John Casper Sroever, Jr was born 21 Dec 1707 in a village named Luedorff, Solinger Amt, Duchy Berg, in Unter Pfaltz, now, Germany // Metz, near Strasbourg, Alsace (France). John died in 1779 at age 71 in Cleona, Lebanon Co., Pennsylvania (PA). Stoever’s parents were Johann Casper Stöever (1685-1738) and w. Anna Gertraudt Friesse (1687-1733), who were married during 1705 at Frankenburg, Nassau, Hessen, Germany. John (aka Johann) Casper Stoever and his father are recorded separately, aboard the ship James Goodwill from Rotterdam immigrating on 15 Jun to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PA) arriving on 11 Sep 1728. His father, Johann Casper Stöever, age 43 appeared listed aboard as “Missionarie,” and his son, by the same name, Johann Casper, age 21 was listed as “S. S. Theol. Student,” in the publication entitled, Thirty Thousand Names of Immigrants in Pennsylvania by Prof. I. Daniel Rupp, Genealogical Publ. Co., Reprint, 2nd Edit. (Philadelphia, 1876) Baltimore, MD, pg 58. John’s father, Johann Casper Stöever and wife, Gertraudt settled at Lebanon Township, Lancaster Co., PA as an evangelical minister with their son, John studying for his Ordination. John Casper Stoever was ordained a Minister of the Gospel on 8 Apr 1733 by Christian Schultz a pastor in Philadelphia, and Rev. John Casper Stoever married at the same time, Maria Catarina Merckling a daughter of John Christian Merckling and his w. Catarina Brucher. Eleven children were recorded baptized from the union. Baptismal dates for Rev. John Casper Stoever’s children appear online through the website link: https://archive.org/stream/recordsofrevjohn01stoe#page/n7/mode/2up i.e., ‘Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever’s Record of Baptisms and Marriages from 1730 to 1779.’ From Lebanon Township, PA, Johann Casper Stöever and his son, established several Lebanon Lutheran congregations as a cooperative Ministry. During late 1732-33, a newly organized “Hebron” Lutheran Church at Spotsylvania Co., Colony of Virginia, at present day Madison, Virginia called Rev. John Casper Stoever’s father -Johann Casper Stöever as their pastor. The “Hebron” Lutheran Church congregation paid their pastor 3,000 pounds of tobacco per year. After a period, the elder Pastor Stöever and two elders -Michael Schmidt and Michael Holt were sent to successfully raise church funds in Europe. Rev. Johann Casper Stöever died during the return voyage and was buried at sea in 1738. He was succeeded by Georg Samuel Klug (1707 – 1764) from [Elbing, (Province of East Prussia), Germany] who answered Stoever’s call to be assistant pastor according to “Hebron” Baptismal Register of the German Lutheran Church in Spots / Orange / Culpeper / Madison Counties, VA transcribed by John Blankenbaker, P. O. Box 120 Chadds Ford, PA 19317 in 2004; see, Introduction –The “Hebron” Lutheran Church of 1740…. Rev. John Casper Stoever was administered an oath at Lebanon County, Pennsylvania in support of the Cause of Independence during the American Revolution and he served variously as a chaplain for Lancaster Co., (PA) Militia companies, 2nd Bttn. Hill Lutheran Church was established in 1733 by Pastor John Casper Stoever; see, https://lebanonlutherans.org/congregations/hill/ The church appears today adjacent to the Hill Church Cemetery, where John Casper Stoever is buried; source, Find A Grave Memorial # 11264469. The cemetery is mapped at 998 North Mill St., Cleona, Lebanon Co., PA at Latitude: 40.343459 and Longitude: -76.489442.