The Keffers of the Conewago Valley

Download or read book The Keffers of the Conewago Valley written by John Poist Keffer and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " ... The first of whom we are reasonably certain is in direct lineage with the Keffers of the Conewago Valley is "Matheis Kaffer" who arrived on September 27, 1740 from Rotterdam via Dover on the Ship Lydia, James Allen, Commander. He went almost immediately to Goshenhoppen, the name then applied to that part of the Perkiomen Valley straddling the present boundary of Berks and Montgomery Counties [Pennsylvania]."--Foreward. Almost certainly of German origin, Mathias Keffer was born about 1706 or 1707." ... It is impossible to state with any certainty whether he was married on arrival and whether any of his children were born before Sept. 1740. ... Furthermore there can be found no trace of a record of the death and burial of either Mathias or his wife A.M. and likewise their marriage."--Page 65." ... They probably died before 1766."--Page 67. Descendants and relatives lived in Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, Florida, Missouri, California and elsewhere