Hans Leonard Neff[1]

Male 1725 - 1778  (53 years)


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  • Name Hans Leonard Neff 
    Born 8 Mar 1725  Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Alternate surname: Nave. Ref: Descendants of Hans Leonard Neff (website) J W Neff.
    Gender Male 
    Died May 1778  Hampshire County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I320240534  Barton
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2022 

    Father Johan Michael Neff,   b. 21 Feb 1687, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Apr 1757, York County, Pennsylvania, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Mother Anna Dorothea Saur,   b. Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3135  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Magdalena Feg,   b. 1726, Tulpehocken, Lancaster, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. May 1816, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Married 17 Dec 1747  Tulphocken, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. John Leonard Neff,   b. Abt 1748, South Fork, Frederick County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1778, Hampshire County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 29 years)
    +2. 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)
     3. Michael Neff,   b. Abt 1750, South Fork, Frederick County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Oct 1826, Hardy County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 76 years)
     4. Magdalene Neff,   b. Abt 1756, Hampshire County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. George Neff,   b. Abt 1758, South Fork, Frederick County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1840, Pickaway County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 82 years)
    +6. Jacob Neff,   b. Abt 1760, South Fork, Frederick County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jan 1849, Hardy County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 89 years)
     7. Susanna Neff,   b. Abt 1768, Hampshire County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jul 1832, Greenview, Menard, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 64 years)
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2022 
    Family ID F5004  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • The first Virginia record of Leonard Neff is found in a diary of George Washington. George Washington was only 16 years of age and working on a survey team for Lord Fairfax. According to the diary, they were camped on Michael Stump's place on the South Fork (Shenandoah River, near Luray) and surveyed 20 lots. On 2 Apr 1748 they surveyed Lot 11 for Leonard Nave (Neff) and Lot 12 for Michael Stump. Since Leonard had just married in late 1747, he and his bride obviously traveled to the South Fork soon after they married. Whether Leonard picked out his land before he married is something we don't know. It appears that Michael Stump arrived as early as 1746, as his name appears on an Augusta County road survey. It is conceivable that Leonard went with Michael and picked out his land and returned to get married. Possibly, the two men went alone. They could have selected their land and built small cabins. Then both could have returned for Leonard's marriage. It is estimated that such a journey between the Tulpehocken valley and the South Fork by horseback and pack animals would take about a week to ten days. Since many of the early settlers of Hampshire County were from the Tulpehocken area and many had family there, there was obvious two-way traffic between the settlements in Virginia and Pennsylvania. --JWNeff)

  • 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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