He married Elisabeth Hermann on 8 Mar 1757 in St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran (Blue) Church in Saucon (now Upper Saucon) Twp., Northampton (now Lehigh) Co., PA.
He died near Leithsville, Lower Saucon Twp., Northampton Co., PA.
Heinrich was buried in the section of New Jerusalem Cemetery that was once the "Schaeffer's Private Burial Ground".
He married Elisabeth Hermann on 8 Mar 1757 in St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran (Blue) Church in Saucon (now Upper Saucon) Twp., Northampton (now Lehigh) Co., PA.
He died near Leithsville, Lower Saucon Twp., Northampton Co., PA.
Heinrich was buried in the section of New Jerusalem Cemetery that was once the "Schaeffer's Private Burial Ground".
Inscription
Hier ruhren im Herrn
die gebeine des entschlaffenen
Heinrich Schaeffer
ist geboren im Falkners Shwalm
den 4te Juni Anno 1726
und denn Herrn entschlaffen
in Lower Saucon Taunship
den 12. Tag September Anno 1793
in alt worden 67 Jahre 3 Monate
noch und 8 Tage
Here Rest in the Lord
the bones of the sleeping
Heinrich Schaeffer
was born at Falkners Swamp
the 4th June Anno 1726
and in the Lord went to sleep
the 12th Day September Anno 1793
and in the 67th Year of Age 3 Months
still and 8 Days
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