Susanna (Kendig) Groff (abt. 1661 - abt. 1746)

Born about 1661 in Switzerland [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Hans Graff — married 1703 in Germantown, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died about 17 May 1746 at about age 85 in West Earl, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Birth and parents : Susanna is variously reported to have been :

• born in 1661
• born in 1678 in Switzerland ^[1]
• the daughter of Hans Kundig and Elisabeth Meili.

Marriage and children : Susanna is variously reported to have married Hans Graff :

• in 1687
• in 1700 ^[1]
• in Alsace, France
• One source suggests that she may have been the Widow ORENDORF when she married Hans GRAFF.^[2]

Susanna Kendig came with husband Hans GRAFF to America; they arrived by 1704 (13 years before her parents came), lived first in Germantown until 1715 when they moved to Lancaster County. However, Susanna has been reported through family tradition as having been a domestic servant to Hans in Germantown, Pennsylvania.

Death : She died after 1746.^[1] Husband Hans GRAFF's will was probated 5 May 1746 in Earl Twp, Lancaster Co, PA. Since she was named executor of his estate, she must have died after 24 Jun 1748 (see Wenger & Grider books); is the 1748 date in Groffsdale really her?

Research Notes

Jane Evans Best records in The Groff Book ^[1] :

Hans Groff b. ca. 1675; wp. May 7, 1746, Earl Twp., Lancaster Co.; wagoner "started" 6 horse Conestoga wagon; on Mar. 27, 1704, purchased from Jan Kreyy 84 acres in Cresheim. Germantown, Pa., which he sold May 16, 1715 to Gerhard Rittinghuysen; on Jan. 31, 1714, warranted 300 acres in Lampeter Twp., which he sold 16 May 1719, to Jacob Sowder, on 4 Oct, 1718, warranted 1150 acres in present West Earl Twp., patented Nov 18, 1737.

m. (1) ______, 1 ch.

m. (2) ca. 1700, Susann (Kendig?) [?KA344 b. ca. 1678]; d. after 1746; 9 ch.

Archive.org copy of URL deleted from two locations on this page. https://web.archive.org/web/20080830054751/http://www.chgh.net/heraldik/w/we/weltner.htm I am unsure why this was linked to in May 2008, above copy from Aug 2008 appears to be solely a description of a coat of arms for the Weltner family

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Best, Jane Evans (1997). The Groff Book, Volume 2 : A continuing saga, p.84. Ronks, PA : Groff History
2. ↑ per Landes, Dieter, May 2008, Hans-Dieter Landes , Zügelstr.12 , 76744 Wörth, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.

See also:

• Grider, Donald M., Greiders of the Chicques Valley..Lancaster County Pennsylvania, Hilton Head SC: Author 2000, [LCCC No. 99-75414].

• Wenger, Samuel E., 1710 Pequea Settlement Tour Resource Information Booklet, Lancaster PA: Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Oct 1999.

• FamilySearch Person: LW3R-Q1M

• Source. Martin Genealogy Project Database, ttp://www.genealogygoldmine.com/martin. For research use only.

• Best, Jane Evans, (1992). Martin Kendig's Swiss Relatives. Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage Vol. XV, No. 1, pp.2-18 (Jan 1992)

• Groff, C. L., Groff W. B., Best, J. E. (nd). The Groff Book Volume I: A Good Life In A New Land. Ronks, PA : Groff History Associates