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THE DESCENDANTS 
 OF JACOB SCHOFF 
 
 WHO CAME TO BOSTON IN 1752 AND 
 SETTLED IN ASHBURNHAM IN 1757 
 
 WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE GERMAN IM- 
 MIGRATION INTO COLONIAL NEW ENGLAND 
 
 BY 
 WILFRED H. SCHOFF 
 
 PHILADELPHIA 
 
 1910 ^o> 
 
Copyright 1910 
 By WILFRED H. SCHOFF 
 
THE DESCENDANTS OF 
 JACOB SCHOFF 
 
 I 
 
 Jacob Schoff was one of a party of seven Germans 
 who purchased of the town of Lexington, ' ' in the province 
 of the Massachusetts Bay in New England", in 1757, a 
 tract of 1000 acres of land in the plantation then known as 
 Dorchester Canada", now the town of Ashburnham, in 
 the northern part of Worcester County, which had been 
 awarded by the Provincial Court to Lexington as payment 
 for the joint maintenance of a bridge over the Charles River 
 at Cambridge. The location of this bridge, on the road 
 from Harvard Square by Soldiers' Field to Brighton, is 
 marked by a commemorative tablet. The name of the 
 plantation was the result of the disastrous expedition of 
 the New England colonies led by Sir William Phips 
 against the French fortress of Quebec in 1690; the various 
 towns having received from the Provincial Court land in the 
 unsettled wilderness, instead of money, in payment for the 
 expense incurred by them in raising and maintaining troops 
 for the expedition. At the time of this purchase, "Dor- 
 chester Canada" was a forest containing only a few families 
 of hardy pioneers, and Fitchburg, twelve miles southeastward, 
 was the nearest settlement. A road was under construction 
 from Boston to the settlements along the southern line of 
 New Hampshire, which, until a short time before, had been 
 claimed as territory belonging to Massachusetts. The dispute 
 was arbitrated by the King of England, who in 1740 drew 
 the dividing line as it now exists, between the Merrimac and 
 Connecticut Rivers. This road, in colonial days, was an 
 
important highway of trade, — one of the two that led west- 
 ward from Boston. The first led to Marlboro and Spring- 
 field, and so to the settlements in Connecticut; this second 
 road, from Watertown through Acton, Leominster, and 
 Fitchburg, branched at " Dorchester Canada" ; one branch 
 leading to New Ipswich and Petersboro, connecting ulti- 
 mately with both the Merrimac and Connecticut; the other 
 to Fitzwilliam and Keene, being extended subsequently to 
 Walpole on the Connecticut River, to Rutland in Vermont 
 and finally to Lake Champlain. In the year 1757 it had 
 probably gone no further than Dorchester Canada", if 
 so far. 
 
 The deed for the German purchase is recorded at the 
 office of the Register of Deeds at Worcester, Mass. , and is as 
 follows : 
 
 To all People to whom these presents shall Come 
 Greeting Know Ye, that we William Reed Esqr. Ebenezer 
 Fisk Gent, and John Stone yeoman all of Lexington in the 
 County of Middlesex in the province of the Massachusetts 
 Bay in New England being a Committee appointed and Im- 
 powered by a Vote of the Town of Lexington aforesaid for 
 to Sell a Certain Tract of Land Lying in Dorchester Canada 
 So Called in Worcester County Containing one Thousand 
 acres Granted unto Lexington by the province aforesaid for 
 the maintainance of part of a Bridge over Charles river in 
 Cambridge in said County Have in pursuance of the said 
 Trust reposed in us for and In Consideration of the sum of 
 Two hundred & Eighty pounds Lawfull money paid to us 
 in hand before the Ensealing hereof by Henry Hole Christian 
 William Whiteman Jacob SchofF Simon Rothermel Peter 
 Perry John Rich John Kiverling belonging to the County 
 and province aforesaid Labourers the Receipt whereof we 
 do by these presents acknowledge to our full Satisfaction 
 Have given granted bargained sold aliened and confirm and 
 by these presents do freely fully and absolutely give grant 
 
bargain sell aliene Convey and Confirm unto the said Henry 
 Hole and the others abovementioned with him and their 
 heirs and assigns forever a Certain Tract of Land Lying in 
 Dorche Canada So Called in the County of Worcester 
 Containing one Thousand acres granted unto Lexington 
 abovesaid by the province aforesaid for the Maintainance of 
 part of a Certain Bridge over Charles River in Cambridge 
 aforesaid the Butts & Bounds may be fully Known at Large 
 by a plan Taken by Ebenezer Prescott To Have and and To 
 Hold, said land with all the profits priviledges and appurten- 
 ances to the same Belonging unto them the said Henry Hole 
 and the other above mentioned with him and their heirs and 
 assigns forever to their only proper use benifit and behoofe 
 forever and we the said William Reed Esqr. Ebenr. Fisk 
 Gent, and John Stone yeoman in Behalf of the Town of 
 Lexington do Covenant and promise that at the Executing of 
 these presents have good Right full power and Lawfull 
 authority to Convey the same as aforesaid and that the said 
 Henry Hole and the others mentioned with him their heirs 
 and assigns shall and may at all Times for ever hereafter 
 Lawfully and peaceably and Quietly have Hold use and Im- 
 prove occupy possess and Enjoy the aforegranted premises 
 free and Clear of all Gifts Grants Bargains Sales Leases 
 Mortgages Wills Entails Joyntures Dowries Incumbrances of 
 what Name or Nature so ever that might in any Degree ob- 
 struct or make void this present Deed Furthermore, we 
 the said William Reed Esqr. Ebenr. Fisk Gent. John Stone 
 yeoman for and in behalf of said Town the above Demised 
 premises to Them the said Henry Hoi and the others men- 
 tioned with him their heirs assigns against the Lawfull De- 
 mands of any person or persons soever hereafter to warrant 
 secure and Defend by these presents In Witness whereof 
 we the said William Reed Esqr. Ebenr. Fisk Gent. John Stone 
 as a Committee in behalf of the Town have hereunto put 
 our hands and Seals this Thirty first Day of December Anno 
 
Domini 1757 and in the 31st year of his majesty's Reign — 
 
 Signed Sealed & DeHvd. 
 In presence of 
 
 Jonas Stone 
 
 John Clapham 
 
 John Steel 
 
 Wm. Reed seal 
 
 Ebenezer Fisk seal 
 
 John Stone seal 
 
 Middx. Ss. Lexington Jany 
 
 ye 2d 1758 then William 
 
 Reed Esqr. Ebenezer Fisk John Stone signers and sealers 
 personally appeared acknowledged the foregoing Instrument 
 to be their act and deed before me Isaac Bowman Justice of 
 Peace March 28th 1758 Reed, and accordingly Entd. & 
 Exad. p. J. Chandler Regr." 
 
 This "Bridge Farm" had troubled the town of Lex- 
 ington for some time. At a meeting held March 2, 1752, the 
 same persons who constituted the committee of sale were 
 asked to arrange for a survey and to find a purchaser. (All 
 three were leading men in the town, particularly the first- 
 named, who was prominent in the affairs of the Colony. ) 
 In the Boston Gazette of April 24, 1753, the farm was ad- 
 vertised for sale. Again at a freeholders' meeting May 17, 
 1756, a committee of three, William Reed being one, was 
 directed to sell the farm. At another meeting July 4, 1757, 
 the sale seemed to be under way, as the committee named 
 in the deed was reappointed, directed to lay aside the sale- 
 money for bridge repairs, and authorized to give a ' 'War- 
 ranttee Deed" and to take security from the purchasers. 
 The sale was consummated December 31, 1757, and of the 
 purchase price of .^280, a balance of ^226 was left on 
 mortgage executed January 2, 1758. At a Lexington Free- 
 holders' meeting January 9, 1758, the sale was ratified and 
 the purchasers were given until January 2, 1770, to extinguish 
 the debt, payments to begin January 2, 1760. (The mort- 
 gage was finally cancelled April 29, 1778.) The Commit- 
 tee was continued to invest the purchase money, but William 
 Reed declined to serve, and Isaac Bowman, town clerk. 
 
before whom the deed was acknowledged, was chosen in his 
 place. The transaction was closed by a vote of the Select- 
 men, March 6, 1758, ordering a payment of three shillings 
 to "Mr. Joseph Bridge, it being his putting ye Dutchs Mort- 
 gage Deed upon Record." 
 
II 
 
 The earlier history of the German colonists belongs to 
 a chapter which reflects small credit on the province of Mas- 
 sachusetts Bay. Before the outbreak of the French and 
 Indian war in 1756, the New England colonists felt them- 
 selves seriously menaced by the French in Canada. The 
 treaty of Utrecht in 1713 had left the boundaries between 
 French and English possessions in North America in a very 
 uncertain condition. The English colonies depended on 
 their royal charters, but the French, allying themselves with 
 the Indians, denied most of the English claims, and asserted 
 ownership of Lake Champlain on one side, the upper Con- 
 necticut in the center, and the Kennebec and Penobscot 
 Rivers on the other side, of New England. We now know 
 these pretensions to have been a gigantic bluff, on so little 
 solid foundation that a troop of Massachusetts militia, pro- 
 perly directed, could at almost any time have succeeded in 
 driving the French into the St. Lawrence; but this the 
 colonial New Englanders did not know, otherwise Canada 
 would to-day be part of the United States. The facts that 
 frightened them were the French activity both in the interior 
 and on the coasts of Maine, their bold attacks on English 
 stockades, and their practical monopoly of the Indian trade- 
 routes down the Connecticut, Androscoggin and Kennebec. 
 Immigration into New England from the mother country, 
 which had been due to religious persecution, had practically 
 ceased after the overthrow of the Stuarts in 1688; the colo- 
 nies were not growing fast enough from their original stock 
 to fill up the threatened territory; and the authorities began 
 to realize that their very existence might depend on their ob- 
 taining a supply of immigrants from some friendly source. 
 (Boston, then the largest city in America, had a population 
 
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of only 15,700, and it remained stationary, or actually de- 
 creased, from 1740 to 1790 ! ) 
 
 The natural example of colonial advancement through 
 foreign immigration was Pennsylvania. Here the great 
 exodus of "Palatines" due to French invasions, and perse- 
 tion by their Elector, which occurred in the early years of 
 the century, had given place to a settled business of canvass- 
 ing throughout the Rhine valley for people willing to accept 
 homesteads subject to rentals to the proprietors of the colony. 
 These proprietors arranged with certain merchants in Rot- 
 terdam, who employed agents to visit the different towns and 
 villages, promising all sorts of inducements in order to earn 
 their commission on the emigrants produced. English ships 
 were chartered at so much per passenger, to carry these Ger- 
 mans to New York, Philadelphia or Baltimore, and the busi- 
 ness was reduced to such a speculative basis that the profit of 
 the shipper often depended on starving his passengers during 
 the voyage or on forcing them to run into debt to the ship by 
 charging over again at famine prices for food and supplies 
 promised them for their passage-money, but withheld on various 
 pretexts. By 1750 most of the accessible land in Pennsylvania 
 had been parcelled out; but disagreements over land titles 
 had driven the Germans from New York, and the attractions 
 of Maryland, Virginia and Carolina were being less actively 
 pushed; so that the proprietors of Pennsylvania, through their 
 representatives in Rotterdam, still held a practical monopoly 
 of this traffic. 
 
 Under such conditions Massachusetts was led, by a few 
 interested parties unsupported by public opinion, to make 
 an effort to secure a share of this German immigration. 
 The laws of the province were very hard on those not of 
 English birth and Protestant faith. Foreigners had to bring a 
 large value in money or goods or pay a high tax, on entering 
 the province, and those introducing them had to give security 
 to the town where they settled that they would abide by the 
 
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law, and not become paupers. The division of Massachu- 
 setts into towns, parcelled out among freeholders, made it 
 difficult for a foreigner to find any place to settle even if he 
 could comply with the other conditions. He could not own 
 property unless made a freeman of the town, and this he could 
 not be unless he were naturalized, whatever the difficulties 
 in his way. He could not be naturalized unless he had re- 
 ceived communion in a Protestant congregation within three 
 months and he could not commune unless elected to member- 
 ship by the other communicants, after having given proof of 
 direct personal religious experience. But fear of the French, 
 and particularly the desire of the Waldo family, holders of 
 one-half interest in the ' ' Muscongus Patent ' ' in Maine, 
 determined the Provincial Council to invite foreign Protestants 
 to come to Massachusetts. This ' ' Muscongus Patent ' ' 
 covered a vast and uncertainly defined tract between the Ken- 
 nebec and Penobscot rivers, granted to Massachusetts pro- 
 prietors about 1635, and still mainly undeveloped, except for 
 the fur trade with the unfriendly Indians. It adjoined the 
 "Kennebec Purchase," bought from the Plymouth Colony, 
 and the claims overlapped, so that titles were uncertain. The 
 existence of both was threatened by the French, who claimed 
 all the land between Nova Scotia and the Kennebec. The 
 Province of Massachusetts defended itself there by a stockade 
 or fort at Pemaquid (now Bristol, Maine, east of the Ken- 
 nebec mouth) , which was several times destroyed by French 
 and Indians, and as often rebuilt; with frequent appeals to 
 the British Crown to assume charge of the fort and relieve 
 the Province of that " insupportable burden. " * The Waldo 
 family were anxious to get this grant settled, for the sake of 
 personal profit as well as provincial security. As early as 
 1740, Brigadier Samuel Waldo had contracted with one 
 Zauberbiihler for the delivery of German immigrants to his 
 
 *Mass. Acts and Resolves, VII, 451, etc. 
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estate, making generous and very definite promises as to the 
 land, provisions, and supplies w^hich should be given them. 
 In 1 742 several families arrived in pitiful circumstances*, their 
 passage money unpaid. Nothing being done for them, they 
 appealed to the Provincial Council for relief. Their appeal 
 fell upon deaf ears and they were left to shift for themselves. 
 These immigrants are described in the Council Archives for 
 1743 as Palintinos." They came from Nassau-Dillen- 
 burg, Franconia, Swabia and Wurtemburg. 
 
 This Zauberbiihler was a native of Appenzell, Sw^itzer- 
 land, who had settled in Purysburg, South Carolina, w^ith 
 numerous Swiss and German immigrants. There was a 
 German colony at Orangeburg, S. C, which maintained a 
 Lutheran pastor. Rev. John Giessendanner. Zauberbiihler 
 went to London in 1739 and applied for orders in the Church 
 of England, intending to supplant Giessendanner. Before 
 going he induced the Provincial Council to vote him ;^500 
 for expenses in securing more settlers from Germany. Ar- 
 riving in London and filing his petition, he was met by a 
 counter-petition from Orangeburg, and the result was that 
 his scheme failed and Giessendanner himself received Church 
 orders, t 
 
 Probably Zauberbiihler, fearing to return to South 
 Carolina, and meeting General Samuel Waldo in London, 
 contracted to deliver to Waldo' s estate in Maine such families 
 as he had induced to go to America. They were landed at 
 Broad Bay, after which Zauberbiihler drops out of the 
 record. Their settlement was attacked in 1746 by French 
 and Indians and many of them were killed, while the rest 
 were carried as prisoners to Canada, doubtless over the 
 Indian trade-route by the Androscoggin and Upper Connecti- 
 cut. Returning in 1748, they kept in mind the country 
 
 * Eaton, Annals of Warren (Me.), p. 68. 
 
 tBemheim, German Settlements and the Lutheran Church in the 
 Carolinas, PhUadelphia, 1872, pp. 110 ff. 
 
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through which they had passed, as shown by later activity of 
 the Broad Bay Germans in opening it up for settlement. 
 
 An Act of Parliament (of XIII George II) had provided 
 for naturalizing such foreign Protestants as are settled, or 
 shall settle, in any of His Majesty's Colonies in America." 
 Such persons, after June 1, 1740, upon completion of seven 
 years' residence on British territory, might take the oath of 
 allegiance before the nearest judge, and have their names 
 entered m a record to be sent annually to the Commissioners 
 for Trade and Plantations in London. They were to have 
 received the sacrament of the Lord' s Supper in some Protestant 
 or Reformed congregation within three months. If Jews or 
 Quakers, this requirement was modified. As against Papists, 
 all former restrictions still applied, as set forth in the King's 
 Coronation oath. Such naturalized citizens were ineligible 
 to office within Great Britain or Ireland. 
 
 The Provincial laws requiring head-tax and security from 
 immigrants were still in force.* From 1749 to 1753, Spencer 
 Phips, a Maine man interested in the development of that 
 region, was lieutenant-governor of Massachusetts and acting 
 governor during the absence of William Shirley in Europe. 
 His first Message to the General Court,t November 23, 
 1749, contained the following recommendation: 
 
 " As a more general cultivation of our lands, and there- 
 by the Increase of the Produce of this Province, as well as 
 the carrying on the Manufactures in it, is greatly impeded by 
 reason of the scarcity of Labourers : May it not therefore de- 
 serve your consideration. Whether some thing may not be 
 done to encourage industrious and well disposed Protestant 
 Foreigners to settle among us; and whether some of our 
 Acts which require security to be given by such as bring them 
 hither have not eventually (tho' beside the Intention of the 
 
 *Mass. Acts and Resolves, I, 64-68, 451-3; II, 336-7. 
 t Mass. Court Records, XIX, 62. 
 
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Legislature) discouraged and prevented the importation of 
 many such, and whether the said Acts may not be altered 
 and amended, and such Provision by Law be made as for 
 the future may prevent so manifest and extensive an Incon- 
 venience." 
 
 This message, speaking only of the ' ' Scarcity of Lab- 
 ourers" was not very attractive to immigrants; but the Com- 
 mittee of the Council which considered the matter recom- 
 mended that a commission of one dollar be paid for each 
 year's service procured of a foreign Protestant indented 
 servant; the idea of the Council evidently being that these 
 Palintinos ' ' from Germany would be on about the same 
 plane as negro slaves from the West Indies, of whom a 
 number had been brought in by Boston merchants.* 
 
 This message of the Lieutenant-Governor was duly pub- 
 lished, and caught the eye of one Joseph Crellius (in modern 
 spelling Josef Krell), who wrote from Philadelphia three 
 weeks later (December 19, 1749) describing himself as a 
 "Protestant foreigner" resident in Philadelphia since 1740, 
 and offering his services "toward persuading his country- 
 People in Europe to go and settle in Massachusetts." 
 
 "I came home in August last," he wrote, "from a Voyage 
 into Germany, with a vessel freighted with German Protestants, 
 which having been followed by 23 or 24 vessels more, all safe 
 arrived, I expect that there will be as many next year, and 
 as those that came in last will have acquainted their Friends 
 at home with the difficulty of getting lands here for which 
 reason great many are obliged to move from hence into the 
 Southern Colonies, it will be the easier to direct them from 
 Holland to the Northern Colonies if so be any encourage- 
 ment was given, "t 
 
 On January 25, 1750, the General Court of Massachu- 
 
 *Mass. Archives, Emigrants, p. 42. 
 t Mass. Archives, Emigrants, p. 48. 
 
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setts Bay, abandoning the idea of scattering needed laborers 
 and indented servants through the settled towns, voted to set 
 aside four tovt^nships; two in the "western parts nearest 
 Fort Massachusetts," each of 7 miles square (in the Berk- 
 shire Hills, near the modern North Adams, then an unsettled 
 wilderness, frequented by hostile Indians), and two in the 
 "Eastern parts near Sebago Pond" in Maine; each of 6 
 miles square (also frequented by hostile Indians) ; each to be 
 settled with 120 families within three years; and each to 
 maintain a learned Protestant minister within five years." 
 A reserve of 200 acres in each township was granted to 
 Joseph Crellius on condition that he should provide the 120 
 families to each within three years.* 
 
 With no further investigation of this Joseph Crellius 
 than his hopeful letter, the Lieutenant-Governor commis- 
 sioned him to go to Germany, in the name of the Province, 
 to find these 480 families; and the matter was closed, so the 
 General Court thought, on February 5, 1750, by the passage 
 of an Act regulating and safeguarding the importation of 
 German passengers, in the hope of avoiding some of the 
 scandals of overcrowding and underfeeding which were being 
 complained of in the Pennsylvania traffic. The depth of their 
 solicitude was shown by the requirement that each passenger 
 should have a space six feet long, and one foot six inches 
 wide; height not stipulated! But even this was a greater 
 space than had been customary, the passengers having been 
 expected to sleep like the seamen, in bunks shorter than 
 their own bodies, and between-decks, where there was usually 
 about A}i to 5 feet head-room; so that they would literally be 
 obliged to go on deck to stretch out at full length. 
 
 Obviously 800 acres of timber-land, far from roads or 
 rivers, was not much of a commission to repay Crellius for 
 his trouble. The four Massachusetts townships seem to have 
 been neglected from the start. He secured the influence and 
 
 *Mass. Acts and Resolves, XIV, 352. 
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support of the Waldos by undertaking to direct emigrants to 
 their Muscongus tract; and he put an iron into the fire for 
 himself by organizing, in 1750, a company for establishing a 
 glass factory near Boston. The partners were John Frank- 
 lin, tallow chandler (a brother of Benjamin Franklin) ; 
 Norton Quincy, merchant; and Peter Etter (a German) 
 stocking-weaver, all of Boston; Joseph Crellius, "late of 
 Philadelphia;" and subsequently, Isaac Winslow, of Milton. 
 This company leased of John Quincy, Shed's Neck in Brain- 
 tree, fronting on the Fore River, comprising about 100 acres, 
 for 10 shillings per acre.* They laid it out in town lots, 
 under the name of Germantown, giving the streets and squares 
 German names. The object was to use the German labor 
 for making glass, spermaceti candles and chocolate, and for 
 weaving stockings. And it is a safe guess that the labor was 
 to be unpaid — indentured in settlement of the ship's passage, 
 as customary in Pennsylvania — and that Crellius' share in the 
 company's operations depended on the number of workmen 
 he could provide on these terms. 
 
 The name Germantown is still applied to this neck of 
 land. It is on the west side of the Fore River, just before 
 it joins Boston Harbor, and is now within the town of 
 Quincy. A more inaccessible and unsuitable place for a 
 manufacturing town could hardly have been devised. In this 
 year of 1910 it is still almost unoccupied, except for summer 
 residences of Boston folk. The Germantown company was 
 foredoomed to failure not only by its location, but also be- 
 cause the rent fixed by Col. Quincy, ;^50 per year for the tract, 
 with option of purchase at ;^1000, was a good round sum as 
 values stood at that time, and quite beyond the industrial 
 value of the property. Whatever Lieutenant-Governor 
 Phips might say about the general good to be expected from 
 
 *Pattee: Old Braintree and Quincy, pp. 474-486, and authorities 
 there quoted. 
 
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German immigration, John Quincy evidently did not propose 
 that his estate should lose anything gainable thereby. 
 
 The lease was signed in Boston August 9, 1750, and 
 was recorded January 8, 1752.* 
 
 The personnel of the Germantown company reflects 
 Crellius' Philadelphia connections. He had the close ac- 
 quaintance of both Benjamin Franklin and Christopher 
 Saur, through whom later he doubtless made his connections 
 with German publishers. In 1747 he had translated Frank- 
 lin's Plain Truth into German, and had already brought 
 several shiploads of emigrants to Philadelphia. In 1748 he 
 heard of Waldo's desire for German settlers on the Mus- 
 congus tract, and sent one ship from the Delaware to Broad 
 Bay, without notice to the passengers, who were all bound 
 for Philadelphia. t When the Massachusetts enterprise took 
 shape, Benjamin Franklin prepared the plans for the Ger- 
 mantown settlement, and was no doubt responsible for intro- 
 ducing Crellius to his brother John in Boston, through whom 
 the company was organized. 
 
 The Lieutenant-Governor defended his arrangement 
 with Crellius in a speech before the Assembly, May 31, 
 1750, in which he described the desirability of German im- 
 migration, saying: By what I can learn of the Character 
 and Disposition of that People, I apprehend it to be of great 
 Importance to encourage their Settlement among us: For to- 
 gether with other Benefits likely to accrue from it, It is prob- 
 able they will introduce many useful Manufactures and teach 
 us by their example those most necessary and excellent Arts 
 for increasing our Wealth, I mean Frugality and Diligence, 
 in which we are at present exceedingly defective."! 
 
 This moral reasoning, as the event proved, was less to 
 the taste of the Assembly than the idea of letting these 
 
 *Suffolk Deeds, LXXX, 169-170. 
 ^Deutscker Pionier, Cincinnati, XIV, 141. 
 JMass. Acts and Resolves, III, 558. 
 
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foreigners serve, as in Pennsylvania, as a human barrier to 
 protect the colony against attack by the French and Indians. 
 
 After making these arrangements, Crellius vi^ent to 
 Frankfurt-am-Main, then the center of German trade and 
 activity, and the seat of the Imperial Assembly. He carried 
 a letter from Lieutenant-Governor Phips to Dr. Heinrich 
 Ehrenfried Luther (a prominent type-founder and publisher, 
 and a member of the Aulic Council of the Empire), in which 
 the Councillor was informed that ' ' Mr. Crellius has continued 
 in this province for divers months, and has by his good con- 
 duct and behaviour acquired a good character with all that 
 know him. ' ' On the strength of this official recommenda- 
 tion, he was entertained for months as a guest in the Coun- 
 cillor's house. He instituted an active canvass for emigrants, 
 in many districts within reach of Frankfurt. Advertisements 
 were inserted in the Kaherlich Reichs-Postamts-Zeitung of 
 Frankfurt, and in the newspapers of Heilbron, Augsburg, 
 Niirnberg, Stuttgart, Speyer and Herborn. At each of these 
 places some reputable printer or publisher was named to re- 
 ceive applications from intending emigrants. 
 
 The advertisements printed in the German newspapers 
 relating to the Massachusetts settlements contained specific 
 promises of which the following is a translation : 
 
 In each town there shall be given to the church two 
 hundred acres; to the first preacher settling among them, two 
 hundred; and to each of the one hundred and twenty families, 
 one hundred acres— equal to more than one hundred and 
 twenty German acres. And this land, provided they dwell 
 upon it seven whole years, either in person or through 
 a substitute, shall be guaranteed to them, their heirs and as- 
 signs forever; without their having to make the slightest 
 recompense, or pay any interest for it. Unmarried persons 
 of twenty-one years and upwards, who permit themselves to 
 be transported thither, and venture to build on their land, shall 
 also receive one hundred acres, and be regarded as a family. 
 
