--WebTV-Mail-25613-54 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Hi, Don -- THIS IS MY LINE OF NEFFS AND THE SURNAMES WHICH HELPED CARRY THE NEFF BLOOD THROUGH THE GENERATIONS TO MY CHILDREN. Brothers Jacob and Rudolph Naf (Neff) came into Philadelphia area, specifically Frankford, PA" Sept. 11, 1749. ... in the ship Priscilla, William Meier, Captain, from Rotterdam, last from Cowes. 299 passengers." They were naturalized 3 April 1763. They were born Zurich, Switzerland and descended from Adam Naf who gained fame in battle and thus gained citizenship in Switzerland 1538. Check the Don Neff Site on the net and you will see a portrait of Adam Naf and his home in Switzerland and his sword. I am descended from Jacob, b. 3 March 1726 Zurich, m. Anna BUSER 3 Feb. 1756, d. 3 Sept 1793 /Frankford (Philadelphia) PA. Anna was b. 24 June 1739, d. 24 Feb. 1805. ADAM 1538 Citizenship Zurich, Switzerland; HEINI; HANS; HANS; JACOB; HEINRICH; JACOB; IMMIGRANT JACOB 1726-1793 m. Anna BUSER; JACOB b. 30 DEC. 1772 d. 17 NOV. 1808 m. Mary WOLFE; Charles b. 180i Philadelphia, PA, m. Catherine DEWITT 1829(?), d. 1846-47? Cincinnati, OH. Catherine b. 1812 New York, d.? IN (remarried John GOLDEN); Rudolph b. 1837 Cincinnati OH, d. 1917 Firwood, Pierce Co., WA, m. Sarah Jane LOPER 1859, Sarah (Sally) b. 1843 Cincinnati OH, d. 1932 Firwood, Pierce Co., WA; Emma Frances NEFF m. John Culbert RANKIN II(1875-1940); James Forrest RANKIN (1906-1992) m. Evelyn Blanche RIDLEY(1912-1994); Nola Lois RANKIN (1935) m. Sheridan Lewis PAYNE (1933). Thanks for asking. Nola Payne --WebTV-Mail-25613-54 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from mailsorter-101-3.iap.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.120) by postoffice-151.iap.bryant.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Tue, 5 Oct 1999 23:21:36 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: <neffdonald@hotmail.com> Received: from hotmail.com (law-f262.hotmail.com [209.185.130.178]) by mailsorter-101-3.iap.bryant.webtv.net (8.8.8-wtv-d/ms.dwm.v7+dul2) with SMTP id XAA06118 for <PAYNE9@webtv.net>; Tue, 5 Oct 1999 23:21:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 71856 invoked by uid 0); 6 Oct 1999 06:14:54 -0000 Message-ID: <19991006061454.71855.qmail@hotmail.com> Received: from 12.21.210.24 by www.hotmail.com with HTTP; Tue, 05 Oct 1999 23:14:53 PDT X-Originating-IP: [12.21.210.24] From: "Donald Neff" <neffdonald@hotmail.com> To: PAYNE9@webtv.net Subject: Fwd: Fw: NEFF Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 22:14:53 AKDT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Helo Nola, I'm not sure what I have sent you already. I have been in contact with John Murray regarding my ancestory. He has connected my line to his Neff E Line tracing it back to Sebastion Naff of Franklin Co VA b:1745. How are you connected to the Neff's? Don Neff Anchorage Alaska >From: "Don" <djneff@mtaonline.net> >To: "Don Neff" <neffdonald@hotmail.com> >Subject: Fw: NEFF >Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 16:01:24 -0000 > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: PAYNE FAMILY <PAYNE9@webtv.net> >To: <NEFF-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 9:02 PM >Subject: NEFF > > > > HI--- > > Thanks a whole big bunch for your Neff info. > > Every bit helps to identify the Neffs in all areas so to know whether or > > not to consider them in the particular family group being researched. > > The Jacob and Rudolph that came into the Philadelphia area in the 1700s > > were also from > > Switzerland and are traced back to Adam Naf in the 1500's there in > > Switzerland. Makes one wonder if the Lancaster family and this family > > could be related in that country. > > Thanks again. Till then .........Nola > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Search the Social Security Death Index online for FREE! > > http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > The most powerful SSDI search engine on the Internet! > > > > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com --WebTV-Mail-25613-54--