72 ROYER FAMILY IN AMERICA
72                      ROYER FAMILY IN AMERICA
 
                                           CHAPTER II
     V. ELIZABETH ROYER, p. 71, m. Henry Rutter,(*) b. Dec. 12
1786; d. Mar. 28 1852. Their family was as follows:
 
Page              Name                       Birth                      Death
  72      VI. Leah   Rutter     Aug.25, 1815           Sept. 12, 1909
  72      VI. Rachel    "             May , 1817
  73      VI. John       "           May 9, 1826              July 5, 1876
  73      VI. Elizabeth"           Feb. 7, 1829           Mar. 10, 1904
  73      VI. Isaac      "         Aug. 20, 1831          Nov. 30, 1884
            VI. Anna     "         Sept. 30, 1832           May 23, 1871
Single.
                                             Section I.
 
     VI. LEAH RUTTER, p. 72, m. Mar, 20, 1837, to Philip Shaeffer,
b. Dec. , 1803; d. Apr. 13, 1864, son of Martin; farmer in Earl Twp.,
Lanc. Co.; 1 ch.:
     VII. MARTIN R. SHAEFFER, b. July 25, 1843; m. Nov. 17, 1864,
to Caroline Graybill, b. Mar. 6, 1846; d. May 25, 1886; 7 ch. by his
first wife; m. 2ndly Jan. 14, 1888, to Lottie A. Myer, b. Jan. 19, 1860,
dau. of Rev. Samuel Rohrer Myer of Bareville, Lanc. Co.; 3 ch. by
his second wife; farmer and tobacco merchant at Bareville; ch.:
     VIII. Graybill Shaeffer, b. Sept., 28, 1865; d. May 5, 1866.
     VIII. Martin G.     " Esq., b. July 30, 1867; m. Anna Light,
dau. of Eld. H.E. Light, of Mountville, Pa.; Lawyer in Lancaster,
Pa.
     VIII. Cora Shaeffer, b. Apr. 26, 1869; m. John Eshelman,
Reamstown, Pa.
     VIII. Caroline Shaeffer, b. Nov. 27, 1870; single, at home.
     VIII. Clayton R.    "        b. Sept. 23, 1872; m. Emma J. Miller;
Phila., Pa.
     VIII. Blanche Estella Shaeffer, b. Aug. 27, 1876; d. Feb. 19,
1877.
     VIII. Walter Shaeffer, b. May 12, 1882; d. in infancy.
     VIII. Leah           "         b. Apr. 7, 1889; m. W.E. Glassmyer,
Palmyra, Pa.
     VIII. Amanda Shaeffer, b. Nov. 27, 1890; d. Aug. , 1891.
     VIII. Rebecca       "         b. Sept. 1, 1893; single, school-teacher.
Both Leah and Rebecca are graduates of Elizabethtown College.
as is also W.E. Glassmyer.
 
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     VI. RACHEL RUTTER, p. 72, m. William Shaeffer; a farmer, and
Now lives retired in Lancaster, Pa. Children:
     VII. Henry Shaeffer (dec.)
     VII. John           "         m. ____ ____
     VII. Elizabeth    "         m. Jos. Wentzell (dec.)
     * son of Joseph and Margaret Bashore Rutter.

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