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' ' There shall be given to the colonists on their arrival 
 necessary support for from four to six months, according as 
 they arrive early or late in the season. 
 
 "The first families going thither can all select their 
 residences either in a seaport or on navigable rivers, vi^here 
 they can cut wood into cords for burning, or into timber for 
 building material, and convey it to the shore, where it will 
 always be taken of them by the ships for ready money and 
 carried to Boston or other cities; from thence whatever they 
 need will be brought back in return, at a reasonable rate. 
 By means of which the people are not only able at once to 
 support themselves until the land is fit for cultivation, but 
 also are freed from the trouble and expense of making wag- 
 ons, and traveling by land, to which difficulties it is well 
 known Pennsylvania is subjected. 
 
 Also, the Government at Boston has heard from the 
 people who have already come from Pennsylvania, the unjust 
 treatment (well-known to the world without any such an- 
 nouncement) which befel them upon the sea, after they had 
 sailed from Holland, and has already made a regulation to 
 prevent the like, for the future, in the voyage from Holland 
 to Boston; according to which, not only the ship-captains 
 who bring the people over, but those who accompany them, 
 must govern their conduct by the prescribed regulations, 
 otherwise they will receive punishment, and be compelled to 
 give the people satisfaction; and also the ship itself will be 
 taken into custody. Thus are the like mischances in various 
 ways prevented, and everyone is made secure."* 
 
 Most of the responses to these advertisements came 
 from the Westerwald and Franconia. 
 
 By the summer of 1751, enough passengers had been 
 obtained to fill a river transport, in which the emigrants 
 were sent down the Rhine to Rotterdam. Here Crellius 
 first showed the duplicity which marked his conduct through- 
 
 * Collections of the Maine Historical Society, VI. 321 ff. 
 
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out this affair. Although his passengers had signed agree- 
 ments to ship through a reputable firm in Rotterdam 
 recommended by Luther, Crellius ignored his instructions 
 and chartered of another broker, not in good repute with the 
 Germans, a small vessel, quite inadequate for the purpose. 
 Crellius' motive was obviously to save for himself the differ- 
 ence in cost between that ship and one of proper size. His 
 vessel was very disparagingly referred to in the Rotterdam 
 newspapers, June 9, 1751. 
 
 After waiting in Rotterdam about a month, Crellius em- 
 barked in July, with his passengers to the number of about 
 200, in his small vessel, the Priscilla, Captain Brown. They 
 touched at Cowes on July 31, and sailed for Boston, with 
 a fair wind," arriving October 27, and entering through the 
 Custom-House November 2. The passengers included Fran- 
 conians, Wurtemburgers, Swabians, Hessians, and French 
 Protestants from Germany;" these latter descended from 
 Huguenot refugees, of whom great numbers had settled in 
 Germany after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, 
 and at other periods of general persecution, one of which 
 began in this very year of 1750-1. 
 
 After the Priscilla was well out at sea, the passengers' 
 meals were stopped. As they had been included in the pas- 
 sage money, immediate protest was made to Captain Brown, 
 who explained that Crellius had not laid in a sufficient sup- 
 ply of provisions, and that nothing remained but ship's stores, 
 which the passengers might buy of the captain, or starve. 
 And Crellius locked himself in his cabin, pleading sickness, 
 and refused to see any one. So such of the passengers as 
 had any money left, paid Captain Brown over again for their 
 food for the rest of the journey, while the others were forced 
 into debt to the ship ; a debt which could be cancelled only 
 by letting the captain auction them off as indented servants 
 on their arrival in Boston — a resuk which was, no doubt, 
 exactly what Crellius intended. 
 
 21 
 
The arrival of the Germans was anticipated by an ad- 
 vertisement in the Boston Post-Boy of September 16, 1751, 
 as follows: 
 
 "Whereas, Numbers of Gentlemen Proprietors of 
 Land within this Province have expressed their Inclination 
 and Intention to several members of the United Society to 
 settle their unimproved Lands with German and other Protes- 
 tants, on advantageous Terms to the Settlers; and as the 
 Arrival of a considerable Number of Foreign Protestants is 
 daily expected; These therefore are to request said Gentle- 
 men and other Proprietors that are alike minded, to send in 
 their Proposals in Writing; and therein particularly to express 
 the Quantity and Quality of the Land they would dispose of, 
 with their Situation, whether East or West, &c., and what 
 distance from Boston, and other Town of Note, whether on 
 a Bay or River, or if otherwise, what Distance from Water- 
 Carriage or Landing-Place, &c. , as also what Encouragement 
 they'l give said Settlers with regard to Building, Stock, Uten- 
 sils, &c. 
 
 "N. B. Direct to John Franklin, in Cornhil, Boston. ' ' 
 
 This sounds hospitable enough, but the results did not 
 harmonize with the promise. A more practical transaction 
 was the sub-lease of the Germantown property in Braintree, 
 August 27, 1751, to General Joseph Palmer and Richard 
 Cranch, who acted as managers for the company, and who 
 set about building chocolate mills, spermaceti and glass works, 
 stocking and salt factories. 
 
 The Boston Post-Boy for October 21 reported the Priscilla 
 off Marblehead, and the same paper for October 28 men- 
 tioned its arrival at Boston ' ' with about 200 Palatines. ' ' 
 
 No one seemed to know what to do with them. By 
 Crellius they had been promised each 1-124 share of 7 miles 
 square as homesteads; but they had not been led to expect 
 either segregation in the wilderness, as the law provided, or 
 
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indenture as servants, as the people of Boston desired. The 
 General Court took the position that until 120 families were 
 on hand no township could be opened; and here were but 50, 
 so they might wait for the arrival of the other 70! They 
 laid their case before the Lieutenant-Governor, Spencer 
 Phips, with their letters of introduction from Councillor 
 Luther in Frankfurt, and he laid the matter before his 
 Council. 
 
 Since your last session," his message related, a Num- 
 ber of Families have arrived here from Germany, with a De- 
 sign to settle on some of the unimproved lands of the 
 Province : They are not sufficient to fill up a Township, but 
 there is Encouragement that a greater Number will follow 
 them the next Year. I shall order to be laid before you 
 some letters I have received from a Gentleman of Character 
 in Germany (Councillor Luther), on this Subject, and you 
 will consider what is proper to be done by you with Relation 
 to it." 
 
 So the township remained closed until its full quota of 
 population should be on hand. What were the Germans to 
 do in the meantime .? Probably the intention was to force 
 into service such as were not already bound. 
 
 The following advertisement appeared in the issues of 
 the Boston Evening Post for November 18, November 25 and 
 December 2, 1751: 
 
 Lately arrived at Boston, a Number of German Prot- 
 estants; some of them, both Male and Female, not having 
 paid their Passages, are willing to hire themselves out for a 
 certain Time, in order to have their passages paid. Any 
 Person wanting any of the said Germans, may treat with 
 William Bowdoin, at his store in King Street, who acts for 
 said Germans." 
 
 A committee was appointed to inquire into the condi- 
 tion and circumstances of the German passengers and report 
 what they judged necessary to be done. This was on 
 
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November 1. On the 5th the Secretary of the Council was 
 directed to ' ' deliver to one of the Germans acquainted with 
 the English language a Copy of the Vote of the General 
 Court for encouraging Mr. Joseph Crellius's Transporting 
 German Protestants to settle within this Province." On 
 November 26 a committee of the ' ' French Protestants from 
 Germany" were sent under guidance to view the two 
 townships in the "Western parts," in the forest over 100 
 miles from Boston ; and on December 3 a similar committee 
 of the Germans was sent to view the two townships in the 
 Eastern parts," or Maine. Meantime cold and hunger 
 were threatening the lives of the unfortunate passengers, and 
 while the committees viewed townships in the wilderness, 
 and the General Court fled to Cambridge and met semi- 
 occasionally under fear of the prevailing epidemic of small- 
 pox, the Commissary was directed by vote of the General 
 Court, January 1, 1752, "to supply blankets and beds to the 
 poor Germans who are now suffering by reason of the 
 severity of the season,"* and the following day the Court 
 voted that those who were without means should be entitled 
 to poor-relief. This was the way in which invited guests 
 tasted of New England hospitality! 
 
 The Boston Gazette for January 7, 1752, remarked: 
 "We have had for some Time past a severe cold Season, 
 whereby our Harbour is now entirely froze up. Last Friday 
 Morning a Man was found froze to Death in his Cabbin, on 
 board an Oyster Vessel near the Town Dock. ' ' 
 
 Captain Brown seems to have had difficulty in getting 
 away from the port of Boston, doubtless because of the 
 severe winter. November 18 he "entered out" for South 
 Carolina; November 25 for North Carolina; December 9 
 and January 27 cleared for the West Indies; March 23 for 
 Barbadoes; and finally April 6, 1752, for Philadelphia. 
 
 * Mass. Archives, Emigrants, p. 167. 
 24 
 
Meantime, while winter lasted the poor passengers of 
 the Priscilla had to set to work as best they could, some 
 to serve the time stipulated to clear off the balance ad- 
 vanced on their passage-money (which they had already paid 
 in full before leaving Germany) , and all to lay by enough to 
 buy a bit of land frdm some one less hard-hearted than the 
 Provincial Court. 
 
 As its promoters expected, the Germantown Company 
 found a good number who had no choice but to accept its 
 terms and become its bond-servants. Twelve families had 
 signed with the company by January 8, 1752. 
 
 The committee that visited Fort Massachusetts found 
 that the township reserved for them was a wilderness, in- 
 securely guarded against French and Indians, by whom the 
 fort itself had been captured and destroyed in 1746, and that 
 there were no settlements within 30 miles. Some of the 
 French Protestants ' ' or Huguenots probably went there the 
 following year, settling on the Hoosac River, in what is now 
 North Adams and Williamstown. In August, 1754, numer- 
 ous "Dutch farmers" along the Hoosac, whose homes had 
 been laid waste by French raiders, sought refuge in the Fort, 
 crowding it almost beyond defence. The ' ' Glass- Works 
 grant" later referred to, lay within what is now the town of 
 Lyce; and other Huguenot and German families seem to 
 have scattered along the western boundary, appearing in 
 most of the towns in the census of 1790. So that some of 
 the Priscilla passengers certainly went to Fort Massachusetts 
 during their first winter. A bill from Captain Ephraim 
 Williams for food supplied to this committee of French 
 Protestants was allowed by the General Court, January 25, 
 1752. 
 
 The committee that visited the "eastern parts" found 
 the townships north of Sebago Pond quite unsuitable, and 
 
 Perry, Origins in Williamsto'wn, N. Y., 1894, pp. 516-21. 
 History ofDeerfieldl, 629. 
 
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seem to have gone to Waldo's tract, east of the Kennebec. 
 During the winter numbers of the Priscilla s passengers, 
 both German and Huguenot, went to Broad Bay (now 
 Waldoboro) where they settled, first on "Dutchmen's 
 Neck," and later scattered over the whole neighborhood, in 
 the modern towns of Dresden (first called Frankfort Planta- 
 tion) , Pownalboro, Nobleboro, Waldoboro, Bristol, Warren 
 and Penobscot. 
 
 For the Plymouth Company, controlling the ' ' Kennebec 
 Patent" and disputing title to much of the ground claimed 
 by Waldo as lying within his " Muscongus Patent," im- 
 mediately set about persuading the Germans to desert him. 
 In December 1751 a "township named Frankfort" was laid 
 out on the eastern side of the Kennebec, and a block-house 
 built for the defence of settlers. And the directors voted 
 that "Whereas a number of German protestants are lately 
 arrived from Germany, that such of them as will settle in the 
 township aforesaid, have granted them one hundred acres of 
 land." The company also undertook to supply the Ger- 
 mans with provisions throughout the winter and spring, on 
 one year's credit.* 
 
 Forts Massachusetts and Pemaquid had both been recently 
 destroyed by French and Indians; these were the homes 
 chosen for the new settlers. As in Pennsylvania, the native 
 colonist put the foreigner" between himself and the 
 Indians; a German scalp might satisfy the savages and dis- 
 suade them from attacking the older settlements. t 
 
 Meantime Joseph Crellius had returned to Germany, 
 still enjoying the hospitality of Councillor Luther in Frank- 
 furt, and continued his canvass throughout the spring of 1752, 
 
 * Collections of the Maine Historical Society, VIII, 213. 
 
 tSee Collections of the Maine Historical Society, V, 403-419; VI, 
 321-332; also Eaton, Annals of Warren, 2ded., p. 146; also "Williamson, 
 History of Maine, Vol. II, passim^ also Fosdick, The French Blood in 
 America, Chicago, 1906, passim. 
 
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under strong and growing opposition. He was in debt to 
 Waldo for money advanced, in return for which he had 
 bound himself to supply a substantial number of settlers to 
 the Broad Bay estate. He was responsible also to the Ger- 
 mantown Company, and to the Province for account of the 
 four townships; but chiefly he was concerned about his per 
 capita commissions from the Rotterdam brokers. In spite of 
 Luther's warning he made a secret agreement there for the 
 sale of his passengers. But it was never to the interest of 
 the Rotterdam merchants to let Crellius succeed in his cam- 
 paign. His efforts in behalf of Massachusetts Bay threatened 
 their established alliance with the proprietors of Pennsylvania, 
 and they defended themselves by spreading stories of the cold 
 climate of New England and the hardships and disappoint- 
 ments facing settlers there; which were fully confirmed by 
 letters from the PrhcUla passengers. Then, too, the colony 
 of Nova Scotia was making an effective canvass for German 
 settlers, and decried Massachusetts wherever it could. Its 
 agent in Germany, whose name was Dick, carried on a 
 bitter campaign against Crellius in the German newspapers. 
 He was well supphed with funds (said to come from the 
 English Government, which was just then very anxious to 
 stimulate settlements in Nova Scotia), and Dick advertised 
 free transportation to Halifax, which was far more than 
 Crellius could offer to Boston. And Samuel Waldo, who had 
 promised Crellius his support (and kept his promise as far as 
 money was concerned) was in London trying to get Scotch- 
 Irish setders, even bringing over the frigate Massachusetts on 
 a disastrous journey with the idea of carrying back a shipload 
 of Protestants from the north of Ireland. So Waldo's time 
 was spent elsewhere, and Luther's support did not serve to 
 counterbalance the reports of the Rotterdam merchants and 
 the personal character of Crellius himself, who seems to have 
 been a rascal in every way, and concerning whom all sorts 
 of salacious gossip was spread about. 
 
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But Luther was fortified by a letter from the Governor 
 and Council of Massachusetts Bay, stating that Pennsylvania' s 
 canvass for settlers was due to the advantage arising to the 
 proprietors by the annual quit-rent from the land settled by 
 them, whereas the purpose of Massachusetts was merely to 
 enlarge the number of inhabitants and to increase the strength 
 and general interest of the whole, and in this as well as all 
 other advantages and privileges the new settlers will share 
 proportionably with the old" (forgetting the segregation, the 
 head-tax and security, the false promises of land, and the 
 rest) ; and so Crellius did not despair. Settlers were invited 
 from all Central Germany; the mouth of the Ruhr, "a river 
 of Westphalia," (Duisburg, an old market-town of the 
 lower Rhine, eclipsed by Frankfurt) was named as the 
 rendezvous, from which every one was to proceed to Rotter- 
 dam. But this year again the greater number of the emigrants 
 came from the circle of Franconia, through advertisements 
 published at Frankfurt, Niirnberg and Heilbron. 
 
 Crellius played a double game all this spring. Openly 
 he worked through Luther's agents; secretly he associated 
 himself with two of the most disreputable canvassers in all 
 Germany, who published in their own name advertisements 
 for settlers for New England under a form of agreement 
 calling for a payment oi 7/4 pistoles passage and board, or 
 for reimbursement of the same by Labor; under the promise that 
 none that is unable to pay down his Passage-Money shall 
 be obliged to serve as a Slave or Servant; but as it will be left 
 to him to work it out by little and little. Things will be so 
 ordered that he may be able to go on and thrive, to which 
 Purpose the high Wages paid there and an opportunity of 
 disposing advantageously of his workmanship will be very 
 helpful." 
 
 But these agents were marked men, for previous frauds 
 committed, and Crellius was jailed in Hanau for his dealings 
 with them, from which only Luther's influence freed him. 
 
 2% 
 
His enemies seized the opportunity of denouncing him in the 
 Frankfurt papers, and he repHed by publicly disavowing his 
 canvassers' acts, and by announcing that no passengers would 
 be received except such as prepaid their passage. Captain 
 Heerbrand, one of his agents, had announced a rendezvous 
 of his victims at Niirnberg, May 15, 1752, but absconded. 
 Meantime Luther's agent, Leucht, had been working at 
 Heilbron, and a secoud rendezvous was fixed there a day or 
 two later, at the "Golden Ox" Inn. Leucht wrote from 
 that place to Crellius, May 19, 1752: "Thanks be to God, 
 our little transport set out this afternoon. We have very good 
 people, every one can pay his freight, except two unmarried 
 people. Among them is a Master Baker from Hornberg 
 with 9 children. He is able to pay for all the freights & to 
 keep still several hundred florins in his pockets. Notice is to 
 be taken of this Man; never a Newland man (emigration 
 canvasser) came to the place wherefrom he sets out. Upon 
 his giving a favorable account to his friends several families 
 will follow him next year."* 
 
 But Crellius was having serious trouble in Rotterdam. The 
 Rotterdam merchants were keeping every good ship from him. 
 As General Waldo wrote subsequently to the Provincial Court, 
 "The opposition of the Rotterdam merchants to Mr. Crel- 
 lius arises both from a personal dislike to him and an Appre- 
 hension that their Interests in Pensilvania would be prejudiced 
 by his success. ' ' His ' 'freights' ' were arriving almost daily, 
 demanding food, shelter and passage. His life was threatened 
 several times, so that he had to hide from them in an attic. 
 Finally came the Franconian contingent, who had all signed 
 articles of agreement, acknowledging themselves subjects of 
 the King of Great Britain in New England, and had paid 
 each lyi pistoles board at sea and passage-money, and some- 
 thing over 2 ducats for passage on the Neckar and the Rhine, 
 
 *Mass. Archive!, Emigrants, p. 135. 
 29 
 
and had bound themselves to embark at Rotterdam only in 
 vessels provided under the direction of Crellius. This w^as 
 the last straw. How was he to charter a good ship of a good 
 broker, without adequate support from his principals in 
 Massachusetts, and (more important still) without the com- 
 missions which a less reputable broker would pay him? As 
 before, he ignored his contracts and chose a poor ship, through 
 an unscrupulous broker; but now he varied the programme 
 by deserting a large number of people whose passages on his 
 ship had already been paid. On June 24, 1752, Crellius 
 wrote to Luther, ' ' The Tragedy is over. Tomorrow we 
 are setting out from hence for Boston on Board the St. Andrew, 
 Alexander Hood, Master, having 260 freights; 80 freights 
 whom we were not able to take in, and whom I have dis- 
 missed at their desire, have addressed themselves to other 
 merchants and for the greatest part intend to go to Mary- 
 land. I foresee the noise these people will make, and you 
 may easily imagine what consequences thence are likely to 
 result. You may also fancy what I have suffered besides 
 the Danger of losing my life wherewith I was menaced." 
 
 The St. Andrew was, apparently, an old vessel, which 
 had been carrying emigrants from Rotterdam to Philadelphia 
 for a number of years. The name appears frequently in the 
 Pennsylvania Archives before 1750. In October, 1738, it 
 arrived in Philadelphia, under command of Captain Stead- 
 man (perhaps the same man who fitted out the PrisciVa in 
 Rotterdam in 1751), with its passengers laboring under a 
 malignant, eruptive fever";* and it was quarantined and, 
 under the law of that time, the passengers were kept in their 
 crowded quarters on board until they were cured or dead. 
 
 This trip of the St. Andrew to Boston in 1752 seems to 
 have been much more fortunate. No deaths occurred on the 
 voyage, and, by inference, no serious sickness. 
 
 *Pennsylvania Colonial Records, V, 410. 
 30 
 
After Crellius' departure it appeared that he had left his 
 bills unpaid, his agents' drafts for their commissions dis- 
 honored, and had made his own private bargain with the 
 ship-brokers for the disposition of the unfortunate passengers. 
 The ship's books being kept by the captain, it would go hard 
 if he might not show every soul of them in debt at the end 
 of the journey. Crellius admitted his duplicity in his last 
 letter to Luther: I acted with honesty and sincerity so long 
 as other people did not swerve from it with regard to me, but 
 when I thought that I had reason to suspect the contrary, / 
 looked upon myself as obliged to stand upon my guard; ' ' that is, as 
 Crellius later complained to Waldo, Luther "endeavored to 
 exclude him from his commission ' ' from the rascals in Rot- 
 terdam, by recommending him to men of repute who were 
 above entering into his schemes; as Luther wrote to the 
 Massachusetts Council, He imagined he would not get the 
 price he had settled per head at Rotterdam according to the 
 good custom of the enlisters; a profit as unjust as it is sordid, 
 and which this sort of people make at the expense of the 
 poor emigrants, in such manner that they may be considered 
 as sellers of mankind and traffickers of Christians; an em- 
 ployment against which mere humanity inspires us with 
 horror. If I protected him so long upon the credit of your 
 recommendatory letters, and have been his dupe, as without 
 doubt you have been yourselves, I am incapable of assisting 
 a Cheat when I find him to be such." And Waldo con- 
 firmed all that Luther reported, writing from London, "This 
 Gentleman was the only patron and friend that Mr. Crell 
 had; his Behaviour to him will prevent his being any further 
 Serviceable to him; his Misfortune hereby is the greater for 
 that he will not be able to find another Person in Germany 
 to protect him. I know not the nature of Mr. Crell' s com- 
 mission, or by what authority he takes upon himself the Title 
 of Commissary to the Province, but I am well assured he 
 has neither done it Honour or Service." 
 
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Well might Crellius announce that he " would be known 
 thenceforth only as a West Indian merchant." How his 
 various promises were realized in New England, let the facts 
 relate. 
 
 The St. Andrew reached Boston September 19, 1752. 
 The following report was printed in the Boston Evening Post 
 for September 25, and, with some omissions, in the Gazette 
 on the same day, and was translated into German and printed 
 in the Pensylvanische Berichte of the same date: 
 
 Tuesday last a ship arrived here from Holland, with 
 about 300 Germans, Men, Women and Children, some of 
 whom are going to settle at Germantown (ja. part of Braintree) , 
 and the others in the Eastern parts of this Province. 'Tis 
 said about 40 children were born during the passage ; and we 
 are told that when one of the German Women is delivered, 
 her Friends and Neighbors do not ask (as we do) what she has 
 got, but how many children. Among the Artificers come over 
 in this ship, there are a Number of Men skilled in making 
 of Glass, of various Sorts, and an House, proper for carrying 
 on that useful Manufacture, will be erected at Germantown as 
 soon as possible." 
 
 This year no attempt was made to open any one of the 
 four townships for settlement. Although the 120 families 
 were on hand, two-thirds were mortgaged to Waldo, and the 
 rest, whether actually or on fictitious charges, were shown to 
 be in debt to the ship, and were offered for sale. The Evening 
 Post and the Post Boy for September 25, and the Evening Post 
 for October 2 and 9 contained the following advertisement: 
 
 "Just arrived in the Ship St. Andrew, Capt. Alex- 
 ander Hood, from Rotterdam, in good Health, A Number 
 of very likely Men & Women, Boys and Girls, from twelve 
 to twenty-five years old, who will be disposed of for some 
 Years according to their Ages and the different Sums they 
 owe for their Passages : Any Persons who have occasion for 
 such Servants, may treat with Mr. John Franklin in Corn- 
 
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SHIP OF THE APPROXIMATE SIZE AND RIG OF THE 
 
 ST. ANDREir. 
 
 FROM A CONTEMPORARY DUTCH ENGRAVING 
 
 A 300-ton ship, British registry, (a fair average of those in the 
 Colonial trade), would have measured about 120 feet long, 2^% feet 
 wide, and 13 feet deep. Into this space, less than that contained in a 
 modem coastwise lumber-schooner, were crowded anywhere from 250 
 to 500 human beings. Crellius sailed with 260, but arrived with 300. 
 Many of these ships loaded for Philadelphia must have been little better 
 than the Guinea slavers. 
 
hill, Boston, Mr. Isaac Winslow at Milton, or Capt. Hood 
 on board his ship now lying in Braintree River, before the 
 new Settlement of Germantown." 
 
 Thus, then, was the pitiless work completed, and within 
 the same harbor where a few short years later the battle for 
 American liberty began, were Christian men and women, 
 subjects of a friendly power, and beguiled by the official in- 
 vitation of the Province through its duly accredited Commis- 
 sary, shamefully tricked and sold into bondage. And an 
 eminent historian of those days* speaks with complacency of 
 the good fortune of Massachusetts in having so few foreigners 
 living in by-ways, in their " hardscrabbles and hellhuddles." 
 Better might he have laid even those few instances of helpless 
 want, as did its own Governor, Thomas Hutchinson, to the 
 dishonor of the Province. 
 
 The Boston Evening Post for October 23, had the fol- 
 lowing interesting account of conditions within a stone's throw 
 of the Germantown settlement: 
 
 Tuesday last a very large Bear was kill' d in Braintree, 
 whose Quarters weighed 59 Pounds each, and his Skin 24 
 Pounds — According to the Judgment of many of our Sages, 
 the strolling down of the Bears into the near Towns, por- 
 tends a very severe Winter; We have others who divine by 
 the Goose-Bone, and they have all their Admirers; but there 
 are others such Infidels as to deny that living Bears, or the 
 Bones of a deceased Goose, know anything about future 
 Events. These last come off the worst, being tho't by the 
 Vulgar, to be downright Hereticks." 
 
 On November 6, Captain Hood cleared for Virginia. 
 
 While many of these passengers went to the Germantown 
 company's settlement, and to Fort Massachusetts, and while 
 others remained in or near Boston, probably under indenture, 
 the majority seem to have gone at once to Waldo's estate in 
 
 *John Fiske: Beginnings ofNenu England. 
 33 
 
Maine. No one was ready to receive them. They were 
 crowded into a large shed, 60 feet long, without chimneys, 
 quite unsuited for habitation. Here they spent a winter of 
 terrible suffering. Several were frozen to death. The set- 
 tlers already there were too poor to offer much help, and 
 labor was at a discount, a quart of buttermilk, or sometimes 
 a quart of meal, being a good day's wage. 
 
