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Name: John GROFF
Sex: M
Birth: Abt 1715 ^b
Death: 1777 in Martic Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania ^d

Parents:

Father:
Johann Christian GRAF Birth: Abt 1686 Death: 1754 in Donegal Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania

Mother:

Susanna (GRAF)

Family:
Marriage:

Anna HERR on Abt 1746 .^m1
Anna HERR Birth: Abt 1727 Death: Before 1760

Children:

John GROFF Birth: 1753 Death: 1819

Marriage:

Catherine (ESHLEMAN) on After 1758 .^m2
Catherine (ESHLEMAN)

Bibliography

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]*].
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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: abt 1715 [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p11],
parents:: possibly Johann Cristian GRAF & Susanna ___ [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p11]

Sources for death Information

date:: will pro 2 May 1777 [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p11],
place:: [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p11]

Sources with Information about marriage to Anna HERR

date:: abt 1746 [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p11],
child:: [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p401]

Sources with Information about marriage to Catherine (ESHLEMAN)

date:: widow of John Jacob Eshleman d.1758 [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p11],
names:: John GRAF & Catherine ___ [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p11]

Research Notes:
identified as "P" in Graf genealogies [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p11]

immigrated by 1746 [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p11]

1747: was willed land in present Providence Twp from father-in-law [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p11]

will pro May 2 1777, Martic Twp [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p11]

Pedigree of John GROFF
                                     /-----Hans GRAF
                            /-----Jakob GRAF
                           |         \-----Elsbeth PETER
                   /-----Hans GRAF
                  |        |         /-----Jacob SPORRI
                  |         \-----Anna SPORRI
          /-----Hans Jacob GRAF
/-----Johann Christian GRAF
|        |         /-----Hans RUTH
|         \-----Barbara RUTH
|                  \-----Adelheit (RUTH)
John GROFF
\-----Susanna (GRAF)

Descendants of John GROFF

1. John GROFF m1. Anna HERR m2. Catherine (ESHLEMAN)

m. Anna HERR father: Isaac HERR

2+ John GROFF m. Susanna KENDIG

m. Catherine (ESHLEMAN)

2nd generation

2. John GROFF m. Susanna KENDIG

m. Susanna KENDIG

3+ Joseph GROFF m. Barbara SIDES

3rd generation

3. Joseph GROFF m. Barbara SIDES

m. Barbara SIDES

4+ John GROFF m. Ann Ellen SWISHER