Johann Jakob Naff, ¶

Male 1734 - 1806  (71 years)


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  • Name Johann Jakob Naff  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Suffix ¶ 
    Birth 16 Mar 1734  Affoltern, Zürich, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Family Search ID LCCQ-465 
    Occupation Brethren Church Minister  [1
    Burial 1806  Naff Family Cemetery, Naff, Franklin, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Death 13 Mar 1806  Naff, Franklin, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 7 Jan 2024 

    Family Eva Katherine Flora,   b. 28 Aug 1733   d. 1821, Naff, Franklin, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage 1755  Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. Mary Naff,   b. 1756, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1856, Naff, Franklin, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 100 years)  [Father: natural]
     2. Abraham Naff,   b. 22 Feb 1758, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Dec 1839, Preble County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]
     3. Sarah Naff,   b. 6 Feb 1762, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
    +4. Isaac Naff,   b. 1763, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jun 1845, Franklin County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]
    +5. Elizabeth Naff,   b. 1766, Rapho, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1805, Boones Mill, Franklin, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years)  [Father: natural]
    +6. Jacob Naff,   b. 1769, Frederick County, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jan 1829, Franklin County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]
     7. Jonathan Naff,   b. 1771, Frederick County, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Aug 1853, Greene County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]
    +8. Mary M Naff,   b. 1771   d. 1834 (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]
     9. Catherine Naff,   b. 1777, Frederick County, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Apr 1854, Fayette County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]
    +10. David Naff,   b. 1780, Franklin County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Sep 1848, Naff, Franklin, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F6156  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Jan 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 16 Mar 1734 - Affoltern, Zürich, Switzerland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1755 - Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1806 - Naff Family Cemetery, Naff, Franklin, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 13 Mar 1806 - Naff, Franklin, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [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

    2. [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

    3. [S195] 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

    4. [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