 This tragic outcome of Waldo' s efforts to secure settlers 
 from Germany, he did what he could to remedy the follow- 
 ing year (1753) by going to Councillor Luther's house at 
 Frankfurt, and by arranging with Crellius' old agents in 
 Heilbron, Niirnberg, Speyer, Herborn, and elsewhere, to 
 continue their efforts; at the same time appointing a German 
 agent at Broad Bay to take care of new arrivals and assign 
 them home-sites. Some incidental results may have been 
 secured, but the business was practically ended by Crellius' 
 fiasco in 1752. Reports from the passengers on the Priscilla 
 and the St. Andrew, as well as the growing scandals in the 
 Pennsylvania traffic, all, doubtless, debated in the Council of 
 the Empire, caused several of the German princes in 1752-3 
 to stop all river transports, to forbid further canvassing for 
 emigrants, and to throw into jail numbers of these canvassers, 
 whom they called "sellers of souls." As Councillor Luther 
 wrote to the Massachusetts Council, protesting against the 
 bad faith shown by the Colony : ' ' We never thought our 
 poor countrymen would be treated like slaves or negroes, 
 without the liberty to settle where they pleased. " "He con- 
 sidered himself as a sort of publick person, ' ' * observed Thomas 
 Hutchinson, later Governor, but then a member of the Pro- 
 vincial Council, with the true provincial outlook; not sup- 
 posing, apparently, that a member of the Aulic Council, or 
 Upper House, of the Holy Roman Empire, and representing 
 
 * Thomas Hutchinson: History of the Pro'vince oj Massachusetts 
 Bay, Vol. III. London: 1828. 
 
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its capital city, could take rank with a councillor representing 
 the capital of His Britannic Majesty' s Province of the Massa- 
 chusetts Bay in New England. What signified it that his 
 liege lord, King George II, was also, for his Kingdom of 
 Hannover, a subject of that same Holy Roman Empire? 
 He was, probably, at much pains, and some expense, to 
 encourage the emigration;" but the emigrants complained 
 of being disappointed' ' when not one of the promises adver- 
 tised in the German newspapers was fulfilled, and ' 'the As- 
 sembly first slackened their correspondence with Mr. Luther," 
 and then "ceased answering his frequent letters, which were 
 filled with complaint." What right had a foreigner, even a 
 "sort of pub lick person," to scold the Province for its sins of 
 omission or commission? 
 
 Could one wonder that the Empire closed its rivers to 
 such enterprises? 
 
 A petition by the Rotterdam merchants, for raising the 
 embargo, was denied on the ground that "the enlisters had 
 made shameful traffic of the Germans, and were a set of 
 scoundrels and cheats, everywhere contemned." This led 
 to stopping the emigration not only to Massachusetts, but to 
 America generally. For the next three years a decreasing 
 number of vessels reached Philadelphia, largely from Ham- 
 burg (a new center of operations), but in 1756 the outbreak 
 of war ended the whole unsavory business. And the results 
 of that war, which relieved New England of the fear of 
 French encroachment, put an end to the desire to secure for- 
 eign immigration. 
 
 According to a petition to the General Court at Boston, 
 dated at Broad Bay (now Waldoboro) May 31, 1754, there 
 were then over 130 German families living there, comprising 
 almost 500 souls (some having come by way of Halifax). 
 They reported having built places of defence, but complained 
 of a lack of ammunition. The Commissary at Boston was 
 
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directed to send them three half-barrels of gunpowder and a 
 suitable proportion of bullets and flints.* 
 
 In 1763 Waldo's deeds were disputed by others claim- 
 ing part of his tract, and a compromise effected by Waldo's 
 heirs failed to protect the Germans and Huguenots, who were 
 given the choice of repurchasing their homes or of moving 
 elsewhere. Most of them did probably compromise with the 
 Plymouth Company, holders of the Kennebec Concession, 
 settling in the immediate neighborhood, in the modern towns 
 of Dresden and Nobleboro. 
 
 Waldo' s original choice of the location for these Ger- 
 mans was unfortunate. The Plymouth Company" s grant in- 
 cluded "15 miles on either side the Kennebec river," and 
 numerous warnings were inserted in the Boston newspapers 
 of 1751-2 forbidding settlements within that zone except by 
 those having the Company's permission. Had Waldo de- 
 sired nothing more than the settlement of the country, he 
 might have located his colony farther east; but he evidently 
 depended on the Germans to maintain his rights against the 
 Plymouth Company as well as the French and Indians. The 
 compromise by his heirs, which left the poor Germans un- 
 provided for, was therefore anything but creditable to his 
 memory. 
 
 In 1769 a few families, who had been converted by 
 Georg Solle, a Moravian preacher, migrated to the Mora- 
 vian colony of Wachovia, North Carolina (near the modern 
 Winston-Salem). Their ship was wrecked, and after much 
 suffering six families reached Wachovia on foot by way of 
 Wilmington, N. C. The others seem to have returned to 
 Broad Bay.f 
 
 In 1773 many of the Broad Bay settlers sold their rights 
 
 *Massacliusetts Court Records, XII, 351. 
 
 tClewell : History of IVachovia in North Carolina. New York, 
 1902, p. 78; also Reichel: Moraiiians in North Carolina, pp. 69-79. 
 
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for what they would fetch, and migrated to Londonderry 
 Township, Abbeville County, South Carolina. This large 
 tract had been set aside for German settlement in 1769, under 
 especially favorable circumstances. A Prussian officer named 
 Stiimpel had induced about 600 Germans to go with him to 
 London, where he expected to obtain a Carolina grant for 
 them. Having acted without definite promises from the 
 British Government, he was unable to accomplish what he 
 expected, and fled, leaving the poor emigrants destitute. A 
 subscription in London, headed by the King, made it possi- 
 ble to charter a ship, in which these unfortunates were sent 
 to Charleston, with letters from the King asking that they 
 be suitably provided for. The Provincial Council of South 
 Carolina voted them ;£^500 bounty and set aside for them the 
 large township of Londonderry. Here they settled, and nu- 
 merous Germans from other colonies joined them. The 
 greatest accession came from Broad Bay in Maine, and the 
 town of Dresden, S. C, perpetuates that of Dresden, Me.* 
 The Maine historians probably overestimate the number 
 of families who deserted Broad Bay. Williamson says 300 
 families; but according to their own petition in 1754, there 
 were about 130 families, and the census of 1790 shows 191 
 families still remaining in this vicinity. There were few 
 arrivals at Broad Bay, aside from the Priscilla and St. Andrew 
 passengers in 1751-2, except some few who, after Crellius' 
 fiasco at Rotterdam, sought the next vessel to Halifax and so 
 rejoined their fellows. Therefore, with 130 in 1754 and 
 191 remaining in 1790, it is unlikely that 300 went away in 
 1773.t 
 
 *See Beraheim, op. cit., p. 161; also, An Historical Account of the 
 Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia. Lon- 
 don, 1779: Vol. 2, pp. 269-272. 
 
 fMr. W. S. Rossiter in his analysis of the First Census, issued 
 by the U. S. Census Bureau in 1909 under the title A Century of Popu- 
 
 37 
 
The towns in the vicinity of Broad Bay remained for a 
 long time as a distinctly German community. There was a 
 Lutheran church there, with German services, as late as 
 1830. After that English was substituted, and the settle- 
 ment was gradually assimilated. 
 
 Of the St. Andrew passengers who did not go to the 
 Waldo tract, all probably owed more or less according to the 
 ship's books, and were sold under indenture; some to the 
 Germantown Company as factory hands, and others to gen- 
 tlemen in or near Boston, as farm laborers. Some also may 
 have remained as free laborers, in preference to the hardships 
 and dangers of Fort Massachusetts and Broad Bay. This 
 Braintree settlement had for some time the interest and sup- 
 port of its three principal backers, Franklin, Quincy and 
 Winslow. Numerous marriages among the Germans were 
 performed there by Col. John Quincy between December, 
 1752, and October, 1753. But the enterprise was unprofit- 
 able, and after the second year its diiBculties multiplied. 
 
 On November 27, 1752, Isaac Winslow asked the Gen- 
 eral Court for a patent for a term of years for a glass monopoly 
 
 lation Gronvth, pp. 116 and 271, allows but 357 German population in 
 Lincoln County, Maine ; but the estimate is based on his interpretation 
 of surnames reported in the schedules, wherein some of the foreign 
 names had become anglicized, while many others were simply overlooked. 
 Nobleboro, Maine, contained twice as many evidently German 
 names as he allows for all New England. His estimate of German 
 population throughout New England is surprisingly low: no Germans 
 being assigned to New Hampshire, none to Orange County, Vermont, 
 none to Worcester County, Massachusetts; in all of which there were 
 a good number of German families. "Grapes" from Krebs, in Bruns- 
 wick, is perhaps not so noticeable; or "Dimond" from Rothermel -via 
 Rodimon, in Claremont; or "Selham" from Sellenheim in Thornton; 
 but three Schoffs in Maidstone should have suggested German blood, 
 and so should a Shuff in Stratford and one in Bradford, a Kiblinger 
 (originally Kiverling) and others in Ashbumham, even if "Whiteman" 
 from Weissmann had missed the eye. 
 
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for the Germantown company; which was allowed, and a 
 grant of land to encourage the glass works as set aside in 
 what is now the town of Lee. It seems to have been of no 
 value to the Company, but some of the foreign workmen 
 settled there a few years later. 
 
 In 1753 Col. Quincy advertised his farm for sale, but 
 the company was not then disturbed. 
 
 On August 17, 1756, the company asked for permission 
 to conduct a lottery in the Province House to relieve them of 
 their difficulties; which was granted by the General Court 
 on April 25, 1757. 
 
 In 1760 the company mortgaged sixteen township lots 
 for ;^800, and soon after that the enterprise was discontinued, 
 some of the Germans remaining as settlers in Braintree, 
 while others joined their friends at Broad Bay in Maine, 
 a few went to the "Dutch Farms" in Ashburnham, and still 
 others went to the Berkshire region, in western Massachu- 
 setts. 
 
 The company doubtless involved its promoters in con- 
 siderable loss. Its products were of poor quality and there 
 was no demand for them. 
 
 Within a year a good number of the Priscilla men had 
 cleared off their debts and were freed from their indentures. 
 A petition May 30, 1753, by thirty-one German Protes- 
 tants* set forth that "upon the encouragement of this 
 Government, in consequence of a grant of land for y" set- 
 tlement of a township on certain conditions therein men- 
 tioned, we were induced at a very great expence to come 
 over into America & arrived at Boston in the moneth of Nov. 
 in y' year 1751, that a number of us not being able to pay so 
 great an expence as our passage from Germany necessarily 
 involved us in, we have been obliged to go to labour with our 
 hands in order to discharge said expence, which some of us 
 
 *Massachusetts Archives : Emigrants, p. 222. 
 39 
 
have now cleared. Our intention being to settle on the Tract 
 of land laid out at Massachusetts Fort on the Western bor- 
 ders of this Province, and in order to proceed in a regular 
 manner we now apply to this Hon""'* Court for their further 
 direction," etc. 
 
 The Court after due deliberation voted, on June 7, 
 1753, that the grants to Crellius should be declared void and 
 forfeited; and that notwithstanding his failure to supply 120 
 families each to 4 townships set aside for foreign Protestants 
 in 1749, a committee should forthwith lay out 31 house lots 
 not exceeding 10 acres each, in the German township so 
 called at Fort Massachusetts, with intervale, etc. . . . suffi- 
 cient to make 1-123 share in the town, and that the Germans 
 should have liberty to settle there." And most of the 31 
 quitted Germantown at once, and went to this new township, 
 where, as already noted, their homes were laid waste by a 
 French force the following year. 
 
 Others preferred to labor in Boston or at the German- 
 town settlement until a better opportunity should arise to pur- 
 chase homesites. A number of families seem to have gone 
 to Lexington, where they learned of the grant belonging to 
 that town in ' Dorchester Canada," and after long negotia- 
 tion succeeded in buying it. Of these last Jacob SchofF was 
 one. 
 
 Thomas Hutchinson, who was Governor of the Prov- 
 ince just before the Revolution, and a member ef the Coun- 
 cil during these events, summarizes them in the third volume 
 of his History of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, describing 
 the motives of "proprietors of uncultivated land, which af- 
 forded no income," and of grantees of land "which, unless 
 cultivated within a limited time, were to revert to the grantors," 
 in encouraging the immigration of foreign Protestants. Such 
 persons, he says in so many words, "were intended for the 
 frontiers, both east and west, as a barrier in case of rupture 
 
 40 
 
1. Braintree Town River, from Shed's Neck. The bluff at the 
 left is the edge of the Germantown settlement. 
 
 2. Old house in the Germantown settlement. Shed's Neck. 
 
with Indians or French," and in the principal towns "to 
 introduce useful manufactures." After describing the disap- 
 pointments in connection with the Broad Bay and German- 
 town enterprises, and the dissatisfaction of Luther with the 
 course of the Provincial Government, he observes, "the 
 house had been brought into the correspondence by the in- 
 fluence of a few persons who deserted the cause, and were 
 under no apparent concern at the reproaches upon Govern- 
 ment. Some of the members, both of the council and of 
 the house, earnestly endeavored to persuade the general as- 
 sembly to do as a collective body, that which every individual 
 would in honor have been bound, and perhaps by law might 
 have been compelled to do; but they could not prevail." 
 
 And in his Diary and Letters, I, 55-6, Governor Hutch- 
 inson thus refers to Spencer Phips a few years later : ' 'Upon 
 Mr. Shirley's going to England in 1756, the Government 
 came again to Mr. Phips, whose age had now rendered him 
 less fit for it than ever. ' ' 
 
 What part Jacob SchofE had in these various misfortunes 
 has not been definitely learned. He came in the St. Andrew 
 in September, 1752. No indentures of the Priscilla or 
 St. Andrew passengers were recorded, and it is unknown 
 whether he arrived free or in debt; and whether he began his 
 labors at the Germantown settlement or elsewhere. But the 
 fact that he did not go to Broad Bay seems to indicate that he 
 bartered his labor for his passage-money, serving the five 
 years between his arrival and the date of the Ashburnham 
 purchase. The Ashburnham deed in December, 1757, de- 
 scribed him as "of the County of Middlesex, labourer." 
 This might mean that he went direct from the ship to some 
 farm, or that he worked for a time at glass-making and left 
 the company when its difficulties began. He was married 
 very soon after his arrival, but his name does not appear in 
 the Boston records, or among the marriages performed by 
 
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Col. Quincy at Braintree. According to family tradition it 
 took place in Boston; very likely by a German preacher, 
 which would account for its absence from the records. 
 
 It seems quite possible that the seven Germans of the 
 Ashburnham purchase may have been under indenture to 
 William Reed of Lexington; that they worked under his di- 
 rection at building the road to New Hampshire; and that 
 when their time had expired his interest in them was sufficient 
 to arrange for them to purchase on easy terms the Bridge 
 Farm" which his native town did not want; thus enabling 
 them to become freeholders under a guaranteed title, which 
 was better than their friends in Maine could boast. 
 
 Of the German homes of Jacob SchofE and his wife 
 nothing is certainly known, and family tradition is the only 
 guide. She is said to have preceded him, and may have been 
 one of the " French Protestants from Germany" who came 
 on the Prhcilla in 1751. Her name, later spelled "Darrow" 
 by the Vermonters, familiar with that common Connecticut 
 name, suggests some French name of similar sound; perhaps 
 Devereaux, which appears in the 1790 census in West Stock- 
 bridge, Massachusetts, and Penobscot, Maine, where these 
 Huguenots settled. She had lived near him in Germany 
 and they had been sweethearts there. 
 
 Jacob Schoff is said to have come from Hornberg and 
 to have been a baker by trade. He took a leading part in the 
 Ashburnham settlement and was evidently a man of intelli- 
 gence and activity. One is led strongly to believe that the 
 prosperous baker with his nine children, from Hornberg, who 
 came to the " Golden Ox," at Heilbron, in May, 1752, was 
 his father, and that the whole family went on Leucht' s trans- 
 port to Rotterdam, where they found it impossible for all to 
 go on the Boston ship. They then took part in the attacks 
 on Crellius, and were finally referred to ships bound for other 
 American ports. But Jacob, who was probably the eldest 
 
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son, could not go to Philadelphia, for his sweetheart Eliza- 
 beth was waiting for him in Boston. So he managed to find 
 a place in the St. Andrew, which brought him to Boston, 
 September 19, 1752, the first of his family to reach America. 
 The rest of the family separated. Rudolph SchofF arrived at 
 Philadelphia September 23, 1752, in the ship Ann Galley, 
 Charles Kenneway, captain, from Rotterdam*. Another 
 one of the sons, whose name may have been Friedrich, 
 went the same month to New York, where the correspondent 
 of the Pensylvanhche Berichte, writing October 16, said, 
 During the past week came Captain Pikeman with Pala- 
 tines." Possibly others of the family, including the father, 
 went, as Crellius wrote, to Annapolis, where the ship Patience, 
 Captain Steel, arrived September 22, 1752, with 260 Ger- 
 mansf. The 1790 census shows several families of the 
 name in Lancaster and Franklin Counties, Pa., and Wash- 
 ington County, Md. ; the two last adjoining. 
 
 Romberg is a town in the Black Forest, now belonging 
 to Baden, but then a part of Wurtemburg. Before the days 
 of the railway, it was a station of some importance on the 
 post-road between Paris and Vienna, by way of Strasburg, 
 Augsburg, and Miinchen; and from the early Middle Ages 
 the neighborhood was a natural center of trade. Here, close 
 together, were Villingen, at the head of boat-travel on the 
 Danube; Rottweil, at the head of the Neckar; and Horn- 
 berg, on the little Gutach, which soon joins the Kinzing and 
 empties into the Rhine at Strasburg. Travellers toward Paris 
 from Vienna or Venice would generally take this short cut 
 through the Schwarzwald instead of the long detour on 
 the Rhine through Schaffhausen and Basel. 
 
 To reach Leucht's rendezvous a walk of a few miles 
 led from Hornberg to Rottweil, where the little river-boats 
 
 *Rupp, Collection of 30,000 names of German Immigrants, p. 279. 
 ^Pensyt'vaniscke Berichte, Nov. 1, 1752. 
 
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began their journey down the Neckar to Heilbron. 
 
 Why should a man in such a location, with a good 
 business established, and frequent opportunities for trade in 
 other lines, wish to sell out and venture across the great ocean 
 into the wilderness? Because of the growing assurance that 
 the country would soon be plunged into war, and that passing 
 armies would have scant mercy on the towns through which 
 they might pass. For France was openly arming, and it was 
 only four years later, in 1756, when hostilities began, and 
 when French and Austrian troops were using this very road 
 against their common enemy, Prussia. 
 
 It is notable that Jacob Schoff's American homes were 
 all similarly located : a fertile bit of valley in the midst of 
 wooded mountains, at a place where trade-routes branched. 
 
 The name SchofF ' ' seems to be of Frankish origin, 
 and occurs in those parts of Germany where Frankish blood 
 prevails — in the Rhine plain, the Palatinate, and the valleys 
 of the Middle Rhine, the Main and the Neckar. It seems 
 to mean a 'bundle" and referred particularly to the bundles 
 of long straw with which house-roofs were thatched. ' 'Sheaf ' 
 is the English equivalent. The word survives in modern 
 German mainly as a hunter's term, meaning a "flock" of 
 birds and the like. 
 
 In religion, as Jacob SchofE was a member of the Ash- 
 burnham Church, which was Congregational and Calvinistic, 
 he was probably before that a member of the Reformed 
 Church of Germany. His wife, as a Huguenot, would also 
 have been a Calvinist. This too may have had something 
 to do with separating them from those at Broad Bay, who 
 were mainly Lutherans. 
 
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Ill 
 
 The deed for the land in "Dorchester Canada" was 
 executed on the last day of the year 1757. Of the seven 
 purchasers, all but Peter Perry settled there at once. It is 
 still recalled in the neighborhood that those six families, in- 
 cluding a number of little children, came in midwinter with 
 all their belongings, and hastily put up a rude shelter beside a 
 great ledge of rock, where they managed to live until spring. 
 When the weather permitted, they employed James Locke, 
 of Townsend, to survey and divide the land into lots. 
 About 150 acres of meadow were reserved as common lands 
 and the remainder was divided into 14 unequal lots, of which 
 Jacob Schoff had two. His home was located on land now 
 belonging to Mr. Warren E. Marble. The 1,000 acres con- 
 tained some fertile meadow and several small ponds, but most 
 of it was upland, covered by forest. 
 
 To the families of the seven original purchasers were 
 soon added others : Jacob Selham, Andrew Windrow, Henry 
 Stack, Widow Constantine, Jacob Barkardst, John Oberlock, 
 Philip Vorback, and Jacob Wilker. Some of these were 
 previously at Broad Bay. Philip Vorback had signed the 
 petition for protection there in 1754. Christian Whiteman 
 was one of the signers of the Fort Massachusetts petition in 
 1753. The settlement became known as " Dutch Farms," 
 a name which is perpetuated by the public school of the 
 district. 
 
 In the year 1765 the plantation of Dorchester Canada, 
 including this German community and some settlements 
 nearby, at Willard's Hill and elsewhere, was incorporated 
 into the town of Ashburnham. At the first Town Meeting, 
 
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held March 25, 1765, Jacob Schoff was elected one of the 
 two Town Wardens. At the organization of the First 
 Church in Ashburnham, he was one of the thirteen signers of 
 the Covenant. The province tax-list of 1770 shows that 74 
 people were assessed in Ashburnham for a poll-tax; of this 
 number he was one. 
 
 Life in the new town was a stern struggle against un- 
 generous Nature. Many necessities of life had to be bought, 
 and for years the only product the settlers had to offer in re- 
 turn was the potash obtained by burning trees in the forest. 
 A petition addressed by the town of Ashburnham to the 
 General Court, December 30, 1767, is evidence of the hard- 
 ships they had to endure : 
 
 Whereas a province tax for a number of years past 
 has been laid on your petitioners, no part thereof has been paid, 
 that your petitioners labour under great poverty think them- 
 selves utterly unable to make any such payment, that the soil 
 we possess is very stubborn, requiring much hard labour be- 
 fore any profit can be reaped from it. That the greatest part 
 of your petitioners have been in said town but a short time 
 and are unable to raise provisions sufficient for the support of 
 our families, and as there is far from being enough produced 
 in the Town to maintain the inhabitants, we have not only 
 nothing to convart into money; but are at much annual ex- 
 pence for the necessities of life or be destitute of them; or 
 else contract debts unpayable without the forfeiture of our 
 lands. That y^ growth of y' said town has been much ob- 
 structed by y' said tax as many persons have of late gone over 
 y° provence line to avoid a burden which seems to be unsup- 
 portable and fatal; that your poor petitioners are unable to 
 keep our few cattle alive in y' winter season without driving 
 a considerable proportion of them out of town for subsist- 
 ence. That your petitioners house of publick worship has 
 lately been struck by a hurricane, and y^ cost of repare cannot 
 
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be less than ;^30 pounds lawful money and with all that can 
 be done to said house it must be rebuilt in a few years. That 
 by y' death of our very worthy pastor y* Reverand Mr. Win- 
 chester, your petitioners must needs be exposed to a very 
 great additional expense," and so on. It is gratifying to 
 know that the General Court remitted the tax for the year 
 1767. 
 
 Money did not exist, and the affairs of Ashburnham 
 were managed by a credit currency, consisting of written 
 notes promising to pay, not coin, but sheep, cattle or produce. 
 " I promise to pay John Rich one middling sheep on the first 
 day of next April." Of such notes many are still to be 
 found in the town. 
 
 Newcomers were narrowly watched. If warned before 
 settling they could not come to the town for poor-aid. The 
 following, from the town records, tells the story: 
 
 "Feb. 12, 1766. The town refused to admit Joseph 
 Pery & Mary Pery his wife Joseph Pery juner and Mary 
 Perry and Abigal Perry and Annie Perry children of Joseph 
 Perry and Mary Perry hath lately come in to the town of 
 Ashburnham and came last from Medway and came to the 
 town of Ashburnham November 1765." An inhospitable 
 notice, truly, to give a poor settler after he had just struggled 
 through a hard winter. He did not heed it, but stayed on, 
 as the births of several children between 1770 and 1774 ap- 
 pear on the records ; but the town had evaded responsibility 
 on his account, and could have put him over the line if he 
 had needed public assistance. The notice seems to have 
 been part of a scheme on the part of the native citizens to 
 prevent the settlement of any more Germans in Ashburnham. 
 
 About this same time a considerable number of the Ger- 
 man inhabitants of Ashburnham living near the Ashby line 
 desired to be included in the boundary of the latter town- 
 ship. This action probably reflects further disagreements 
 
 47 
 
between Germans and natives in Ashburnham. A commit- 
 tee, of whom Jacob Schoff was one, was chosen to appear 
 before the General Court in support of this petition. He 
 remained a property-holder in Ashburnham; but there is 
 reason for thinking that his farm was divided, and that part 
 of it lay subsequently in Ashby. At any rate he is recorded 
 after that time in both places. 
 
 When Jacob Schoff came to the "Dutch Farms" in 
 1757 his family consisted of his wife, two little girls, and a 
 baby boy. During the next nine years it was increased by a 
 girl and three boys; and after the transfer of part of Ash- 
 burnham to Ashby, his youngest child, a boy, seems to have 
 been born in the latter town. Children grew up quickly in 
 those days. His oldest daughter was married in Ashburnham 
 when not yet fifteen, in 1767; his second in 1768. 
 
 His home was on the crest of a hill commanding a 
 wide and beautiful view into the hills of New Hampshire. 
 A house still stands on that spot, which the present owners 
 say was built by Jacob Schoff during his stay in the town — one 
 story with gable roof, and a wood-shed adjoining. It was a 
 simple home for a large family, but strongly built, with one 
 great fireplace for both cooking and heating. One of the 
 timbers under the roof is a single log, squared by hand, 
 measuring twelve by sixteen inches. 
 
 Stearns, in his admirable History of Ashburnham, takes 
 leave of Jacob Schoff in the following words : ' ' He resided 
 in Ashburnham until 1777, when he removed to Haverhill, 
 N. H. While he remained his name receives honorable 
 mention in the records." Of these three assertions the first 
 two are somewhat mistaken. His new home was beyond 
 Haverhill, inMorristown (now Franconia), New Hampshire; 
 he bought the land in 1773, reported the census there in 
 1775, and sold his Ashburnham property in 1777. 
 
