1678: Born in Ittlingen, Heidelberg, Baden, Germany. (4)

Hans Groff marries Susan Orendorf Kendig. (1)

  1704 ca.   : Peter
  1706 ___ __: Veronica (5)
  1707 ca.   : Hannah
  1708 ca.   : Samuel
  1712 Aug __: Marcus
  1714 ca.   : Daniel
  1715 ca.   : John
  1717 ca.   : Mary
  1720 ca.   : David

1710: Move with other Mennonites to the Pequea Valley. (7 p172-173)

1738 Nov 8: Date of Hans' will. (2)

1746 May 7: Hans' will proved. (2) Buried at Groffdale Mennonite Church. (3)

1746 after Jul 30: Wife Susan dies in West Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., PA. (4,9)

Biographical Sketch of Husband Hans Hans Groff's Spring, 2007 N 40° 6.071, W 76° 7.796 In 1735, the 100 acres beyond the trees was warranted to Peter Good (GC), who at that time was married to his third wife Hanna Groff, second daughter of Hans.

Notes

1. Jane Evans Best, "Swiss Origins of Groff, Hess, Weber, Landis, and Oberholtzer Families" in Pennsylvania Mennonite History, Vol. XIII, No. 2 (Lancaster, PA: Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, 1990 Apr).

2. Hans Graeff, "Re: Last Will and Testament (English)" in Will Book A, vol. 1 (Courthouse: Lancaster Co., PA, 1738 Nov 8), Item #113. Also www.dgatx.com/family...bs/1738/Will/hs.html. Will of Hans Groff of Groff's Spring.

3. "Descendants of Rev Henry Landis, Hans Conrad Groff(Graf)," worldconnect.rootswe...515629&id=I525983403 (2006 Sep 5; accessed 2007 Nov 10).

4. "Descendants of Rev Henry Landis, Susan Orendorf Kendig," worldconnect.rootswe...515629&id=I525983404 (2006 Sep 5; accessed 2007 Nov 10).

5. "Descendants of Rev Henry Landis, Veronica Groff," worldconnect.rootswe...515629&id=I525983392 (2006 Sep 5; accessed 2007 Nov 10).

6. Martin G. Weaver, Mennonites of Lancaster Conference (Mennonite Publishing House, 1931).

7. John L. Ruth, The Earth Is the Lord's: A Narrative History of the Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History) (Scottsdale, PA: Herald Press, 2001 Dec).

8. "Settling the Frontier, Bus Tour: 275th Anniversary of the Groffdale Mennonite Church" (Groffdale Mennonite Church, 1992).

9. Susanna Graffe & AL., "Deed to David Graffe" in Book C (Courthouse: Lancaster Co., PA, 1746 Jul 30), p323-326. These pages also at www.dgatx.com/family...s/1746/07-30/hs.html. Peter Good (GC).