124 HISTORY OF 



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

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

 John Burkholder, Jr., Abraham Burldiolder, Michael 

 Bowman, John Hess, John Frederick, Christopher 

 Preniman, Martin Harnist, Joseph Buckwalter, FeUx 

 Landes, Jr., Adam Freniman, John Funk, John Boh^ 



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

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

 Francis the elder, were all natives of Switzerland. On 

 account of religious persecution, being Mennonites, they fled 

 from their Vaterland, to Alsace, thence tliey 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, we insert a 

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

 i>erbaUy, by BIrs. 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 with Musseiman, 

 cuid Ann, married to Isaac Kauffman. Heniy, tlie oldest son 

 Cff Daniel Neff, married a j\Iiss 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 tlie descendants of 

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

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

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

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

 Eherle — the twx) last named are noticed in the sequel— Bear, 

 Brandt, Shelly, Bowman and others, principally in this 

 county. 