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 In 1752, when Jacob Schoff came hither from the Father- 
 land, the western boundary of the American colonies was 
 uncertain, and France was claiming everything beyond the 
 Allegheny mountains. French settlements were growing on 
 the St. Lawrence and the Mississippi. French adventurers 
 and priests were penetrating the great interior, making 
 friendships and alliances with the Indians and building forts 
 between their two extremes of settlement. French intrigue 
 was encouraging the Indians to further attacks on the English 
 colonists, and for a time it seemed as if nothing could save 
 them. Canada was French, and the St. Francis Indians held 
 the northern valley of the Connecticut, and favored the 
 French, so that attack from the north was always possible. 
 New York, still more Dutch than English, with a consider- 
 able share of the German immigration, was shut into the 
 valley of the Hudson by hostile Indians, friends of the French. 
 In Pennsylvania everything west of the Susquehanna was a 
 wilderness. Virginia was still mainly tidewater." The 
 town of Charleston was growing, but the settlements in Caro- 
 lina and Georgia were still sparse. The fear of French and 
 Indian was real and unceasing. 
 
 As New England was then the most prosperous of the 
 English settlements, so was it the most open to attack. From 
 Springfield southward the valley of the Connecticut was pretty 
 well settled J northward it was constantly menaced by the 
 Indians. The French often came down Lake Champlain 
 and raided the Berkshire country. In 1724 Massachusetts 
 established an outpost on the west bank of the Connecticut, 
 known as Fort Dummer (now Hinsdale, Vermont), and 
 soon afterwards a chain of 15 in the Berkshire Hills, of which 
 
 49 
 
one was Fort Massachusetts, in the town of North Adams. 
 For at that time the whole valley of the Connecticut, though 
 unexplored, was claimed by Massachusetts. The Dutch and 
 English colonists had made a treaty in 1656 which drew a 
 boundary line running northward from Greenwich Bay on 
 Long Island Sound, not less than 10 miles east of Hudson 
 River. In 1664 Charles II granted to his brother the Duke 
 of York ' 'all the lands from the west side of the Connecticut 
 River to the east side of Delaware Bay." This conflicted 
 with both Massachusetts and Connecticut, and an agreement 
 was made which fixed the line 20 miles east of, and parallel 
 to, the Hudson River; so that the western boundary of Massa- 
 chusetts, as against New York, extended northerly to the 
 line of Canada. New Hampshire, in the early days, con- 
 sisted of little more than the town of Portsmouth. It was a 
 Crown Colony, and grew slowly, while Massachusetts, under 
 a freer charter, far outstripped it. The whole coast of 
 Maine, as far as the northern side of Portsmouth harbor itself, 
 was held by Massachusetts, as was all territory to a line three 
 miles north of the Merrimac River. As settlements extended 
 inland, Massachusetts claimed the whole valley of the Merri- 
 mac northward to the White Mountains, and New Hampshire 
 protested. The dispute was referred to the King for arbi- 
 tration, and in 1740 he decided in favor of New Hampshire, 
 drawing the line westward from the Merrimac as it now 
 stands, to the New York line, and giving to New Hampshire 
 a number of towns along that river which had been settled 
 by Massachusetts. 
 
 In the year after the King's award (1741), Benning 
 Wentworth was commissioned Governor of New Hampshire, 
 and promptly set about the extension of his colony. The 
 valley of the Merrimac was opened to settlement; and while 
 the Connecticut was still in hostile hands, the reports of occa- 
 sional white prisoners ransomed from the St. Francis Indians 
 
 50 
 
had turned the eyes of the colonists longingly toward its fertile 
 meadows. In 1749 Governor Wentworth made a bold 
 venture and chartered a town at the extreme western limit of 
 his supposed jurisdiction, at the very door of Albany, and a 
 formidable distance from Portsmouth. The new town re- 
 ceived his name, being called Bennington. Its settlement 
 immediately opened the great controversy with New York, 
 which lasted over forty years. But closer to the present 
 subject was the action of that same meeting of the New 
 Hampshire Council, which considered sundry petitions from 
 adventurous souls who had settled along the Connecticut 
 above Fort Dummer, and decided to lay out the entire region 
 in townships 6 miles square, and to invite settlers. 
 
 Simultaneously the region along the Massachusetts line 
 between the Merrimac and the Connecticut began to be 
 opened up. Lower taxes and fewer restrictions attracted 
 people to some extent from the Massachusetts towns, as the 
 Ashburnham petition of 1767 has shown. 
 
 From January 3, 1749, to August 4, 1763, Governor 
 Wentworth granted 129 town charters west of the Connecti- 
 cut River; while on the east bank his charters, though less 
 in number, extended a long way up the river. These charters 
 were issued to groups of "proprietors," largely from Con- 
 necticut, where the towns were getting filled up and fire- 
 wood was becoming scarce after 120 years of settlement. 
 The proprietors assumed the duty of finding people to settle 
 on their holdings, from whom in due course they expected 
 to receive payment. They were often unsuccessful, so that 
 the same town would be granted over again, after forfeiture, 
 to another set of proprietors. Northumberland, for instance, 
 was first Stonington; Stratford was first Woodbury, and so 
 on. Many of the towns bore Connecticut names. And 
 Governor Wentworth and some of his Council usually got a 
 share of the land comprised within the new towns j the 
 
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profit from such operations was one of the perquisites of 
 office. 
 
 The outbreak of the French and Indian war put a stop 
 to settlement in the Connecticut valley; but after the fall of 
 Quebec, in 1759, the fear of the French subsided, and it be- 
 came a matter of Colonial policy to get the hinterland" 
 filled up as rapidly as possible. The last three years of the 
 war were the most active of all Governor Wentworth's pro- 
 motions, and by 1765 his work was practically complete on 
 both sides of the river to its source. 
 
 The result of this speculative activity was that the present 
 States of New Hampshire and Vermont remained with the 
 American Colonies rather than the Crown, in the Revolution ; 
 for England merely stepped into the shoes of the French in 
 Canada, after the peace of 1763, and but for Wentworth and 
 his schemes the upper Connecticut might easily have become 
 Canadian. 
 
 The next check to settlement was the controversy be- 
 tween Governor Wentworth, at Portsmouth, and Governor 
 Clinton, of New York, as to their jurisdiction west of the 
 Connecticut. Clinton denied all claim of New Hampshire 
 to what is now Vermont; he ignored the rights of Went- 
 worth's proprietors or their settlers, and demanded another 
 payment for all lands occupied, under penalty of eviction. 
 The town of Bennington, being nearest Albany, was the 
 storm-center, but all were afFected. Matters were made 
 worse in 1764, when the King of England confirmed New 
 York' s claim to the west bank of the Connecticut River as 
 far as 45° N. 
 
 The settlers on the New Hampshire Grants sent a rep- 
 resentative to England to argue their case, and in 1767 the 
 King commanded the Governor of New York not to make 
 grants on land covered by the New Hampshire grants. This 
 order was ignored, and the settlers were obliged to use force 
 
 52 
 
to defend their rights. Ethan Allen and his ' ' Green Moun- 
 tain Boys" were the result. In 1772 the British Cabinet 
 declared that the settlers on the New Hampshire Grants 
 should hold their titles, even if their land were adjudged to be 
 within the province of New York. But in 1774 the New 
 York Assembly enacted a drastic law against "the inhabitants 
 of Albany and Charlotte Counties, " and the ensuing two 
 years were bitter and strenuous. 
 
 The outbreak of the Revolution held the dispute more 
 or less in abeyance, although the New Hampshire Grants 
 were at a disadvantage, being forced to organize their own 
 defence ; so that many of the inhabitants became discouraged 
 and actually went over the Canada line. The Grants set up 
 their own government, being called New Connecticut" 
 until June 1777, when the name Vermont" was adopted; 
 and the long dispute was finally settled in 1790 by the pay- 
 ment of an indemnity to New York and the admission of 
 Vermont the following year into the American Union. 
 
 The country north of the White Mountains was very 
 soon an object of ambition for the German settlers at Broad 
 Bay. Here, as in Pennsylvania, they were active in explor- 
 ing this wilderness, which they foresaw would yield many fine 
 homesteads, and on their explorations was doubtless based much 
 of the interest that led to the creation of these northern towns. 
 The name of Franconia, chartered first in 1764, shows that 
 they had planned a settlement there, which a conflicting 
 charter and adverse conditions prevented. And the interest 
 of the Germans in Maine was shared by those who were 
 scattered through Massachusetts. 
 
 The settlers in Ashburnham were directly concerned in 
 the efforts to open up the country north of them. The road 
 from Boston was gradually extended. Branching in Ash- 
 burnham, one way led to the Merrimac, the other westward 
 to the Connecticut. In 1753 the New Hampshire Assembly 
 
 53 
 
provided for a road from Franklin to what is now Haver- 
 hill. The broad meadows at that place, west and south of 
 Mt. Moosilauke, were the envy of the poorer towns to the 
 south, and the colonists determined to secure their possession. 
 In 1754 an expedition under Capt. Peter Powers explored the 
 Connecticut valley as far north as Israel's River. They 
 found a large camp of Indians at what is now Groveton, but 
 returned safely, with glowing accounts of the beauty and fer- 
 tility of the whole valley. The main object of this party was 
 to see if the French were building forts on the river, and it 
 was learned that they were not. 
 
 Quebec was taken by the English in 1759, and with it 
 French ambitions disappeared. The meadows of the Coos 
 Country" (Coos is Indian for crooked," referring to the 
 windings of the river) were occupied soon after. The towns 
 of Haverhill and Newbury were settled in 1762, and a saw 
 and grist mill was built there. In 1763 the town of Lan- 
 caster was granted to Massachusetts men (David Page was 
 from Lunenburg, adjoining Ashburnham, while the town was 
 named after Lancaster, Mass.). In September, 1763, a path 
 was cut through from Lancaster to Haverhill, and in 1764 
 several families settled there. Lisbon was granted in 1763, 
 and Littleton in 1764. The meadows north of Lancaster, 
 known as the ' Upper Coos," were granted about the same 
 time: Guildhall, Brunswick and Maidstone, on the west 
 side, in 1761; Bloomfield (first called Minehead) and Lem- 
 ington in 1762; and on the east side, Northumberland and 
 Stratford (first called Stonington and Woodbury) in 1761-2. 
 The original charters of all these towns had this clause : 
 ' 'II. That all white and other Pine Trees within the said 
 township fit for Masting Our Royal Navy be carefully pre- 
 served for that Use and none to be cut or felled without Our 
 Special License for so doing first had and obtained, upon the 
 Penalty of the Forfeiture of the Right of such Grantee his 
 
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Heirs and Assigns to Us our Heirs and Successors as well as 
 being Subject to the Penalty of an Act or Acts of Parliament 
 that now are or hereafter shall be enacted. ' ' 
 
 Had this command been obeyed it would have been 
 difficult to clear the ground for farming. The first settlers 
 simply felled the trees and put them into the river to get rid 
 of them. 
 
 The original charter proprietors, as usual, were largely 
 speculators who had no idea of settling, but hoped to dispose 
 of their holdings at a profit. Settlers were granted a bonus 
 to go in and build, and to make improvements at the expense 
 of the proprietors. This, of course, was the reason for the 
 general absence of deeds in the early days, settlement being 
 by personal arrangement. Early town meetings were held at 
 the homes of the proprietors — in Portsmouth, or worse still, 
 in Connecticut — and this proved a serious obstacle to their 
 early settlement, as all who desired to purchase lands were 
 obliged to go to the meeting-place for that purpose. This 
 difficulty was removed by proxy meetings held in the towns, 
 after about 1780; by the allotment of lands under Judd's 
 survey in 1786, and by appointment of resident agents repre- 
 senting the charter proprietors. 
 
 Between Massachusetts and the new settlement of Hav- 
 erhill there was a growing communication, which all passed 
 through Ashburnham. The road followed the trail of Powers 
 and Lovewell (very nearly that of the Concord and Montreal 
 R. R. ), up the Merrimac and Pemigewassett rivers to where 
 Plymouth now stands, then over the mountain at Warren 
 and down into the Connecticut valley. The eyes of the 
 German settlers at Ashburnham were turned with interest 
 toward the better and cheaper lands to the north. They did 
 not abandon their homes until conditions of settlement in the 
 region seemed reasonably sure. The surrender of some of 
 the town charters and their reissue to other proprietors, and 
 
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the more persistent efForts of the proprietors to find settlers, 
 gave them the opportunity. Stonington was rechartered as 
 Northumberland in 1771, and Woodbury as Stratford in 1773. 
 Other towns not so far away were filling up. About 1773 
 a number of the Ashburnham Germans moved to the Con- 
 necticut valley. Simon Rothermel (Rodamell in the Ash- 
 burnham mortgage), whose name was changed to Rodimon 
 and then to Dimond, settled in Claremont and left many de- 
 scendants in the southern towns. Philip Vorback went to 
 Haverhill, the Whitemans to Warren, and the Selhams to 
 Thornton and later to Stewartstown ; John Rich and Jacob 
 Schoff, and the latter" s sons-in-law, Philip Grapes and Aaron 
 Samson, pushed on into the wilderness. In November, 
 1773, Jacob SchofF bought 500 acres in Morristown, N. H. 
 (or Franconia — the two names were due to conflicting grants), 
 and settled there. This place seems to have been his home 
 for about ten years. 
 
 Those who are familiar with the White Mountains 
 know Franconia and its beautiful situation commanding a 
 view of the whole range — the Presidential peaks as well as 
 Mt. Lafayette. The Lower Ammonoosuc River, or rather 
 a branch of it, here breaks through the hills and flows toward 
 Litdeton, making a fine strip of fertile meadow along its 
 course. To the south the Franconia Notch gives a direct 
 route to Plymouth and the Merrimac, avoiding the long 
 detour through Haverhill. 
 
 This position of Franconia made it convenient for such 
 trade as then existed, and Jacob Schoff seems to have en- 
 gaged in many ventures of this sort. The peace of 1763, 
 while it made Canada English, restricted its trade with the 
 colonies and diverted it toward the mother country. The 
 American colonists paid no more attention to such laws than 
 they chose; and the settlers in these northern towns did not 
 confine their trading to their own needs. The valleys of the 
 
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Connecticut and St. Francis were a trade route already fre- 
 quented by the Indians, and before the Revolution the trade 
 between Montreal and Boston, Portsmouth or the Kennebec 
 was a personal one, finding its way from village to village in 
 spite of legal prohibitions. Maine was sparsely settled in this 
 year of 1773, and most of the trade went southward to Ports- 
 mouth and Boston. Between Lancaster and Haverhill the 
 Connecticut makes a wide bend and is filled with rapids, so 
 that the first trail led from Lancaster to Littleton and down 
 the Ammonoosuc. From Lancaster, if one were bound 
 south, at least 20 miles were saved by going through the 
 Franconia Notch. By 1810 there were several boarding- 
 houses at Franconia and the traffic was regularly established; 
 but it is a family tradition that Jacob SchofI and his son John 
 were with the first party who penetrated the Notch and made 
 the entire journey from the Merrimac to the St. Francis. 
 
 The hardy pioneers who ventured north of Haverhill 
 were without roads. The blazed trail through the forest, or 
 the rivers, were the only means of communication. They 
 were a law unto themselves as far as their land-claims went, 
 and made their "pitches" where they pleased, settling with 
 their proprietors later, or buying their homes at some tax- 
 collector's sale at nominal prices. Their own taxes were 
 often balanced by charges for road-building. Long before 
 any recorded deed can be found, Jacob SchofF seems to have 
 explored the upper valley and to have selected land in Nor- 
 thumberland and Stratford, and across the stream in Maidstone 
 and Brunswick. But with a large family of young children 
 he was not prepared to venture into the constant danger which 
 life on the frontier meant. Relations between the colonies 
 and the mother country were growing worse every day; 
 Canada claimed all the land north of the White Mountains, 
 and provoked the Indians to harass the new settlers. Alto- 
 gether even Morristown, in the year 1773, was too near the 
 "enemy's country'' for safety. 
 
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By 1775 conditions had become worse. The colonies 
 took a census of men, arms and ammunition to determine 
 their ability to defend their rights. Then a regiment was 
 raised for defence, and Jacob SchofF, Jr., was made Lieu- 
 tenant of the 6th Company, enlisting at Lisbon. John, the 
 second son, had by this time left home and gone to sea as a 
 ship-carpenter. The next year came the declaration of 
 American Independence and the war came in earnest. Block- 
 houses were built in Stratford, Maidstone and Northumber- 
 land, for the defence of the settlers. Troops could not be 
 spared so far from the scene of action, and the people had 
 to look out for themselves. Raids by Canadians and Indians 
 were constant, live-stock was killed or driven off, and unwary 
 settlers captured and held for ransom. The families at Fran- 
 conia, less directly threatened, did what they could to help. 
 Jacob Schoff was made commissary for the Lisbon company; 
 his eldest son Jacob went to the front, and was in action at 
 1 the battle of Bennington. His second son John, returning 
 from seafaring, enlisted in a Massachusetts regiment and 
 served through the war, spending that terrible winter at 
 Valley Forge and taking part in several of Washington's 
 campaigns. At Valley Forge he is said to have been in 
 Washington's bodyguard. 
 
 After Burgoyne's surrender at Saratoga, in 1777, the war 
 was carried on in other parts of the colonies, and the Con- 
 necticut Valley settled down to a stern watchfulness against 
 Indian attacks, which gradually became less frequent and 
 finally ceased altogether. For a year before Cornwallis' sur- 
 render at Yorktown the New England colonies were unmo- 
 lested, and the treaty of peace in 1783 gave them a free rein 
 to collect their remnants of property and go on where they 
 had begun seven years before. 
 
 In 1782 a fair road was built from Haverhill, the county- 
 seat, up the Ammonoosuc Valley, to Lancaster. But north 
 of Lancaster a boat on the river, or the dray or "pung,"' 
 
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were the only means of transporting goods. The dray was 
 made of two poles fastened to the horse's harness and end- 
 ing in a pair of runners or thills which trailed on the ground, 
 with a board fastened between. This contrivance could 
 thread its way through the forest, and when a stream had to 
 be forded, it could be lifted up by hand or slung between the 
 horses. By such means food-supplies and other necessaries 
 had to be brought up. The pung' ' was a box-sled on 
 runners for winter use. 
 
 About the same time that the road was put through to 
 Lancaster, Jacob Schoff sold his land in Morristown, and 
 moved to Northumberland. Very likely, the Court decision 
 denying the Morristown charter and awarding the land to 
 Franconia proprietors, was the cause of his leaving. His 
 new home was in a wider and more fertile valley, now securely 
 opened for development. It was located on a high terrace 
 under the north end of the mountain called "Cape Horn," 
 near the place where the Upper Ammonoosuc flows into the 
 Connecticut; about three miles south of the modern village 
 of Groveton. Here he had lived probably not more than 
 two or three years when he crossed the river and settled on 
 a beautiful place in Maidstone, where he built a house that 
 became quite a rendezvous for the neighborhood, town meet- 
 ings being held there frequently. From the rising ground 
 back of his house was an uninterrupted view down the valley, 
 flanked by mountains, with the great peaks of the Presidential 
 Range in the distance. Across the river were the bare and 
 striking Stratford Peaks. Directly before the house was the 
 Connecticut River, winding in unending curves through the 
 rich intervale. Over the hill at the back was a beautiful 
 little lake. This was Jacob Schoff' s home for ten years. * 
 
 The Indians in this part of the country were of the St. 
 Francis, or Arressigunticook, tribe of Canada. They had a 
 
 *The location is just north of Stevens Station, Vermont, on the 
 
 Maine Central R. R. 
 
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trail from their Canada settlement to the Kennebec River in 
 Maine. After crossing the Memphremagog, they took the 
 Clyde River to Island Pond, then crossed to the Nulhegan, 
 thence to the Connecticut, to the Upper Ammonoosuc and 
 across to the Androscoggin, and down that river to their 
 destination. (This is very nearly the route of the Grand 
 Trunk R. R. ) Another trail led southvirard down the valley 
 of the Connecticut. On either trail they passed through the 
 settled portion of Maidstone, and were a source of great 
 annoyance to the inhabitants. 
 
 The towns of Northumberland, Maidstone, Stratford 
 and Brunswick, lying on the Connecticut in the very midst of 
 the old Canadian trade-route, were in a better location for 
 trade than Franconia, and long before the railroad was built 
 they became important commercially. The village of Grove- 
 ton, in the northern part of Northumberland, was the point 
 of departure from the Connecticut valley; and the way to the 
 growingtowns in Maine, and to the sea, was comparatively easy. 
 Soon after the Revolution the shipping on the Kennebec grew 
 to considerable importance. Ships were small in those days 
 and they were steered upstream as far as Hallowell, just 
 below the present capital, Augusta. There Jacob Schoff was 
 a frequent visitor, bringing the products of his farm and the 
 articles of his trade, and taking back all sorts of necessaries 
 and goods for return trade northward. (By residents of 
 Hallowell he was remembered as " Daddy SchofF." ) It was 
 in this way that his grandson, John Chase SchofF, met his 
 wife, whose family were sea-folk, and who herself steered a 
 ship up the river to Hallowell. 
 
 Doubtless during these visits, Jacob Schoff frequently met 
 some of his old friends and fellow-passengers from the Waldo 
 tract, the town of Dresden lying at no great distance on the 
 opposite side of the Kennebec River. 
 
 In the winter, long trains of teams, two and one-horse, 
 frequently numbering thirty or forty, were on the road going 
 
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to the coast towns laden with pork, butter, cheese, herd-grass, 
 seed, etc., or returning with the year's stock of groceries, 
 spices, tools, utensils, clothing and household supplies. 
 
 The principal industry of the region (as in the early 
 days of Ashburnham) was the making of potash from wood- 
 ashes. 
 
 After settling in Maidstone, Jacob Schoff acquired con- 
 siderable land in the four neighboring towns, some of which 
 he conveyed to his sons as they married. The neighborhood 
 grew steadily. On November 5, 1787, the town of Strat- 
 ford offered 500 acres of land to David Judson of Stratford, 
 Connecticut, if he would build a grist mill within 12 months. 
 While records are not at hand to prove it, Maidstone prob- 
 ably made an offer of some sort at the same time. At all 
 events, Judson did build a saw and grist-mill, and three days 
 after the acceptance of the offer, Jacob Schoff bought land 
 of him in Maidstone. 
 
 January 1, 1791, it was voted "that Benjamin Strong be 
 a collector (in Stratford) to collect the tax laid by the Pro- 
 prietors to raise ;£^23, which sum the Proprietors owe the 
 Residents of the Town of Stratford and also to collect a tax 
 of ;£^71, to defray the arrearages of the Proprietors' debts." 
 
 This action reflects one of the last stages of the original 
 speculation. Judd's survey of 1786, which all the towns had 
 approved by 1789, had established the bona-fide settlers in 
 their homesteads, and it now remained to acquire the holdings 
 of the non-resident proprietors, who were doing nothing but 
 retard the growth of the towns. For the next few years land 
 was cheap. In 1796 this same collector, Benjamin Strong, 
 sold Daniel Schoff a tract in the north part of Stratford for 
 arrearages of taxes for :?2.06 cash. But the non-resident 
 tax-list was not finally eliminated for another generation. 
 
 In 1786 Eben W. Judd' surveyed and lotted the lands of 
 all the northern towns. At first he met with much opposi- 
 tion from the settlers, who were jealous of their rights, and 
 
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feared they might be disturbed in their lots; but the matter 
 was amicably adjusted. In Maidstone the SchofPs and others 
 forcibly stopped the work, as shown by the following passages 
 from Judd' s journal, which was printed in Vol. I of the Ver- 
 mont Historical Magazine, 1861 : 
 
 October 9th. Surveyed on side of the river in Maidstone. 
 Just at sunset met a company of men on a piece of land 
 that Mr. ShofF lived on. They held our chain-men, 
 and said if we went on they would break our heads. 
 We returned to Thomas Wooster's. (We went on 
 with our work until the 13th. ) 
 October 13th. About 2 o'clock p. m. was met by a com- 
 pany of settlers in a Briton's manner. They stopped 
 and hindered us a long time. 
 October 14th. Began to lot where we left off on Wait's 
 Bow. We went strong-handed. Joseph Holdbrook 
 carried the fore end of the chain, and was clinched 
 upon by Mr. Grapes. Grapes was advised to let go, 
 and finally did, and we went on with our lotting. 
 November 8th. Surveyed on the river in Maidstone (was 
 stopped and held fast by the settlers of said town near 
 Merrill's, finally they desisted). We compromised, 
 and they agreed to delay the matter till after the Sur- 
 veyor's meeting, by our promising to use our influence 
 to have each settler have 20 acres of meadow and 80 
 acres of upland. 
 
 Judd records a conference between himself and Gov. 
 Chittenden of Vermont, including the following: 
 
 Ques. — What shall we do with settlers now on pitches 
 in the towns? 
 
 jins. — You must put into the warning for the meeting, 
 to have them hold their pitches, and you must not interrupt 
 them, for I will take the part of the poor settlers rather than 
 have them interrupted. You must give them more than 
 granted, if you intend to have them peaceable. 
 
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And the result was according to the Governor' s advice, 
 as appears by the following: 
 
 December 13th. — The happy wished-for day has arrived. 
 Proceeded on business as fast as possible. Brought on 
 Lemington first, then Averill, then Minnehead, then 
 Lewis, then Brunswick, then Wenlock, then Ferdinand, 
 then waited for the settlers of Maidstone, and opened 
 meeting at 1 o'clock p. m. A number of settlers to- 
 gether and a large lot of proprietors, all proceeded to 
 business with calmness and resolution and there was not 
 even a high word spoken. There were matters to settle 
 of the utmost consequence to private persons. Finished 
 about two o' clock at night and made a settlement with 
 all the settlers- Happy would it be for me if I could 
 make as much peace every day as I know I have done 
 to-day. I am sure nothing would have been done about 
 a settlement had I not urged the matter just as I did. 
 A town meeting of Maidstone settlers, March 27, 1787, 
 authorized the survey to continue, "in such form as to give 
 to every proprietor his just proportion of intervales and uplands, 
 as near as may be, and that those proprietors who have 
 already made their pitches and begun improvements may be 
 allowed to hold their proportion in the places where they have 
 made their pitches and begun improvements." 
 
