Author: Eshleman, Grace Nolt Rissler
Title: Unpublished research
Publication: Unpublished
”Information from Gedcom files, pedigree chart, personal correspondence.
Note: Kauffman, Jacob 1751 - 1 Oct 1824, Juniata Co, PA. Ref, Juniata Co History, pg 283. Swiss Mennonite family names, pg 13. Son of Jacob Kauffman. 1754 to Berks Co from Palatinate. Amish, prominant in that group - M.C. 63-4, 187-8. Kauffman, Coffman families, pgs 664-5. Tradition says Jacob Kauffman was poor and Elizabeth Rupp of a wealthy family, causing objection to marriage. The
couple eloped and settled in Tulpehocken Twp, Berks Co, PA, near Hamburg. Rupp, a Mennonite family of Swiss origin. At the disputation at Bern in 1538 (see Bern section 4) of Rupp book.” - from Ancestry.com |