STAUFFER (STAUFER, STOVER)
Old Bernese Anabaptist family; 1670 a Stauffer family from Eggiwil in the Emmental (BA 49); Also in Alsace (VA 38)
1710 Hans Stauffer expelled from Canton Bern 1685; to the Palatinate: to Pennsylvania settled with wife and 5 children in Berks Co. PA.
1720's 1730's Stover family in Shenandoah Valley Va.
1727 Ulrich and probabaly son Ulrich to Pennsylvania 27 Sep 1737 from Grosshochstetten, Canton Bern, Switz
Wife Lucia born Ramseyer; 6 children 4 Mary 1727, petitioned to emigrate with 1900 pounds to Pennsylvania; granted
Families in Pennsylvania., Maryland., Virginia., Ontario., Iowa
References
List of Swiss Emigrants in 18th Century to the American Colonies II Washington D. C. National Genealogical Society 1925
Pennsylvania German Pioneers by Ralph B. Strassburger and William J. Hinke editors, 3 Vol Norristown Pa, Penn. German Soc 1934.
From Scottdale, Pa Mennonite Pub House
Mennonite Encyclopedia 1952-1957
Mennonite Cyclopedic Dictonary by Daniel Kauffman