 At another meeting, August 15, 1787, Jeremiah Fames, 
 Esqr. ; Major Jonas Wilder, Mr. Andrew Beers, Joseph 
 Wait, Esqr. ; Mi". John Rich, Eben W. Judd and Jeremiah 
 Fames, Junr. , were named a committee to lot out the settlers' 
 lots and proprietors who were settlers. This committee was 
 directed "to lay out to the thirteen first settlers of s"* Maid- 
 stone a certain quantity of acres of Land not exceeding in 
 quality thirteen hundred acres thro' the town . . so . .as 
 to cover s' settlers' improvements. . . This survey to be 
 binding and to be recorded on Maidstone Book." 
 
 At a meeting, November 15, 1787, held at the house of 
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Mr. Jacob Schoff, it was voted "that a certain gore contain- 
 ing about 93 acres be applied to the original right of Agur 
 Judson to make up the second division now owned by Mr. 
 Jacob Schoof." 
 
 A meeting of the town of Stratford, held July 22, 1789, 
 voted a lot "to the first Protestant Minister that shall settle in 
 the work of the ministry of s* Town." 
 
 Nothing came of this action. 
 
 A special meeting, June 27, 1800, ' was held at Henry 
 ShofFs to see if they will build a Meetinghouse and to appoint 
 a committee to pitch upon a spot where to set it. " A lot was 
 set apart, but nothing further was done. 
 
 In Massachusetts every town was obliged to build a 
 church and maintain a minister. The form of service was, 
 of course. Congregational. The colony of New Hampshire 
 began under other auspices, and its towns were not subject to 
 the same obligations. The more prosperous settlements in 
 the southern part were able to have their churches, but in the 
 northern towns there was little organized religious activity 
 until the Methodist movement gathered headway. In the 
 early days they were frontier settlements literally, and num- 
 bers were too few and prospects too poor for them to get far 
 away from the struggle for existence itself. 
 
 On November 22, 1791, the northern towns petitioned 
 the New Hampshire Assembly for a division of Grafton 
 County. Those on the Vermont side had soon gained their 
 point, Essex County having been set apart from Orange, with 
 a county-seat at Guildhall. But the Stratford folk had still to 
 go to Haverhill, 50 miles away. Of the 13 Stratford signers 
 Jacob Schoff was one. Action was not taken by the State 
 until December 24, 1803, when Coos County was set apart 
 from Grafton, with a county-seat at Lancaster. 
 
 In 1796 a town movement was organized in Brunswick; 
 the application was signed by Jos. Wait, Philip Grapes, Na- 
 thaniel Wait, and Jacob Schoff, feeeholders. By this time 
 
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Jacob SchofE had disposed of his land in Maidstone, to his 
 sons and others, and had moved to Brunswick, some five or 
 six miles farther north. There, doubdess, he and his wife 
 ended their days. There is no record or tombstone to give 
 the date. He was enumerated there in the census of 1800 j 
 he sold land there to his son Jacob, Jr. , in 1806. His name 
 does not appear in the census of 1810. This seems to indi- 
 cate his death between 1806 and 1810; but in April, 1812, 
 Jacob ShofF again conveyed land in Brunswick, and in March, 
 1813, Jacob ShofF, Jr., did so. Were both these convey- 
 ances by the son, or was Jacob actually Jr. in 1813, his father 
 being still alive? If the Third Census had been more care- 
 fully reported, its indications might be adopted more readily; 
 but its manuscript schedules for New Hampshire and Ver- 
 mont, filed in the Census Office at Washington, compare 
 very unfavorably with those of 1800, and the work was cer- 
 tainly less carefully done. 
 
 The same year, 1796, when Jacob SchofE helped to or- 
 ganize the town of Brunswick, saw the last vestige of Indian 
 trouble swept away. . After the Revolution the Indians were 
 weak, and necessarily favored the white settlers; and on 
 June 30, 1796, their chief, Philip, gave to Thomas Eames 
 of Northumberland, John Bradley and Jonathan Eastman of 
 Concord, and Nathan Holt of Moultonborough, a deed for 
 a great tract beginning at the confluence of the Upper Am- 
 monoosuc and the Connecticut, up the smaller stream, to 
 the Androscoggin and thence to the Rangeley Lakes and Lake 
 Megantic, across the height of land to Lake Memphremagog, 
 and down the Nulhegan to the Connecticut, and so to the 
 place of beginning; comprising land in Maine, New Hamp- 
 shire and Vermont as well as some now adjudged to Canada; 
 and all for a reserved freedom to hunt and fish, to plant four 
 bushels of corn, and for security that the chief and his squaw 
 should be furnished with provisions and suitable clothing. To 
 
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such a pass, in 25 years, had the once-dreaded Indian been 
 reduced ! 
 
 This deed, quoted in full by Grant Powers in his His- 
 torical Sketches of Coos County (Haverhill, 1880), and re- 
 corded in the Grafton County records, was one of the main 
 grounds for the final settlement of the boundary with Eng- 
 land. It included several towns now Canadian, largely peo- 
 pled by settlers from New Hampshire and Vermont, who 
 resisted for a time when handed over to England, and who 
 tried to form a separate state called "Hall's Stream Republic," 
 but it came to nothing, of course. The present boundary 
 has worked very well, and the compromise which gave those 
 few towns to Canada, north of 45° (the original charter limit 
 of New York), gave to the United States the great northern 
 stretch of Maine, so that there was no good cause for com- 
 plaint. 
 
 Of the grandchildren of Jacob Schoff three were inter- 
 ested in this dispute. John Chase SchofF lived for some time 
 in Eaton, Canada. Amarilla married and settled in Clifton. 
 John lived in Compton. 
 
 Maidstone meetings were held "at the house of Mr. 
 Jacob Schoof" in June and July, 1788. Among bills against 
 the town approved for payment (evidently road work) were 
 the following: 
 
 No. days — men^s labor No. days — o«-work 
 
 Dan'l Schoff jyi 
 
 Jacob Schoff 33 18 
 
 Jacob Schoff, Jr 9yi 1 
 
 The town of Brunswick surveyed its first road in 1790; 
 Philip Grapes was appointed lister, and Jacob Schoff highway 
 surveyor. 
 
 At a Stratford town meeting December 4, 1789, a list of 
 accounts approved for payment included one to Philip Grapes 
 for £^ 4s for road building and surveying. 
 
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The following from the Maidstone First Book (p. 57), 
 shows how these early settlers worked out their taxes : 
 
 Jacob Schoffto Treasurer, Dr. Contra. 
 
 To applying to the taxes for his riehts, 9 J 10 B7 hit acconnt allowed, 1114 
 
 To an Older given Daniel Schoff, 2 9 
 To an order given Daniel Jadson, Jr., 7 
 To an order given Joseph Wait, 1 19 5 
 
 11 13 
 
 Daniel Schoof, Dr. 
 
 To 455. applied to Jerh, Merrils, 3 5 Cr. By acct. allowed, 2 5 
 
 By Boswell Merrlll'i bill, 15 
 
 By an order for his father, 3 9 
 
 Jacob Schooj, Dr. 
 To an order given Eben. Torry, 3 19 Cr. By hii acct allowed, 2 19 
 
 Here we can leave Jacob SchofF, in his last home in 
 Brunswick, Vt. It would be impracticable to follow his de- 
 scendants in the same detail. That he achieved anything 
 more notable than they, is not asserted; but he was the first 
 settler of the name in New England, maintaining his home 
 and citizenship against severe discouragement, and taking part 
 in movements which were very critical to our national inde- 
 pendence; and his memory should be preserved by them 
 with respect. 
 
 His sons and daughters all lived and died in the upper 
 valley, save John, who settled first in southern New Hamp- 
 shire on the Merrimac, and died, a young man, a few miles 
 downstream, at Bradford, Mass. ; having worked there as a 
 ship-carpenter. In those days there were busy ship-yards 
 both at Haverhill and Bradford. 
 
 His grandsons, after the war of 1812 had turned the 
 eyes of Americans westward, were represented in the great 
 migration from New England which built up New York 
 State and flowed on to the Great Lakes and beyond; and 
 some of his descendants have been at the front of migration 
 ever since. His grandson Eli went to Louisiana soon after 
 its acquisition from France; Abijah and Jacob, who had 
 probably experimented in iron-making at the old mine in 
 
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Franconia, made iron on Lake Ontario near Rochester, and 
 again in Ohio near Sandusky. Later Obijah settled in cen- 
 tral Michigan, then a wilderness peopled only by Indians. 
 Jeremiah was one of the first to leave Vermont to settle in 
 northern New Yorkj Henry went to western New York, 
 Edward and Thomas to central New York; John W. and 
 Daniel B. to northern Pennsylvania, where they were lumber 
 operators and railroad builders. . . . And his granddaughters 
 were about as venturesome. His great-grandchildren were 
 represented in California in 1849 and on both sides in the 
 Civil War. After that time the individual records must tell 
 the story. 
 
 Of the personal appearance of Jacob Schoff and his wife 
 there are at least two family records. He is said to have 
 been 'of middle height, with light hair and eyes, and of 
 scholarly tastes. " As a young man he learned the baker's 
 trade. Pioneer, farmer, trader, and lumberman he certainly 
 was, perhaps also for a time, ironmaker. His journeys to 
 the seaport towns, as well as his life at home, inured him to 
 hardship and exposure, and he seems to have lived to a ripe 
 old age. Late in life he was remembered in Hallowell, 
 Maine, by the wife of his grandson, as making the journey 
 from his home in the upper valley, with a fine team of white 
 horses, and as being hale and hearty, plump and smart, 
 and of a jolly disposition." His wife is said to have been 
 tall and very dark, with black hair and flashing black eyes, 
 a queenly woman," with a strong will and great energy. 
 
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V 
 
 RECORDS 
 
 The movements of Jacob Schoff can be traced accurately 
 by the deeds for land bought, sold or mortgaged by him, a 
 list of which, as far as discovered, is as follows : 
 
 Worcester District Registry of Deeds, Worcester, Mass. : 
 Dec. 31, 1757. — The Proprietors of Lexington con- 
 veyed to Jacob Schoff (and others) "of the County 
 of Middlesex, Labourers," land in Dorchester 
 Canada.* 
 Aug. 4, 1761. — Jacob Schoff, of Lexington Farm, Dor- 
 chester Canada, conveyed to Henry Hole, land in 
 Lexington Farm. 
 June 17, 1765. — ^Jacob Schoff, of Ashburnham, con- 
 veyed to John Strayder, land in Ashburnham. 
 Sept. 16, 1766. — Jacob Schoff, of Ashburnham, con- 
 veyed to John Rich, land in Ashburnham. 
 May 26, 1768.— Jacob Schoff, of Ashby (Middlesex 
 County), conveyed to Jonathan Taylor, tract of 
 land called "Long Meadov/' (name of town not 
 given, probably Ashburnham). 
 Southern District, Middlesex Registry of Deeds, East 
 Cambridge, Mass. : 
 Oct. 27, 1769. — Jacob Schoff, of Ashby, conveyed to 
 John Jaquith and others, 35 acres of land in Ashby. 
 Worcester District, as above : 
 
 July 4, 1770. — Samuel Dwight conveyed to Jacob Schoff, 
 
 of Ashburnham, land in Ashburnham. 
 July 4, 1770. — Jacob Schoff, of Ashburnham, conveyed 
 to Samuel Dwight, land in Ashburnham. 
 
 *Now Ashburnham. , 
 
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July 5. 1770. — Jacob Schoff, of Ashburnham, conveyed 
 to Aaron Samson, land in Ashburnham. 
 Grafton County Registry of Deeds, Woodsville, N. H. : 
 
 Nov. 3, 1773. — James Richardson, late of Leominster 
 in the County of Worcester & Province of the 
 Massachusetts Bay, now residing at Dover in the 
 County of Strafford and Province of New Hamp- 
 shire, for ^90 conveyed to Jacob Schoff of Ash- 
 burnham in the county of Worcester, yeoman, five 
 lots of land, each containing 100 acres, in the town 
 of Morristown* (so called) within the County of 
 Grafton and Province of Hew Hampshire. 
 Worcester District, as above : 
 
 Jan. 18, 1777.— Jacob Schoff, of Morristown, N. H., 
 conveyed to William King, land in Ashburnham. 
 Grafton County, as above : 
 
 , 1774. — Jacob Schoff conveyed to Stephen Ward 
 
 land in Morristown. 
 
 Oct. 23, 1779.— Jacob Schoff of Morristown, Gentle- 
 man, conveyed to Jacob Schoff, Jr., of the same 
 town, two tracts of land in Morristown. 
 
 , 1781. — Jacob Schoff, Jr., of Morristown, conveyed 
 
 to Nathl. Snow, land in Morristown. 
 
 , 1782. — Jacob Schoff of Gunthwaitf conveyed to 
 
 Timothy Bedell land in Gunthwait. 
 
 , 1782. — Jacob Schoff of Gunthwait conveyed to 
 
 Timothy Barron land in Morristown. 
 
 , 1783. — Nathan Wooster conveyed to Jacob Schoff 
 
 land in Northumberland. 
 Stratford, New Hampshire: Town Clerk's Office: 
 
 The early records of Stratford are, like those of the 
 neighboring towns, very incomplete. There is one entry 
 which throws light on conditions at the time : 
 
 * Now Franconia. 
 t Now Lisbon. 
 
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July 3, 1773. — In a long list of "pitches and draughts of 
 the lots that were maid Legal " are included No. 12 
 to Jacob Sheafe Jr. and No. 27 to Jacob Sheafe. 
 1788. — In a list of the names of the proprietors of Strat- 
 ford, survey of 1788, is included No. 12 to Jacob 
 Sheafe. 
 These entries bring up the confusion in the town records 
 between Sheafe and Schoff. The meaning of the names is 
 the same. Jacob Sheafe, a rich and influential merchant of 
 Portsmouth, and a member of one of the most prominent 
 families in the Colony of New Hampshire, was one of the 
 original grantees of Stratford (or rather, as it was first called, 
 Woodbury) and the first town meetings were held in his 
 house at Portsmouth. Neither he nor any member of his 
 family ever lived in Stratford; they held the land as a specu- 
 lation. But the province clerk, accustomed to the name of 
 the proprietor Jacob Sheafe, got it confused with that of the 
 settler Jacob Schoff, so that all shades of gradation appear : 
 Sheafe, Sheaffe, Sheoffe, Scheoff, Schoff, Shoff. Where the 
 town entries refer to a resident they undoubtedly mean Jacob 
 Schoff; the more so as Jacob Sheafe appears regularly in the 
 non-resident tax-list. 
 
 Therefore the foregoing town minute possibly refers to 
 a claim to land in Stratford set up by Jacob Schoff before the 
 Revolution, when he first came to Morristown. In that case 
 he preferred for his family the protected valley of Franconia 
 in the troubled days of the early Revolution, and did not ven- 
 ture into the more fertile meadows of the Connecticut until 
 the war had shifted to other scenes. 
 
 Orange County, Vermont: Town Clerk's Office, Maid- 
 stone, Vt. : 
 Nov. 8, 1787.— David Judson of Stratford in the State 
 of Connecticut conveyed to Jacob Schoff of Maid- 
 stone, land in Maidstone. 
 
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July 18, 1788. — Ruth Merrill conveyed to Daniel SchofF 
 
 land in Maidstone. 
 Dec. 1, 1789. — John Rich conveyed to Jacob Schoff 
 
 land in Maidstone. 
 Mar. 25, 1790. — Boswell Merrill conveyed to Daniel 
 
 Schoff land in Maidstone. 
 Nov. 1, 1791. — ^Jacob Schoff conveyed to Isaac Schoff 
 
 land in Maidstone. 
 Jan. 9, 1792. — Jacob Schoff conveyed to Daniel Schoff 
 
 land in Maidstone. (This was his homestead; 
 
 Daniel promised to build his father a new house 
 
 and to give him half the produce of the farm during 
 
 his lifetime. For some reason the bargain was not 
 
 carried out, the land was reconveyed, and DanieJ 
 
 seems to have moved to Stratford. ) 
 Jan. 9, 1792. — Daniel Schoff conveyed to Jacob Schoff 
 
 land in Maidstone. 
 May 12, 1792.— Daniel Schoff conveyed to Jacob Schoff 
 
 land in Maidstone. 
 Aug. 13, 1792. — Jacob Schoff conveyed to John Rich 
 
 land in Maidstone. 
 Sept. 12, 1792. — Daniel and Lucy Schoff conveyed to 
 
 Isaac Stevens land in Maidstone. 
 Sept. 17, 1792. — Jacob Schoff conveyed to William 
 
 Cargill land in Maidstone. 
 Orange County, Vermont, Town Clerk's Office, Bruns- 
 wick, Vt. : 
 Feb. 19, 1795.— Jacob Shoff conveyed to Daniel Shoff 
 
 land in Brunswick. 
 Grafton County, New Hampshire, as above (also Coos 
 County, at Lancaster, N. H. ) : 
 May 28, 1792. — Jacob Schoff conveyed to Samuel 
 
 Beech land in Northumberland. 
 Nov. 26, 1795.— Eben Warner Judd, of Windsor, Vt, 
 
 conveyed to Henry Schoof, of Stratford, land in 
 
 Stratford. 
 
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Abner Barlow conveyed to Daniel Schoff 
 
 land in Stratford. 
 
 Abner Barlow conveyed to Henry Schoff 
 
 land in Stratford. 
 
 Aug. 13, 1796. — Jacob Schoff conveyed to Zebina Curtis 
 land in Northumberland. 
 
 April 20, 1797. — Benjamin Strong, Collector of Taxes 
 in Stratford, conveyed to Daniel Shoff of Stratford, 
 land in Stratford. 
 
 Mar. 25, 1797. — Zebina Curtis of Windsor, Vt., con- 
 veyed to Jacob Schoff of Northumberland, N. H. , 
 land in Northumberland. 
 
 Apr. 20, 1797.— Daniel Schoff conveyed to Mills De- 
 forrest land in Stratford. 
 
 Aug. 25, 1797. — Jacob Schoff, Jr., conveyed to James 
 Lucas land in Northumberland. 
 
 Aug. 25, 1797. — Henry Blodget of Stratford conveyed 
 to Jacob Schoff, Jr. , of Northumberland, a tract of 
 land in Stratford adjoining Henry Schoff' s land on 
 the north and Daniel Schoff's land on the south. 
 Essex County, Vermont, Town Clerk's Office, Bruns- 
 wick, Vt. : 
 
 Feb. 24, 1806.— Jacob Schoff, Jr., conveyed to Jacob 
 Schoff land in Brunswick. 
 
 Feb. 24, 1806. — Jacob Schoff conveyed to Jacob Schoff, 
 Jr. , land in Brunswick. 
 
 May 19, 1808. — -Jacob Schoff, Jr., conveyed to Jonah 
 Graves land in Brunswick. 
 
 Dec. 22, 1808. — Jacob Schoff conveyed to Jonah Graves 
 land in Brunswick. 
 
 Dec. 11, 1810. — Jacob Schoff, Jr., conveyed to John 
 Rich land in Brunswick. 
 
 April 8, 1812. — Jacob Shoff conveyed to Daniel Shuff 
 land in Brunswick. 
 
 Mar. 17, 1813. — Jacob Shoff, Jr., conveyed to Jos. 
 Stevens land in Brunswick. 
 
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The foregoing list of conveyances includes every known 
 deed in the name of Jacob SchofF, during his lifetime, and 
 fully proves his name and movements, besides throwing light 
 on the other members of his family. It corrects certain mis- 
 lakes contained in a History of Stratford, by Rev. L. W. 
 Prescott, printed in the Berlin (N. H. ) Independent in 1897; 
 chief among which were that the original settler's name was 
 Henry ShofF, and that his children were born in Franconia. 
 Mr. Prescott, whose painstaking work deserves more credit 
 than it has yet received in the vicinity of Stratford, said to the 
 writer at his home in Warren, N. H., in August, 1908, that 
 his account of the SchofF family was based on the recollections 
 of neighbors, and that it had not been verified from the 
 records. 
 
 It will be observed that the original conveyances of land 
 to Jacob SchofF in New Hampshire and Vermont are few. 
 The minute of the action in Stratford by which settlers' 
 "pitches" were "maid Legal" probably explains this. All 
 the Connecticut valley towns were originally granted to specu- 
 lators, who rarely settled on their grants, but offered induce- 
 ments of various kinds to others to do so; and got their pay 
 for the land when and how they could, often without re- 
 cording any deed at all. It was men from the fringe of set- 
 tlement in Massachusetts, or who had been crowded out of 
 the Connecticut towns along the Sound, who actually cleared 
 and tilled the ground in the "Coos Country," and defended 
 it alike against Indian, French and English enemies. Such 
 men, when they had a deed from their "proprietor" in 
 Portsmouth or on the Long Island Sound, might keep it at 
 home without troubling to take it 60 or 80 miles to Haverhill 
 to be recorded; and more often still, they probably made 
 their settlement with the proprietor's agent, or simply 
 squatted, " and depended on continued possession to make 
 good the title. 
 
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THE PROVINCIAL CENSUS OF 1775 
 Before the outbreak of the Revolution a census was 
 taken in all the American colonies, showing the number of 
 males of serviceable age, and the arms and ammunition avail- 
 able. In a manuscript volume in possession of the Secretary 
 of State of New Hampshire, labeled, "Census of New 
 Hampshire, 1767 & 1775" there is the following record, in 
 the handwriting of Jacob Schoff (reprinted in New Hamp- 
 shire Provincial Papers, Vol. VIL, p. 748): 
 
 MORRISTOWN 
 
 Males under 16 years of age 10 
 
 Males from 16 years of age to 50 inclusive not 
 
 in the army 5 
 
 All males above 50 years of age .... 
 
 Persons gone in the army 1 
 
 All females 13 
 
 Negroes and slaves for life .... . 
 
 29 
 3 Guns, 31b and 1-3 of Powder 
 10 Pound of Led and 20 flints 
 
 The Above is an exact Account of the Souls that belong 
 to Morristown and of Arms and Aminition 
 
 Test 
 
 ^cocH/ 
 
 Landaff, Septr. 20, 1775 
 
 Then Parsonally appeared the above writer Jacob Schoff 
 and made Solom oath that the above account is a true account 
 of all the Souls in Morristown 
 
 Before me 
 
 Nath" Hovey 
 
 Town Clark 
 
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VERMONT CONTROVERSY 
 
 In 1777 the Vermont controversy became acute, and 
 even on the eastern bank of the Connecticut there was a 
 general disposition to cut loose from New Hampshire. Ver- 
 mont actually annexed a number of New Hampshire towns, 
 but under the advice of George Washington receded from 
 that untenable position. 
 
 A committee of the New Hampshire Assemby, appointed 
 January 3, 1777, consisting of Mesbech Weare, Benjamin 
 Giles, and John Wentworth, Jr., visited Grafton County to 
 effect an amicable setdement of existing differences. At 
 Lebanon, February 13, they met committees sent from the 
 various towns. Twelve towns were represented by 28 com- 
 mitteemen. Jacob Sheaf e" of Morristown headed the 
 list. (This is the Portsmouth recorder' s error again ; the 
 Sheafes never had anything to do with Morristown, whereas 
 Jacob Schoff lived there and reported the 1775 census for the 
 town. ) The meetings came to an end with nothing accom- 
 plished. 
 
 Morristown was represented by Jacob Schoff; Landaff 
 by Capt. Nathl. Hovey; Bath by Colo. Timo. Bedel and 
 Mr. Elisha Cleveland. 
 
 The complete list is given in New Hampshire Town 
 Papers, XIII, 760-1. 
 
 76 
 
St: 
 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 THE SCHOFF FAMILY IN THE FIRST CENSUS OF THE 
 UNITED STATES 
 The census of 1790, which was taken by heads of 
 families, affords an excellent opportunity of verifying the town 
 and family records. The returns of the Schoff family were 
 as follows: 
 
 Orange County, Vermont. 
 
 Maidstone Town (total 125). 
 Schoff, Daniel, 
 Schoff, Isaac, 
 Schoff, Jacob, 
 (also the husband of Lena Schoff) 
 
 Samson, Aaron, 12 1 
 
 Brunswick Town (total 66). 
 (the husband of Elizabeth Schoff) 
 
 Grapes, Philip, 12 3 
 
 Grafton County, New Hampshire. 
 Stratford Town (total 144) 
 Shuff, Jacob 
 
 (probably Jr.), 13 3 
 Essex County, Massachusetts. 
 
 Bradford Town (total 1371). 
 
 Shuff, John, 112 
 
 The omission of Henry Schoff may be due to the fact 
 that he was not yet in a home of his own (although married 
 and having at least one child), and was therefore enumerated 
 in the household of his brother (Daniel.'), or father-in-law, 
 or wherever else he may have been living on the day the 
 census was taken. Or it may quite possibly mean that he was 
 suspicious of the census-taker and forbade him entrance. Or 
 perhaps the enumerator thought his compensation, of 2 cents 
 per person enumerated, was not enough for him to go out 
 of his way to reach Henry Schoff's farm. 
 
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CENSUS OF 1790 
 
 GERMAN FAMILIES IN NEW ENGLAND 
 
 SUMMARY 
 
 Maine. 
 
 Hancock County, 1 family 7 
 
 York County, 6 " 26 
 
 Lincoln County, 191 " 1068 
 
 Total, ] 
 
 L98 
 
 
 1101 
 
 New Hampshire. 
 
 
 
 
 Grafton County, 
 
 4 
 
 (1 
 
 16 
 
 Rockingham County 
 
 , 3 
 
 a 
 
 20 
 
 Strafford County, 
 
 2 
 
 C( 
 
 6 
 
 Total, 
 
 9 
 
 
 42 
 
 Vermont. 
 
 
 
 
 Addison County, 
 
 14 
 
 i ( 
 
 81 
 
 Chittenden County, 
 
 3 
 
 cc 
 
 16 
 
 Orange County, 
 
 7 
 
 C( 
 
 37 
 
 Rutland County, 
 
 3 
 
 l( 
 
 19 
 
 Total, 
 
 27 
 
 
 153 
 
 Massachusetts. 
 
 
 
 
 Barnstable County, 
 
 3 
 
 (( 
 
 12 
 
 Berkshire County, 
 
 20 
 
 ti 
 
 107 
 
 Essex County, 
 
 4 
 
 i ( 
 
 20 
 
 Middlesex County, 
 
 6 
 
 ( ( 
 
 22 
 
 Suffolk County, 
 
 24 
 
 a 
 
 124 
 
 Worcester County, 
 
 19 
 
 ii 
 
 89 
 
 Total, 
 
 76 
 
 
 374 
 
 Rhode Island. 
 
