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== Biography ==
''Research Note: Still in process, proving each vital fact. The existing Hans Groff profile was unfortunately merged and combines two profiles.''
Hans Graf was born in 1661 in Zurich, Switzerland and immigrated in 1696; [Mennonite Records]he is referred to as "Pioneer Hans Groff" in Mennonite Records.[Family Data Collection Name: Hans Groff Father: Marx Groff Mother: Marx Marx Groff Birth Date: 1661 City: Baretswil County: Zurich Country: Switzerland]
'''Immigration'''
1683-1709 or1696 [Name: Hans Graef Arrival year:1683-1709 Arrival Place: Germantown, Pennsylvania Primary Immigrant: Graef, Hans Source Publication Code: 3313 Annotation: Two lists: "The Dutch Pioneers of Germantown, 1683," pp. 395-398; and "Dutch and German Settlers in Germantown, 1683-1709," pp. 399-421. Complete list of early Dutch and German settlers in Germantown, with places of origin given. Supplements no. 5924, Mye]
Hans was said to have been married twice, first was to Ursula Neukomm about 1683, and believed to have had one child through the marriage. Then later re-married to Susanna Orndorf about 1700 and had what was believed to have been ten children along with her.
'''Marriage 1'''
Anna Bear or Bare
1693 in Germantown, Pennsylvania
child: Jacob Graeff [Hans Probate May 7, 1746]
'''Marriage 2'''
Susanna OrendorfChildren were: Peter GROFF, Hannah GROFF, Samuel GROFF, Fronica GROFF, Marcus GROFF, Daniel GROFF, John GROFF, Mary GROFF, David GROFF.
'''Land Warrant'''
Name: Hans Graff
Acreage: 1419
Warrant Date: 19 Feb 1741Warrant Location: Lancaster [Index of Early Pennsylvania Land Warrants, 1733–1987, from the Pennsylvania State Archives. Stevens, Pennsylvania: Ken McCrea, 2010.]
*The survey of his land was made on October 4, 1718 and calls for 1150 acres; on the 28th of February 1724, he bought 250 acres from Martin Kendrick and Hans Herr, who had purchased 5,000 acres from Penn on 22nd of November, 1717. Under these two warrants there were surveyed to him, in a single tract on a branch of the Conestoga, 1419 acres on October 10, 1727, for which a deed was made to him by Thomas Penn on Nov. 18,1737. This deed after citing the circumstances of the survey, goes on and makes transfer "of all mines, minerals, quarries, meadows, marshes, etc. The price paid for this goodly tract of land was L 141, 180 and One English shilling quit rent for every one hundred acres, to be paid annually on every first of March in the city of Lancaster, Penn. Ascertaining in some way that his tract did not contain the full number of acres called for by his deed he asked for a re-survey, which was granted October 16, 1742, when 91 additional acres were given him as shortage.
West Earl Township Lancaster, Pennsylvania - He was the first settler in 1717, named in his honor 1729 "Earl being the English of Graf."
BURIAL
Groffdale Mennonite Brick Church Cemetery
Leola, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
A stone was finally placed at his grave site, but his grave was unknown for quite some time. But after much searching it later was discovered in the graveyard of the Groff Meeting House. It was marked with only a simple slab of sandstone with the initials "H G".
Inscription
HANS GRAF,
The first Settler,
Came from Switzerland A.D. 1696.
Settlement was made at the head of Groff's Run.
He purchased 1419 Acres of land from John
Richard, S Thomas Penn, for 141L. 18 S.
[equal to $686.80] along Groff's Run. He Built
a log Cabin on the old Groff farm A.D. 1717.
His purchase included the land on which the
Groffdale Meeting House is built.
Died A.D. 1746.
== Sources ==
See also:*Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014 NameHans GroffRelationshipHeadBirth Date1661Death Date1746Death PlaceGrottdaleHousehold MembersName Hans Groff, Susanna, John Groff, David Groff, Jacob Groff, Anna (ELIZABETH) Groff, Peter Groff, Fronica Groff, Samuel Groff, Mary Groff, Marcus Groff, Daniel Groff.*A biographical history of Lancaster County : being a history of early settlers and eminent men of the county, as also much othe [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Harris, Alexander,. A biographical history of Lancaster County : being a history of early settlers and eminent men of the county, as also much other unpublished historical information, chiefly of a local character. Lancaster, Pa.: Elias Barr & Co., 1872. p 238*Genealogy of the Grove and Groves families [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Groves, George N.. Genealogy of the Grove and Groves families. Berkeley, Calif.: unknown, 1941.
* https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11282437/hans-graf
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1661 - 1746 (85 years)
