Notes:

Died:
Y
Y
Y
Y

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Rachael Grove
2. Mary Grove
3. John Grove
4. Kessia Grove
5. Hannah M. Grove

Notes:

Information about John and Mary (Brown) Grove taken from "THE GROFF BOOK: Vol. 1 A Good Life in a New Land" by Clyde Groff, Walter Groff, and Jane Evans Best, (Groff Hist. Assoc., Ronks, Pa. 1985). Information about children of John and My G e taken from "HISTORY OF SHEPHERD AND RELATED FAMILIES" by Frank Shepherd (Indiana State
Library, Indianapolis, IN, 1943)
John Grove served in the Revolutionary War as a private in Capt. Peter Helpenstine's Company. This is used as his proof for the DAR/SAR lineage. He is listed in a Payroll of Dunmore's War, recorded in 1775. These are referred to as the Rom, and "to a man", almost every soldier on the payroll list signed up for service in the Revolution. I have been unable to locate any other military records, so he may have served in the militia in Romney, Hampshire County VA, (now present da y W. VA.). His first son Jacob was born in Hampshire County John and Mary (Brown) Grove were living in Fayette County PA before 1786,
as reported in a journey by William Brown and Thomas Shepherd that year. The trip was made from Shepherdstown, W. Va. to Wheeling and back again. It mentions that they went to visit John and Mary Grove. (Details contained in "Duke-Shepherd-Va n Metre Families" by Smyth, book at Ft. Wayne, In) Land deeds call John Grove a tanner. He
owned several town lots, and may have had a tannery business at those locations. Shortly before his death he sold his land to his father, Jacob Grove, in Sharpsburg, MD. John pre-deceased his father, and when his father died a few years later , he left John's share of his estate to John's children.


http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lindas/Groff.html
(source for below info)
Sarah Grove, b. 13 December 1785 m. Lemuel Hall
Jacob Grove, b. 29 August 1787
Elizabeth Grove, b. 24 September 1789, m. John Spark
Catherine Brown Grove, b. 26 January 1791, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, d. 1871, m. 1808, Brownsville, Pennsylvania to James Hugh Auld, b. abt. 1785
Shepard B. Grove, b. 14 March 1793, m. 20 October 1817, Berkley County, West Virginia to Mary "Polly" Bower, b. abt 1792, Virginia
John Grove, b. 1 February 1795, d. 1853, Rushcreek Twp, Fairfield County, Ohio, m. Anna McWilliams, b. 5 March 1801, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, d. 15 August 1878, Rushcreek Twp, Fairfield County, Ohio
Perry/Parry Groves, b. 2 February 1797, Pennsylvania, d. 2 July 1881, Ohio, m. Mary Sprinkle, b. abt 1803
Levi Grove, b. 6 December 1798, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, d. 11 March 1876, Greensburg Twp, Putnam County, Ohio, m. Mary Rohrer, b. abt 1803, Pennsylvania
Hannah Matilda Grove, b. 1 December 1800, Masontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, d. 28 April 1881, McClellandtown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, m. Elias Parshall, Jr., b. 1796, d. 4 July 1882
William B. Grove, b. 12 April 1802, m. Mary Allendar

Child from the marriage of Jacob Grove and Anna Maria Cookerly
William Grove, b. 1798, Frederick, Maryland, d. 3 May 1872, Lee County, Illinois, m. (1st) 9 November 1819, Cornelia Clay, b. 1800, d. 1844, Mt. Vernon, Ohio, m. (2nd) in 1850 to Cornelia Williams, no known information

Child from the marriage of Peter Grove and Catherine Aucker

Susan Grove, m. 17 July 1851, Berkley County, West Virginia to Daniel Marker

Children from the marriage of Philip Grove and Catherine Hess

From the book: Pennsylvania Archives Series 5, Vol. II ; ; Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment.; Pay Roll Of Capt'n Peter Grubb's Company In 2d Battalion of the Rifle Regiment; Page 398; Roll Of Captain Peter Grubb, Jr's Company; Grove, John, March 19 , 1776

