Dorothy Neff

Female Abt 1777 - Bef 1816  (~ 38 years)


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  • Name Dorothy Neff 
    Born Abt 1777  Hampshire County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Alternate first name: Dorotha, which may be a family name. Her great grandmother was named Anna Dorothea. No mention of Dorothy Neff in J W Neff's Descendants of Hans Leonard Neff. I believe she was simply overlooked, since documentary evidence exists.
    Gender Female 
    Possessions 29 Jan 1802  Hardy County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Ref: Stover research from McNabb [http://www.mcnabbs.org/~nancy] from Hardy County, West Virginia Deed Book A p493-495. One eleventh interest of property of Henry Neff (d. intestate) sold by Jacob and Dorothy Stover to Abel Seymour. 
    Died Bef 1816 
    • Probably died before Jacob.
    Person ID I319317416  Barton
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2022 

    Father Henry (of Hardy Co VA) Neff,   b. Abt 1749, South Fork, Frederick County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Feb 1801, Hardy County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 52 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth,   b. 1754, Hampshire County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Bef 1777  Hampshire County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5006  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jacob (2nd son) (of Hardy Co VA) Sr Stover,   b. Abt 1774, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Bef 1801  Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. David Stover
     2. Benjamin Stover,   b. Abt 1794, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. Nimrod Sr of (Gilmer Co WV) Stover,   b. 1803, Hardy County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1880, Gilmer County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
    +4. Jacob (of Fayette Co OH) Jr Stover,   b. Sep 1809, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Dec 1875, Fayette County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 66 years)
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2022 
    Family ID F5604  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Henry Neff died intestate. His children (11 of them) have been identified by deeds made by each of his children when they each sold their 1/11th share of the inherited estate to Abel Seymour or to Michael Neff. This is detailed in Descendants of Hans Leonard Neff, by JW "Bill" Neff (1929-2020): https://www.wvgenweb.org/hardy/nefflen.htm.

      This above site does not list Dorothy Neff as one of the children, however a deed exists showing her sale of 1/11th interest of the estate she inherited from her father, Henry Neff. Her 1/11th share was also sold to Abel Seymour in Jan 1802. So it's evident that Dorothy Neff is one of the children of Henry Neff and she was simply overlooked in the above website.

      From Daniel Bly July 2022: "I am sure that the Jacob Stover, who married Dorothy Neff, is the 2nd born son of Christian Stoufer of Franklin County. In Pennsylvania the "Orphans Court" was not just for underage children, it was the court to settle probate disputes. Those children of Christian were all grown up adults."

  • Sources 
    1. [S_2129326839] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Trees.


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