Benjamin Shoemaker was b. at Germantown, August 3 1704. He was a son of Isaac Shoemaker, the head of the family; b. in Cresheim, Germany, and married in Penna. to Sarah Hendricks, who was b. in the same town 2nd of 10th mo., 1678 ; she d. a widow 15th June, 1742, her husband having d. 12th Feb., 1732.
Benjamin Shoemaker foresook the little settlement of Germantown, and of a people which in Colonial times kept aloof from public affairs, and went into the City to become a Merchant, ...
... Benjamin Shoemaker d. June 26, 1767, and was bu. in Friends' Ground. ...
He m. (1st) June 18, 1724, Sarah Coates ...
Benjamin Shoemaker m. (2dly) at Friends' Meeting, Philadelphia, 7th mo. 6th, 1739, Elizabeth Morris, dau. of Anthony and Phoebe Morris of Philadelphia. She survived him. ...