John married Mary Brown on 6 Feb 1785. Mary (daughter of William Brown and Elizabeth Shepherd) was born on 15 Sep 1768; died on 15 Jan 1842. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Tombstone, Old Reformed Graveyard, Sharpsburg, MD "Jacob
Graff--Stop pasenger as you pass by what you are now
so wants was i what i am now soon must be
prepare yourself to follow me"
"DESCENDANTS OF HANS GRAF" by Lindsey M. Brien (handtyped book at
Allen County Public Library, Ft. Wayne, IN, 1966) "Jacob Graf, oldest
son of Hans Jr...was a physician and man of prominence in the locality
in which he lived. He came to Maryland in 1765 and signed the Oath of
Fidelity and Support to the State of Maryland in 1778. He also in
1780 lent the sum of $500 for the use of the State of Maryland (See
Md. Archives, Vol XLIII, p. 520)" (The following is also contained
in the Brien book--a letter from Mary French to Kate W. Grove, Sep.
15, 1881) "Dear Niece, ....You wanted to know something about
the Hans Graff family. I have had several sick spells and I can't
recollect like I use to but I can recollect hearing my father say that
my grandfather (Jacob Graff) was is the Revolutionary War the whole
seven years of my Uncle John and Peter were out the same time. My
father (Henry Grove, son of Jacob Grove/Graf) was learning trade at
Little York, he learned Whites smith trade. He made all kinds of
instruments for the war. I have heard him say that the hardest battle
was on Graff's run and that they could walk across on the dead men.
The battle was 9 miles from my grandfather's mill and grandmother
tended the mill...Hans Graff fled from his home on account of
religion...They were a religious people called the Mennonite, they
were persecuted and came to America where they could worship God in
their way. My grandfather, Jacob Graff, was a Presbyterian and they
all descended from the Mennonites. My grandfather sold his
possessions ans bought in Hagerstown and bought a mill 8 miles from
Hagerstown, there he lived and died, he died at the age of 88 years.
My grandmother died at the age of 88 years, the same as my
grandfather. John Graff was the son of Hans Graff, my grandfather's
father...."
Flags: Millitary=Y, Rev. War=Y

Jacob married Catherine Staley in 1758. Catherine was born in Mar 1742; died on 26 Sep 1833 in Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD; was buried in Reform Church Yd, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Tombstone--Old Reformed Church Yard, Sharpsburg, MD
"Catherine Grove- age 81 yr., 6 mo., 20 da. D. Sept. 25, 1823.
who departed this life the 25 day of Sept. 1823
Aged 81 y, 6 mo, 20 days
Here I rest in Jesus name
till he bids me rise again
Then O death n here is thy sting
Where is thy victory O grave?"


U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
about Catharine Staley
Name: Catharine Staley
Gender: female
Birth Year: 1742
Spouse Name: Jacob Graf
Spouse
Birth Place: PA
Spouse Birth Year: 1737
Marriage
Year: 1758
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Birth: Mar. 5, 1742
Maryland, USA
Death: Sep. 25, 1823
Sharpsburg
Washington County
Maryland, USA

~OUR FAMILIES ANCESTRAL ROOTS~


Married in 1758 in Washington County, Maryland.

Family links:
Children:
Philip Grove (____ - 1841)*
Jacob Grove (1759 - 1834)*

Spouse:
Jacob Graff (1737 - 1819)*

Inscription:
IN Memory of
CATHERINE GROVE
who departed this life the
25th day of September 1823
Aged 81 years & 6 months
and 20 days.

Here I rest in Jesus name
Till he did smile on my again
Then Oh death where is thy sting
Where is thy victory oh grave.

Burial:
Sharpsburgs German Reformed Church Cemetery
Sharpsburg
Washington County
Maryland, USA

Notes:

x "DUKE-SHEPHERD-VAN METRE FAMILY" by Smyth, (Allen County Pub. Lib.,
Ft. Wayne, IN) "Memoranda of journey of William Brown and Thomas
Shepherd--Shepherdstown to Wheeling: On Apr. the 18th, 1786, Wm.
Brown and Thomas Shepherd set out for Wheeling. Route out: Opequon,
Cauffmans, Boyd's Ferry, Kings, Griers, the Mountains and Thos. Wills
(places spent the night) Returning: Catfish (Washington, PA),
Chrisians Gap, Monongahela, Levi Springers (Uniontown, PA), Mountains,
Griers, Wm. Grays, Springs (Berkeley Springs, W. Va.) and
Shepherdstown." "In relation to the road taken by Thomas Shepherd
and William Brown in 1786 when they visited the region west of the
Alleghany Mountains, where John Grove and his wife Mary Brown Grove
had settled,..."( letter M.M. Hopwood, Apr. 19, 1907) It is unknown
if this is William Brown, Mary's father or brother. The Thomas
Shepherd would probably be her uncle.

