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Jacob NAFF[1, 2, 3]

Male 1731 - 1806  (75 years)


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  • Name Jacob NAFF  [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] 
    Born 16 Mar 1731  Zweikirchen, Landshut, Bayern, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6, 12] 
    Christened 23 Sep 1731 
    Gender Male 
    Died 6 Oct 1806  Naff, Franklin, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Naff, Franklin County, Virginia, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    • Naff Family Cemetery
    Person ID P523  Mark Hochstetler Family Tree
    Last Modified 9 Aug 2020 

    Father Jacob NAFF
              b. 09 Aug 1686, Kappal Am Albis, Zurich, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1781, Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Anna ELERNOPAGE
              b. 1690, Zurich, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1730, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 1720  Kappal Am Albis, Zurich, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Family ID F2107  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eva Catherine FLORIN FLORY
              b. 28 Aug 1733, Ship "Hope", Atlantic Ocean Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1820, Franklin, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 1755  , Franklin, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Children 
     1. Mary NAFF
              b. 1756, , York, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1856, Naff, Franklin County, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 100 years)  [natural]
     2. Abraham NAFF
              b. 22 Feb 1758, , York, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1813, , Preble, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)  [natural]
     3. Sarah NAFF
              b. 1762, , York, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1762, , York, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)  [natural]
     4. Isaac NAFF
              b. 1763, York, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1 Jun 1845, Franklin, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)  [natural]
     5. Elizabeth NAFF
              b. 1765, , York, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1805, , Botetourt, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years)  [natural]
     6. Jacob NAFF, Jr
              b. 1767, , York, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 23 Sep 1833, Franklin, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)  [natural]
     7. Joseph NAFF
              b. 1769, , York, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1839, Robertson County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)  [natural]
     8. Jonathan NAFF
              b. 1771, , Frederick, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 15 Aug 1853, , Greene, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)  [natural]
     9. Susannah NAFF
              b. Abt. 1773  [natural]
     10. Catherine NAFF
              b. 1777, , Frederick, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 22 Apr 1854, , Fayette, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)  [natural]
     11. David NAFF
              b. 1780, , Frederick, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1840, , Franklin, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 9 Aug 2020 
    Family ID F911  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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S-390208557] Pennsylvania Archives at Fold3, Page 114 - Pennsylvania Archives.
      http://www.fold3.com/image/3067102?xid=1945

    2. [S-373297619] Revolutionary War Pensions at Fold3, Page 10 - Revolutionary War Pensions.
      http://www.fold3.com/image/25164606?xid=1945

    3. Ancestry Family Tree.
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    4. [S-413083115] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an), Source number: 88.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: LAA.
      Name: Jacob NaffBirth Date: 1734Birth Place:

    5. [S-404344138] U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc), Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Year: 1749; Page Number: .
      Arrival date: 1749 Arrival place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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      Birth date: 1734 Birth place: Marriage date: 1755 Marriage place: PA

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      Birth date: 1727 Birth place: Death date: 13 Mar 1806 Death place:

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