Johann Jakob Naff, ¶
1734 - 1806 (71 years)-
Name Johann Jakob Naff [1, 2, 3, 4] Suffix ¶ Birth 16 Mar 1734 Affoltern, Zürich, Switzerland 
[2, 3, 4] Gender Male Family Search ID LCCQ-465 Occupation Brethren Church Minister [1] Burial 1806 Naff Family Cemetery, Naff, Franklin, Virginia, USA [2, 4] Death 13 Mar 1806 Naff, Franklin, Virginia, USA [2, 4] Notes - [From Findagrave]
He is the progenitor of the Naff families in Franklin County and the Roanoke Valley of Virginia. He was born near the Swiss-German border in 1727 and immigrated to America on the ship "Dragon", arriving in Philadelphia on September 26, 1749. He settled in Lancaster County, PA and married Eva Catherine Flory in 1755. In 1782, he moved his family to Franklin County, VA. He received a patent from Edmond Randolph, Governor of Virginia for 314 acres, and later purchased an additiona 559 acres near the junction of the North & South Forks of Magoddee Creek. He lived and worked this farm for the remainder of his life. The Naff Family Cemetery is located on his original homestead, about 500 yards from where the original home stood.
His gravesite is marked by a fieldstone engraved "J N 13 Mar 1806". The gravesite can be located using GPS at N 37/08.730' , W 80/00.913'.
Person ID I9009 Woodworth Ancestry Last Modified 31 Aug 2024
Family Eva Katherine Flora, b. 28 Aug 1733 d. 1821, Naff, Franklin, Virginia, USA (Age 87 years) Children 1. Mary Naff, b. 1756, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1856, Naff, Franklin, Virginia, USA (Age 100 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. Abraham Naff, b. 22 Feb 1758, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 12 Dec 1839, Preble County, Ohio, USA (Age 81 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. Sarah Naff, b. 6 Feb 1762, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 4. Isaac Naff, b. 1763, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1 Jun 1845, Franklin County, Virginia, USA (Age 82 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 5. Elizabeth Naff, b. 1766, Rapho, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1805, Boones Mill, Franklin, Virginia, USA (Age 39 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 6. Jacob Naff, b. 1769, Frederick County, Maryland, USA d. 19 Jan 1829, Franklin County, Virginia, USA (Age 60 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]7. Jonathan Naff, b. 1771, Frederick County, Maryland, USA d. 15 Aug 1853, Greene County, Tennessee, USA (Age 82 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 8. Mary M Naff, b. 1771 d. 1834 (Age 63 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] 9. Catherine Naff, b. 1777, Frederick County, Maryland, USA d. 22 Apr 1854, Fayette County, Indiana, USA (Age 77 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 10. David Naff, b. 1780, Franklin County, Virginia, USA d. 22 Sep 1848, Naff, Franklin, Virginia, USA (Age 68 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F6156 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 31 Aug 2024
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Birth - 16 Mar 1734 - Affoltern, Zürich, Switzerland 
Burial - 1806 - Naff Family Cemetery, Naff, Franklin, Virginia, USA 
Death - 13 Mar 1806 - Naff, Franklin, Virginia, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Sources - [S855] Wingfield, Marshall, Pioneer Families of Franklin County Virginia, (Name: Chesapeake Book Company; Location: Berryville, Virginia, USA; Date: 1964;), Pages 163-168 Naff Family.
Book found at California Genealogy Society - [S198] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for Jacob Sr Naff
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=12527414&indiv=try - [S113] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Source number: 88.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: LAA.
Record for Jacob Naff
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7836&h=879376&indiv=try - [S1169] Naff Family Cemetery, (Name: Findagrave; Location: Naff, Franklin, Virginia, USA;), Naff, Johann Jakob (1734-1806) Memorial #41729332 Accessed KRM 27 Mar 2020 9:16am https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41729332/jacob-naff.
Naff Family Cemetery
Wades Gap Road
Naff, Franklin County, Virginia, 24065 USA
From the intersection of Naff Road and Wades Gap Road, take Wades Gap Road for about 2/10 of a mile to the intersection with Remle Ln. The cemetery is on a small hill surrounded by a small fence and hayfield on the left side of the road, opposite from Remle LN. The cemetery is visible from Wades Gap Road.
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2322294/naff-family-cemetery
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41729332/jacob-naff
- [S855] Wingfield, Marshall, Pioneer Families of Franklin County Virginia, (Name: Chesapeake Book Company; Location: Berryville, Virginia, USA; Date: 1964;), Pages 163-168 Naff Family.