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  • Name: Jacob GROVE
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 4 Jun 1737 in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania b
  • Death: 14 Aug 1819 in Sharpsburg, Maryland d
  • Burial: Old Reformed Graveyard, Sharpsburg, Maryland u


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • John GROFF Birth: Abt 1715 Death: Abt 1797 in Frederick Co, Maryland
  • Mother:
  • (Unk) CARPENTER Birth: Abt 1716

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Elizabeth GROVE Birth: 27 Nov 1759 Death: Greenwood Twp, Perry Co, Pennsylvania
  2. John GROVE Birth: 2 May 1761 Death: 8 Jul 1811 in Fayette Co, Pennsylvania
  3. Jacob GROVE Birth: 25 Jun 1763 Death: Sharpsburg, Washington Co, Maryland
  4. Henry GROVE Birth: Jan 1765 Death: 20 Jan 1840
  5. Peter GROVE Birth: 12 Jan 1767 Death: Nov 1823
  6. Stephen GROVE Birth: Nov 1770 Death: 20 Nov 1818
  7. Catharine GROVE Birth: 4 Mar 1773 Death: 1825 in Hamilton Co, Ohio
  8. Philip GROVE Birth: 16 Apr 1775 Death: 13 Jun 1841
  9. Paul GROVE Birth: Jan 1777

Bibliography
  1. 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]*].
  2. 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]*].
  3. 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]*].
  4. 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]*].
  5. 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:
[Ref: Best GROFF p98, GroffCL GROFF p67, Scharf WesternMaryland v2p1218],
place:
[Ref: Best GROFF p98, GroffCL GROFF p67],
parents:
John GROFF & ___ CARPENTER [Ref: Best GROFF p98],
father:
[Ref: GroffCL GROFF p67, Landis HansGroffs 7307p29, Scharf WesternMaryland v2p1218, WengerSS WENGER p1064]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
mother:
Elizabeth CARPENTER [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p67, WengerSS WENGER p1064]
Elizabeth MANOR [Ref: Landis HansGroffs 7307p29]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Best GROFF p98, GroffCL GROFF p67, Scharf WesternMaryland v2p1218],
place:
[Ref: Best GROFF p98, GroffCL GROFF p67, Scharf WesternMaryland v2p1218]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Scharf WesternMaryland v2p1218]
Sources with Information about marriage to Catharine STALIE
date:
[Ref: Best GROFF p98, GroffCL GROFF p67],
names:
Jacob GROFF & Catharine ___ [Ref: Landis HansGroffs 7307p29, Scharf WesternMaryland v2p1218],
child:
[Ref: Best GROFF p98, Best GROFF p99, GroffCL GROFF p67, GroffCL GROFF p68, GroffCL GROFF p69, Scharf WesternMaryland v2p1218]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
names:
Jacob GROFF & Catharine GROVE [Ref: WengerSS WENGER p1064]
Research Notes:
ancestor of the Grove family of Washington County, MD [Ref: Scharf WesternMaryland v2p1218]

before 1765: moved to Sharpsburg, prior to laying out of the town [Ref: Scharf WesternMaryland v2p1218]

c1765: moved to Maryland [Ref: Best GROFF p98]

1809: lived in Frederick, MD [Ref: Best GROFF p98]



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



Descendants of Jacob GROVE
1. Jacob GROVE m. Catharine STALIE
m. Catharine STALIE

2nd generation

2. Elizabeth GROVE m. Peter WOLF
m. Peter WOLF
3. John GROVE m. Mary BROWN
m. Mary BROWN father: William BROWN mother: Elizabeth SHEPHERD
4. Jacob GROVE m. Ann Maria COOKERLEY
m. Ann Maria COOKERLEY
5. Henry GROVE m. Sabina BOYER
m. Sabina BOYER father: Philip BOYER
6. Peter GROVE m. Catharine AUCKER
m. Catharine AUCKER
7. Stephen GROVE m. (Unk) FORNEY
m. (Unk) FORNEY
8. Catharine GROVE m1. Henry LAPE m2. (Unk) SMITH
m. Henry LAPE
m. (Unk) SMITH
9. Philip GROVE m1. Catharine HESS m2. Susan LOCHER
m. Catharine HESS
m. Susan LOCHER
10. Paul GROVE m. Charlotte SMITH
m. Charlotte SMITH

3rd generation

65. Sarah LAPE m. Bear MYERS
m. Bear MYERS father: Jacob MYERS mother: Mary BEAR

4th generation

84. Samuel Henry MYERS m. Elizabeth Frances McFADEN
m. Elizabeth Frances McFADEN father: Daniel Miller McFADEN mother: Elizabeth HILL

5th generation

88. Sarah Eliza Catherine MYERS m. Robert Fuller REYNOLDS
m. Robert Fuller REYNOLDS father: Perry REYNOLDS mother: Elizabeth FORD