David Kirk Shaver recorded that Johannes Schaefer was born in Germany. He is not on the 1759 Rowan County Tax List, but Johannes Schaefer was in Rowan County before 1790.

His will, written 13 Oct 1805 and probated in 1808, names sons Isaac, John, Jacob, Michael, George, Tobias, Philip, and daughters Eve, Mary, Elizabeth, Barbara, Margaret, and Catharina. [ROWAN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA TAX LISTS 1757-1800: ANNOTATED TRANSCRIPTIONS, 1995 Jo White Linn, PO Box 1948, Salisbury, NC 28145-1948]

THE BROTHERHOOD
NOTE: List C is the only list for this ship. [List 159 C]
At the Courthouse at Philadelphia, Saturday, the 3rd November, 1750.

Present: The Worshipful William Plumsted, Esquire, Mayor. Mr. David Martin, Rector of the Academy

The Foreigners whose Names are subscribed, imported in the Ship Brotherhood, Captain John Thomson, from Rotterdam & last from Cowes, did this day take & subscribe the usual Qualifications. By List 119. Persons 300.

Johannes Schäffer
Johan Nicolaus Schäffer

[These names appear consecutively in the list. Only the match in name ties this man to Johannes Schaefer of Rowan County, NC.]