William married Elizabeth Shepherd on 3 May 1762 in Mecklenburg, Frederick County, VA. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Shepherd and Elizabeth Van Meter) was born on 3 Oct 1738 in Mecklenburg, Frederick County, VA; died in 1788 in Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, WV. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Family Data Collection - Individual Records
about Elizabeth Shepherd
Name: Elizabeth Shepherd
Spouse: Elizabeth Shepherd
Parents: Thomas Shepherd, Elizabeth Van Metre
Birth Place: Frederick, Meckelenburg, VA
Birth Date: 30 Oct 1738
Marriage Date: 3 May 1762
Death Place: Shepherdstown, WV
Death Date: 1788

Notes:

"DESCENDANTS OF HANS GRAF" by Lindsey M. Brien (handtyped book at
Allen County Public Library, Ft. Wayne, IN, 1966) "Hans Graf, the
second, otherwise called John Graf, or John Grove, son of Hans Graf
and wife Susanna, is named in the will of his father. His wife was
Elizabeth Carpenter, daughter of Heinrich (Zimmerman) Carpenter. In
1763 Hans sells to his brother David, a tract of 197 acres, being part
of a tract of 1419 acres granted to his father." " Hans Graf, Jr.
went with his sons into Maryland, about 1763, and settled in Frederick
County A note appended to his will states that his heirs write the name
'Grove.' Both Hans and his wife Elizabeth are buried at Keedysville,
Washington County MD. Their graves are simply marked with a slab on
which is cut their initials. These were legible in 1912." "Sharf's
History of Western Maryland mentions a resurvey made of Groff's
Forests, which had been granted to John Groff; also mentions a survey
made of Groff's Content in 1788, to Jacob Groff." "John Grove (Hans
Jr.) and his son Jacob, signed the Oath of Fidelity and Support to the
State of Maryland, at the March Court 1778, Sharpsburg Hundred,
Washington County (Washington from Frederick County in 1776). (See
Revolutionary Records of Maryland, by G. M. Brumbaugh, p. 14)"
"THE GROFF BOOK" by Clyde Groff, Walter Groff, and Jane Evans Best,
(Groff Hist. Associates, 1985) "John Groff (E8) was granted 197
acres from the heirs of Hans Groff (E) on 30 July, 1746....John Grove
of Earl twp. purchased 422 acres of land in Newberry twp., York County on
the Conewago Creek on the west side of the Susquehanna River, on 2 May
1763. In 1769 he was listed as living in Newberry twp. when he
purchase land in York Twp. from Michael Gross...by 1779 John Grove had
sold his land, signing his mark HG."
IN 1783 HANS SELLS TO HIS BROTHER DAVID A TRACT OF 197 ACRES, BEING PART OF THE TRACT OF 1419 ACRES GRANTED TO HIS FATHER. (RECORDED BOOK N PAGE 17 OF LANCASTER CO PENN. DEEDS) INDENTURE, APR 15, 1763 BETWEEN THAT OF HANS GRAF OF EARL TOWNSHIP , YEOMAN, AND ELIZABETH HIS WIFE OF THE ONE PART AND DAVID GRAF OF THE SAME, YEOMAN OF THE OTHER PART; TO DAVID GRAF OF EARL TOWNSHIP 197 ACRES, PART OF A LARGER TRACT GRANTED BY A PROPRIETARY PATENT TO HANS GRAF THE FATHER OF SAID HANS GRAF DAT ED 8 NOVEMBER 1737 AND RECORDED IN PHIADELPHIA PATENT BOOK A, VOL 8 PAGE 292.

