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Jacob Naff fg-E1
Find A Grave Memorial# 41729332
Using Stallikon, Kt.Zurich Switzerland for DNA maping 47,20N - 8,29E
??? A Jacob Naff is listed on the ship Dragon which arrived Philadelphia 26 Sep 1749. Author Dr. Boitnott identified this Jacob
Naff at Jacob E-1;
This assumption may be incorrect.
Also see notes under Rin - 2345
1753 Assessment List - Heidelberg Township, Lancaster County PA, Taken from I. Daniel Rupp's "History of the Counties of Berks
and Lebanon" The following people were taxable in Heidelberg Township, Lancaster County
in 1753:
NEAF, Jacob [NäF? Jacob E1?] my notes not proven. 8-2001
NEFF, Ab'm [C4]
NEFF, Geo. [C8]
NEFF, Jacob [C2]
NEFF, Michel [C1]
Family history states he first settled on the Susquehanna River in Franklin Co., PA.
note: Franklin Co., PA was not formed until 1784 from Cumberland Co., PA which was formed in 1750.
Members of the Church of the Brethren.
++++ NOT PROVEN+++++++
Immigrant's surname: NAFF
Immigrant's given name(s): Jacob
Ship name: Dragon
U.S. arrival date: 26 SEP 1749
Port: Philadelphia, PA
Place of origin: Kappel, Switzerland, Moved to Germany( unknown)
Source: "Naff and Related Families," by John W. Boitnott
Notes:
Jacob Naff (b. ca 1727, died at Boones Mill, Franklin Co., VA, ca. 1806). He married
in Lancaster PA, ca 1755, Eva Catherine Flure (Flora). They made their home in
5 Dec 2017
Family Group Record- 458
Husband Jacob Naff fg-E1
Wife Eva Catherine Flory fg
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HUSBAND - Jacob Naff fg-E1 (Continued)
in Lancaster PA, ca 1755, Eva Catherine Flure (Flora). They made their home in
Boones Mill, Franklin County, VA on land granted to him by Governor Edmund Randolph
in 1782. The land grant to Jacob Knaff was locatated at the headwaters of Maggoty
Creek in Franklin County. (Archives Division, Virginia State Library, Land Office
Grants 15, 1787. Reel 81. pp. 558-560. They had 11 children: Mary b. 1756;
Abraham b. 1758; Sarah b. 1762; Isacc b. 1763; Susanna b. 1765; Jacob b. 1767;
Joseph b. ca 1769; Jonathan b. ca 1771; Elizabeth b. ca 1773; Catherine b. ca 1777;
David b. 1780.
He bought 314 acres of land on Magadee (Magotty) Creek on June 11, 1782; 125 acres of
neighboring land from Henry McDonald; May 2, 1791, 120 acres from Thomas Arthur
which in is will he gave to sons Jacob and David.
Land Grant to Jacob Naff, Sr.1
The land on which he [Jacob Naff, Sr.] settled his family in 1782 or soon thereafter was
by grant of Governor Edmund Randolph of Virginia. The land grand is quoted below. The
property description has been omitted.
"Edmund Randolph Esquire Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia-to whom these
presents shall come, Greeting. Knowye, that by virtue and in Consideration of a land
officer's Treasury Warrant number twelve thousand two hundred and fifty three issued
the eleventh day of June one thousand seven hundred and eighty two (11 June 1782)
there is granted by the said Commonwealth unto Jacob Knaff assignee of David Morgan
a certain tract or parcel of land, containing three hundred and fourteen acres by
survey bearing Date the fourteenth day April one thousand seven Hundred and eighty
four lying and being in the County of Bedford and Bounded as followeth: To wit,
Beginning at a white oak on the North side of Magotty Creek...with its appurtenances
to the said Jacob Knaff and his heirs for ever in witness where of the said Edmund
Randolph Esquire Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia hath hereunto set his
Hand and caused the lessor Seal of the said Commonwealth to be affixed at Richmond
on the Twentieth Day of March in the year of our Lord one Thousand seven Hundred
and eighty eight (20 Mar 1788) and the Commonwealth the Twelfth.
/s/ E. Randolph"
1. Archives Division, Virginia State Library, Land Office Grants 15, 1787. Reel 81,
pp. 558-560
Will of Jacob Naff recorded in Franklin Co., VA Will Book I, pp. 340-342, proven
6 Oct 1806.


Buried:
Naff Family Cemetery

Jacob married Eva Catherine FLORIN FLORY in 1755 in , Franklin, Virginia, USA. Eva (daughter of Joseph FLURE FLORY and Anna Maria BUGH) was born on 28 Aug 1733 in Ship "Hope", Atlantic Ocean; died in 1820 in Franklin, Virginia, United States; was buried in Naff, Franklin County, Virginia, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary NAFF was born in 1756 in , York, Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1856 in Naff, Franklin County, United States of America; was buried in Naff, Franklin County, Virginia, United States of America.
2. Abraham NAFF was born on 22 Feb 1758 in , York, Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1813 in , Preble, Ohio, USA.
3. Sarah NAFF was born in 1762 in , York, Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1762 in , York, Pennsylvania, USA.
4. Isaac NAFF was born in 1763 in York, Pennsylvania, United States; died on 1 Jun 1845 in Franklin, Virginia, United States.
5. Elizabeth NAFF was born in 1765 in , York, Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1805 in , Botetourt, Virginia, USA.
6. Jacob NAFF, Jr was born in 1767 in , York, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 23 Sep 1833 in Franklin, Virginia, USA; was buried in , Franklin Co., Virginia.
7. Joseph NAFF was born in 1769 in , York, Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1839 in Robertson County, Tennessee, USA.
8. Jonathan NAFF was born in 1771 in , Frederick, Maryland, USA; died on 15 Aug 1853 in , Greene, Tennessee, USA.
9. Susannah NAFF was born in Abt. 1773.
10. Catherine NAFF was born in 1777 in , Frederick, Maryland, USA; died on 22 Apr 1854 in , Fayette, Indiana, USA; was buried in Jackson, Fayette County, Indiana, USA.
11. David NAFF was born in 1780 in , Frederick, Maryland, USA; died in 1840 in , Franklin, Virginia, USA; was buried in , Franklin, Virginia, USA.

Jacob married Anna ELERNOPAGE in 1720 in Kappal Am Albis, Zurich, Switzerland. Anna (daughter of ELERNOPAGE) was born in 1690 in Zurich, Switzerland; died in 1730 in Switzerland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Heinrich married Barbara HUNTER in 1677 in Zurich, Switzerland. Barbara (daughter of Archibald HUNTER and Elspeth HENRYSONE) was born in 1651 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, , Scotland; died in 1708 in Kappel, St Gallen, Switzerland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jacob married Ann HAUER in 1648 in Zurich, Switzerland. Ann was born in 1625 in Zurich, Switzerland; died in Abt. 1683 in span>. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
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Archibald married Elspeth HENRYSONE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]