Person Info
- Name: Veronica GROFF
- Sex: F
- Birth: Abt 1710 b
- Death: Abt 1752 in Manheim Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania d
Parents:
- Father:
- Hans GROFF
Birth: 1661 in Baretswil, Zurich, Switzerland
Death: Before 7 May 1746 in Earltown, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
Mother:
- Susanna KENDIG
Birth: Abt 1678
Death: After 11 Aug 1746
Family:
Marriage:
- Henry LANDIS on Abt 1728 .m1
- Henry LANDIS
Birth: 1700 in Switzerland
Death: Abt Nov 1760 in Manheim Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
Children:
- Mary LANDIS Birth: Abt 1732
Death: After 9 Aug 1788
- Frena LANDIS Birth: Abt 1733
Death: Before 20 Mar 1772
- Anna LANDIS Birth: 1734
Death: 1791
- Christina LANDIS Birth: Abt 1735
Death: After 1779
- Barbara LANDIS Birth: Abt 1736
Death: After 1779
- Susanna LANDIS Birth: 1736
- Margaret LANDIS Birth: 1743
Death: Before 13 Sep 1803
- Elizabeth LANDIS Birth: 9 Oct 1743
Death: 12 Dec 1781
- Magdalena LANDIS Birth: 1744
Death: 1798 in Pennsylvania
- Katherine LANDIS Birth: 1747
- Henry LANDIS Birth: 4 Mar 1751
Death: 4 Jan 1791
Bibliography
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Best, Jane Evans, Bear Saga - Albis to America, in Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Oct 1986. LMHS. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p[0-9]*].
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Best, Jane Evans, The Groff Book, Volume 2, A Continuing Saga, Ronks, PA: Groff History Assiciates, 1997. NYPL APV (Groff) 86-1589 v2. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Best GROFF p[0-9]*].
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Best, Jane Evans, Swiss Origins of Groff, Hess, Weber, Landis, and Oberholtzer Families. In Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Apr 1990. pp9-25. LMHS Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p[0-9]*].
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Bittinger, Emmert F, Ancestors and Descendants of "Hill" John Landis (1779-1858) of Manheim Township, Lancaster County, PA. In Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Apr 2001. LMHS Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Bittinger LANDIS p[0-9]*].
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Davis, Richard Warren, Emigrants Refugees and Prisoners, Vol III. Provo, UT: author, 1999. NYPL APK 01-2370v3. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Davis Emigrants v3p[0-9]*].
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Dohner, Dudley, Anna Dohner Yordy Correction, in Dohner Family Newsletter, Nov 1984. LDS Fiche#6055123. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: DohnerD DOHNER AnnaYordy].
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Ellis, Franklin, History of Lancaster County. Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1883. M-LH UMI LH571. Available at http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012288388. Volume 2 available at http://archive.org/details/historyoflancast02elli Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Ellis LancasterCoPA p[0-9]*].
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Groff, Christian Franz, Hans Groff Chart, 1864. Paradise, PA: Samuel S Wenger, 1979. Available at Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: GroffCF GROFF Chart].
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Groff, Clyde L, Walter B Groff, Jane Evans Best, The Groff Book, Ronks, PA: Groff History Associates, 1985. NYPL APV (Groff) 86-1589 v1. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p[0-9]*].
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Mayhill, R Thomas, Lancaster County PA Deed Abstracts 1729-1770. Knightstown, IN: author, 1973. LMHS F157.L2M35 1973. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/147190. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA DeedAbs [A-H][0-9]*].
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Lancaster County Pennsylvania Recorder of Deeds, Deed books 1729-1867. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1947. Book C, 1729-1753, LDS Film#0021382#3. Lancaster County Court House, Office of Records and Archives, 50 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/007837371 images 631-3. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds C-322].
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Lancaster County Pennsylvania Recorder of Deeds, Deed books 1729-1867. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1947. Book C, 1729-1753, LDS Film#0021382#3. Lancaster County Court House, Office of Records and Archives, 50 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/007837371 images 633-4. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds C-327].
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Landis, Ira D, The Earliest Doner Family in America, in Mennonite Research Journal, vol 18 no 2, April 1977. NYPL ISD (Lancaster Co) 75-1114. Available (for purchase) at https://www.lmhs.org/research/lmhs-publications/research-journal/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Landis EarliestDoner p[0-9]*].
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Landis, Ira D, Hans Groffs Aplenty, in Mennonite Research Journal, vol 14 no 3, July 1973. Continued in Oct 73, Jan 74, Apr 74. NYPL ISD (Lancaster Co) 75-1114. Available (for purchase) at https://www.lmhs.org/research/lmhs-publications/research-journal/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Landis HansGroffs 7[34][01][0-9]p[0-9]*].