 
 
 
 Providence County, 
 
 8 
 
 C( 
 
 33 
 
 Newport County, 
 
 1 
 
 ( i 
 
 7 
 
 9 40 
 
 78 
 
Connecticut. 
 
 
 Fairfield County, 1 family 
 
 5 
 
 Hartford County, 7 " 
 
 38 
 
 Litchfield County, 7 " 
 
 30 
 
 New Haven County, 2 
 
 14 
 
 Total, 17 
 
 87 
 
 Total New England, 336 families, 1797 persons. 
 
 These figures are larger than those given by Mr. Rossiter 
 in his analysis of the First Census, but a careful examination 
 of the family names fully justifies the higher totals in the fore- 
 going estimate. 
 
 At the most liberal allowance, the German element in 
 Colonial New England was hardly an incident. In three 
 generations it had lost its identity and was absorbed by the 
 native stock. None the less, it played an important part in 
 the development of the country watered by the Kennebec, 
 the Androscoggin, and the upper Connecticut, and in keep- 
 ing that valuable region from French settlement and Canadian 
 possession. This German contribution to the development 
 of Colonial New England receives scant mention in the his- 
 tories and is generally unknown. As a matter of fact these 
 Germans did quite as much in northern New England to 
 win the land from the French and Indians as their brethren 
 did in western Pennsylvania. 
 
 A few town names preserve their memory; Frankfort 
 and Dresden in Maine, Franconia in New Hampshire, 
 Dresden and Vienna in South Carolina. 
 
 Brunswick in Maine and Vermont, and Lunenburg in 
 Massachusetts and Vermont were named earlier, in honor of 
 the reigning British dynasty, that of Hanover or Brunswick- 
 Liineburg. 
 
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CENSUS OF 1800 
 The following are the facts reported for the SchofF family 
 in the Second United States Census: 
 
 Free White Males 
 
 Free White Females 
 
 Vermont, Essex County, 
 total 1479. (Returns by 
 Hains French). 
 
 Maidstone, total 152 
 
 No Schoff scheduled. 
 Bruns'wick, total 86. 
 Jacob SchofF, 
 Elizabeth Grapes, 
 Guildhall, total 296. 
 Lanor Samson, 
 New Hampshire, Grafton 
 County. 
 
 Northumberland, 
 total 205. 
 
 No Schoff scheduled. 
 Stratford, total 281. 
 Jacob ShofF, 
 Henry Shoff, 
 Daniel ShofF, 
 Massachusetts, Essex County. 
 
 Bradford, total 1420. 
 John ShufF, 
 
 1 
 
 a 
 
 1 
 1 
 
 2 
 3 
 
 S 
 
 NO 
 
 i 
 1 
 
 I 
 
 o 
 
 1 
 
 
 s 
 
 a 
 
 NO 
 
 ? 
 
 s 
 s 
 
 s 
 
 o 
 1 
 
 2 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 1 
 
 1 
 1 
 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 2 
 2 
 4 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 In this return Isaac Schoff does not appear. Perhaps 
 he and his boy, Henry D., not yet 10 years old, were enu- 
 merated in the house of his father, Jacob Schoff, in Bruns- 
 wick. His first wife had died and his second marriage had 
 not yet taken place. Elizabeth and Lena are, apparently, 
 both widows. 
 
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CENSUS OF 1810 
 The following are the facts reported for the Schoff family 
 in the Third United States Census: 
 
 
 Free White Malea 
 
 Free White Femalei 
 
 
 o 
 K 
 
 
 
 
 s 
 
 
 e 
 
 
 
 
 ¥ 
 
 
 •S 
 
 «« 
 
 NO 
 
 
 
 
 0) 
 
 >« 
 
 « 
 
 m 
 
 
 Vermont, Essex County. 
 
 a 
 
 t 
 
 I 
 
 3 
 
 I 
 
 
 a 
 U 
 
 Z 
 
 CM 
 
 I 
 
 O 
 
 Guildhall. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 No member of the 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 family scheduled. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Maidstone, total 177. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Daniel Schoff, 
 
 2 
 
 
 1 
 
 — 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 — 
 
 1 
 
 Brunswick, total 143. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Jacob Schoff, 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 — 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 
 i 
 
 Hains Schoff, 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 — 
 
 
 2 
 
 — 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 New Hampshire, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Coos County. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Stratford, total 339. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Henery Shuff. 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 — 
 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 John and Isaac Schoff have died. Jacob and Henry and 
 Daniel are still reported, and Jacob' s eldest son Hains now 
 appears as head of a family. Elizabeth and Lena no longer 
 appear, nor, apparently, do Jacob, Sr. , and his wife. But 
 Elizabeth is known to have been living long after 1810. The 
 Third Census was not enumerated as carefully as the Second 
 in these towns, and its indications are not final as to deaths. 
 Isaac's widow AmariUa, for instance, is not enumerated in 
 Stratford; but she appears in the resident tax lists there con- 
 tinuously from 1808 to 1821. 
 
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MILITARY RECORDS 
 
 JACOB SCHOFF is said to have been commissary of 
 a regiment of New Hampshire volunteers, probably the same 
 one in which his son Jacob, Jr., was an ofHcer. His name 
 does not appear in the rolls of the Revolutionary army, and 
 it is impossible to say what his service was. 
 
 JACOB SCHOFF, Jr., enlisted three times, and took 
 part in the campaign that included the battle of Bennington. 
 
 1. Sept. 1775, Lisbon, N. H., 6th company, 12th 
 regiment: Jacob Schuff, Lt. 
 
 2. July-Sept., 1777, Capt. Jeremiah Post's company, 
 Col. David Hobart's regiment. Brig. -Gen. John Stark's 
 brigade militia: Jacob SchofF, Corp'l. 
 
 3. Dec. 1777-Feb. 1778, Capt. Samuel Young's com- 
 pany "in a regiment of volunteers raised by orderof Con- 
 gress for an expedition against Canada, whereof Tim'y 
 Bedel, Esq., is Colonel": Jacob Schoff, Corp'l* 
 
 JOHN SCHOFF enlisted at Fitchburg, Mass., April 1, 
 1777, as a private in Capt. Munro's company. Col. Timothy 
 Bigelow's regiment, until Dec. 31, 1779. His regiment 
 spent the winter of 1777-8 with Washington at Valley Forge. 
 During a part of the time he was reported ' 'sick in hospital 
 at Fishkill, N. Y." The summer of 1778 he was at Camp 
 Greenwich and Camp Providence "on main guard;" in 
 Sept. 1778, he was reported ' deserted," but this is mani- 
 festly a mistake. According to his son he was wounded 
 and returned in a few weeks; and his name appears on the 
 rolls continuously after that until the very end of his term, 
 when he re-enlisted in his old regiment, for service from Jan. 
 1, 1780, to April 1, 1780, and was honorably discharged.t 
 
 *New Hampshire Revolutionary Rolls, State Papers, Vols. XV, 
 XVII. 
 
 fMassachusetts Revolutionary Rolls; Vol. XIV. 
 82 
 
The three youngest sons of Jacob Schoff were too young 
 for service when the war broke out, and when they became 
 old enough the fighting had shifted to sections of the country 
 far distant from their New England homes. Their war ex- 
 perience was confined to guarding against attacks from Can- 
 adians and Indians. 
 
 WAR OF 1812 
 
 ABIJAH FRENCH SHOFF, son of Jacob, Jr., served 
 through the war, and saw active service in the battle of 
 Lundy's Lane and elsewhere in the Canadian campaign. 
 
 HENRY D. SCHOFF, son of Isaac, also served 
 through the war, very likely in the same company. 
 
 JOHN CHASE SCHOFF, son of John, had a very 
 different experience. Being in Compton, Canada, on busi- 
 ness, in October, 1814, he was drafted as a sergeant in the 
 5th Battalion of Township Militia, district of Three Rivers, 
 Canada. A surgeon's certificate that a "fracterd Rib Ren- 
 ders him a Criple' ' was not accepted as sufficient excuse, and 
 to escape service against his country, he swam the Con- 
 necticut River at night, and made his way home. 
 
 CIVIL WAR 
 The following are names of descendants of Jacob Schoff 
 known to have served in the Civil War. The list is probably 
 incomplete, and the writer would be glad to receive corrections. 
 
 Federal, 
 Samuel O. Shoff, Bloomfield, Vt. (Orlando, Hains F. , 
 
 Jacob, Jacob. ) 
 Charles P. Shoff, North Stratford, N. H. (Jacob, Jacob, 
 
 Jacob. ) 
 Robinson N. Schoff, Marblehead, Mass. (John C, 
 
 John, Jacob. ) 
 Edward N, Schoff, Newburyport, Mass. (Charles E., 
 
 John C, John, Jacob.) 
 
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John H. SchofF, Brasher, N. Y. (Jeremiah, Daniel, 
 
 Jacob. ) 
 Daniel B. Shoff, Cato, N. Y. (Thomas J., Henry, 
 
 Jacob. ) 
 Adna B. Schoff, Brunswick, Vt. (Charles G., Henry 
 
 D., Isaac, Jacob.) 
 
 Confederate. 
 Theodore Shuff, St. Landry Parish, La. (Eli, Jacob, 
 
 Jacob. ) 
 Cyrus Shuff, St. Landry Parish, La. (Eli, Jacob, 
 
 Jacob. ) 
 Albert Shuff, St. Landry Parish, La. (Eli, Jacob, 
 
 Jacob. ) 
 William Shuff, Jr., St. Landry Parish, La. (William, 
 
 Eli, Jacob, Jacob.) 
 
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OTHER SCHOFF FAMILIES 
 
 It has already been shown that three Schoffs arrived in 
 America in September, 1752 : Jacob in Boston, Rudolph in 
 Philadelphia, and the third, perhaps Friedrich, in New York. 
 Rudolph may have been the father, but seems to have landed 
 alone J so that these were probably the oldest of the nine 
 children of the baker of Hornberg; who, in that case, brought 
 the rest of his family over together, and may have landed at 
 Annapolis, as the name does not appear again at Philadelphia. 
 But Pennsylvania attracted him after all, and he probably 
 settled in Lancaster County, on the SusquehannaRiver, where 
 there is still a settlement having the name "Shoff. " One 
 may guess that if still living he was the Henry ShofF reported 
 there in the Census of 1790. The same census shows eight 
 other families of the name living in nearby places in Pennsyl- 
 vania and Maryland, all being, probably, his sons and grand- 
 sons. There are families of this stock still living in Lan- 
 caster County, Pa. , and others are said to have gone to North 
 Carolina and Louisiana, where they provided two or three 
 soldiers on the Confederate side in the Civil War. They 
 spell their name ShofF or Shoaff. There are also families in 
 Illinois and other Middle Western States, who spell the name 
 similarly, and who are very likely of the same stock. The 
 writer has not attempted to trace this branch. 
 
 The brother who landed in New York settled up the 
 Hudson near Fishkill; married an English woman, and had 
 three sons, Frederick(?), Michael and Dennis; a daughter 
 Elizabeth, and possibly other children besides. During the 
 Revolution his wife, who was a loyalist, persuaded him to 
 sell out and move to the province of Ontario, Canada. His 
 eldest son sided with the colonies and served in the Revolu- 
 tionary army. (This may be the same as the Albert, or 
 Albrecht, SchofI who appears in the Massachusetts Revolu- 
 tionary Rolls, Vol. XIII, as having enlisted for three years 
 at West Springfield, and later as having been captured by the 
 
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British. He was no son of Jacob, and West Springfield was 
 no great distance from Fishkill. ) At the close of the war he 
 settled in Pennsylvania near his cousins. The two younger 
 sons followed the father to Canada; Dennis immediately, 
 while Michael (born 1763) married in New Jersey and lived 
 for some time in Chemung, N. Y. , where he appears in the 
 Census of 1 790. He went finally to the county of Norfolk, 
 Ontario, where his land deeds were made out by mistake 
 under the name "Shaw." His descendants vary the name, 
 some being called Shaw, some Shoff and some Shoaf. The 
 third son, Dennis, settled in the same county of Norfolk. 
 There are numerous descendants of this branch of the family, 
 both in Canada and the Middle Western States. They are 
 being recorded by Mr. Elgin SchofF of Toronto. 
 
 There seems to have been close friendship between this 
 Fishkill family and those in Ashburnham. John Schoff, who 
 enlisted in the Revolutionary army at the age of 16, was re- 
 ported now and then "sick at Fishkill," and there, no doubt, 
 he met Priscilla Chase of Brewsters, then a child, who became 
 his wife five years afterward. 
 
 Later immigration has not brought many families of the 
 name. Peter Schoff, of Fiirstenfelde, in eastern Germany, 
 settled in Annapolis before the Civil War. He married there 
 and had eight children, of whom the eldest, Edward T. , be- 
 came an attorney in Chicago; another, George C, lives in 
 Philadelphia; while the youngest, Charles H., was well 
 known in college foot-ball, and is now a physician in Media, 
 Pa. Another Schoff family, from Mecklenburg, settled in 
 Lost Nation, Iowa. One of the sons, Henry Schoff, lives 
 in Chicago. Others of this connection live near Manlius, 
 111. Still another Schoff family, from Hagenach in the Pala- 
 tinate, settled quite recently in New Orleans. 
 
 There is nothing to connect any of the later settlers with 
 those who came in 1752. 
 
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SCHOFF FAMILIES IN THE CENSUS OF 1790, 
 OUTSIDE OF NEW ENGLAND 
 
 The records given for Vermont, New Hampshire and 
 Massachusetts include all families of this name in New Eng- 
 land. Maine, Rhode Island and Connecticut had no resi- 
 dents of the Schoff name. Other states include the following : 
 
 
 
 
 Females 
 
 Other 
 free 
 
 New York, 
 
 
 
 
 Chemung Town. 
 
 
 
 
 Michael Shoaf, 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 Pennsylvania, 
 
 
 
 
 Cumberland County, 
 
 
 
 
 western portion. 
 
 
 
 
 Nicholas Shof, 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 Bradford County. 
 
 
 
 
 John Shofe, 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 Franklin County. 
 
 
 
 
 Peter Shofe, 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 2 1 
 
 Jas. Shofe, 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 Joseph Shofe, 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 Lancaster County, 
 
 
 
 
 Hempfield township. 
 
 
 
 
 Bernard ShofiF, 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 Manor township. 
 
 
 
 
 Henry ShofF, 
 
 3 
 
 
 4 
 
 Maryland, 
 
 
 
 
 Washington County. 
 
 
 
 
 Johnathan Shuff, 
 
 1 
 
 
 2 
 
 Jacob ShufI, 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina, no families 
 
 of the name. 
 New Jersey and Delaware, schedules destroyed, but no 
 
 families are likely to have, lived there. 
 
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VI 
 
 DESCENDANTS 
 
 The following details are based on town, church and 
 cemetery records where such have been found, and on cor- 
 respondence with members of the family in each branch. 
 Realizing that mistakes are inevitable, and desiring to preserve 
 the facts in correct form for the future, the writer would be 
 glad to receive corrections from any one by whom they may 
 be found, addressed to him at Cynw^^d, Pa. 
 
 The family name, originally SchofF, was modified to 
 ShofF and Shuff by children of the first settler, and the new 
 forms were retained by some of their descendants, whUe 
 others returned to the German spelling. As far as possible 
 the name of each is given in the form he or she used. In the 
 female line no attempt has been made to go beyond one 
 generation. To have included grandchildren of Schoff 
 daughters would have been to expand the work unduly. All 
 such, no doubt, will be able to supply the facts for themselves, 
 and will, it is hoped, realize the necessity of the limitation. 
 
 First Generation 
 JACOB SCHOFF, born perhaps in Hornberg, then in 
 the southwestern corner of Wurtemburg, but now in Baden, 
 Germany, between 1725 and 1730, came to Boston in 1752. 
 He married, probably in Boston, in Oct. 1752, Elizabeth 
 Darroui? {Devereaux?) who was born in the same neighbor- 
 hood in Germany, and came to Boston in 1751. Both died 
 in Brunswick, Vt. Dates of death unknown; he conveyed 
 land in Brunswick in 1806, and perhaps in 1812. Date of 
 birth fixed by Census of 1775, in which he reported himself 
 under 50 years old. 
 
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Children : 
 
 1. Elizabeth, born 1753, probably in Boston or Lexing- 
 ton; died in Bloomfield, Vt., March, 1848; then said to 
 be the "eldest sister" and in her 95th year. Married 
 in Ashburnham, Mass., July 30, 1767, Philip Chris- 
 tian Grapes. They had: 
 
 i Jacob Grapes, \ 
 
 ii Dorothy Grapes, \ family record, 
 iii Elizabeth Grapes. ) 
 
 Jonah Grapes (mentioned in Stratford and 
 Brunswick records) was possibly their son. 
 Her first husband died before 1800 and she married 
 James Rider. No children by the second marriage. 
 
 2. Lena, born 1754, probably in Boston or Lexington; 
 married in Ashburnham, Mass., Nov. 9, 1768, Aaron 
 Samson. (Town record spells her name Delanah. 
 Stearns wrongly dates her marriage 1760; original 
 manuscript has 1768. ) 
 
 i Samson. (infant, died in Ash- 
 
 burnham, Aug. 1771; 
 church record.) 
 ii Hadley Samson, (family record. ) 
 
 Elizabeth Samson, ) mentioned in Stratford 
 Levi Samson, > tax-lists, may have been 
 
 Jonathan Samson, ) their children. 
 
 3. Jacob, born May 2, 1756 (family record), probably 
 in Lexington. 
 
 4. Katherine, born July 6, 1759, in Ashburnham, 
 Mass. (town record). Died in Morristown, now 
 Franconia, N. H., in 1775 (family record). 
 
 5. John, born Aug. 15, 1761, in Ashburnham, Mass. 
 (town record). 
 
 6. Daniel, born Aug. 26, 1764, in Ashburnham, Mass. 
 (town record). 
 
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7. Henry, born Aug. 9, 1766, in Ashburnham, Mass. 
 (town record). 
 
 8. Isaac, born probably in 1768, in Ashby, Mass., after 
 the transfer of land from Ashburnham to that town, but 
 before it began keeping its records. Conveyances in 
 both 1768 and 9 refer to Jacob Schoff as "of Ashby." 
 Ashburnham was incorporated Feb. 22, 1765, and 
 Ashby Mar. 6, 1767. (Mass. Acts and Resolves, IV. ) 
 
 The name of Jacob Schoff' s wife is not recorded except 
 in Maidstone, Vt. , where it is given as Darrow. Vermont 
 was settled largely by Connecticut folk, and Darrow was a 
 common Connecticut name; but she was a German girl, 
 with some name that might be corrupted into that sound. 
 Devereaux was the name of a "French Protestant" family 
 from Germany that arrived on the Priscilla in 1751; the 
 name appears in the census of 1790 in West Stockbridge, 
 Mass., and Penobscot, Me., within a short distance respect- 
 ively of Fort Massachusetts and Broad Bay. But in order to 
 cover all possibilites, the following are the only other German 
 names beginning with D which are recorded as having come 
 to Boston before the Revolution: 
 
 Ludwig Dirs signed the Haterick petition in Boston in 
 1753. 
 
 Derumpk appears in Groton, Mass. , in the census of 1790. 
 
 Doknson Lancaster, 
 
 Demut " Nobleborough, Me. " 
 
 Dockendorff 
 
 The corruption of Devereaux into Darrow is quite possi- 
 ble for Colonial New England. Rothermel became Rodi- 
 mon and finally Dimond; SoUe, Cilley; Kiverling, Kib- 
 linger; Krebs, Grapes and then Graves; Pury, a Swiss 
 name, was Perry in the Ashburnham purchase; Oberlock 
 became Locke; Whiteman, V^hitman; and Wilker, Wilcott; 
 Hoi (Ohl.?) immediately became Hall in Ashburnham. 
 Schoff became Shaw in Canada. The same process goes on 
 
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to-day with unfamiliar names of distant nationalities. In 
 1751-2 German Palintinos" in Boston were as much for- 
 eigners' ' as Kalmuck Tartars would be now. 
 
 Second Generation 
 JACOB SHOFF (.Jacob) born May 2, 1756 (place 
 unknown, perhaps Lexington, Mass.). Died in Northum- 
 berland, N. H., Jan. 17, 1848. Married, Feb. 14, 1780, 
 Anna French, who was born (in Mendon, Mass. .0 July 18, 
 1759, and died in Northumberland in 1848. 
 Children : 
 
 1. Hains French, born in Morristown, now Franconia, 
 N. H., Dec. 15, 1780. 
 
 2. Fanny, born in Morristown, July 21, 1782; died in 
 infancy. 
 
 3. Fanny A. , born in Northumberland, N. H. , Sept. 18, 
 1783; died in Maidstone, Vt., Oct. 4, 1874. Mar- 
 ried in Maidstone, Apr. 10, 1805, Rich Stevens. 
 Their children (born in Maidstone) : 
 
 i Charles Stevens, 
 ii Orson Stevens, 
 iii Michael Stevens. 
 
 4. Eli, born in Northumberland, N. H., Dec. 9, 1784. 
 
 5. Anna, " " " Aug. 30, 1786; 
 died in Northumberland in 1851. Married, Feb. 25, 
 1814, Edward Smith. Their children: 
 
 i Sarah Smith, 
 ii Eli Smith, 
 iii Homer Smith, 
 iv Bushrod Smith, 
 V Delia Smith, 
 vi Michael Smith, 
 vii Althea Smith. 
 
 6. Jacob, born in Stratford, N. H., July 17, 1788; died 
 in infancy. 
 
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7. Abijah French, born in Stratford, N. H., Feb. 6, 
 1791. 
 
 8. Orpha, born in Stratford, N. H., July 6, 1792; 
 died in infancy. 
 
 9. Ahaz, born in Stratford, N. H., March 3, 1794; 
 died in infancy. 
 
 10. Sarah, -born in Stratford, N- H., Sept. 17, 1795. 
 Married in Northumberland, in 1818, Martin French. 
 Their children : 
 
 i Angelina Mahala French, born in Stratford, 
 
 N. H.,Feb. 13,1821. 
 ii Laurentina French, born in Stratford, N. H., 
 
 June 20, 1822; died 
 
 Sept. 19, 1832. 
 iii Sarah Ann French, born in Minehead, Vt. , 
 
 Jan. 19, 1824. 
 iv Horatio Nelson French, born in Minehead, Vt. . 
 
 Nov. 22, 1825. 
 V Urbino French, born in Minehead, Vt. , Aug. 
 
 16, 1827; died Feb., 
 
 1828. 
 vi Emily Rodgers French, born in Minehead, Vt. , 
 
 July 12, 1829. 
 vii Fanny Shoff French, born in Bloomfleld, Vt., 
 
 May 15, 1831; died 
 
 June 17, 1869. 
 viii Orpha Jennett French, born in Bloomiield, Vt. , 
 
 Jan. 26, 1833. 
 ix Juliefta French, born in Bloomfield, Vt. , f>b. 
 
 14, 1835; died Mar. 
 
 18, 1838. 
 
 11. Orpha, born in Stratford, N. H., April 14, 1797. 
 Married John Cargill. Their children : 
 
 i Laura Cargill, born in Wenlock, Vt. 
 ii Almira Jane Cargill, 
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12. Jacob, born in Stratford, N. H., June 22, 1800. 
 
 13. Horatio Nelson, born in Stratford, N. H., June 30, 
 1802; died January 13, 1872, in Northumberland, 
 N. H., unmarried. 
 
 14. Elmina, born in Brunswick, Vt. Feb. 27, 1806; died 
 July 12, 1893. Married August, 1823, Victory 
 Gamsby, who was born Sept. 21, 1799. Their 
 children : 
 
 i Gamsby, died in infancy. 
 
 ii Gamsby, 
 
 iii Susan J. Gamsby, born Aug. 4, 1826. 
 iv DelphaA. Gamsby, " Aug. 15, 1828. 
 V Horace A. Gamsby, " Aug. 22, 1830. 
 vi Sarah S. Gamsby, " Dec. 6, 1832. 
 vii Harvey D. Gamsby, " Jan. 21, 1837. 
 viii Annie M. Gamsby, " Nov. 22, 1841. 
 JOHN SHUFF {Jacob), born in Ashburnham, Mass., 
 Aug. 15, 1761; died in Bradford, Mass., July 25, 1801. 
 Married in Nottingham West, now Hudson, N. H., Sept. 
 1782, Priscilla Chase, who was born in Southeast, now 
 Brewsters, N. Y., Nov. 5, 1767, and died in Ashburnham, 
 Mass., Sept. 19, 1841. 
 Children : 
 
 1. John Chase, born in Nottingham West, May 17, 
 1783. 
 
 2. Sarah, born probably in Bradford, Mass., in 1790, 
 before May*. Married Samuel Norris, in Bradford. 
 Died there May 23, 1831. They had: 
 
 i Walter Norris, born in Bradford, June 26, 1809. 
 ii Samuel Norris, " " Apr. 3, 1813. 
 
 iii William Norris, " " Mar. 18, 1817. 
 
 *The 1800 census, enumerated May 1, reported John Shuff's 
 daughter in the class "over 10 and under 16 years." Her tombstone. 
 May, 1831, gives her age as 41; so that she must have been bom in 
 the Spring of 1790. 
 
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DANIEL SCHOFF {Jacob) born in Ashburnham, 
 Mass, Aug. 26, 1764. Died in Maidstone, Vt., Apr. 1843. 
 Married Lucy Merrill. 
 Children : 
 
 1. Jeremiah, born in Maidstone, Vt., Apr. 28, 1787. 
 
 2. Elizabeth, " " Mar. 10, 1789; 
 died Aug. 14, 1791. 
 
 3. Nancy, born in Maidstone, Vt., Dec, 17, 1791. 
 Married John Cummings. They had : 
 
 i John Cummings, 
 ii George Cummings, 
 iii Frances Cummings, 
 iv Annie Cummings, 
 
 V Maria Cummings, 
 vi Ruth Cummings. 
 
 4. Ruth, born in Maidstone, Vt., Oct. 4. 1793. Mar- 
 ried John Arny; removed to Michigan, where she 
 died. They had: 
 
 i Joseph Arny, 
 ii Daniel Arny, 
 iii John Arny, 
 iv Frances Arny. 
 
