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    Person Info
  • Name: Hans GROFF
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Abt 1670 b
  • Death: 1729 in Conestoga, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania d


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Hans GRAF Birth: Dec 1636 in Baretswil, Zurich, Switzerland Death: Before 1681 in Rauhof, Germany

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Ann GROFF Birth: Abt 1693
  2. Jacob GROFF Birth: 2 Apr 1699 in Pennsylvania Death: 1766 in Martic Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania

Bibliography
  1. 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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 1670 [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p12],
father:
[Ref: Best SwissOrigins p12]
Sources for death Information
date:
inv 14 Jan 1730 [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p12],
place:
[Ref: Best SwissOrigins p12]
Sources with Information about marriage to Ann (GROFF)
names:
Hans GROFF & Ann ___ [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p12],
child:
[Ref: Best SwissOrigins p12]
Research Notes:
identified as "B" in Graf genealogies [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p12]

Oct 21 1710: warranted part of 10,000 acres in present Lancaster Co, which he sold on May 17 1717 to Abraham Dubois [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p12]

lived in present Paradise Twp [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p12]

inventory of estate Jan 14 1730 [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p12]



Pedigree of Hans GROFF
                   /-----Hans GRAF
          /-----Jakob GRAF
         |         \-----Elsbeth PETER
 /-----Hans GRAF
|        |         /-----Jacob SPORRI
|         \-----Anna SPORRI
Hans GROFF



Descendants of Hans GROFF
1. Hans GROFF m. Ann (GROFF)
m. Ann (GROFF)

2nd generation

3. Jacob GROFF m. Barbara BRACKBILL
m. Barbara BRACKBILL father: Rev Benedict BRACKBILL mother: Maria Margaretha HERR

3rd generation

5. John GROFF m. Elsbeth KENDIG
m. Elsbeth KENDIG father: John Jacob KENDIG mother: Annali MEYER
8. Ann GROFF m. Jacob BARR
m. Jacob BARR father: Martin BARR mother: Anna Elisabeth GROFF
9. Barbara GROFF m. Jacob ESHLEMAN
m. Jacob ESHLEMAN father: Jacob ESHLEMAN mother: Anna Barbara BARR

4th generation

18. Christian BARR m. Susannah BRENNEMAN
m. Susannah BRENNEMAN father: Melchior BRENNEMAN mother: Ann SNAVELY
20. Jacob ESHLEMAN m. Mary BROCKBILL
m. Mary BROCKBILL father: Benedict BRACKBILL mother: Mary KENDIG

5th generation

28. Anna BARR m. Samuel MUSSER
m. Samuel MUSSER father: Christian MUSSER mother: Elizabeth KENDIG
29. Maria ESHLEMAN m. John WARFEL
m. John WARFEL
33. Jacob ESHLEMAN m. Juliette WITMER
m. Juliette WITMER