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• Name: Peter GROFF
• Sex: M
• Birth: Abt 1702 in Earl Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania ^b
• Death: Abt 1764 in Earl Twp, 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:

• Barbara (GROFF) .^m1
  
• Barbara (GROFF)

Children:

1. Jacob GROVE Birth: Abt 1723 Death: Before 4 Oct 1793
2. John GROFF Birth: Abt 1724 Death: Abt 1796 in Hawkins Co, Tennessee
3. Anna GROFF Birth: Abt 1725 Death: 1759
4. Henry GROFF Birth: 1738 Death: 26 Feb 1805
5. Peter GROFF Birth: Abt 1740 Death: 1771 in Earl Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
6. Barbara GROFF Birth: 17 May 1741 Death: 1816
7. Andrew GROFF Birth: Abt 1743 Death: Abt 1771 in Earl Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
8. (Unk Dau) GROFF Birth: 11 Nov 1745 Death: 29 Mar 1832

Bibliography

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:

abt 1702 [Ref: Best GROFF p86]

abt 1704 [Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p23, GroffCL GROFF p36],

place:

[Ref: GroffCL GROFF p408],

parents:

[Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p23, Best GROFF p86, LancasterCoPA Deeds B-184, Landis HansGroffs 7307p28, WengerSS WENGER p1063]

Hans GROFF & Susanna ___ [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p36, Scharf WesternMaryland v2p1218],

father:

[Ref: Ellis LancasterCoPA p822, GroffCF GROFF Chart, GroffCL GROFF p408, LancasterCoPA Deeds C-322]

Sources for death Information

date:

1761-64 [Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p23, GroffCL GROFF p36]

between May 1761 and Nov 1764 [Ref: Best GROFF p78],

place:

[Ref: Best GROFF p86]

Sources with Inaccurate death Information

date:

1772 [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p408]

Sources with Information about marriage to Barbara (GROFF)

names:

Peter GROFF & Barbara ___ [Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p23, Best GROFF p86, Best GROFF p87, Best GROFF p88, GroffCL GROFF p36, GroffCL GROFF p37, GroffCL GROFF p38, GroffCL GROFF p39, GroffCL GROFF p408, GroffCL GROFF p40, LancasterCoPA DeedAbs C322, LancasterCoPA Deeds C-322, Landis HansGroffs 7307p28],

child:

[Ref: Best GROFF p86, Best GROFF p87, Best GROFF p88, GroffCL GROFF p36, GroffCL GROFF p37, GroffCL GROFF p38, GroffCL GROFF p39, GroffCL GROFF p408, GroffCL GROFF p40, Landis HansGroffs 7307p28]

Sources with Inaccurate marriage information

names:

Peter GROFF & Susanna MUSSELMAN [Ref: WengerSS WENGER p1063]

Research Notes:
grist miller [Ref: Best GROFF p86]

1738: received 200 acres of land in Earl Twp from parents, for #20 and love and affection. Part of 1419 acres patented Nov 18 1737 to Hans Groff [Ref: Best GROFF p78]

Jul 26 1738: purchased from parents, for 20 pounds, 200 acres of land in Earl Twp. Referred to as "eldest son" [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds B-184]

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]

1753: taxed in Earl Twp, owned 300 acres and a grist mill [Ref: Best GROFF p78]