 5. Lucy, born in Brunswick, Vt., Jan. 23, 1796. Mar- 
 ried Hardin Willard. They had: 
 
 i Leander Willard, 
 ii Lawrence Willard, 
 iii Jeremiah Willard, 
 iv Hubbard Willard, 
 
 V Lucy Willard, 
 
 vi Diadama Willard, 
 vii Georgeanne Willard. 
 
 6. Sarah, born in Stratford, N. H., June 23, 1799. 
 Married Bishop Lamkin. They had : 
 
 i Guy Lamkin, 
 ii Joshua R. Lamkin, 
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iii Sarah Lamkin, 
 iv Fidelia Lamkin, 
 
 V Adaline Lamkin, 
 vi Fanny Lamkin. 
 
 7. Daniel, born in Maidstone, Vt, July 17, 1801. 
 
 8. John, " Stratford, N. H., Oct. 1, 1805. 
 
 HENRY SHOFF (/a«^) born in Ashburnham, Mass. , 
 Aug. 9, 1766; died in North Stratford, N. H., Dec. 27, 
 1838. He married first, Mary French, who was sister to the 
 Anna who married his brother Jacob. She was born (in 
 Mendon, Mass..?) Apr. 25, 1796, and died in North Strat- 
 ford Dec. 8, 1820. He married, second, Lydia (Hilliard) 
 widow of Timothy Baily, who was born in 1786 and died in 
 North Stratford, Aug. 8, 1870. 
 Children of his first wife : 
 
 1. Henry, born Aug. 17, 1788. 
 
 2. Katherine, born in Northumberland, N. H. Mar- 
 ried Nathan Baldwin. They had : 
 
 i Tirzah Baldwin, born Sept. 18, 1809. 
 ii Jabez Baldwin, " Aug. 28, 1811. 
 iii Nathan Baldwin, " Sept. 19, 1813. 
 iv Catherine Baldwin, " Jan. 7, 1815. 
 
 V Henry Baldwin, " May 29, 1821. 
 
 3. Mary, born in Northumberland, N. H,, May 18, 
 1793; died in Stratford Mar. 6, 1873. Married in 
 Stratford, Mar. 24, 1819, George Kimball, who was 
 born in Lunenburg, Mass., Dec. 9, 1793, and died 
 in Stratford May 10, 1871. They had: 
 
 i Albina S. Kimball, born July 7, 1820. 
 ii Hazen D. Kimball, " Feb. 24, 1822. 
 iii Edward H. Kimball, " Feb. 14, 1824. 
 iv Thomas N.Kimball, " Feb. 21, 1826: died 
 
 Sept. 20, 1828. 
 
 V Berenices. Kimball, " Jan. 20, 1828. 
 
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vi Elsie M. Kimball, " May 20, 1830. 
 vii George E. Kimball, " Jan. 1, 1834. 
 viii Elvira B. Kimball, " Nov. 4, 1838. 
 
 4. Seneca A., born in Northumberland, N. H., Nov. 
 29, 1794. 
 
 5. Elizabeth, born in Stratford, N. H., 1796. Married 
 in Stratford in 1819, Warren Bennett. This family 
 moved to Tioga Co., Pa. They had: 
 
 i Henry Schoff Bennett, born in Stratford Feb. 
 
 10,1820; lives in Bath, 
 Steuben Co., N. Y., 
 being the oldest de- 
 scendant of Jacob 
 Schoff at the date of 
 this writing. 
 
 ii Mary Bennett, 
 
 iii Elizabeth Bennett, 
 
 iv John Bennett, 
 
 V William Bennett, 
 
 vi Martha Bennett, 
 
 vii Jane Bennett, 
 viii Ann Bennett, 
 
 ix Helen Bennett, 
 
 X Edw^ard Bennett. 
 
 6. Hazen, died young. 
 
 7. John Warren, born Jan. 18, 1801. 
 
 8. Thomas Jefferson, born Nov. 24, 1803. 
 
 9. Berenice, born in Stratford, May 26, 1807. Mar- 
 ried George Blake, Jan. 26, 1832. This family 
 moved to EUcland, Pa., and later to Troupsburg, 
 N. Y. They had: 
 
 i Martha A. Blake, born March 24, 1833, in 
 Stratford. 
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ii Augusta J. Blake, born Dec. 24, 1834, in 
 
 Stratford; died May 
 22, 1842. 
 
 iii Lucretia A. Blake, born born Mar. 5, 1840, in 
 
 Stratford; died in in- 
 fancy. 
 
 iv Sara B. Blake, born June 7, 1848, in Elkland, 
 
 Pa. 
 
 10. Edward Hudson, born 1808. 
 
 11. Daniel Brainerd, " Nov. 30, 1810. 
 
 12. Emily, Married 
 John S. Lyman. Lived in Columbia, N. H. They 
 had: 
 
 i Diana Lyman, born Mar. 3, 1833. 
 ii John Quincy Lyman, ' ' Jan. 4, 1834. 
 iii Prudentia A. Lyman, " Apr. 26, 1836. 
 iv Cassandana Lyman, " Jan. 10, 1838. 
 V Lucretia Lyman, " Oct. 26, 1839. 
 
 13. Clarinda, Married 
 Dr. B. Franklin Hatch, v/ho was born May 31, 1817. 
 
 No children. 
 Children of his second wife, born in North Stratford: 
 
 14. Jane, born Sept. 16, 1823; died May 28, 1902, in 
 Galien, Mich. Married George Partridge, Dec. 31, 
 1846. This family moved to Galien, Mich. They 
 had: 
 
 i Henry G. Partridge, born Feb. 7, 1849, in 
 
 N. Stratford, 
 ii Mary Jane Partridge, died young. 
 
 15. Annie, born 1828; died in North Stratford, Jan. 
 25, 1846. 
 
 ISAAC SCHOFF {Jacob') born probably in Ashby, 
 Mass, in 1768; died near Stratford, N. H., April, 1808, in 
 
 a log-jam on the Connecticut River. Married (1) 
 
 about 1789. 
 
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(2) about 1801, Amarilla Fuller, who was born 
 and died in Stratford 1821. 
 
 Children (of the first marriage) : 
 
 1. Henry D., born in Maidstone, Vt., June, 1790. 
 
 (of the second marriage) : 
 
 2. Hiram, born in Stratford, N. H., Apr. 8, 1802. 
 
 3. Amarilla, born in Stratford, N. H., Jan. 22, 1804. 
 Married James Waldron, in Stratford, N. H., Feb. 
 10, 1827; died in Clifton, P. Q., Canada. 
 
 Children (all born in Clifton) : 
 i Julia Waldron, born Nov. 18, 1828. 
 ii Isaac Waldron, " June 16, 1832; died Aug. 
 
 19, 1900. 
 iii Martha Waldron, born Feb. 16, 1834; died 
 
 May 31, 1892. 
 iv Thomas J. Waldron, born Aug. 9, 1836; died 
 
 Apr. 1909. 
 V Ira Waldron, born Dec. 16, 1840; died June 
 
 6, 1893. 
 Diligent search has failed to discover any record of the name of 
 Isaac's first wife. According to the recollection of Chester W. Schoff, 
 who knew her son Henry D., her name may have been Gaskill. 
 
 In Prescott's History of Stratford, Isaac Schoff is given only one 
 child, Henry D., whose mother is said to have been Amarilla Fuller. 
 This is an unfortunate mistake, due perhaps to the removal of Ama- 
 rilla's children: Hiram to Pittsburg, N. H., and Amarilla to Clifton, 
 P. Q. Amarilla Fuller was hardly 10 years old in 1790 when Henry 
 D. Schoff was bom, and could not have been his mother. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 HAINS FRENCH SHOFF {Jacob, Jacob), born in 
 Franconia, N. H., Dec. 15, 1780; died in Brunswick, Vt. , 
 Nov. 25, 1851. Married Apr. 30, 1804, Lois Webster, who 
 was born in 1785 and died May 12, 1852. 
 Children (born in Brunswick, Vt. ) : 
 1. Orlando, born May, 1805. 
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2. Amanda P. , born Married Abdial Bkdgett. 
 
 Children, none. 
 
 3. Fanny S., born Married Selden 5ar^««i. 
 
 Children : 
 i Sydney Burbank (adopted in place of first child 
 
 who died), 
 ii Arthur Burbank, born in Bloomfield, Vt. 
 iii Rollin Burbank, 
 iv Marvin Burbank, 
 V Albert Burbank, 
 vi Anna ShofF Burbank, 
 
 This family moved to Wisconsin. 
 
 4. Daniel H., born Jan. 17, 1812. 
 
 5. Martha P., Married Milton Cook, Dec. 25, 1845. 
 
 Children (born in Bloomfield, Vt. ) : 
 i Henry A. Cook, 
 ii Edmund A. Cook, 
 iii Jacob Hains Cook. 
 
 6. Anna F., born 1818; died Sept. 1847. 
 
 7. Abijah p., died young. 
 
 8. Rollin, born Apr. 22, 1823; died Dec. 4, 1843. 
 
 9. Jacob W., born 1824; died Dec. 7, 1849. 
 
 10. Julia Lois, born Aug. 12, 1826. Married George 
 S. Bkdgett, Mar. 29, 1851. Died Jan. 2, 1868, in 
 Lyndon, Vt. 
 Children : 
 i Hains S. Blodgett, born in Charleston, Vt. , 
 August 3, 1853; died 
 there Sept. 27, 1858. 
 ii Eva Amanda Blodgett, born in Brighton, Vt. , 
 
 Aug. 8, 1859. 
 iii Edward Jacob Blodgett, born in Brighton, Vt. , 
 
 Feb. 28, 1862; died 
 May 28, 1877, in Lyn- 
 don, Vt. 
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iv Irvin Blodgett, born in Brighton, Vt., Feb. 28, 
 
 1862; died about June, 
 1862, in Brighton. 
 V Everett Ellsworth Blodgett, born in Brighton, 
 
 Dec. 20, 1864; died 
 Nov. 3, 1895, in New- 
 port, Vt. 
 vi George S. Blodgett, born in Cabot, Vt., Aug. 
 
 12, 1866; died Jan. 14, 
 
 1888, in S. Wheelock. 
 
 ELI SHUFF Uacob, Jacob'), born in Stratford, N. H., 
 
 Dec. 9, 1784; died in St. Landry Parish, La., Apr. 1849. 
 
 Married Eliza Gardner, in St. Landry Parish, Oct. 2, 1815. 
 
 Children (all born in St. Landry Parish, near Opelousas, 
 
 La.): 
 
 1. Clinton, born 
 
 2. Albert, 
 
 3. William, " July 1818. 
 
 4. Theodore. Unmarried; killed in the army. 
 
 5. Eli. 
 
 6. Cyrus. 
 
 7. Amanda, Married Rodolphe Bundick. They had : 
 
 i Laura Bundick, 
 ii Theodore Bundick. 
 
 8. Eliza. Married Green Reeves. 
 
 i Isaure Reeves. 
 ABIJAH FRENCH SHOFF {Jacob, Jacob), born in 
 Maidstone, Vt., Feb. 6, 1791. Died near Portland, Mich., 
 Sept. 11, 1846. Married, first. Ana Pratt, in 1816. She 
 was born Jan. 16, 1799, and died near Portland Sept. 10, 
 1837. He married, second, March 11, 1838, Mrs. Nancy 
 Seymour. 
 
 Children (of the first wife) : 
 
 1. Nelson Monroe, born in Aurelius, N. Y., March 
 22, 1817. 
 
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2. Oscar Pratt, born N. Y., Nov. 8, 1818. 
 
 3. Savillon Story, born in Ontario, N. Y., Sept. 18, 
 1820. 
 
 4. Homer French, born in Ontario, N. Y., May 
 
 30, 1822. 
 
 5. Horatio W., died young. 
 
 6. Fanny M., died young. 
 
 7. Demetrius Ypsilanti, born Nov. 9. 1828. 
 
 8. Anna Maria, born near Portland, Mich., Sept. 5, 
 1831; died in Rockford, 111., Oct. 23, 1853. 
 
 9. Abijah French, born near Portland, Mich., Dec. 
 28, 1834; died 1858. 
 
 10. Charles Eugene, born near Portland, Mich. , June 
 10, 1837. 
 
 (of the second wife) : 
 
 11. Martha Jane, born near Portland, Mich., Aug. 
 
 31, 1839; died there May 23, 1848. 
 
 12. Sophia A., born near Portland, Mich., Aug. 25, 
 1842; died there Sept. 11, 1846. 
 
 JACOB SHOFF {Jacob, Jacob), born in Maidstone, Vt., 
 
 June 22, 1800; died in Birmingham, Erie Co., O., in 1859. 
 
 Married, first, in Lunenburg, Vt., Mary Chase. Married, 
 
 second, in Birmingham, O., Jan. 13, 1832, Sallie M. Haise. 
 
 Children (of the first wrife) : 
 
 1. Charles P., born in Lunenburg; Vt. , Apr. 30, 1826. 
 
 (of the second wife) : 
 
 2. Helen M., born in Birmingham, O., Nov. 10, 1832. 
 Married, Sept. 20, 1854, John M. Reed. Lives in 
 Buffalo, N. Y. They had: 
 
 i Ida May Reed, born Dec. 8, 1856, in Birming- 
 ham. 
 
 ii Charles A. Reed, born Dec. 24, 1857, in 
 
 Birmingham. 
 
 3. Hannah A., born in Birmingham July 10, 1835; 
 died Aug. 14, 1841. 
 
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4. Horatio N., born in Birmingham July 31, 1838. 
 
 5. Fanny M., born in Birmingham Dec. 7, 1841. Mar- 
 ried, Dec. 13, 1861, F. A. Whitney. They had: 
 
 i Ina Bell Whitney, born Dec. 6, 1862. 
 ii Charles Philo Whitney, born Nov. 7, 1864. 
 iii Jennie May Whitney, born Apr. 11, 1867. 
 
 6. Ann Eliza, born in Birmingham June 25, 1846. 
 Married Mar. 19, 1867, F. M. Knapp. They had: 
 
 i Frances Maora Knapp, born Oct. 1, 1876. 
 JOHN CHASE SCHOFF {Mn, Jacob'), born in Not- 
 tingham West, now Hudson, N. H., May 17, 1783; died 
 in Newburyport, Mass., Nov. 17, 1838. Married in Hal- 
 lowell, Me., Aug. 31, 1803, Eunice Nye, who was born in 
 HalloweO Sept. 26, 1784, and died in Newtonville, Mass., 
 July 17, 1877. 
 Children : 
 
 1. Charles Edward, born in Hallowell, Me., Sept. 
 3, 1804. 
 
 2. John Mortimer, born in Eaton, Canada, Dec. 24, 
 1816; died same day. 
 
 3. Stephen Alonzo, born in Danville, Vt., Jan. 16, 
 1818. 
 
 4. William Lorenzo, born in Danville, Vt., Apr. 19, 
 1819. 
 
 5. Robinson Nye, born in Bradford, Mass, Nov. 23, 
 1820. 
 
 6. John Henry, born in West Newbury, Mass., Mar. 
 23, 1822. 
 
 7. Eunice Nye, born in West Newbury, Mass., Dec. 
 29, 1823; died Jan. 18, 1825. 
 
 8. Franklin Benjamin, born in Newburyport, Mass., 
 Sept. 19, 1825. 
 
 JEREMIAH SCHOFF {Daniel, Jacob), born in Maid- 
 stone, Vt., Apr. 28, 1787; died in Brasher, N. Y., Nov. 
 30,1858. Married in Concord, Vt., Sophia 
 
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Woodbury, who was born May 12, 1790 and died Sept. 19, 
 1856. 
 
 Children : 
 
 1. Mary Jane, born in Guildhall, Vt., Feb. 4, 1812; 
 died in Constable, N. Y., Aug. 4, 1876. Married 
 inWestville, N. Y., Jan. 1, 1833, Sherban S. Ingalls. 
 They had: 
 
 i Charles W. Ingalls, born in Godmanchester, 
 
 Ont.,Nov. 25, 1833. 
 ii Mary Ann Ingalls, born in Godmanchester, 
 
 Ont., Apr. 5, 1835. 
 iii Sarah Sophia Ingalls, born in Brasher, N. Y. , 
 
 Jan. 1. 1837. 
 iv Alzina S. Ingalls, born in Brasher, N. Y. , Jan. 
 
 29, 1839. 
 V Susan F. Ingalls, born in Bombay, N. Y. , Feb. 
 
 4, 1841. 
 vi Lucy J. Ingalls, born in Brasher, N, Y. , May 
 
 15, 1842. 
 vii Oscar F. Ingalls, born in Brasher, N. Y., Mar. 
 
 9, 1844. 
 
 viii James A. Ingalls, born in Constable, N. Y., 
 
 Nov. 11, 1846. 
 ix Martha M. Ingalls, born in Constable, N. Y., 
 
 Apr. 30, 1849. 
 X Maria Ingalls, born in Constable, N. Y. , Apr. 
 
 10, 1851. 
 
 xi Clara V. Ingalls, born in Constable, N. Y., 
 
 Jan. 11, 1853. 
 
 xii George A. Ingalls, born in Constable, N. Y., 
 
 Jan. 22, 1858. 
 
 2. Hubbard, born Feb. 14, 1814; died in 
 Brasher, N. Y., Feb. 20, 1828. 
 
 3. Daniel, born in Brasher, N. Y., Aug. 15, 1816. 
 
 4. Joseph P., " " " Nov. 14, 1818. 
 
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5. Lucy Ann, born in Brasher, N. Y., Feb. 10, 1822; 
 died in Adams Co., Wis., Sept. 20, 1885. Mar- 
 ried in Brasher, Leander Willard, son of Lucy SchofF 
 {Daniel, Jacob). They had: 
 
 i Alfred Willard, born in Brasher July 4, 1844. 
 ii Hubbard Schoff WiUard, " Apr. 1, 1846. 
 iii Emma Marion Willard, " May 26, 1848. 
 iv Merrill M. Willard, " died in infancy. 
 
 V Sarah F. WiUard, " " 
 
 vi Charles Rich WiUard, " May 14, 1851. 
 vii Anna Sophia Willard, " Sept. 12, 1853. 
 
 viii Jei'emiah Addison Willard, " Feb. 8,1858. 
 ix John Sigel Willard, " July 21, 1861. 
 
 X Jennie Alzina WiUard, " Feb. 26, 1864. 
 
 6. Jesse Woodbury, born in Brasher Apr. 15, 1824. 
 
 7. Jeremiah Merrill, " " Dec. 8, 1826. 
 
 8. Alzina Kibbe, born in Brasher, April 10, 1829; died 
 there Apr. 27, 1900. Married in Massena, N. Y., 
 Apr. 28, 1865, Charles Sucese. They had: 
 
 i Sophia S. Sucese, born in Brasher Aug. 20, 
 
 1866; died May 15, 
 1900. 
 ii Lucy D. Sucese, born in Brasher, Dec. 12, 
 
 1867. 
 iii Frederick A. Sucese, born in Brasher, Nov. 25, 
 
 1870; died Sept. 27, 
 1876. 
 
 9. John H., born in Brasher, Apr. 23, 1836. 
 DANIEL SCHOFF {Da7iiel, Jacob) born in Maidstone, 
 
 Vt, July 17, 1801; died in Brunswick, Vt. Married Annie 
 Lamkin, a sister of the Fannie who married his brother John. 
 Children (born in Brunswick, Vt. ) : 
 
 1. Chester W., born Aug. 26, 1832. 
 
 2. Leroy B., born Dec. 2, 1834; died Dec. 10, 1850. 
 
 3. Sarah A., " Dec. 14, 1836; " Jan. 12, 1874. 
 
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JOHN SCHOFF {Daniel, Jacob), born in Stratford, 
 N. H., Oct. 1, 1805; died in Compton, P. Q., Apr. 16, 1881. 
 Married (1) in Brunswick, Vt., in 1827, Fannie Lamkin; 
 (2) in Pittsburg, N. H., Oct. 1866, Mrs. Eliza T. Lyford. 
 Children : 
 
 1. Miranda, born, 1828. Married Asa Converse. 
 
 i Frank Converse, born 
 
 died in West Stewartstown, N. H. 
 
 2. John Hervey, born May 30, 1830. 
 
 3. Sophia, born 1833. Married Michael Lark. Died 
 1895. 
 
 Children : 
 i Ella Lark, 
 ii Ida Lark, 
 iii Emma Lark. 
 
 4. Valina, born Sept. 29, 1838, in West Stewartstown, 
 N. H. Married Ezra H. Baldwin, in Coaticook, 
 P. Q., Jan. 28, 1856. Died Apr. 26, 1868. 
 
 i Fritz W. Baldwin, born Oct. 1, 1856, in 
 Coaticook; died Nov. 3, 1856. 
 
 ii Clara Ellen Baldwin, born Jan. 3, 1858, in 
 Coaticook; died Nov. 26, 1877. 
 
 iii Ida Baldwin, born Jan. 1865. 
 
 HENRY SHUFF {.Henry, Jacob), born In North Strat- 
 ford, N. H., Aug. 17, 1788; died Jan. 9, 1821, in Portland, 
 N. Y. Married Mary Hulburt, in Portland, N. Y., Apr. 
 6, 1820. 
 Children : 
 
 1. Mary French, born in Portland, N. Y., Feb. 22, 
 1821. Married Darwin Wilbur, Feb. 22, 1844. 
 Moved in April, 1845, to Marengo, McHenry Co., 
 111. Lives at Harvard, 111. Next to Henry Bennett, 
 of Bath, N. Y., and Robinson N. SchofE, of Nor- 
 folk, Conn., she is the oldest Schoff descendant at 
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the date of this book. Children : 
 i Frank S. Wilbur, 
 ii Mary L. Wilbur, 
 iii Fannie J. Wilbur, 
 iv Kittle L. Wilbur, 
 V Alda H. Wilbur. 
 SENECA A. SCHOFF {Henry, Jacob), born in North 
 Stratford, N. H., Nov. 29, 1794. Died there Feb. 16, 1878. 
 Married in Stratford, March 8, 1820, Susanna French, a sister 
 of the Martin French who married Sarah Schoff {Jacob, Jacob). 
 She was born in Brattleboro, Vt., Apr. 1, 1794. 
 Children : 
 
 1. Susan A., born in Maidstone, Vt., Jan. 13, 1831; 
 died Feb. 14, 1885. 
 
 2. Allison S., born in Stratford, N. H., Sept. 27, 1822; 
 died Aug. 28, 1849, in Lowell, Mass., unmarried. 
 
 3. William B. , born in Stratford, N. H. , Sept. 20, 1824. 
 
 4. Henry J., " " " Dec. 19, 1826: 
 died Sept. 25, 1849, in Burnett, Wis. , unmarried. 
 
 5. Nathan B., born in Stratford, N. H., Apr. 11, 1829: 
 died Feb. 25, 1890, in Columbia, N. H., unmarried. 
 
 6. Catharine B., born in Stratford, N. H., Oct. 28, 
 1831; died in Colebrook, N. H., May 19, 1907. 
 Married Van R. Davis. They had : 
 
 i Hattie E. Davis, 
 ii John E. Davis. 
 
 7. Annette, born in Stratford, N. H., Nov. 21, 1833; 
 died in Whitefield, N. H., July 17, 1901. Married 
 John Shed. No children. 
 
 8. TiRZAH, born in Stratford, N. H., Aug. 30, 1835. 
 
 JOHN WARREN SHOFF {Henry, Jacob), born in 
 North Stratford, N. H., Jan. 18, 1801; died inElkland, Pa., 
 Jan 15, 1881. Married in New York City in 1827, Clarissa 
 Center, who was born Dec. 5, 1805, and died Jan. 6, 1888. 
 
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Children (born in Elkland, Pa.). 
 
 1. Berenice Clarissa, born June 3, 1828 ; died Feb. 
 20, 1904. Married John Newberry, Aug. 9, 1848. 
 Their children, born in Elkland, Pa. : 
 i Clara Newberry, born Apr. 29, 1849. 
 
 ii Lovisa Newberry, 
 iii Julia Newberry, 
 iv Mary Newberry, 
 
 V William Newberry, 
 vi Nettie Newberry, 
 vii George Newberry, 
 viii John Newberry, 
 
 Mar. 6, 1851. 
 Jan. 20, 1853. 
 Mar. 31, 1855. 
 Sept. 18, 1857. 
 June 20, 1860. 
 Nov. 1, 1865. 
 Feb. 25, 1868. 
 
 2. Mary Adeline, born Sept. 23, 1830. Married 
 Eliphalet 5/af/fOTfl«, Mar. 2, 1850. Lives in Ulysses, 
 Pa. Their children: 
 
 i Mary Elida Blackman, born Feb. 19, 1851. 
 ii William Henry Blackman, born Mar. 25, 1852. 
 iii Albert Wheeler Blackman, " Mar. 29, 1854. 
 iv George Titus Blackman, " June 3,1859; 
 
 died July 21, 1862. 
 
 V Myrtle Violet Blackman, born June 11, 1865 ; 
 
 died Mar. 18, 1881. 
 
 3. John Warren, born 1833 j died in infancy. 
 
 4. William Henry, " 1836; 
 
 5. John Warren " Aug. 13, 1838. 
 
 6. Henrietta M., " Mar. 25, 1840; died Sept. 6, 
 1906. Married Merrill W. Staples Jan. 27, 1860. 
 
 i Mary Staples, born May 5, 1863. 
 
 7. Martha Stearns, born Nov. 9, 1842; died Dec. 
 6, 1846. 
 
 8. Eliza Ann, born July 26, 1847; died Oct. 11, 1892. 
 Married Harvey A. Baxter in 1866. No children. 
 
 THOMAS JEFFERSON SHOFF {.Henry, Jacob), 
 born in North Stratford, N. H., Nov. 24, 1803; died in 
 
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Cato, N. Y,, Jan. 2, 1871. Married in Lysander, N. Y., 
 , 1834, Sally R. Washburn, who was born June 
 22, 1812. 
 
 Children (born in Lysander, N. Y. ) : 
 
 1. LuTHENA R., born Aug. 14, 1838. Married (1), 
 Jan. 2, 1856, in Cato, N. Y., William Allansen. 
 (2) Sept. 14, 1897, in Coldwater, Mich., R. H. 
 King. (3) Sept. 3, 1909, in CenterviUe, Mich., 
 George D. Higgins. No children. Lives in Cali- 
 fornia, Missouri. 
 
