Rev.
John
A.
Goff
Born in Randolph County, VA (now WV)
Ancestors 
Son of Alexander Goff
and Elizabeth (Riddle) Goff
Brother of
James Goff, Thomas Goff, Strother Gail Goff, Benjamin Riddle Goff, George Goff, Dorcas (Goff) Fleming, Elizabeth Goff, Alexander Goff Jr. and Joseph Hardman Goff
Husband of
Catharine (Booher) Goff
— married
26 Aug 1817 in Lewis County, VA (now WV)
Descendants 
Father of
Julia A. (Goff) Barnhouse, Elizabeth Goff, James Henson Goff, Alexander Benjamin Goff, Thomas R. Goff, Philip B. Goff, Lafayette Goff and John W. Goff
Died
at age 60
in Ritchie County, VA (now WV)
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Sep 2014
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Biography
1820 residence Lewis County, VA (now WV); 1830 residence unable to locate; 1840 residence Lewis County, VA (now WV); 1850 residence District 17, Gilmer County, VA (now WV); 1860 residence Ritchie County, VA (now WV)
He is buried in the Reeves Cemetery, near Goffs, Ritchie County, WV.
Sources
- "The Goff Family" Roy L. Lockhart 1974, "History of Ritchie County [West Virginia]" Minnie Kendall Lowther 1911, Rev. Joseph H. Goff Bible, his marriage record, personal examination of his tombstone 1975, U.S. census returns.
- Unsourced family tree handed down to Carl Goff.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Carl Goff
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup I-M253, FTDNA kit #771430
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~3.12%
Carl Goff :
23andMe, GEDmatch EW3082160 [compare]
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~3.12%
Willis Tharp :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T571664 [compare], FTDNA kit #15296
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~1.56%
Karen Stewart :
23andMe, GEDmatch T605051 [compare], yourDNAportal KARd2f101ae
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T605051 [compare], yourDNAportal KARd2f101ae, Ancestry member KSTEWART22
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #N17624
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Craig Blount :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Janet (McCoy) Griffin :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Dea Fleming :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member lifeliinedea
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~1.56%
Cindy (White) Boyd :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A017998 [compare], Ancestry member BoydCA1123
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~1.56%
Annette (Pryor) Gelbrich :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member ATFlora2010
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~1.56%
Carolyn Calhoun :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Robert Patterson :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #147349
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~0.78%
Roy Lockhart :
23andMe, GEDmatch M533831 [compare]
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AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch F216962 [compare], FTDNA kit #216962
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Esmé (Pieterse) van der Westhuizen
Esmé (Pieterse) van der Westhuizen
Goff-2844 and Goff-948 appear to represent the same person because: same date, father and child
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by Esmé (Pieterse) van der Westhuizen
Rejected matches › John Gough (bef.1801-)
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