthezar
was not too meek to escape from injustice. He was one of the first of
all the Palatinates to seek a home in America. He came into
Philadelphia from Germany in 1708. Belthazar and his son Bartholomew
were naturalized in Philadelphia April, 1719. When some of the
Shaffers were killed by Indians, some of the brethern refused even
then to bear arms against the Indians.
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Est 1680 - 
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