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- == Biography ==
Susan is named as the second wife of Hans Groff (1661-1746) and mother of his younger children - Peter, Marrens/Marcus, Samuel, Daniel, John, David, Hannah, Fronick and Mary.["Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L99B-V8BG?cc=1999196&wc=9PM8-4WY%3A268493801%2C268514701 : 3 July 2014), Lancaster > Wills 1730-1773 vol A-B > image 61 of 514; county courthouses, Pennsylvania.][[[Space:Last_Will_and_Testament_of_Hans_Graeff|will of Hans Groff]]]
One source gives her last name at birth as Orendorf[Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014, citing (i) A1-113, Probate May 7, 1746 (ii) Ellis & Evans, p.21 (iii) MRJ, July 1960, p.22 "Monument (iv) Harris Lanc Co. p.239 (v) Richard C. Croop (vi) Stauffer Gen. (AKS) p.202 (vii) Witwer Gen. of America, p.19 (viii) Annals of the Conestoga, p.21 (ix) Menno S. Zimmerman Records (x) IDL Notes) (x) Howard Groff, 1960. Viewed at https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/60592/images/43954_345987-01880?]
Another source gives her last name at birth as Kendig. [Best, Jane Evans (1997). ''The Groff Book'' vol.2, pp.6, 81 and 90-citing (i) Lancaster County deeds Y-1-164 and (ii) K-3-73 and (iii) Patent A-9-410 Harrisburg. Ronks, PA : Groff History Associates. (Identifier GR3435 / E5.) '''NB''' : Deed Y-1-164 can not be located at [https://www.lancasterdeeds.com Lancaster County Recorder of Deeds]]
Yet another source suggests that Susannah Kendig may have married (1st) Orendorf and (2nd) Hans Graf. [Landes, Dieter, May 2008, Hans-Dieter Landes , Zügelstr.12 , 76744 Wörth, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. Susanna Kendig came with husband Hans GRAFF to America; they arrived by 1704 (13 years before her parents came), lived first in Germantown until 1715 when they moved to Lancaster County. However, Susanna has been reported through family tradition as having been a domestic servant to Hans in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Husband Hans GRAFF's will was probated 5 May 1746 in Earl Twp, Lancaster Co, PA. Since she was named executor of his estate, she must have died after 24 Jun 1748 (see Wenger & Grider books); is the 1748 date in Groffsdale really her?]
Further research is needed to clarify.
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