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Name: David GROFF
Sex: M
Birth: Abt 1720 ^b
Death: 17 Nov 1784 ^d
Burial: Groffdale Cemetery, East Earl Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania ^u

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 MOYER on 1746 .^m1
Barbara MOYER Birth: 1722 Death: 4 Feb 1814

Children:

John GROFF Birth: Sep 1745 Death: 7 Jun 1796 in Earl Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
Anna GROFF Birth: Abt 1747 Death: Before 1783
Barbara GROFF Birth: Abt 1749 Death: Before 1783
David GROFF Birth: 1757 Death: 7 Feb 1784

Bibliography

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]*].
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]*].
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]*].
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].
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]*].
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].
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]*].
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]*].
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:: 1720 or 1721 [Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p24, Best GROFF p101, GroffCL GROFF p75]; 1722 [Ref: Landis HansGroffs 7307p29],
parents:: [Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p24, Best GROFF p101, GroffCL GROFF p75, Landis HansGroffs 7307p29, WengerSS WENGER p1063]; Hans GROFF & Susanna ___ [Ref: Scharf WesternMaryland v2p1218],
father:: [Ref: Ellis LancasterCoPA p822, GroffCF GROFF Chart, GroffCL GROFF p408, LancasterCoPA Deeds C-322]

Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information

date:: 1722 [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p408]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p24, Best GROFF p101, GroffCL GROFF p75, Landis HansGroffs 7307p29]; 1784 [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p408]

Sources for burial Information

place:: [Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p24, Best GROFF p101, GroffCL GROFF p75]

Sources with Information about marriage to Barbara MOYER

date:: [Ref: Landis HansGroffs 7307p29],
names:: [Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p24, WengerSS WENGER p1063],
child:: [Ref: Best GROFF p101, Best GROFF p103, GroffCL GROFF p75, GroffCL GROFF p76, GroffCL GROFF p77, Landis HansGroffs 7307p29, WengerSS WENGER p1064]

Research Notes:
distiller [Ref: Best GROFF p101]

Jul 30 1746: granted the homestead plantation of 200 acres by the heirs of Hans Groff [Ref: Best GROFF p82]

1758: on tax list as "Distiller" and owned 275 acres [Ref: Best GROFF p82]

will dated Sep 22 1783, same day he gave his two sons the "land intended them" [Ref: Best GROFF p82]

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

Descendants of David GROFF

1. David GROFF m. Barbara MOYER

m. Barbara MOYER father: Joseph MOYER

2+ John GROFF m. Anna (GROFF)

3+ Anna GROFF m. Jacob ERB

4+ Barbara GROFF m. Christian BINKLEY

5+ David GROFF m. Barbara HORST

2nd generation

2. John GROFF m. Anna (GROFF)

m. Anna (GROFF)

6+ John GROFF m. Catherina STOBER

7+ David GROFF m1. Barbara (GROFF) m2. Anna (GROFF)

8+ Abraham GROFF m. Nancy GRAYBILL