.KAUFELDT

The Eichsfeld region of Thuringia in central Germany was a medieval center of glassmaking, and by the fifteenth century, several families named Kaufholt (Kaufhold, Kaufholz Kauffeld, Kauffelt, Kaufeldt, etc.) were involved in the trade. They were supposed to have descended from a man named Gawioald (pronounced "Kav-yold" in the old Thuringian dialect). In 1504, three men named Kauffolt were taken from Eichsfeld to Hesse, and settled around Großalmarode and Kleinalmarode. They resettled in other parts of Germany by the seventeenth century.
Frederick Kaufholz, "Origins of the Names Kaufhold, Kaufholz, Kauffeld, Kaufeldt" in American Genealogist, V.9 No.3, pp.178-9

The following from Daniel Bly, From the Rhine to the Shenandoah, 1983
Liborious Kauffeldt was the father of

Georg Kauffeldt (1615-1665) a glassworker at Kleinalmerode married 3 Feb 1645 Martha Wagner, then 29 Aug 1647 Elizabeth Hanns, Their children were

1. Johannes Kauffeldt (1 Jun 1648 - Jun 1649)
2. Johannes Kauffeldt (2 Jul 1649)
3. Margaretha Kauffeldt (15 Dec 1650)
4. Jost Kauffeldt (2 Feb 1653)
5. Elias Kauffeldt (17 Feb 1656) Definitive proof is lacking, but this is probably the Elias below:
6. Nicolaus Kauffeldt (19 Apr1659)

Elias Kaufeldt was baptized 17 Feb 1656, probably in Hesse-Nassau, and as a young man moved to Maßweiler in the Duchy of Zweibrücken in the Palatinate area of Germany. He married Barbara Elizabetha and was a brandy distiller at Contwig, east of Zweibrücken, then at Odenbacher Mühl in Grafschaft (County) Leiningen. He died at Weißmühl near Herschberg, Leiningen, on 8 May 1728, age 73. Barbara was born about 1657 and died at Weißmühl 4 Jul 1744, age 77. Their children were:

1. Hedwig Sophia Kaufeldt, born 1686 at Maßweiler
2. Johann Nicolaus Kaufeldt, born 22 Dec 1691, married at Contwig 23 Nov 1717 Anna Marie Grundt, daughter of Viet Grundt of Oberauerbach. Emigrated to Philadelphia on the Neptune in 1746, of whom later
3. Johann Jacob Kaufeldt, born 1684
4. Johann Christoph Kaufeldt (1694-c.1753) married at Contwig 1 Jun 1719 Anna Sara Degen, married secondly Maria Margaret. Emigrated to Philadelphia on the Glasgow in 1738 and settled in York, Pennsylvania.
5. Johannes Kaufeldt (1699) married at Contwig 5 Sep 1724 Anna Margaretha Schwartz. Granted permission to move to Hungary "with all of his," and arrived in Philadelphia on the Neptune in 1746.
6. Johann Georg Kaufeldt (1703 - 1734) married 1730 Anna Barbara Grundt

Johann Nicolaus Kaufeldt, born 22 Dec 1691, married at Contwig 23 Nov 1717 Anna Marie Grundt, daughter of Viet Grundt of Oberauerbach. Emigrated to Philadelphia on the Neptune in 1746. They may have moved to Frederick County, Virginia, by 1755.

1. Maria Sophia Kaufeldt, born 22 May 1719; died 1719 in Contwig
2. Catharina Elisabetha Kaufeldt, born 4 Jul 1722 in Hoheinod; died 1725 in Thaleischweiler
3. Georg Kaufeldt, born about 1724, signed the Oath of Allegiance with his father in 1746, mustered under Capt. John Denton, Frederick Co, VA, into the French and Indian War, 1755. Lived at Stoney Creek, now Shanandoah County,VA
4. Ottilia Magdalena Kaufeldt, born 9 Oct 1726 in Thaleischweiler
5. Elias Kaufeldt, born 31 Jan 1729 in Thaleischweiler
6. Johann Valentin Kaufeldt, baptized 9 Aug 1731 in Wallhalben, mustered under Capt. John Denton, Frederick Co, VA, into the French and Indian War, 1755. Married at Canadochly Lutheran Church in York, PA, 25 Nov 1757 Catharine Loray. Lived at Stoney Creek, now Shanandoah County,VA.
7. Maria Catharina Kaufeldt, born 17 Jan 1734 in Contwig Married about 1754 George Adam BRECHT and lived in Augusta Co, VA
8. Susanna Maria Kaufeldt, born 14 Dec 1735 in Contwig. Married at Canadochly Lutheran Church in York, PA, 4 May 1756 Jacob Selzel
9. Johann Philip Kaufeldt, born 16 Feb 1739 in Contwig lived in Maidstone, Farquier Co, VA, when drafted into Capt. David Bell's Company, May 1756, marched with George Washington's Virginia Militia, in July 1756. After the war, he joined his brothers in Stoney Creek.

Johann Valentine Kaufeldt, baptized 9 Aug 1731 in Wallhalben, came to Pennsylvania in 1746, mustered under Capt. John Denton, Frederick Co, VA, into the French and Indian War, 1755. Married at Canadochly Lutheran Church in York, PA, 25 Nov 1757 Catharine Loray (d.1811). Lived at Stoney Creek, now Shanandoah County,VA. He died before 1 Apr 1806.

1. Elizabeth Kaufeldt (c.1758-1839) m.1783 Abraham Rust (1764-1829) Clark Co, Ohio, no children
2. Mary Kaufeldt (d. 12 May 1848) m.1796 Mathias Rust (1767-1836) Clark Co, Ohio, 9 children
3. George Jacob Kaufeldt (1762-1824) married Elizabeth Henline, then Barbara Shoemaker, and lived in Warren Co, Ohio. 9 children
4. Henry Kaufeldt
5. Magdalene "Molly" Kaufeldt (1768) m.1786 Henry Nicholas (d.1836) Clark Co, Ohio, 9 children
6. Augustine Kaufeldt (or Coffelt) (1770-1824) married 10 Mar 1794 Sarah Bright (c.1774) daughter of George Adam Bright. They moved to Clark County, Ohio, and had 11 children.
7. Catherine Kaufeldt (1772-1850) married 4 Feb 1794 George Adam Bright, Jr. (c.1770-1835) and moved to Kentucky about 1814, and had 15 children.

Maria Catharina Kaufeldt (1734-1798) m.1754 George Adam Brecht

Mary Bright (1763-1851) m.1785 Isaac Liptrap

George B Liptrap (1843-1909) m.1868 Angeline Hickman

John Liptrap (1872-1935) m.1904 Bertha Helen Stonecypher

Virgil Raymond Liptrap (1907-1977) m.1949 Frances Mary Tate Matthews

James Matthews Liptrap (1951)