Gayle Triller wrote: > > James, > I saw your post on the Penna Dutch list. Do you have the names of the seven > children of Henry and Rosanna Groff. I have been trying to find the parents > of my gr,gr,gr grandmother Barbara Groff but so far have not been able to > find anything. Barbara was married to Isaac Getz and had several children. > > I appreciate any help you may be able to give. > > Thank you > > Gayle Triller gayle@cyberis.net GAIL: Sorry to disappoint you, but there was no daughter Barbara. Here' the family for thos of you overreading this. Please feel free to use this informaton or contact me. Best Regards. James. Children of Henry GROFF and Rosanna MYERS: I. John D. Groff John D. Groff, first child of Henry and Rosanna (Myers) Groff, was born October 19, 1802 in Martic Twp., Lancaster Co., PA. At the age of twenty-five he married twenty-one year old Anna Herr on October 16, 1828 in _______________, PA. Anna, the fourth child of Martin and Susan (Herr) Herr, was born April 27, 1807 in Lancaster Co., PA. They had nine children. The 1850 Pennsylvania Census shows John and Anna with their nine children living in Martic Twp., Lancaster Co., PA. John's occupation is listed as farmer and he owned real estate valued at $4000.00. They moved from PA to Milton Twp., Ashland Co., OH in 1852. The 1860 Ohio Census shows them living in Milton Twp., Ashland Co., OH with eight of their children; Henry had apparently already left home. The Productions of Agriculture Schedule of the 1860 Census shows that John Groff owned 98 acres of land, sixty-eight improved and thirty unimproved. The cash value of his farm was $4000.00. The value of his farming implements and machinery was $75.00. His livestock was valued at $750.00 and consisted of two horses, four milch cows, nine other cattle, fourteen sheep and twenty swine. In the previous year, John had produced 150 bushels of wheat, 30 bushels of Indian corn, 50 bushels of oats, 20 bushels of Irish potatoes, 14 bushels of barley, orchard produce valued at $30.00, 900 pounds of butter and 17 tons of hay. The value of animals slaughtered for the year was $116.00. The first record of land purchase by John Groff in Ashland County shows him buying two parcels of property in Township 24, Range 17; this would have been Milton Township. The first was purchased on January 24, 1863 from Phillip Reddinger; the second was purchased March 24, 1863 from John Doty. Both purchases are recorded in the Ashland County Recorder's Office. The 1870 Ohio Census shows John and Anna (Herr) Groff still living in Milton Township with their two daughters, Elizabeth and Mary. It also shows that John Groff was a farmer and owned 104 acres in Milton Township, eighty-four were improved, twenty unimproved. His real estate was valued at $7,280.00 and his personal property was valued at $400.00. The 1870 Ohio Census Agricultural Schedule shows that he owned farm machinery valued at $200.00. He had paid $60.00 in wages during the year. His livestock was valued at $700.00 and consisted of 3 horses, 7 milch cows, 3 other cattle, 21 sheep and 8 swine. During the year he had produced 317 bushels of winter wheat, 7 bushels of rye, 175 bushels of Indian corn, 333 bushels of oats, 15 bushels of Irish potatoes, 600 pounds of butter, 15 tons of hay, 1 bushel of clover seed, 42 bushels of flax seed and $70.00 of forest products. He had slaughtered $300.00 worth of animals during the year. The estimated value of his farms products for 1870 was $2062.00. The 1880 Ohio Census shows that only John and his two daughters were living on the farm in Milton Township. His daughter Leah (Groff) Wertman was living nearby with her husband and four children. Anna died at the age of seventy-two of palsy on January 29, 1880 in Ashland County. Her death is recorded in the 1880 Ohio Census Mortality Schedule. She was buried in Vesper Cemetery, Vermillion Twp., Ashland Co., OH. John died at the age of seventy-nine on July 31, 1882 in Milton Twp., Ashland Co., OH and is buried beside his wife in Vesper Cemetery. II. Jacob Groff Jacob Groff, second child of Henry and Rosanna (Myers) Groff, was born ________________ (about 1806) in Providence Twp., Lancaster Co., PA. He