Individual Details

Peter J Shoemaker

(1652 - 1 Apr 1741)

Peter J. Shoemaker came from Krisheim. in the German Palatinate, to Pennsylvania, in 1685, settled in Germantown, bringing with him his son Peter, and three daughters.

Events

Birth1652Kreigsheim
Immigration1685Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Occupation1696burgess - Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Marriage6 Feb 1697Friends' Meeting, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America - Margaret Op den Graeff
Event30 Dec 1701appointed - Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Occupation1704burgess - Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Occupation1707burgess - Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Death1 Apr 1741Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Alt namePeter Schumacher Jr

Families

SpouseMargaret Op den Graeff (1667 - 1748)
ChildSarah Shoemaker (1698 - 1765)
ChildMary Shoemaker (1701 - )
ChildMargaret Shoemaker (1704 - )
ChildPeter Shoemaker (1706 - )
ChildDaniel Shoemaker (1709 - )
ChildIsaac Shoemaker (1711 - 1793)
ChildElizabeth Shoemaker (1713 - )
ChildAgnes Shoemaker (1716 - 1782)
ChildJohn Shoemaker (1718 - )
ChildSamuel Shoemaker (1720 - 1741)
FatherPeter Shoemaker (1622 - 1707)
MotherSarah Hendricks (1626 - 1685)
SiblingFrances Shoemaker ( - )
SiblingMaria Shoemaker (1656 - 1703)
SiblingGertrude Shoemaker (1669 - 1727)

Notes

Immigration

accompanied his father and sisters to Germantown in 1685

Event

He was one of the committee appointed December 30, 1701, to organize a school at Germantown, erect a school house and arrange for a teacher. Through his efforts Francis Daniel Pastorius was induced to take charge of the school and it became one of the famous institutions of the infant province. Peter, Jr., was like his father a carpenter or "Turner," and had a part in the erection of most of the early buildings in Germantown. He was a prominent member of the Society of Friends, and was frequently the representative of his meeting in quarterly and yearly meetings.