Daniel NEFF

1829 - 1904  (74 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Daniel NEFF was born on 23 December 1829 in United States of America (child of Henry R NEFF, Sr and Anna FRANTZ); died on 31 August 1904 in New Paris, Elkhart County, United States of America; was buried in New Paris, Elkhart County, Indiana, United States of America.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Henry R NEFF, Sr was born on 2 May 1798 in Boones Mill, Franklin, Virginia, USA (son of Isaac NAFF and Barbara MOYER MOYERS); died on 29 Nov 1868 in Union, Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, USA; was buried in New Paris, Elkhart County, Indiana, United States of America.

    Notes:

    Elder Henry Naff fg-E143
    Find A Grave Memorial# 52973581




    Buried:
    Whitehead Cemetery

    Henry married Anna FRANTZ on 18 Apr 1822 in , Botetourt, Virginia, USA. Anna was born in Oct 1802 in Botetourt County, United States of America; died on 16 June 1887 in Elkhart County, United States of America; was buried in New Paris, Elkhart County, Indiana, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Anna FRANTZ was born in Oct 1802 in Botetourt County, United States of America; died on 16 June 1887 in Elkhart County, United States of America; was buried in New Paris, Elkhart County, Indiana, United States of America.
    Children:
    1. 1. Daniel NEFF was born on 23 December 1829 in United States of America; died on 31 August 1904 in New Paris, Elkhart County, United States of America; was buried in New Paris, Elkhart County, Indiana, United States of America.
    2. Susanna NEFF was born on 22 Jan 1832 in Botetourt County, United States of America; died on 23 Feb 1907 in Jackson, Elkhart, Indiana, USA; was buried in New Paris, Elkhart County, Indiana, United States of America.
    3. John F NEFF was born on 22 January 1834 in United States of America; died on 18 July 1895; was buried in New Paris, Elkhart County, Indiana, United States of America.
    4. Henry NEFF was born on 23 January 1837 in White County, United States of America; died on 12 July 1906; was buried in New Paris, Elkhart County, Indiana, United States of America.
    5. Samuel Christian NEFF was born on 2 April 1839 in Bristol, Elkhart County, United States of America; died on 15 September 1903 in Nappanee, Elkhart County, United States of America; was buried in Nappanee, Elkhart County, Indiana, United States of America.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Isaac NAFF was born in 1763 in York, Pennsylvania, United States (son of Jacob NAFF and Eva Catherine FLORIN FLORY); died on 1 Jun 1845 in Franklin, Virginia, United States.

    Notes:

    Isaac Naff-E14
    Date of birth and location from LDS IGI
    Marriage record, Wingfield, Marriage bonds of Franklin Co., VA. p. 168
    - After marriage he bought land on Black Creek in Botetourt Co. (now in Roanoke, Co., VA Bk- 6 -p. 666) and he then bought land
    on Little Creek in Franklin Co., VA ( Bk 3 p. 715; Bk 5 - p. 173).
    also: On a Marriage Bond dated June 1, 1789 in Franklin County, Virginia., John Boon gave his permission for the marriage of his
    step daughter, Barbary Moyers, to Isaac Nave/Naff. The surety for the bond was Daniel Barnhart.
    Reference: Wingfield, Marshall, "Pioneer Families of Franklin County, Virginia," Chesapeake Book Co., Berryville, Virginia.,
    published 1964, page 164.
    From Weddle Family History:
    http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vafloyd/weddle_family_history.html
    Before John and Barbara sold the 300 acres, they had to secure a title from the Commonwealth of Virginia. See Grants No. 31,
    1793-1795, Reel 97, pp. 110, 111. They sold the land to Isaac Naff , 5 November 1798. The title to this land is interesting, in that
    it states: “…Martin Wattle who was assignee of Jacob Hellam a certain Tract or parcel of Land containing three hundred acres by
    Survey bearing date the twenty fifth day of February one thousand Seven hundred and seventy eight lying and being in the County
    of Botetourt on the South branch of Back creek….” This would indicate that the Weddles were living in Virginia by 1778. This
    might also indicate
    that Jacob Hellam was the forefather of the Franklin County and Floyd County Helms family.
    Martin Waddle was taxed on 300 acres in Botetourt County in 1782. See EARLY SETTLERS, Botetourt County, by Charles Burton.


