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State of Service: MD
Qualifying Service: Private
Birth: abt 1756 Elizabeth / Frederick / MD Death: bef 04 Oct 1796 / Allegheny / PA
Qualifying Service Description:
Private in CAPT Henry Fister's Company of German Regiment of Maryland Continental Troops commanded by Colonel Nicholas Hussecker
Also served in CAPT Michael Bayer's Company
Additional References:
NSSAR RC#197776
Muster Rolls and Other Records of Service of Maryland Troops in the American Revolution, 1775-1783; pub. by authority of the State, under the direction of the Maryland Historical Society, pg 261-262
General Index to Compiled Military Service Records of Rev War Soldiers, Sailors, and Members of Army Staff Departments. NARA M860
Index to Rev War Service Records (four volumes) by Virgil D. White (FHL book 973 M22wv) (Worldcat). Vol IV (S-Z), pg 2458
Spouse: Eva Christina Wolff Children: Mary Elizabeth;
Michael Shoemaker was born in about 1756 in Elizabeth, Frederick County, Maryland, the son of Bartholomew Shoemaker, one of six brothers who left the Alsace region of Germany and arrived in the colonies in 1749.
He served in the Maryland Seventh Regiment and the German Battalion during the war. He was a Private in the company of Captain Henry Fister of the German Regiment of Maryland Continental Troops commanded by Colonel Nicholas Hussecker. He also served in the company of Captain Michael Bayer.
Michael was married to Eva Christina Wolff on 5 May 1782. Thier known children include a daughter Mary.
The Patriot died in Fayette City, Pennsylvania in 1801.
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