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  • Name: John Myers GROFF
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 1778 b
  • Death: 1840 in West Earl Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania d


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Marcus GROFF Birth: 4 Aug 1757 Death: 25 Sep 1827
  • Mother:
  • Feronica MYER Birth: 25 Aug 1759 Death: 5 Feb 1842

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Christiana GROFF
  2. John S GROFF
  3. Veronica GROFF
  4. Catharine GROFF
  5. Marks S GROFF
  6. Nancy GROFF
  7. Elizabeth GROFF
  8. Benjamin GROFF Birth: 12 Feb 1816 Death: 28 Aug 1876 in Stark Co, Ohio
  9. Henry S GROFF Birth: 1818 in Earl Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 1865 in Wayne Co, Ohio
  10. Emanuel S GROFF Birth: Oct 1820 Death: Nov 1861
  11. David S GROFF Birth: 29 Dec 1845 Death: Abt 1845 in West Earl Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania

Marriage:
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, 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].
  3. 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]*].
  4. Biographical Annals of Lancaster County Pennsylvania. Spartonburg, SC: Reprint Publishers, 1985. Orig pub 1903. LMHS rF157.L2B6 1985. Available at http://archive.org/details/biographicalanna00megi and at http://archive.org/details/cu31924028852998 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog 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 p94, Best GROFF p96, GroffCF GROFF Chart, GroffCL GROFF p58, GroffCL GROFF p60, WengerSS WENGER p1063],
parents:
[Ref: Best GROFF p96, GroffCF GROFF Chart, GroffCL GROFF p60, WengerSS WENGER p1063]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Best GROFF p94, GroffCL GROFF p58]
inv 8 May 1840 [Ref: Best GROFF p96, GroffCL GROFF p60],
place:
[Ref: Best GROFF p96, GroffCL GROFF p60]
Sources with Information about marriage to Christina SOUNDER
date:
first marriage of John [Ref: Best GROFF p96, GroffCL GROFF p60],
names:
[Ref: WengerSS WENGER p1063],
child:
[Ref: Best GROFF p96, Best GROFF p97, GroffCF GROFF Chart, GroffCL GROFF p60, GroffCL GROFF p61]
Sources with Information about marriage to Susanna M WENGER
date:
[Ref: Best GROFF p96, GroffCL GROFF p60]
second marriage of Susanna [Ref: Best GROFF p94, GroffCL GROFF p58]
Research Notes:
inventory of estate May 8 1840 [Ref: Best GROFF p96]



Pedigree of John Myers GROFF
                                              /-----Hans GRAF
                                     /-----Jakob GRAF
                                    |         \-----Elsbeth PETER
                            /-----Marx GRAF
                           |        |         /-----Jacob SPORRI
                           |         \-----Anna SPORRI
                   /-----Hans GROFF
          /-----Marcus GROFF
         |        |                           /-----Peter KUNDIG
         |        |                  /-----Jorg KUNDIG
         |        |         /-----Hans Jagli KUNDIG
         |        |        |         \-----Barbel HUFFELBERG
         |         \-----Susanna KENDIG
         |                 |         /-----Martin MEILI
         |                  \-----Elsbeth MEILI
         |                           \-----Barbara BAR
 /-----Marcus GROFF
|        |         /-----Hans HUBER
|         \-----Anna HUBER
John Myers GROFF
|         /-----Hans MYER
 \-----Feronica MYER
          \-----Agada (MYER)



Descendants of John Myers GROFF
1. John Myers GROFF m1. Christina SOUNDER m2. Susanna M WENGER
m. Christina SOUNDER
m. Susanna M WENGER father: Michael S WENGER mother: Mary G MARTIN

2nd generation

2. Christiana GROFF m. Isaac MARTIN
m. Isaac MARTIN father: Christian MARTIN mother: Magdalena EBY
4. Veronica GROFF m. Christian BURKHOLDER
m. Christian BURKHOLDER father: Abraham BURKHOLDER mother: Catharine EBY
5. Catharine GROFF m. David ERB
m. David ERB father: Daniel ERB mother: Mary WITMER
6. Marks S GROFF m. Nancy GOOD
m. Nancy GOOD

3rd generation

15. Susanna MARTIN m. Jacob R MUSSER
m. Jacob R MUSSER father: John MUSSER mother: Mary Wenger ROHRER
16. Isaac G MARTIN m. Kate MOHLER
m. Kate MOHLER father: Cyrus MOHLER mother: Mary BITZER
17. Seth BURKHOLDER m. Magdalena GROFF
m. Magdalena GROFF father: David M GROFF mother: Elizabeth FRANZ

4th generation

43. Ulysses MUSSER m. Mary A DIEM
m. Mary A DIEM father: John K DIEM mother: Margaret PARMER
44. John MUSSER m. Hattie HOOVER
m. Hattie HOOVER