married Susan Stoneroad on ____________ in ___________________. Susan was born ____________(about 1815) in _____________, PA. They had four children. The 1850 Pennsylvania Census shows the family living in Martic Twp., Lancaster Co., PA and shows that they owned real estate valued at $175.00. They later lived in Providence. Jacob died at the age of forty-five, after 1850 and no later than 1860. The 1860 Pennsylvania Census shows Susanna and her three youngest children living in Providence Twp., Lancaster Co., PA. The census records that Susan had personal property valued at $500.00; no real estate is recorded. No further information. III. Anna Groff Anna (or Annie) Groff, third child of Henry and Rosanna (Myers) Groff, was born Providence, Lancaster Co., PA. She married John Barr on _____________ in Lancaster Co., PA. They had two children. They lived in Eden Twp., Lancaster County. No further information. IV. Thomas Groff Thomas Groff, fourth child of Henry and Rosanna (Myers) Groff, was born June __, 1810 in Providence Twp., Lancaster Co., PA. He married Mary Ann Newlin on February 12, 1835 in Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA. Mary Ann was born May __, 1813 in Marietta, Lancaster Co., PA. The had nine children. They lived in New Providence, Lancaster Co., PA. The 1850 Penn. Census shows the family living in Martic Twp., Lancaster Co. and lists Thomas' occupation as farmer. They lived in New Providence, Lancaster Co., PA. Both were members of the Mennonite Church. Thomas Groff was a staunch member of the Republican Party and before that a member of the Whig Party. Mary Ann died on _________________, 1851 in New Providence, Lancaster Co., PA and was buried in _______________, Cemetery, Providence Twp., Lancaster Co., PA. Thomas died on ______________________, 1897 in New Providence, PA and was buried in ____________________, Cemetery, Providence Twp., Lancaster Co., PA.. V. Susan Groff Susan Groff, fifth child of Henry and Rosanna (Myers) Groff, was born __________ in PA. She married John Myers on December 23, 1834 in Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA. They lived in Martic, Lancaster Co., PA. John was from Colerain Twp. They had a large family. No further information. VI. Benjamin Groff Benjamin Groff, sixth child of Henry and Rosanna (Myers) Groff, was born about ________________ 1818 in Providence, Lancaster County, PA. On April 17, 1849 at the age of about thirty, he married Anna D. Pontious in Lancaster, PA. Anna would have been about twenty-five years old at the time. They had seven children. The 1850 Pennsylvania Census shows Benjamin and Anna (Pontious) Groff living in East Lampeter Twp., Lancaster Co., PA with their first child John and Anna's father, John Pontious. At that time Benjamin listed his occupation as schoolteacher. By 1860 the family had moved westward to Menno Twp., Mifflin Co., PA. They must have been there as early as 1858 when Benjamin was named the first postmaster of the village of Menno. On the 1860 census Benjamin lists his occupation as merchant and most likely he ran the post office out of a store; his personal property was valued at $1850.00. An account of his nephew, Jacob. N. Groff, describes Benjamin as a merchant for many years. Benjamin and Anna (Pontious) Groff had completed their family of seven children by 1865. The 1870 Pennsylvania Census shows Anna living in Decatur Twp., Mifflin Co., PA on real estate valued at $1000.00 and with personal property valued at $265.00. She was still living in Decatur Twp. on the 1880 Pennsylvania Census. Benjamin must have died before 1870 because his name no longer appears on the census. He is buried in the St. Marks Lutheran Church Cemetery in Alfarata, Decatur Twp., Mifflin Co., PA. Anna died August 24, 1895 at the age of seventy-four. According to the death record of Mifflin County, she died of "dropsy", from which she had suffered the previous six months. She is buried beside her husband in the St. Marks Lutheran Church Cemetery. VII. Elizabeth Groff Elizabeth Groff, seventh child of Henry and Rosanna (Myers) Groff, was born ________ in PA. She was single and lived at the home of her parents all her life. No further information.