    Isaac married Barbara MOYER MOYERS on 23 Jun 1789 in Franklin County, Virginia. Barbara (daughter of John BOON and Elizabeth) was born in 1760 in , Franklin, Virginia, USA; died in 1845 in , Franklin, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Barbara MOYER MOYERS was born in 1760 in , Franklin, Virginia, USA (daughter of John BOON and Elizabeth); died in 1845 in , Franklin, Virginia, USA.
    Children:
    1. Mary NAFF was born on 7 Oct 1794 in Boones Mill, Franklin, Virginia, USA; died in Aug 1868 in , Sangamon, Illinois, USA.
    2. John R NEFF, Sr was born on 9 Oct 1795 in Boones Mill, Franklin, Virginia, USA; died on 26 Nov 1871 in Ladoga, Montgomery, Indiana, USA; was buried in New Ross, Montgomery County, Indiana, United States of America.
    3. Elizabeth NAFF was born on 17 Mar 1798 in Boones Mill, Franklin, Virginia, United States; died on 23 May 1882 in Franklin, Virginia, United States.
    4. 2. Henry R NEFF, Sr was born on 2 May 1798 in Boones Mill, Franklin, Virginia, USA; died on 29 Nov 1868 in Union, Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, USA; was buried in New Paris, Elkhart County, Indiana, United States of America.
    5. Isaac NAFF, Jr was born on 1 Mar 1810 in Boones Mill, Franklin, Virginia, USA; died on 10 Oct 1893 in Cave Spring, Roanoke, Virginia, USA; was buried in Garden City, Roanoke City, Virginia, United States of America.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Jacob NAFF was born on 16 Mar 1731 in Zweikirchen, Landshut, Bayern, Germany; was christened on 23 Sep 1731 (son of Jacob NAFF and Anna ELERNOPAGE); died on 6 Oct 1806 in Naff, Franklin, Virginia, United States; was buried in Naff, Franklin County, Virginia, United States of America.

    Notes:

    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
    Page 4 of 6
    Notes
    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]


  2. 9.  Eva Catherine FLORIN FLORY was born on 28 Aug 1733 in Ship "Hope", Atlantic Ocean (daughter of Joseph FLURE FLORY and Anna Maria BUGH); died in 1820 in Franklin, Virginia, United States; was buried in Naff, Franklin County, Virginia, United States of America.

    Notes:

    Eva Catherine Flory fg
    Find A Grave Memorial# 41729485
    FAMILY LORE states that she was born "at sea" during the voyage
    from Europe to Philadelphia, PA.
    Whether this is true or not is "unproven."
    Missing some correct family details.
    She was the daughter of Joseph J. Flory and Mary Catherine Flory of
    Schwarzw-Wurttemberg, Germany. She was reportedly born somewhere in
    the Atlantic Ocean on the ship "Hope" during the voyage to America in 1733.
    She married Jacob Naff Sr in Lancaster County, PA in 1755 and moved with the
    Naff family to Franklin County, VA in 1782. She lived here in Naffs, VA for the
    remainder of her life. Her grave is marked by a fieldstone, to the left (North) of
    Jacob Naff Sr. The gravesite can be located using GPS at N 37/08.730' , W 80/00.913'.




    Buried:
    Naff Family Cemetery

    Children:
    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. 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.

  3. 10.  John BOON was born on 16 Jul 1755 in , Montgomery, Virginia, USA; died on 27 Jan 1837 in , Floyd, Virginia, USA.

    John married Elizabeth. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Elizabeth
    Children:
    1. 5. Barbara MOYER MOYERS was born in 1760 in , Franklin, Virginia, USA; died in 1845 in , Franklin, Virginia, USA.