HENRY¹ SCHOPF wrote his will on 21 February, 1816. He described himself as a farmer, a resident of Manor Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, "being old and weak of body." However he apparently lived for another fifteen years, as his will was not proved in court until 24 September 1831. As Henry's first child was born in 1783, presuming the father was at least eighteen years old, he would have been born before 1765. I don't know what people thought of as "old" in those days; if he was at least sixty years old, he would have been born before 1756. So Henry Schopf was born sometine in the middle third of the Eighteenth Century. He married MARY ________, mentioned in his will.^[1] Their children, mentioned in his will, most of whom are mentioned in the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society cardfile, were:^[2]

1. JOHN² SCHOPF b. at Pennsylvania on 23 July 1783 ; d. on 12 February 1864;
2. ANNA² SCHOPF b. on 25 March 1788; d. on 21 April 1870; m. HENRY LINDEMAN, b. on 11 January 1788, d. on 8 September 1864.
3. HENRY² SCHOPF b. at Pennsylvania on 11 September 1789.
4. BARBARA² SCHOPF b. at Pennsylvania about 1789-90.
5. SUSANNA² SCHOPF b. at Pennsylvania on 1 March 1794; d. on 23 September 1856; m. on 18 September 1817 DAVID MELLINGER, b. at Pennsylvania on February 1795, d. on 9 April 1878.
6. FERONICA² SCHOPF b. at Pennsylvania on 3 March 1799; d. on 14 March 1871; m. CHRISTIAN N. KAUFFMAN, b. at Pennsylvania on 1 August 1791, d. on 7 October 1862.
7. MARY² SCHOPF b. at Pennsylvania about 1799-1800; m. before 1816 JACOB SMELTZ.
8. ABRAHAM² SCHOPF.

HENRY² SCHOPF (Henry ¹) was born at Pennsylvania on 11 September 1789 a son of Henry and Mary Schopf . He died on 28 May 1855. He married about 1820 ELIZABETH KAUFFMAN KAUFFLAN. She was born at Pennsylvania on 8 January 1797, a daughter of Christian Kauffman and his wife Elizabeth Kauffman. She died on 18 January 1868.^[3]

Henry Schopf was a farmer in Manor Township. The 1850 Census reported him there, age 60, with real estate valued at $ 5000. With him were his wife, Elizabeth, 55, their oldest child, Christian, 26, and their youngest four children: Abraham, 20, Elizabeth, 18, Barbara, 17, and Esther, 14.^[4]

Henry Schopf and his wife Elizabeth Kauffman had the following children:^[5]

1. CHRISTIAN K.³ SCHOPF b. at Lancaster County on 3 August 1821; d. on 1894; m. SUSANNA MARTIN, b. at Lancaster County on 1824, d. after 1900.
2. MARY K.³ SCHOPF b. at Lancaster County on 1 February 1823; d. on 12 March 1903; m(1). RUDOLPH HERTZLER, b. on 11 February 1820, d. on 4 September 1855; Mary m(2). JACOB MUMMA
3. JOHN K.³ SCHOPF b. at Lancaster County on 6 December 1825; d. on 28 May 1886; m. FAMMY FRALICH, b. on 5 March 1828, d. on 16 February 1900.
4. HENRY³ SCHOPF b. on 19 August 1827; d. on 30 May 1829.
5. ABRAHAM K.³ SCHOPF b. at Lancaster County on 24 August 1829; d. on 19 December 1915; m. ANNA SECHRIST, b. on 27 November 1836.
6. ELIZABETH K.³ SCHOPF b. at Pennsylvania on 9 October 1831.
7. BARBARA K.³ SCHOPF b. at Pennsylvania about 1832-3; m. PHILIP KIMMEL..
8. ESTHER K.³ SCHOPF b. at Pennsylvania on 6 December 1835; d. on 16 November 1910; m. JACOB SPANGLER, b. on 26 September 1831, d. on 2 July 1929.