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Personal data Samuel Groff 

• He was born about 1708 in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
• He died in the year 1768 in Earl, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. He was about 59-60 years old.
• Alternative: He died between 1768 and 1774.
• A child of Hans Conrad Groff and Susan Orndorf

Household of Samuel Groff

He had a relationship with Christina Huber.

Child(ren):

1. Mary Groff  1729-1772 
2. Margaret Groff  ± 1730-????
3. Barbara Groff  ± 1735-± 1787 

Notes about Samuel Groff

NOTES: 4. SOURCE: THE GROFF BOOK, VOLUME 1: A GOOD LIFE IN A NEW LAND. AUTHORS CLYDE L. GROFF, WALTER B. GROFF, AND JANE EVANS BEST. GROFF HISTORY ASSOCIATES, 151 CHERRYHILL ROAD, RONKS, PA. 17572. DATE: APRIL 7, 1997. PAGE: 42. INFORMATION FOUND: WIFE AND DAUGHTER. ( E4 ). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- --------------------- NOTES: 4. SOURCE: THE GROFF BOOK, VOLUME 1: A GOOD LIFE IN A NEW LAND. AUTHORS CLYDE L. GROFF, WALTER B. GROFF, AND JANE EVANS BEST. GROFF HISTORY ASSOCIATES, 151 CHERRYHILL ROAD, RONKS, PA. 17572. DATE: APRIL 7, 1997. PAGE: 42. INFORMATION FOUND: ( E4 ). SAMUEL GROFF RECEIVED 219 ACRES IN EARL TOWNSHIP FROM HIS PARENTS, HANS AND SUSANNA GROFF, ON JULY 26, 1738 FOR 20 POUNDS AND " LOVE AND AFFECTION " ( DEED B-217, LANCASTER, PA. ). IN 1757 HE AND HIS WIFE CHRISTINA GRANTED THIS TRACT TO THEIR YOUNGEST DAUGHTER, BARBARA ( E43 ), AND HER HUSBAND, ABRAHAM REIFF ( DEED O-543. SEE ALSO S.S. WENGER, THE WENGER BOOK, 1070, 1091, 1107: AND C.L. GROFF & G.F. NEWMAN, THE EBY REPORT, II:1, ( 1978 PHILADELPHIA ), 13, 55. ). ON JULY 28, 1752, SAMUEL GROFF AND HIS WIFE CHRISTINA HAD GRANTED 124 ACRES IN EARL TOWNSHIP TO THEIR OLDEST DAUGHTER, MARY, ( E41 ), AND HER HUSBAND, JOSEPH HORST ( DEED C-423. SEE ALSO MRS. ROY B. SHEARER, " THE HORST FAMILY ", MENNONITE RESEARCH JOURNAL 16:4, ( OCTOBER, 1975 ), PAGE 40 ), WHO HAD BEEN AN INDENTURED SERVANT FOR HER GRANDFATHER. JOSEPH WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD WHEN HE ARRIVED IN AMERICA WITH HIS WIDOWED MOTHER AND TWO BROTHERS, AND HE REMAINED AFTER HIS TERM OF INDENTURE TO WORK FOR THE GROFFS. IN 1753 SAMUEL GROFF PURCHASED 250 ACRES IN NEWBERRY TOWNSHIP, YORK COUNTY, AND ADDED 55 ACRES ADJACENT TO IT IN 1760 ( DEED F-109, YORK COUNTY, PA. ). HE AND HIS WIFE CHRISTINA SOLD THE 305 ACRES TO JOSEPH LONG OF RAPHO TOWNSHIP ON JUNE 9, 1768. SAMUEL GROFF DIED BETWEEN THAT DATE AND MAY 30, 1774, WHEN HIS WIDOW, CHRISTINA, NOW MARRIED TO GEORGE BEAR OF EARL TOWNSHIP, AND HER THREE DAUGHTERS AND THEIR HUSBANDS SIGNED A CINFIRMATION OF THE DEED TO JOSEPH LONG. THE ORIGINAL DEED WAS " EATED AND DAMAGED BY VERMINE SO THAT MANY OF THE WORDS THEREIN BEING OUT AND UNINTELLIGIBLE. " CHRISTINA (E4), THE WIFE OF SAMUEL GROFF, MAY HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE FIVE DAUGHTERS NAMED IN THE WILL OF HANS HUBER ( H.M. HOOVER, HUBER-HOOVER HISTORY, PAGE 45 ), DATED FEBRUARY 17, 1746 AND PROVED OCTOBER 23, 1750. NONE OF THE SONS-IN-LAW WAS NAMED IN THIS WILL, BUT THE LAST NAMED DAUGHTER, ANNA, WAS DECEASED IN 1746 AND HER CHILDREN RECEIVED HER SHARE. ANNA HUBER WAS THE WIFE OF MARCUS GROFF (E6), WHO LIVED ON THE FARM EAST OF SAMUEL GROFF (E4). SHE HAD DIED IN 1744, LEAVING FOUR SMALL CHILDREN. CHRISTINA GROFF'S SECOND HUSBAND WAS GEORGE BEAR, A WIDOWER WITH FIVE CHILDREN FROM HIS MARRIAGE TO MAGDALENA, WHO MAY HAVE BEEN CHRISTINA'S SISTER. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- --------------------- NOTES: SAMUEL GROFF. DATE: JUNE 15, 1997. SOURCE: J. STRITE GEDCOM FILE, DOWNLOADED OF WWW. PARSONSTECH. COM. FINDINGS: MOTHER AND FATHER, SISTERS AND BROTHERS, GRANDFATHERS. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ---------------------

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