Hoffman, Peter Jr., 1774-1837

Peter Hoffman, Jr. was born on July 12, 1774, in Frederick County, Maryland, to Peter Hoffman and Mary Dorothera Stirlin Lloyd. He was a prominent businessman, working at his father’s trade stores Peter Hoffman & Sons and Hoffman & Co. He was a founder and trustee of the Baltimore Orphan’s Asylum, a director of the Baltimore Fire Insurance Co., and a vestryman of St. Paul’s Church. He served in the War of 1812 as a 3rd Sergeant in Capt. Henry Thompson’s First Baltimore Horse Artillery (aka Capt. Thompson’s Co of Cavalry, MD Militia) and fought in the Battles of Bladensburg and Baltimore, as well as being the personal guard to Maj. Gen. Samuel Smith, Commander of the 3rd Division. He married Deborah Owings on May 16, 1790, and together they had at least ten children. He died on May 13, 1837, and is buried at Old Saint Paul’s Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland.