124 HISTORY OF 



Graaf, Christian Stoneman, Jacob Funk, Francis Neiff,."* 

 Francis Neiff, Jr., George Kindeck, John Burkholder, 

 John Burkholder, Jr., Abraham Burkholder, Michael 

 Bowman, John Hess, John Frederick, Christopher 

 Preniman, Martin Harnist, Joseph Buckwalter, Fehx 

 Landes, Jr., Adam Preniman, John Funk, John Boh- 



*Francis Neff, his sons Francis, Jr., Henry and Daniel, and 

 the sons of Daniel, namely: Henry and Daniel, grandsons of 

 Francis ihe elder, were all natives of Switzerland. On 

 account of religious persecution, being Mennonites, they fled 

 from their Vaterland, to Alsace, thence they emigrated to 

 America, and settled at a very early date on a small stream, 

 Neff's run, which empties into the west branch of the Little 

 Conestoga, where the great ancestor took up a large tract of 

 land, and which is stiil owned by some of the lineal descen- 

 dants, of the male and female issue. 



As it may be interesting to the numerous descendants of one 

 of the first families, in this part of the county, w :; insert a 

 brief genealogy of Francis Neif's progeny, as furnished us, 

 verbally, by Mrs. Magdalen SeJiner, aged 79, the great grand- 

 daughter of Francis, the elder, and grand-daughter of Daniel 

 Neff, who had four sons and two daughters, viz: Henry, 

 Daniel, John, Jacob, the grand-father of Jacob K. Neff, M. D.^ 

 of Lancaster; Barbara, who intermarried vvith Musselman, 

 and Ann, married to Lsaac Kauffman. Henry, the oldest son 

 of Daniel Neff, married a Miss Oberholtzer; their children 

 were John, Daniel, David, Jacob, Henry and one daughter, 

 Mrs. Keller, Dr. John Eberle's grand mother. 



The original Homestead is now principally owned by Gott- 

 lieb Sehner and Jacob Neff. We seek for the descendants of 

 Francis Neff, in the male lineage, the numerous Neffs in Lan- 

 caster and Huntingdon county. Pa., and in Virginia; in the 

 female, the name of Musselman, Kauffman, Miller, Mayer, 

 Henneberger, Schwar, Sehner, Ruth, Cassel, Florey, Keller, 

 Eherle — the two last named are noticed in the sequel — Bear, 

 Brandt, Shelly, Bowman and others, principally in this 

 county. 