---------- Lancaster Co PA Deeds B-184, dated 26 Jul 1738:
This Indenture made the twenty Sixth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and thirty Eight Between Hans Graff of Earl town in the County of Lancaster Province of Pennsylvania yeoman and Susanna his Wife of the one Part and Peter Graff Eldest Son and heir at Law of the said Hans and Susanna of the other Part, Whereas John Penn Thomas Penn and Richard Penn Esquires true and absolute Proprietaries and Governors in Chief of the said Province by their Letters Patent duly had and Executed under the hand of the said Thomas Penn and Great Seal of the said Province bearing date the Eighteenth day of November Anno Domini 1737 Reciting as therein is recited and for the Consideration therein mentioned Did Grant and Convey unto the Abovenamed Hans Graff and to his heirs and Assigns forever Fourteen Hundred and Nineteen Acres of Land with Allowances of Six PerCent for roads and highways under the yearly quit rent of one English Shilling Sterling for every hundred Acres thereof and Proportionally for the Nineteen Acres to be Paid to the said Proprietaries their heirs and Successors on the first day of March Every year in the Town of Lancaster or Value thereof in Coin Current according to the Exchange as shall then be between the said Province and City of London to such Person or Persons as shall be from time to time appointed to Receive the same as therein is recited as by the said Patent Recorded in the Office for Recording Deeds for City and County of Philadelphia in patent Book A Vol 8 pages 292 as may appear, Now this Indenture Witnesseth that the said Hans Graff and Susanna his Wife as well for and in Consideration of the Love and Affection where they have and bear to their said beloved Son and of the Sum of twenty Pounds Good Lawful Money of the said Province to them in hand paid by the said Peter Graff before the Sealing and delivery hereof the Receipt whereof they do hereby Acknowledged and thereof doth acquit and forever discharge the said Peter Graff his heirs and Assigns by these Presents, Have Granted Bargained Sold Aliened Enfeoffed and Confirmed and by these Presents Do Grant Bargain Sell alien Enfeoff and Confirm unto the said Peter Graff his heirs and Assigns All that Piece or Parcel of Land (Part of the above described Piece) Situate in Earl town aforesaid Beginning at a Post in the line of the land of Hans Graff thence South Sixty degrees East one hundred fifty two perches to a post thence by land of Harry Bear South South West forty perches thence West thirty four perches to a black oak, thence by Land of Peter Good South two hundred perches to a post thence west one hundred and half perches to a black oak thence West by South thirty three Perches to a Spanish Oak thence North Eight Degrees East three hundred and forty two perches to the place of beginning, Containing two hundred acres with Allowances of Six Percent, Together with all and Singular the houses outhouses barns Stables Orchards Gardens Ways Water Watercourses rights Liberties Privileges hereditaments Appurtenances whatsoever thereunto belonging or in any wise Appertaining, And also the Reversions Remainders Rents Issues and Profits thereof also the Estate Rights title Interest Claim demand whatsoever of them the said HansGraff and Susannah his Wife of in and to the hereby granted and bargained premises and Every Part thereof To Have and to hold the said two hundred acres of Land and Premises hereby granted with their and every of their Appurtenances the said Peter Groff his heirs and assigns to the only proper use and behoof of him the said Peter Groff his heirs and assigns forever Under the yearly quit rent hereafter accruing for the same Land to the Chief Lord or Lords of the fee thereof off(?) right Accustomed And the said Hans Groff and his heirs the said two hundred Acres of Land hereditaments and Premises hereby granted or mentioned so to be Every part thereof with the Appurtenances the said Peter Graff his heirs and Assigns against the said Hans Graff and Susanna his Wife and their heirs and against all and every other person and persons whatsoever Claiming or to Claim by from or under him them or any of them shall and will warrant and forever defend by these presents, And the said Hans Graff for himself and the said Susanna his wife and for his heirs and assigns by these Presents that they the said Hans Graff and Susannah his Wife and their heirs and all and every other Person or Persons whomsoever Claiming or that Shall or May at any time or times hereafter to have or Claim any Estate Right Title Interest of in or to the said two hundred Acres of Land and Premises hereby granted or any part thereof by from or under him them or any of them shall also from time to time and at all times hereafter at the request cost and charges in the Law of the said Peter Graff his heirs or Assigns made Execute and Acknowledge or Cause so to be all and further other reasonable act and acts deed and deeds device and devises in the Law for the further and better assurances confirmation of the said two hundred acres of Land and Premises hereby granted being a part thereof with the Appurtenances unto the said Peter Graff of his heirs and Assigns as by him or them or by his or their Councel learned in the Law shall be reasonably devised adorsd(?) and required. In Witness whereof the said Parties to these Presents have interchangeably set their hands and Seals dated the day and year first above written. Hans Graff, Susanna (X) Graff.
Sealed and Delivered in the presence of us, Andrew Moseman, Zack Bulther.
The 24th day of November in the Year 1740 Came before me Emanuel Carpenter one of the Justices of the Peace for the County of Lancaster the within named Hans Graff and Susanna his Wife and brought with them this Indenture and Acknowledged the within Deed to be their act and desired that the same might be recorded. Witness my hand and Seal the day and year first above written. Emanuel Carpenter.
Recorded the 22nd day of May 1745. Thomas Cookson, Reocrder [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds B-184]



Pedigree of Peter GROFF
                            /-----Hans GRAF
                   /-----Jakob GRAF
                  |         \-----Elsbeth PETER
          /-----Marx GRAF
         |        |         /-----Jacob SPORRI
         |         \-----Anna SPORRI
 /-----Hans GROFF
Peter GROFF
|                           /-----Peter KUNDIG
|                  /-----Jorg KUNDIG
|         /-----Hans Jagli KUNDIG
|        |         \-----Barbel HUFFELBERG
 \-----Susanna KENDIG
         |         /-----Martin MEILI
          \-----Elsbeth MEILI
                   \-----Barbara BAR



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