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.