Joseph Groff 
Joseph was born on December 16th, 1763 in Providence Township, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, U.S.A..1 Joseph's father was John (Swamp-John) Groff and his mother was Catherine Herr. His paternal grandfather was Joseph Graf; his maternal grandfather was Issac Herr. He had four brothers and a sister, named Benjamin, Jacob, Martin, Abraham and Maria. He was the second oldest of the six children. He had a half-brother and two half-sisters, named Swamp-John, Elizabeth and Anna. He died at the age of 72 on June 15th, 1836 in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, U.S.A.. He was buried in Shenk's Burying Ground, Providence Township, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, U.S.A..1 1 General Notes
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The first wife of Joseph Groff was Catharine Herr (Hare). She was the daughter of Henry Hare and the granddaughter of Isaac Hare. Isaac Hare also was the father of Joseph Groff's mother which made Joseph Groff and Catharine Hare first cousins.
Among the old and honorable agricultural families of this favored county is that of the Groffs, who have been connected with farming, milling and mining interests here of a great number of years. The grandfather of David E. Groff was named Joseph Groff, and both he and his brother Abraham, as well as a half-brother, locally known as "Swamp John Groff" on account of the location of some of his land, were widely known and became the progenitors of large families. Joseph Groff was of German descent, and was an extensive farmer in Martic now called Providence township, owning a large farm located some two miles southeast of New Providence. Upon this farm a valuable vein of iron ore was later opened and operated for some sixty years, although not during the life of Joseph Groff, who devoted his time exclusively to his farming interests. He lived to a good old age, respected by all, and was buried in what is yet called Shenk's burying ground in Providence township.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.28 JAN 1615/16 in Baretswil, Canton Zurich, Switzerland d.> 1683 in Switzerland
- b.06 Dec 1636 in Baretswil, Zurich, Switzerland d.< 1681 in Rauhof, Sinsheim, North Kraichgau, Germany
- b.20 Aug 1615 in Wolfensberg Nr. Bauma, Baretswil, Canton Zurich, Switzerland d.BET. 1670 - 1700
- b.1660 in Rauhof, Sinsheim, North Kraichgau, Germany d.BET. 1690 - 1751 in Rauhof, Sinsheim, North Kraichgau, Germany
- b.~ 1690 in Rauhof, Sinsheim, North Kraichgau, Germany d.~ 1738 in Frederick Township, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
- b.1620 in Switzerland d.1693 in Germany
- b.~ 1660 in Switzerland d.1693 in Rauhof, Sinsheim, North Kraichgau, Germany
- b.1620 in Switzerland d.1675 in Germany
- b.1727 in Rauhof, Sinsheim, North Kraichgau, Germany d.02 May 1777 in Martic Township, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
- b.16 Dec 1763 in Providence Township, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, U.S.A. d.15 Jun 1836 in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
- b.1560 in Sankt Gallen, Switzerland d.1640 in Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
- b.1608 in Zurich, Canton Zurich, Switzerland d.<03 May 1659 in Zurich, Canton Zurich, Switzerland
- b.17 Sep 1639 in Baden, Canton Aargau, Switzerland d.11 Oct 1725 in Willow Street, Lampeter Township, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
- b.1615 in Sankt Gallen, Switzerland d.1699 in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
- b.1691 in Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland d.1747 in Martick Township, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
- b.1565 in Walenwyl, Baretswil, Canton Zurich, Switzerland d.> 1601 in Auslikon, Pfaffikon, Canton Zurich, Switzerland
- b.22 JAN 1597/98 in Auslikon, Pfaffikon, Canton Zurich, Switzerland d.> 1650 in Auslikon, Pfaffikon, Canton Zurich, Switzerland
- b.~ 1565 in Canton Zurich, Switzerland d.~ 1630 in Auslikon, Pfaffikon, Canton Zurich, Switzerland
- b.01 May 1639 in Auslikon, Pfaffikon, Canton Zurich, Switzerland d.30 Jun 1730 in Willow Street, Lampeter Township, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
- b.1608 in Hedington, Canton Zurich, Switzerland d.> 1650 in Switzerland
- b.19 Nov 1727 in Switzerland d.16 Dec 1781 in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
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Joseph and Catherine were married in a religious ceremony on February 20th, 1787 in Trinity Lutheren Church, Lancaster, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, U.S.A..1 They had a daughter named Annie.
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Children
Annie Groff
Annie was born on November 17th, 1791 in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, U.S.A..1 She died at the age of 81 on March 2nd, 1873 in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, U.S.A..1
Joseph and Barbara were married in a religious ceremony on February 12th, 1811 in Trinity Lutheren Church, Lancaster, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, U.S.A..1
Joseph and Maria were married in a religious ceremony on October 25th, 1814 in Lampeter Township, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, U.S.A..1
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