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Johannes married about 1690. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From RootsWeb: From H.S. Stonecipher's book, The Descendants ofJohannes Steinseiffer, is the "German Background of the SteinseiferFamily", by W.A. Stonecyper, as follows:
The name Steinseifer came from the name of a small village in extremeEast Germany, located in the Erzgebirge Mountains between presentCzechoslavakia & Germany. The name of this village isSteinseifersdorff or Stone Polishers Village. These people weredirect descendants of the first people to emigrate from a general arealying north of the Black Sea in very early times. In about the year1250 A.D. they began to move into the Seigen District of Westfalenlocated in Old Saxon. These people had no last names at this earlydate. While Progressive people, all had surnames or family names foridentification purposes. These people from Steinseifersdorff gavethemselves the name of their ancestral village Steinseifer. When someof them migrarated to America in the Middle 1700's, they were requiredby British Law to anglicize their names. The word cipher even untilthe present day in England is spelled cypher, while the Americanspelling is cipher. So we can see why the spellings of ththe name havetaken on many forms. Some of the family have clung to the old Germanforms. In MD & PA, the last part of the name is SIFER copying theGerman; while in TN, some kept the first part of the German byspelling it Steincipher, a combination of the German & Americanspellings.
It seems that the first of the Steinseifers settled in the small townof Eiserfeld. The following is coppied from the daily paper ofEiserfeld, West Germany.
Eiserfeld--if ever a community in our home country is able to giveextensive evidence of past ages, a perfect example is the Collier'svillage Eiserfeld, which has been depicted in many songs, narrations &other stories written by the folklore poets Karl & Gustave Hartmann aswell as Edward Schneider--Davids (a serial of the latter is now beingpublished in our newspaper).
At Eiserfeld with its history reaching far into the past, primarilythe oldest houses can tell many a tale. Found on old documents, it isknown that this community was mentioned for the first time in 1255A.D. Eiserfeld numbered 53 houses during the period 1530-1540 &records indicate that around 1600 it counted 328 inhabitants. Today,the population has reached the figure of almost 10,000 residents.
The oldest houses are located on Bergstasse, which at the same time isthe oldest street in the community & branches of Eisernstrasse. Thesehouses belong to the Ebener & Spies families. Beautiful oldinscriptions over the street doors show that their construction wascompleted in 1626 & 1669, respectively, both houses bear the builder'sname, Paub. Notwithstanding their respectable age, these houses stillare in good repair. Moreover, their occupants will guarantee that inthe future these old structures will be kept in their present state ofrepair. These inscriptions are renewed from time to time & are clearlylegible.
The most beautiful & at the same time, oldest house is also located onBergstrasse, notably the Steinseifer house, the ancestral home of theSteinseifer clan which constituted the origin of the SteinseiferKinship. The Steinseifer family emigrants form Steinseifersdorff inthe Erzgelivege (mountain range between Germany & Bohemia), originallyestablished themselves in this house. Their Steinseifer house mayrightly be called a precious gem among all the old places of interestworth seeing in the village. The true old image of the exterior, ofthe house & the interior of the edifice as well, has been carefullymaintained & preserved. Here also the Steinseifer brothers & sisters,the present proprietors and heirs of the house, attach great value tothe preservation of the cozy atmosphere created by their forefathers.

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Schuster. Elizabeth was born about 1703 in Germany; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From RootsWeb: It is supposed that he was in the German Army at thetime his father came to America in 1749. He arrived in Philadelphia,PA-2 Oct 1753 on the ship, Edinburg, under the command of Captain JohnLyon. From Germany, he boarded the ship in Rotterdam, Netherlands, &came by way of Cowes, England. The ship record showed his age to be28. He settled in Culpepper, VA. (Found on "Rupps list of Germanimmigrants to America")

Johann married Ellen Dortch about 1753. Ellen died about 20 Mar 1814. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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--From RootsWeb: Sandra Goodwin (thegoodwin@coinet.com) has JosephStonecipher listed at RootsWeb World Connect Project w/ the followinginformation: "Joseph Stonecipher, the eldest son of John Henry & EllenDortch Stonecipher, b: Culpeper County, VA-1754, went to WilkesCounty, NC in 1773. He volunteered there for duty during theRevolutionary War. His first term was for three months ( serving as aprivate in a regiment under Captain William Jackson & was honorablydischarged) & he was later drafted for another three months (servingunder Captain Isabel, Col. Elisha Issaac & others). He was in theBattle of Cox's Mill & King's Mountain, among others. Joseph m: SalomeRoss in 1781 at Golden Grove on the banks of the Watauga River inWilkes County, NC. She may have come from PA w/ her family. Joseph &Salome removed to TN abt 1812 & he died there in Morgan County, July30, 1847. Salome died some time after that. They were the parents of 8children. 'Stoneciper Family' by E. Irene Brookshier.
William H. Green III (bg670iii@aol.com) also has information listed,nearly the same as Sandra's, at the RootsWeb World Connect Project.

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Buried in an unmarked grave

Joseph married Salome Ross in 1781 in Abshers, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States. Salome was born about 1760 in Abshers, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States; died in Sep 1847 in Morgan, Tennessee, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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