HANS GRAF WENT WITH HIS SONS INTO MARYLAND ABOUT 1763, AND SETTLED IN FREDERICK COUNTY. A NOTE APPENDED TO HIS WILL STATE THAT HIS HEIRS WRITE THE NAME "GROVE". BOTH HANS AND HIS WIFE ELIZABETH ARE BURIED AT KEEDYSVILLE, WASHINGTON COUNTY, MARYL AND. THEIR GRAVES ARE SIMPLY MARKED WITH A SLAB ON WHICH IS CUT THEIR INITIALS. THOSE WERE LEGIBLE IN 1912.

FHARF'S HISTORY OF WESTERN MARYLAND MENTIONS A RESURVEY MADE OF GROFF'S FOR WHICH HAD BEEN GRANTED TO JOHN GROFF; ALSO MENTIONS A SURVEY MADE OF GROFF'S CONTEN 1788 TO JACOB GROFF.

JOHN GROVE AND HIS SON JACOB SIGN THE OATH OF FIDELITY AND SUPPORT TO THE STATE OF MARYLAND AT THE MARCH COURT 1778, SHARPSBURG HUNDRED, WASHINGTON COUNTY. (WASHINGTON FROM FREDERICK IN 1776) SEE REVOLUTIONARY RECORDS OF MARYLAND (RUMBOUGH) PAG E 14.

Hans married Elizabeth Carpenter. Elizabeth (daughter of Heinrich (Zimmerman) Carpenter) was born about 1716; was buried in Keedysville, Washington County, MD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"SHEPHERD AND RELATED FAMILIES" by Frank Shepherd (1858-?) Pub. 1943
(Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN) "Washington Co. MD was set
off from Prince George County. It would appear that Capt. Thomas had
in all probability, been living in MD before his marriage to Elizabeth
Van Meter....It is supposed that the Shepherds came to this country
from England...in 1890 Mrs. Abraham Shepherd of Shepherdstown had in
her possession by inheritance a piece of ancestral plate upon which
was engraved a crest or coat of arms that almost an exact copy of the
one that has been used by the Shepherds of Devonshire, England for
many centuries." "In a will of a Thomas Shepherd probated in Cecil
County MD we find: 'To my cousin, Thomas Shepherd of Columpton in
Devonshire in the Province of Old England, the sum of fifty pounds.'"
"The spot Thomas Shepherd and his wife chose for their home was on
the west bank of the Potomac River about a mile above the Packhorse
Ford, the only fordable crossing for many miles either way. It had
been used by the Indians for centuries and at that time by the 'Old
Winderness Road' traveled by the settlers on their way up the Valley
of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina, KY, Tenn. and Georgia.
It became the historic artery thru which flowed the stream of
emigrants that settled up this country." "To the original 222
acres--the homestead--Thomas Shepherd added by purchase on June 12,
1751 from Lord Fairfax 450 acres,...1762 from Richard Morgan 50 acres,
...1768 Lord Fairfax deeds him 222 acres more. Thus by purchase they
had acquired almost 1000 acres. Elizabeth...inherited from the estate
of her father John Van Meter III, 300 acres a part of his homestead in
Frederick County VA...in addition 160 acre tract in Prince George County
MD...they possess more than 1400 acres of land." "Thomas Shepherd
was shrewd enough to realize the value and importance of a location
along this Old Wilderness Road and its strategic advantages for barter
and trade with the Indians as well as the white settlers who were
pouring over his land like a stream on their way to points further
south." "Before Shepherd had settled here a few German mechanics
from Lancaster and York County PA attracted by the latent waterpower of
the little stream....to encourage them to become permanent residents
he put a dam across the stream and put in a sawmill and gristmill for
them to work in. Shepherd himself was a miller by trade and some of
his sons in later years followed the trade." "To protect his own
family (from the Indians) and the people in the little village
springing up around them Thomas Shepherd built a fort in the center of
it to which they might flee in times of any Indian trouble. This fort
was built of stone but in 1812 this was replaced with a brick
building. It would seem probable that it was the building of this
fort that gave him the title of Captain Thomas Shepherd." "The
village was first called Mechlenburg by its German...The name was
changed to Shepherdstown after the death of the founder in 1776.
Shepherdstown is said to be the oldest chartered town in the state."
"It was here that Thomas Shepherd and his wife spent their entire
married life. In their religious beliefs they attended the Episcopal
Church...Thomas and his sons were ardent patriots and took an active
part in political life. They were men of ability and...strong
partisans of the colonists....They were among those who advocated a
complete separation from British authority. When the struggle came,
four of his sons were in the army (David, Col. on western frontier;
William, Westmoreland militia and western border; John, pvt. in 4th VA
Regulars; Abraham, Capt. in vicinity of home and at Cambridge, Mass.).
Capt. Thomas did not live to see the final outcome of the war, but
died in the summerof 1776...Both he and his wife are buried int the
family cemetery in the village....Capt. Shepherd was tall and rather
slender in form."


