Notes:

Died:
Y
Y
Y
Y

Notes:

Information on John Grove and his descendants taken from Dee Pratt,
7285 Haas Rd. Wooster, OH 44691. (1992 address)

John married Anna McWilliams. Anna (daughter of John McWilliams and Ann Wilson) was born on 5 Mar 1801 in Fayette County, PA; died on 15 Aug 1878 in Rushcreek Twp., Fairfield County, OH; was buried in Jerusalem Cem., Fairfield County, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

John married Ann Wilson. [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