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From: "Dwayne Wrightsman" <>
Subject: Re: [BRE] Groff
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:44:35 -0500
References: <001801cbd483$f1547740$6801a8c0@useru1ika1g357>
In-Reply-To: <001801cbd483$f1547740$6801a8c0@useru1ika1g357>


Janet,

I have Mariah [Royer] Groff married to Abraham Groff (1760-1827), son of
Franz Groff (1734-1819) of Rapho Township. Several of the children of Franz
Groff seem to have married along the tier of Lancaster County townships that
run, west to east, from Rapho, to Warwick, to Cocalico (of which Ephrata
spun off).

It is possible that the Rapho Groffs were related somehow to the
Cocalico/Ephrata Graffs, but I don't know how. The Groff/Graff families are
pervasive in Lancaster County. They have been studied many times over, and
no one (including Richard Warren Davis and the authors of the Groff Books I
and II) can keep them all straight. Now and then I go to WorldConnect to
scout out the alleged connections between the Groff/Graff families, and come
away with the sinking feeling that no one really knows the connections.
However, I want to credit Brent Rhodes for having the most trustworthy
WorldConnect Graf/Graff/Groff/Grove website in my opinion.

Dwayne


-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 7:36 PM
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Subject: [BRE] Groff

Mariah Royer, daughter of Daniel and Catharine Kemper Royer married Abraham
Groff. She died before 1827.

Since the Royer name has been associated with Ephrata, perhaps this is a
line to explore regarding the Groff line of recent discussion.

Janet

Source: Frysinger Shifflet, Pennsylvania German Ancestors, p. 306



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