U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
about Thomas Shepherd
Name: Thomas Shepherd
Gender: male
Spouse Name: Elizabeth Van Metre
Spouse
Birth Place: NJ
Spouse Birth Year: 1715
Marriage
Year: 1733
Number Pages: 1

Capt. Thomas Shepherd's Land holdings and Connection with Geo. Washington

Thomas Shepherd Sr. was a man of vision and settled on the west bank of the Potomac River above the only fordable crossing in that section of the river. His land, 222 acres, was patented, Oct. 3, 1734.

A little village grew on the west bank called "Pack Horse Ford", and was marked on the maps of the time as on the "Old Wilderness Road", the historic passageway to the territory to the West, used since ancient times by the Indians.

Thomas Shepherd Sr. platted his town lots at this site and sold them the same as land developers do today. Thomas Shepherd purchased 457 acres from Lord Fairfax on 12 June 1751. This land was adjacent on the west of his patent land to present-da y Mechlenburg Heights at John VanMeter's (Thomas's father-in-law) 1,786 acre land patent of 1734. (Tract 132, Map 2 of Cecil O'Dell's book). The land then runs south along VanMeter's east line to John Welton's 1734 patent of 442 acres at the sou thwest line. (Tract 23, Map 1 from Cecil O'Dell's book). On the east side of his patent land, Thomas purchased 50 acres from Richard Morgan's 155 acre Fairfax grant.

Adjacent to this 50 acres, he bought 32 acres from Fairfax on 15 January 1768, east of today's Shepherdstown, about one-half mile along the edge of the Potomac River.

Thomas Shepherd petitioned the Orange County Court on 26 February 1737/38 requesting to be discharged as constable-Sherundo as soon as Richard Morgan was sworn in his place. He built a grist mill and sawmill on his 222 acre patent land, and by 1 776, he had a new mill erected on his 457 acre grant land.

Permission to establish a ferry across the Potomac River was granted by an act of the Assembly of Virginia in October 1762 to Thomas and in November 1762 he was authorized to erect the town of Mechlenburg. After his death (in 1776) the name wa s changed by an act of the Virginia Assembly to Shepherdstown. The first lots in the town were sold on 21 July 1764.

These were the times of George Washington, land surveyor and Virginia militiaman. Captain Thomas Shepherd Sr., based on the records, was an acquaintance of George Washington. Voting records for the election of the Commanding Officer of the Virgi nia Militia exist showing that Thomas voted for George to be Commanding Officer.

His will was written 23 March 1776 and was proved on 20 August 1776. He bequeathed the sawmill and acreage to son William, the grist mill and acreage to son Thomas, the new mill and acreage to son John, the remaining land to son Abraham, two acr es and house to wife Elizabeth, a Mechlenburg lot to grandson Thomas Thornburg and 100 pounds each to his daughters Mary, Sarah and Elizabeth plus lots in Mechlenburg to Susannah and fifty pounds to Martha.

Elizabeth's will was written July 10, 1786, and was probated June 18, 1793. It is recorded in will Book #2 at Martinsburg, Berkley County, WV. When Thomas, her husband, died, he left a large estate.

Thomas married Elizabeth Van Meter about 1733 in Monacacy, Frederick, Virginia. Elizabeth (daughter of John Van Metre and Margaret Mollenauer) was born in 1715 in Somerset County, NJ; died in 1792 in Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, WV. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Family Data Collection - Individual Records
about Elizabeth Van Metre
Name: Elizabeth Van Metre
Spouse: Thomas Shepherd
Parents: John Van Metre, Margaret Mollenauer
Birth Place: Somerset, NJ
Birth Date: 1715
Marriage Date: 1733
Death Place: Sherperdstown, VA
Death Date: 1792