Notes:

Rev. Abraham L. Neff fg-E1422
Find A Grave Memorial# 36564928
lived in Elkhart Co IN-1880-1900
1900 US Census, INDIANA, ELKHART, 5-WD GOSHEN
NARA Series: T623 Roll: 369 Page: 163
NEFF ABRAHAM M 70 M W VA IN ELKHART 5-WD GOSHEN
Married 46 years, 5 children and 5 living in 1900
Minister Brethren Church
Obit: Abraham L. Neff died at his home on North Huntingdon Street, Friday February 4, .... at age 86 and 25 days. Born Franklin
Co., VA Jan 9, 1830. Drove to Indiana with his father in 1852. When he left VA he was given money by a Mr. Galloway to assist
a Negro colony at Niles, Michigan. The colony was composed of ex-slaves. 1854 married Lydia Whitehead. Family 4 sons and 1
daughter. Members of the Brethren church in 1862.
Elected to the ministry in 1871 and an elder in 1888. Moved to Goshen in 1886. Both moved to Syracuse in 1902 where they lived
until death. Funeral Sunday morning at 10:30 preached by Rev. William Hess.
Burial in Cyracuse Cem. Obit from Ancestory. Year not given.
paternal haplogroup R1b1b2a1


Buried:
Syracuse Cemetery

Abraham married Lydia Elizabeth WHITEHEAD on 1 Dec 1854 in Elkhart, Indiana. Lydia (daughter of Samuel WHITEHEAD and Sarah "Sallie" FRANTZ) was born on 18 May 1837 in Elkhart County, Indiana; died on 14 Aug 1912 in Greenfield, LaGrange, Indiana, USA; was buried in Syracuse, Kosciusko County, Indiana, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Lewis Abraham NEFF was born on 09 Aug 1855 in Elkhart, Indiana, USA; died on 24 May 1940 in Syracuse, Kosciusko, Indiana, USA; was buried in Syracuse, Kosciusko County, Indiana, USA.
2. John S NEFF was born in Dec 1857 in Elkhart, Indiana, USA; died on 20 Sep 1924 in Syracuse, Kosciusko, Indiana; was buried in Syracuse, Kosciusko County, Indiana, USA.
3. Sarah Anna NEFF was born on 5 Jan 1860 in Elkhart, Indiana, USA; died on 15 Mar 1946 in Brighton, LaGrange County, Indiana, USA; was buried in Brighton, LaGrange County, Indiana, USA.
4. Henry Melvin NEFF was born on 30 Sep 1863 in Elkhart, Indiana, USA; died on 20 Feb 1938 in Waterford, Indiana, United States; was buried in Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA.
5. Daniel Ervin NEFF was born on 28 Feb 1868 in Elkhart, Indiana, USA; died on 26 Aug 1931 in Syracuse, Kosciusko, Indiana, USA; was buried in Syracuse, Kosciusko County, Indiana, United States of America.

Notes:

John Naff fg-E142
Find A Grave Memorial# 59445744
Family name on tombstone spelled NEFF and not NAFF
1850 US Census, Hendricks Co., IN, Eel River Twp.
NARA M
1860 US Census, Hendricks Co., IN, Edrivber Twp.
NARA M653, Household 1237
John Neff age 64 b. VA; Occ. Farmer, owned land
Amey Neff age 53 b. VA
Isaac Neff age 24
July A. Neff age 21
John R. Neff age 16
Henry P. Neff age 13

Living next door to Jacob B. Neff age 27 and wife Margaret age 21? b. IN






Buried:
Peffley Cemetery

John married Anna "Nancy" "Kate" PEFLEY on 26 Dec 1825 in Botetourt, Virginia, United States. Anna (daughter of Samuel PEFFLEY and Anna BORNDRAGER) was born on 02 Dec 1806 in Botetourt Co, Virginia, USA; died on 10 January 1874 in Ladoga, Montgomery, Indiana, USA; was buried in New Ross, Montgomery County, Indiana, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Anna "Nancy" Pefley aka Kate fg
Find A Grave Memorial# 59445802




Buried:
Peffley Cemetery

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]

Samuel married Anna BORNDRAGER on 16 Aug 1799 in Botetourt, Virginia, United States. Anna (daughter of Andrew BORNDRAGER and Susannah Krehbiel Graybill GREHBILER) was born on 8 March 1783 in Lancaster, PA; died on 05 Aug 1864 in Ladoga, Montgomery, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

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

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

Notes:

Descendants http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=c5f60ad9-7636-4108-935d-ec7db5f21994&tid=54230&pid=-2136231390

Jacob married Esther in 1760 in , Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. Esther was born in 1725 in , Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1788 in , , Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Andrew married Susannah Krehbiel Graybill GREHBILER on 30 Aug 1774 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. Susannah (daughter of Christian Graybill Grebill KRAYEBIEL and Mary Maria LANDIS) was born in 1755 in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1832 in Roanoke, Halifax, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]