Sherfey family in the United States 1751-1948 (Scherffig in Germany)
Subtitle: an historical record
By: original record compiled by W.E. Sherfey; present record edited & published by H.E. Sherfey, Greensburg, Indiana
Contributors: Sherfey, H. E. (Harry Elmer), 1887-1956
Publisher: H.E. Sherfey
Published: 1948
Place of publication: Greensburg, Ind
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
Subjects: German Americans; Genealogy
Other titles: Sherfey genealogy
Description: Kaspar Scherffig was born in 1735 in Germany (probably in Saxony), and immigrated in 1751 to Philadelphia. He married Magdalena Heilman (1738-1825) in 1758, and settled in Frederick (now Carroll) County, Maryland. They had fifteen children, 1759-1777, five died in infancy. He died ca. 1817. Kaspar and Magdalena are buried at Pipe Creek Cemetery at their Dunkard meeting house. Descendants listed lived in Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and elsewhere. Descendants spell their surname, Sherfey or Sherfy.