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Scharf, J Thomas, History of Western Maryland. Philadelphia, PA: Louis H Everts, 1882. Available (vol 1) at http://archive.org/details/historyofwestern01scha and (vol 2) at http://archive.org/details/historyofwestern02scha. Reprinted: Baltimore: Regional Publishing Co, 1968. LMHS F187.A15S3 1968. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Scharf WesternMaryland v[12]p[0-9]*].
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Slabaugh, John M, Henry Landis of Warwick and Manheim Townships, Lancaster Co, PA. In Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, vol 7 no 4, Oct 1984. NYPL APR (PA) 82-1017. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Slabaugh LANDIS p[0-9]*].
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Wenger, Samuel S, The Wenger Book, Lancaster, PA: Pennsylvania German Heritage, 1978. NYPL APV (Wenger) 86-601. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: WengerSS WENGER p[0-9]*].
Sources for birth and parent Information
- date:
- abt 1710 [Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p24, Best GROFF p90, GroffCL GROFF p50],
- parents:
- [Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p24, Best GROFF p90, GroffCL GROFF p50, Landis
HansGroffs 7307p29, WengerSS WENGER p1064]
- Hans GROFF & Susanna ___ [Ref: Scharf WesternMaryland v2p1218],
- father:
- [Ref: Bittinger LANDIS p27, Davis Emigrants v3p233, Ellis
LancasterCoPA p822, GroffCF GROFF Chart, GroffCL GROFF p408, LancasterCoPA
Deeds C-322, LancasterCoPA Deeds C-327]
Sources for death Information
- date:
- abt 1752-53 [Ref: Bittinger LANDIS p29]
- between 1746 and 1754 [Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p24, Best GROFF p90, GroffCL
GROFF p50]
- between 4 Mar 1751 and 1 Mar 1754 [Ref: Slabaugh LANDIS p20]
- by 1 Mar 1754 [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p49]
- prob 1751 [Ref: Davis Emigrants v3p233],
- place:
- [Ref: Bittinger LANDIS p27]
Sources with Information about marriage to Henry LANDIS
- date:
- 1728 or 1729 [Ref: Bittinger LANDIS p29, Slabaugh LANDIS p21]
- abt 1727 [Ref: Davis Emigrants v3p233]
- abt 1731 [Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p24, Best GROFF p90, Best SwissOrigins
p23, GroffCL GROFF p50],
- names:
- [Ref: Ellis LancasterCoPA p822, GroffCF GROFF Chart, GroffCL GROFF
p408, LancasterCoPA Deeds C-322, LancasterCoPA Deeds C-327],
- child:
- [Ref: Best GROFF p90, Best GROFF p91, Best GROFF p92, Bittinger LANDIS
p27, Bittinger LANDIS p29, Davis Emigrants v3p233, Davis Emigrants v3p234,
Davis Emigrants v3p324, DohnerD DOHNER AnnaYordy, GroffCL GROFF p50, GroffCL
GROFF p51, GroffCL GROFF p52, GroffCL GROFF p53, GroffCL GROFF p54, GroffCL
GROFF p55, GroffCL GROFF p56, Landis EarliestDoner p14, Landis HansGroffs
7307p29, Slabaugh LANDIS p22, Slabaugh LANDIS p23, WengerSS WENGER p1064]
Research Notes:
married abt 1731 and bore ten daughters by 1747 [Ref: Best GROFF p80]
Jul 30 1746: Heirs of Hans Graffe rel to one of his sons, David Graffe,
of Lancaster County, 200 acres Earl Township. Part of 1419 acres
patented 18 Nov 1737 to Hans Graffe decd. Heirs listed: Widow, Susanna
Graffe; Peter Graffe & wife Barbara; Samuel Graffe & wife Christina; Mark
Graffe & wife Anna; Daniel Graffe & wife Maria; Hans Graffe & wife Elizabeth;
Peter Good who married Anna one of daughters; Henry Landus & wife Fronika, one
of daughters; Mary Kry, widow, one of daughters. Hans by will dated 8 Nov
1738 proved 7 May 1746 devised all his property to his 6 sons & 3 daughters.
Hans had conveyed shares to sons Peter, Samuel, Mark, and Daniel & had
advanced to daughters Anna Good & Mary then wife of John Kry, since deceased,
their shares. Deed recorded 5 Apr 1752, Book C p322 [Ref: LancasterCoPA
DeedAbs C322]
Nov 4 1747: sold to her brother, David, 93 of the 94 acres received in
deed of Jul 30 1746 [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p49]
Pedigree of Veronica GROFF
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Hans GRAF
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Jakob GRAF
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Elsbeth PETER
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Marx GRAF
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Jacob SPORRI
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Anna SPORRI
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Hans GROFF
Veronica GROFF
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Peter KUNDIG
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Jorg KUNDIG
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Hans Jagli KUNDIG
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Barbel HUFFELBERG
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Susanna KENDIG
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Martin MEILI
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Elsbeth MEILI
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Barbara BAR
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