Individual Details
Peter Shoemaker
(1622 - 1707)
Arrived in Philadelphia , 8Aug 14, 1685 (old style) on The Francis & Dorothy,from London.
The Schumachers were Mennonites, but had been among the earliest accessions to
the faith of George Fox at Kriegsheim, under the preaching of William Ames, an
English Quaker, who labored in that section from 1655 until his death in 1662.
About this time fines of five shillings were imposed upon dissenters from the
established church for assembling for worship, and among the greatest sufferers
are found Peter and George Schumacher, their cattle and household goods having
been seized and sold to pay these fines.
Peter had made an agreement with Dirck Sipman, of Crefeld, dated 16 Aug 1685,
that upon arrival in Pennsylvania, he would receive from Herman Op de Graeff,
200 acres on which he should erect a dwelling, and for which he should pay
a "rent of two rix dollars." In addition to those 200 acres, Peter Schumacher,
on 6 Oct 1685, purchased of Herman Isaacs Op de Graeff, Dirck Isaacs Op de Graeff,
and Abraham Isaacs Op de Graeff, another 25 acres (a half lot) in Germantown.
After his settlement in Germantown, Peter Shoemaker soon became an active
citizen and man of importance in the community, and was one of four persons who
signed the certificate of Samuel Jennings in 1693, as a delegate from the
Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting to the Yearly Meeting in London.
Peter Shoemaker was about 64 years of age when he came to this country. His
wife, whose name is not known, had apparently died in Germany before the date
of his emigration. According to Judge Pennypacker: "Besides his son, Peter
Jr., and his three daughters, Mary, Frances, and Gertrude, who accomanied over,
he had two others. The fifth child, a daughter, married Dielman Kolb. She
died in 1705, aged 53, and is buried at Wolfsheim in the Palatinate, never
having emigrated. The sixth child, also a daughter, married Reynier Hermans
Van Burklow, who in 1704 removed to Bohemia Manor, Cecil County, Maryland."
Peter Shoemaker, the settler, died in Germantown in 1707, aged 85 years. It is
not known where he was buried, but it is presumed he was laid to rest in the old
Shoemaker Burying Ground. This graveyard, the final resting place of so many of
this family, lies on the south side of the present Cheltenham Avenue, in the
early days called Graveyard Lane, just west of York Road. Six acres were
bequeathed by Richard Wall, the elder, to Friends of Cheltenham in 1697-8 for
a burial place, but the ground must have been used for burial purposes several
years prior to that date. In the early Friends Meetings, it is referred to as
the Cheltenham Burial ground; it was long known in the surrounding country
as the Shoemaker Graveyard, but when it was first so called, is now not known.
There is no will on file, nor were there any letters of administration taken
out on his estate at the time of his death.
The Schumachers were Mennonites, but had been among the earliest accessions to
the faith of George Fox at Kriegsheim, under the preaching of William Ames, an
English Quaker, who labored in that section from 1655 until his death in 1662.
About this time fines of five shillings were imposed upon dissenters from the
established church for assembling for worship, and among the greatest sufferers
are found Peter and George Schumacher, their cattle and household goods having
been seized and sold to pay these fines.
Peter had made an agreement with Dirck Sipman, of Crefeld, dated 16 Aug 1685,
that upon arrival in Pennsylvania, he would receive from Herman Op de Graeff,
200 acres on which he should erect a dwelling, and for which he should pay
a "rent of two rix dollars." In addition to those 200 acres, Peter Schumacher,
on 6 Oct 1685, purchased of Herman Isaacs Op de Graeff, Dirck Isaacs Op de Graeff,
and Abraham Isaacs Op de Graeff, another 25 acres (a half lot) in Germantown.
After his settlement in Germantown, Peter Shoemaker soon became an active
citizen and man of importance in the community, and was one of four persons who
signed the certificate of Samuel Jennings in 1693, as a delegate from the
Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting to the Yearly Meeting in London.
Peter Shoemaker was about 64 years of age when he came to this country. His
wife, whose name is not known, had apparently died in Germany before the date
of his emigration. According to Judge Pennypacker: "Besides his son, Peter
Jr., and his three daughters, Mary, Frances, and Gertrude, who accomanied over,
he had two others. The fifth child, a daughter, married Dielman Kolb. She
died in 1705, aged 53, and is buried at Wolfsheim in the Palatinate, never
having emigrated. The sixth child, also a daughter, married Reynier Hermans
Van Burklow, who in 1704 removed to Bohemia Manor, Cecil County, Maryland."
Peter Shoemaker, the settler, died in Germantown in 1707, aged 85 years. It is
not known where he was buried, but it is presumed he was laid to rest in the old
Shoemaker Burying Ground. This graveyard, the final resting place of so many of
this family, lies on the south side of the present Cheltenham Avenue, in the
early days called Graveyard Lane, just west of York Road. Six acres were
bequeathed by Richard Wall, the elder, to Friends of Cheltenham in 1697-8 for
a burial place, but the ground must have been used for burial purposes several
years prior to that date. In the early Friends Meetings, it is referred to as
the Cheltenham Burial ground; it was long known in the surrounding country
as the Shoemaker Graveyard, but when it was first so called, is now not known.
There is no will on file, nor were there any letters of administration taken
out on his estate at the time of his death.
Events
| Birth | 1622 | Kreigsheim |  | ||
| Payments | 1665 | Germany | | ||
| Event | 1683 | seen by Penn - Kreigsheim | | ||
| Immigration | 1685 | Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Event | 1695 | one of the signers of the certificate | | ||
| Death | 1707 | Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania | |||
| Alt name | Peter Schumacher |
Families
| Spouse | Ann Dorothea Scharf ( - ) |
| Child | Frances Shoemaker ( - ) |
| Spouse | Sarah Hendricks (1626 - 1685) |
| Child | Frances Shoemaker ( - ) |
| Child | Peter J Shoemaker (1652 - 1741) |
| Child | Maria Shoemaker (1656 - 1703) |
| Child | Gertrude Shoemaker (1669 - 1727) |
| Father | Arnold Schumacher (1590 - 1655) |
| Mother | Agnes Roesen (1598 - 1655) |
| Sibling | Jacob Shoemaker (1620 - ) |
| Sibling | Arndts Schumacher (1626 - ) |
| Sibling | Adelheid Schumacher (1626 - ) |
| Sibling | Catherine Schumacher (1628 - ) |
| Sibling | George Schumacher (1635 - 1685) |
| Sibling | Roesen Schumacher (1636 - ) |