Birth: 13 NOV 1668 in Friesenheim, Baden-Wurttenberg, Germany
1st Marriage: to unknown
2nd Marriage: 1717 to Elizabeth Kneissle in Millersville, Lancaster Co., PA.
Birth of Son: 1718
Name: Johan Andrew Kauffman
Birth of Daughter: ABT 1719
Name: Mary Ann Kauffman
Birth of Daughter: 10 JAN 1720
Name: Elizabeth Kauffman
Birth of Son: 1723
Name: Christian Kauffman
Birth of Son: 1726
Name: Michael Kauffman
Birth of Daughter: 1730
Name: Anna Barbara Kauffman
Birth of Son: 1732
Name: John Kauffman
Birth of Daughter: 1736
Name: Veronica Kauffman
Birth of Daughter: 1736
Name: Magdalena Kauffman
Birth of Son: 07 FEB 1740/41
Name: John Kauffman
Birth of Son: 1741
Name: Isaac Kauffman
Birth of Son: 1742
Name: Jacob Kauffman
Land: In the book “A genealogy and history of the Kauffman-Coffman families of North America, 1584 to 1937” on page 512, we learn more about the Kauffman and Kneisley families. “Oct. 1733, a survey was made to Martin Kauffman for 230 acres but was recorded to John Kauffman Sept. 21, 1743.
Death: 1743 in Millersville, Lancaster Co., PA., Manor Twp
Click here to see parents: Micheal Kauffman II and Elsbeth Hirschi
Note: Famous Connection Pearl S. Buck (1896-1973), American Author – Pearl S. Buck was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize for literature. Her novel, The Good Earth, won a Pulitzer Prize in 1932. Relationship: 3rd Great Granddaughter
Elizabeth Kneissle
Birth: 1698 Schiltach, Offenburg, Baden, Germany
Death: 1759 Millersville, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
Click here to see parents: Antoni Kristopher Kneissle and Magdalena Hempstead
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