 2. Daniel Brainerd, born July 8, 1840; died un- 
 married, in Nashville, Tenn., in 1865. 
 
 3. Jenett, born Dec. 29, 1844; died Aug. 1907, in 
 California, Mo. Married Sept. 20, 1865, in Me- 
 ridian, N. Y., George D. Higgins. Children: 
 
 i Guy Brainerd Higgins, born Mar. 22, 1868; 
 died Sept. 24, 1909, in Seattle, Wash, 
 ii Floyd Shoff Higgins, born May. 4, 1880. 
 
 4. Orville A., born Oct. 1, 1851. Unmarried. 
 EDWARD HUDSON SHOFF {Henry, Jacob), born 
 
 in North Stratford, N. H., , 1808; died in Cato, 
 
 N. Y., April 2, 1872. Married in Lysander, N. Y., Ann 
 Jenett Washburn, a sister to the Sallie who married his brother 
 Thomas J. No children. 
 
 DANIEL BRAINERD SHOFF {Henry, Jacob), born 
 in North Stratford, N. H., Nov. 30, 1810; died in Wells- 
 ville, Kans., Nov. 12, 1873. Married in Elkland, Pa., Feb. 
 16, 1847, Ann Stevens. 
 
 Children (born in Elkland, Pa. ) : 
 
 1. VoLNEY French, born Mar. 4, 1848. 
 
 2. Henry Martin, " July 7, 1849. 
 
 3. Hattie, born Nov. 4, 1852; died in Omaha, Neb., 
 Aug. 1894. Married in Waverly, Kans. , Apr. 16, 
 1884, Richard C. Oakley. 
 
 i.,: Annie L. Oakley, born Oct. 23, 1886. 
 lOS 
 
4. Ida, born Sept. 27, 1854. Married in Miami Co., 
 Kansas, Sept. 2, 1873, Thomas B. Steelman. 
 
 Children : 
 i Emily May Steelman, born Sept. 27, 1874, in 
 
 Ottawa, Kansas, 
 ii Andrew Frederick Steelman, born Sept. 25, 
 
 1876, in Ottawa, Kansas, 
 iii Francis Earl Steelman, born Dec. 13, 1878, in 
 
 Ottawa, Kansas, 
 iv Robert Brainard Steelman, born Feb. 24, 1881, 
 
 in Ottawa, Kansas. 
 V Nellie J. Steelman. born Feb. 12, 1883, in 
 
 Ottawa, Kansas, 
 vi Carrie B. Steelman, born Apr. 12, 1885, in 
 
 Ottawa, Kansas, 
 vii Thomas Floyd Steelman, born Sept. 7, 1887, 
 
 in Ottawa, Kansas, 
 viii Ida June Steelman, born Feb. 23, 1890, near 
 
 Ottawa, Kansas, 
 ix Dorothy Rae Steelman, born Oct. 30, 1892, 
 
 near Ottawa, Kansas. 
 X Helen Marguerite Steelman, born Feb. 16, 1898, 
 
 near Ottawa, Kansas. 
 
 5. Edward Hudson, born Sept. 16, 1857; unmarried; 
 lives in Ottawa, Kansas. 
 
 6. Emily, born July 25, 1859. Married in Parkville, 
 Mo.. Jan. 9, 1879, Philander Frank Wellman. Lives 
 in Chanute, Kansas. 
 
 Children, born in Chanute, Kansas: 
 
 i Maud Bertha Wellman, born Feb. 26, 1880. 
 ii Elsie Frances Wellman, " Sept. 29, 1883. 
 iii Francis Earle Wellman, " Dec. 4, 188 . 
 iv May Emily Wellman, " Apr. 14, 188 . 
 
 7. Albert Pitt, born Jan. 8, 1863. 
 
 8. Carrie, " Oct. 4, 1864. Married May- 
 
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wood Spratt, in Wellsville, Kansas, Dec. 9, 1890. 
 Children, none. Lives in Citronelle, Ala. 
 
 HENRY D. SCHOFF {Isaac, Jacob), born in Maid- 
 stone, Vt., June, 1790; died in Brunswick, Vt., Apr. 7, 1877. 
 Married Tamzon Lamkin, who was born Sept. 1790, and 
 died Mar. 4, 1881. 
 
 Children, born in Brunswick, Vt. : 
 
 1. Charles G., born Nov. 1820. 
 
 2. Amanda Malvina, born 1824. Married Ezekiel 
 Gardner, in Bartlett, N. H., in 1847. Died Feb. 
 28, 1900. Children: 
 
 i Henry A. Gardner, born Nov. 12, 1849. 
 
 ii Hannah C. Gardner, born Sept. 27, 1851. 
 
 iii Emma A. Gardner, born Sept. 29, 1853. 
 
 iv Lilla A. Gardner, born Oct. 6, 1855. 
 
 v Mary L. Gardner, born Oct. 27, 1858. 
 
 vi Isabel Clara Gardner, born Dec. 12, 1861. 
 vii Charles M. Gardner, born May 7, 1865. 
 viii Idolyn F. Gardner, born Mar. 20, 1870. 
 
 3. Caroline, born Dec. , 1826. Married Charles D. 
 Keney, in Andover, Conn., 1846. Died July 10, 
 1857. Children: 
 
 i Harriett T. Keney, born Aug. 1848. 
 ii Julia Keney, born Jan. 2, 1853. 
 HIRAM SCHOFF {.Isaac, Jacob), born in Stratford, 
 N. H., April 8, 1801; died in Pittsburg, N. H., June 18, 
 1830. Married Rebecca Brainerd, ; she died 
 
 Nov. 17, 1874, aged 73. 
 Children : 
 
 1. Hiram Brainerd, born in Stratford, N. H., 1823. 
 
 2. James Horace, born in Pittsburg, N. H. 
 
 3. John Nelson, born in Pittsburg, N. H., 1829. 
 
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Fourth Generation. 
 ORLANDO SHOFF {Mains F., Jacob, Jacob), born in 
 Brunswick, Vt, May, 1805; died there October 1, 1880. 
 Married in Stratford, N. H. , in 1836, Harriet Johnson, who 
 was born June 14, 1809, and died April 10, 1882. 
 Children, all born in Bloomfield, Vt. : 
 
 1. Oscar Haines, born Sept. 16, 1837. 
 
 2. OcTA L. , born Oct. ,1838. Married Albert Buzzell. 
 
 Children : 
 
 i Ola A. Buzzell, 
 ii Annie Buzzell, 
 iii Hattie Buzzell. 
 
 3. Samuel O., born Feb. 8, 1841. 
 
 4. Gardner J., born June 13, 1843. 
 
 5. Harriet A. , born Married Virgil 
 York. Children, none. 
 
 6. Mary J., Married Robert 
 Gathercole. Children, none. 
 
 DANIEL HAINS SHOFF {Mains F, Jacob, Jacob), 
 born in Brunswick, Vt., Jan. 17, 1812; died in Warren, 
 Waushara Co., Wis., March 18, 1899. Married Fanny 
 Stevens, who was born in Bloomfield, Vt., Oct. 22, 1818. 
 Children, born in Bloomfield: 
 
 1. Deua a., born Dec. 19, 1843. Married James 
 Edward Brown, who was born in Milwaukee, Wis. , Oct. 4, 
 1838. Children: 
 
 i Alma Lillian Brown, born July 4, 1867, in 
 
 Milwaukee, Wis. 
 ii Charles Savillon Brown, born Feb. 28, 1869, 
 
 in Warren, Wis. 
 iii RoUin ShofF Brown, born Mar. 31, 1871, in 
 
 Milwaukee, Wis. 
 iv Guy Henry Brown, born June 29, 1873. in 
 Milwaukee, Wis. 
 Ill 
 
V George ShofE Brown, born Oct. 25, 1875, in 
 
 Milwaukee, Wis. 
 vi Harrold Edwards Brown, born Nov. 6, 1877, 
 
 in Warren, Wis. 
 vii Leon James Brown, born Sept. 5, 1879, in 
 
 Milwaukee, Wis. 
 viii Josephine Amanda Brown, born Sept. 17, 1881, 
 
 in Milwaukee, Wis. 
 ix Evelyn Rhoda Brown, born July 8, 1884, in 
 
 Milwaukee, Wis. 
 
 2. Savillon Story, born Feb. 9, 1845. Unmarried. 
 Lives in Warren, Wis. 
 
 3. Alma, born June 22, 1846. Married Beeman A. 
 Bowker. Lives in Bloomfield, Vt. Children, none. 
 
 4. George D., born June 7, 1848; died in Warren, 
 Wis., Feb. 11, 1870. 
 
 CLINTON SHUFF (£/z', Jacob, Jacob), born in St. 
 Landry Parish, La. Mmarried Malinda Benedick. They had : 
 1. Malinda, born Married George 
 
 Chandler. They had : 
 i Lizzie Chandler, 
 ii Clinton Chandler, 
 iii Alexander Chandler. (Kinder, La. ) 
 
 ALBERT SHUFF (£//, Jacob, Jacob), born in St. 
 Landry Parish, near Opelousas, La. Married (1) Susan La 
 Barge. 
 
 1. Ely, born Aug., 1850. 
 Married (2) Celine Soileau. 
 
 1. Joseph Ange, born June 2, 1857. 
 
 3. Edwin, born Aug. 9, 1860. 
 
 4. Eliza, born August 9, 1862. Married Augustine 
 Berza, May, 1893. Lives in Reddell, La. 
 
 i Emma Berza, 
 ii Attile Berza, 
 
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iii Moise Berza, 
 iv Morphy Berza, 
 
 V Mercy Berza. 
 
 5. Louisa, born Feb. 2, 1855. Married (1) Gairazime 
 L. Fontenot, October 1, 1874, in Grand Prairie, St. 
 Landry Parish, La. 
 
 i Alice Fontenot, born June 2, 1882. 
 ii Felicien Fontenot, born June 3, 1884. 
 Married (2) Adolph Guillory, Nov. 10, 1888, in 
 Washington, La. Lives in Reddell, La. 
 iii Adolph Guillory, Jr. , born May 7, 1890. 
 iv Ophillia Guillory, born Oct. 28, 1894. 
 WILLIAM SHUFF {Eli, Jacob, Jacob), born near 
 Opelousas, La., July, 1818. Married in Opelousas, April, 
 1843, Clara Benedick. 
 
 Children, all born near Opelousas, La. : 
 
 1. William, born Aug. 2, 1845. 
 
 2. Sarah, born Feb. , 1847. Married Eugene Gau- 
 treaux. 
 
 I William Gautreaux. 
 
 3. Annie Eliza, born Aug. 1850. Married in April, 
 1869, Treville Deshotels, who died Sept. 1909. 
 
 Children, born in Pine Prairie, La. : 
 
 i Arcius Deshotels, born 1870; died Sept. 1909. 
 ii Nesia Deshotels, " 1872. 
 iii Victoran Deshotels, " 1873; died 1902. 
 iv Eugene Deshotels, " 1876. 
 
 V Arcade Deshotels, " 1879. 
 vi Cernius Deshotels, " 1884. 
 
 4. Elijah, ; died at 18 years. 
 
 5. Melinda, born Aug. 7, 1858. Married (l)Samue] 
 Johnson; (2) Absalom Reed. 
 
 Children, born in Pine Prairie, La. : 
 i Robert Johnson, born Aug. 9, 1880. 
 
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ii Emily Reed, " June 2, 1888. 
 
 iii Estazie Reed, " Mar. 17, 1892. 
 
 ELI SHUFF {Eli, Jacob, Jacob), born in St. Landry 
 Parish, near Opelousas, La. Married Mary Meline Guilhry. 
 Children : 
 
 1. Robert H., born Sept. 9, 1859. 
 
 2. David, " died single 
 
 3. Amos, " July 1862. 
 
 4. Will, " 1863. 
 
 5. Gilbert " died young. 
 
 CYRUS SHUFF {Eli, Jacob, Jacob), born in St. Lan- 
 dry Parish, La. Married (1) Eliza Bundick. 
 Children : 
 
 1 Amanda, Married George Chandler. 
 
 i Rachel Chandler. 
 
 2. Rachel, Married James Cole, Oberlin, La. 
 
 i Louisa Cole, 
 ii Laura Cole, 
 iii Jacob Cole, 
 iv Elvira Cole, 
 
 V James Cole, 
 vi Nellie Cole, 
 
 vii Ella Cole, 
 viii Lillie Cole. 
 
 3. Delia, Married Joseph Sonnier, Oberlin, La. 
 
 i Adam Sonnier, 
 ii Donat Sonnier, 
 iii Joseph Sonnier, 
 iv Eva Sonnier, 
 
 V Robert Sonnier. 
 
 4. Robert, died unmarried. 
 Married (2) Felicatia Fontenot. 
 
 5. Cyrus, 
 
 6. Amos, 
 
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7. 
 
 King, 
 
 8. 
 
 Eliza, Married Roan Reeves. 
 
 
 i Lillie May Reeves, 
 
 
 ii Ellen Reeves, 
 
 
 iii Alladan Reeves, 
 
 
 iv Amos Reeves. 
 
 9. 
 
 OcTAviA, Married Isaac Reeves. 
 
 
 i Homer Reeves, 
 
 
 ii Haral Reeves, 
 
 
 iii Elden Reeves. 
 
 10. 
 
 Eu, died young. 
 
 NELSON MONROE SCHOFF {Abijah R, Jacob, 
 Jacob), born in Aurelius, N. Y., Mar. 22, 1817; died in 
 Ann Arbor, Mich., June 9, 1894. Married in Ann Arbor, 
 in 1848, Elizabeth Everest, who was born in Plattsburg, N. Y. , 
 June 4, 1827, and died in Ann Arbor, Nov. 9, 1906. 
 They had : 
 
 1. Anna Cora, born in Ann Arbor, June 27, 1855; 
 married there, Sept. 17, 1879, Heihert Randa/l ; died 
 there Nov. 12, 1892. No children. 
 
 OSCAR PRATT SCHOFF {AbijahR, Jacob, Jacob), 
 born in N. Y., Nov. 18, 1818; died in Hammond, 
 
 Ind., June 17, 1898. Married in Geneva, 111., Nov. 9, 
 1856, Julia A. Hathaway, who was born in Potsdam, N. Y., 
 Aug. 20, 1840, and lives in Hammond, Ind. 
 Children : 
 
 1. Richard Edward, born in Grand Traverse, Mich. , 
 May 19, 1859. 
 
 2. Dora Maria, born in Kenosha, Wis. , July 9, 1862. 
 Unmarried. Lives in Hammond. 
 
 3. Lucy Ann, born in Springville, Wis., Feb. 24, 1865. 
 Unmarried. Lives in Hammond. 
 
 SAVILLON STORY SCHOFF {Jbijah R, Jacob, 
 Jacob), born in Ontario, Wayne Co., N. Y., Sept. 18, 1820; 
 
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died in Cincinnati, O., Jan. 30, 1902. Married in Keno- 
 sha, Wis., June 7, 1860, Charlotte M. Smith, who was born 
 in Pike, N. Y., May 9, 1839, and lives in Cincinnati. 
 Children: 
 
 1. Mabel Story, born in Kenosha, Wis., Apr., 1863; 
 died in childhood. 
 
 2. Kate Virginia, born in Kenosha, Wis. ; died in 
 childhood. 
 
 3. Amy Lawrence, born in Chicago, 111., May 7, 1868. 
 
 Unmarried. Lives in Cincinnati. 
 
 4. Alice May, born in Chicago, 111., May 8, 1870. 
 Married, in Cincinnati, Jan. 1, 1901, Harry A. 
 Millh. They have : 
 
 i Savilla Story Schoff Millis, born in Chicago, 111. , 
 
 Nov. 7, 1901. 
 ii John SchofF Millis, born in Palo Alto, Cal., 
 
 Nov. 14, 1903. 
 iii Charlotte Schoff Millis, born in Palo Alto, Cal. , 
 Dec. 23, 1906. 
 HOMER FRENCH SCHOFF {Ahijah F., Jacob, 
 Jacob), born in Ontario, N. Y., May 20, 1822; died in 
 Chicago, 111., May 25, 1877. Married, in Kenosha, Wis., 
 Jan. 1855, Lucy Anna Smith. 
 
 Children, all born in Kenosha, Wis. : 
 
 1. Charles Homer, born Sept. 30, 1858. 
 
 2. Nelson Story, born about 1860; died in infancy. 
 
 3. Willis Nelson, born Sept. 24, 1868. 
 DEMETRIUS YPSILANTI SCHOFF Ubijah R, 
 
 Jacob, Jacob'), born in , Nov. 9, 1828; died in Crystal, 
 
 Mich., Apr. 18, 1873. Married, Jan. 19, 1851, Clarissa 
 Hartwell; she died Jan. 16, 1851. Married again, Oct. 3, 
 1853, Mariam Lee. 
 Children : 
 
 1. Homer Demetrius, born in Eagle, Mich., March 
 27, 1856. 
 
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2. Julia May, born in Eagle, Mich., May 12, 1858. 
 Married in Sheridan, Mich., May 10, 1876, William 
 Fisher. They had : 
 
 i Leon Fisher, born in London, Mich., Mar. 22, 
 1878; died May 10, 1878. 
 
 CHARLES EUGENE SCHOFF Ubijah R, Jacob, 
 Jacob), born near Pordand, Mich., June 10, 1837; died in 
 Grinnell, Iowa, Aug. 17, 1897. Married, first, in Eagle, 
 Mich., Feb. 24, 1861, Helen A. Hi/l. She died Dec. 24, 
 1861. Married, second, in Kenosha, Wis., 1864, 
 
 Gertrude E. Stevens. 
 Children : 
 
 1. Helen, born in Eagle, Mich., Nov. 21, 1861; mar- 
 ried in Grand Ledge, Mich., June 3, 1883, Jesse 
 Jones. Children (born in Grand Ledge) : 
 i Edna Mae Jones, born Feb. 22, 1885. 
 ii Vernon Paul Jones, born Oct. 19, 1888. 
 iii Ivan Hiram Jones, born Oct. 4, 1896. 
 iv Florence Adel Jones, born June 3, 1902. 
 
 2. Charles Eugene, born in Kenosha, Wis. , Aug. 16, 
 1866. 
 
 3. Lynn Howard, born in Champaign, 111., Sept. 5, 
 1872. 
 
 4. Ernest, born in Champaign, III., Mar. 4, 1876. 
 
 CHARLES P. SHOFF iJacob, Jacob, Jacob), born in 
 Lunenburg, Vt., Apr. 30, 1826; died in North Stratford, 
 N. H., Aug. 30, 1905. Married in Charleston, Vt., Aug. 
 8, 1848, Eliza Spaulding. They had: 
 
 1. Mary S., born in Island Pond, Vt., May 7, 1850; 
 married in North Stratford, N. H., Nov. 7, 1867, 
 Clark Stevens. They had: 
 
 i Charles O. Stevens, born Dec. 13, 1868. 
 ii Julia Stevens, born Nov. 5, 1870. 
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iii Perley Clark Stevens, born Jan. 8, 1873; died 
 
 Mar. 20, 1892. 
 iv Mary Stevens, born Feb. 3, 1875. 
 V Alice Stevens, born Apr. 20, 1877. 
 vi Mabel Stevens, born Apr. 17, 1879. 
 vii Herbert Stevens, born Jan. 20, 1884; died 
 
 Jan. 24, 1884. 
 viii Aaron E. Stevens, born May 13, 1885. 
 ix Don W. Stevens, Jan. 19, 1887. 
 
 HORATIO NELSON SHOFF {Jacob, Jacob, Jacob), 
 born in Birmingham, Erie Co., O., July 31, 1838; died 
 there Jan. 19, 1907. Married May 13, 1861, Louisa M. 
 Washburn. 
 Children : 
 
 1. Charles J., born in Birmingham, O., Jan. 29, 1863. 
 
 2. Della M., born in Birmingham, O., Aug. 4, 1866. 
 Married in Birmingham, Feb. 17, 1892, William 
 Lambert. No children. 
 
 CHARLES EDWARD SCHOFF {John C, John, 
 Jacob), born in Hallowell, Me., Sept. 3, 1804, died in Lynn, 
 Mass., 1857. Married in 1827, Ann Pearson Huse, of New- 
 buryport, Mass. , born there Sept. 22, 1806 ; died in Chelsea, 
 Mass., Sept. 29, 1845. He married, second, in 1846, Eliza- 
 beth Parker Hartwell, of Fitzwilliam, N. H., born in 1808; 
 died there June 15, 1887. 
 Children : 
 
 1. Ann Huse, born in Newburyport, Mass., Nov. 15, 
 1828; died July 29, 1862. Married in 1847, Asa 
 Henry Dyer, who was born Jan. 1825. They had: 
 
 i Arthur Henry Dyer, born Jan. 3, 1851. 
 
 ii Charles Edward Dyer. 
 
 iii Florence Mary Dyer, born Dec. 17, 1855. 
 
 2. Charles Wesley, born in Newburyport, Mass., 
 July 25, 1830; died in 1837. 
 
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3. Mary Jane, born in Newburyport, Mass., Aug. 6, 
 1832; died in Boston, Mass., April 13, 1899. 
 Married Nov. 30, 1854, Charles Wallingford Parker. 
 
 Children, born in Boston, Mass: 
 i Mary Parker, born Aug. 6, 1856. 
 ii Charles Schoff Parker, born Mar. 23, 1860. 
 iii Herman Parker, Jan. 2, 1866. 
 iv Allston Parker, born June 20, 1869; died Feb. 
 
 6, 1890. 
 V Ross Parker, born June 7, 1871. 
 
 4. Edward Nfwell, born in Newburyport, Mass., 
 Oct. 10, 1834. 
 
 5. Eunice Maria, born in Portsmouth, N. H., Sept. 
 
 25, 1836; died in Havana, Cuba, Dec. 6, 1872. 
 Married, Feb. 17, 1859, John Howard Chase. They 
 had: 
 
 i Frank Howard Chase, born July 14, 1860; 
 
 died in 1866. 
 ii John Frederick Chase, born Sept. 4, 1864; 
 
 died in 1867. 
 iii Edith Maud Chase,, born Mar. 13, 1868. 
 
 6. Edwin Augustus, born in Chelsea, Mass., June 6, 
 1838. 
 
 7. MoRGiANA Heath, born in Chelsea, Mass., Sept. 
 
 26, 1840. Married in Boston, Mass., Oct. 8, 1900, 
 Charles Wallingford Parker. 
 
 8. Isabella, born in Chelsea, Mass., Dec. 8, 1842; 
 died Jan. 13, 1843. 
 
 Children of the second wife : 
 
 9. Joseph, born in 1848; died in 1848. 
 
 10. Charles Hartwell, born March 20, 1849. 
 
 STEPHEN ALONZO SCHOFF {John C, John, 
 Jacob), born in Danville, Vt., Jan. 16, 1818; died in Nor- 
 folk, Conn., May 6, 1904. Married, Nov. 7, 1843, in 
 
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Williamsburg, L. I., Maria Josephine Rosalina Hastings; 
 who was born in Stow, Mass., Apr. 18, 1824, and died in 
 NewtonviUe, Mass., Jan. 18, 1882. 
 Children : 
 
 1. Arno Hastings, born in Williamsburg, L. I., Jan. 
 13, 1846. 
 
 2. Frederic, born in Lexington, Mass., Oct. 25, 1848. 
 
 3. Alfred, born in NewtonviUe, Mass., Nov. 8, 1851. 
 
 4. John Irving, born in NewtonviUe, Mass., Oct. 21, 
 1854; died there June 11, 1864. 
 
 5. Gertrude, born in NewtonviUe, Mass., Sept. 2, 
 1858; died there July 5, 1864. 
 
 WILLIAM LORENZO SCHOFF {John C, John, 
 Jacob), born in Danville, Vt., Apr. 19, 1819; died in Phila- 
 delphia, Pa., Feb. 22, 1889. He married first, in 1840, 
 Mary M. Feltch, of Newbury, Mass. ; and second, Mary 
 Williams, in Philadelphia, Oct. 1865. 
 Children (of the first wife) : 
 
 1. Ellen Augusta, born in Newbury, Mass., Oct. 6, 
 1840; married in Newburyport, July 3, 1861, George 
 Dallas Janvrin; died in Newburyport May 16, 1869. 
 No children. 
 
 (of the second wife, born in Philadelphia) : 
 
 2. Mamie J., born Oct. 2, 1866; married in Philadel- 
 phia, June 22, 1887, Wilmer Kipe. 
 
 Children (all born in Philadelphia) : 
 
 i Lorenzo Dow Kipe, born Apr. 18, 1888. 
 ii Helen Miriam Kipe, born Dec. 7, 1891. 
 iii Bessie Schoff Kipe, born May 7, 1898. 
 iv Horace Spencer Kipe, born Nov. 1, 1908. 
 
 3. Anna Truitt, born July 18, 1877; died April 2, 
 1879. 
 
 4. Bessie Edna, born Sept. 7, 1880. Unmarried. 
 
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ROBINSON NYE SCHOFF Uohn C, John, Jacob), 
 born in Bradford, Mass., Nov. 23, 1820; now living in 
 Norfolk, Conn. , being the oldest living SchofF, and with the 
 exception of Henry S. Bennett, the oldest descendant of Jacob 
 Schoff, at the date of this writing. He married first, in 
 1845, Harriet Philbroke Blake, of Hampton, N. H. She 
 died without issue, and he married, second, Caroline Rich 
 Eldridge, of Bucksport, Me., May 14, 1854. 
 Children : 
 
 1. Joshua Robinson, born in Newburyport, Mass., 
 Sept. 6, 1857. 
 
 2. Charles Franklin, born in Elmira, Minn., Aug. 
 12, 1859; died in Salisbury, Mass., Sept. 30, 1861. 
 
 3. Caroline Frances, born in East Salisbury, Mass., 
 Mar. 24, 1867; married June 12, 1886, in Marble- 
 head, Mass. , John Henry Green, who died in July, 
 1886. They had: 
 
 i Ethel Green, born in Marblehead, Mass. , Feb. 
 27, 1887. 
 Married, second, Nov. 8, 1909, in Norfolk, Conn., 
 Alfred Schoff {^Stephen A. , John C. , John, Jacob) . Now 
 living in Norfolk, Conn. 
 
 4. George Sheeks, born in Salisbury, Mass., Mar. 15, 
 1869; died Feb. 20, 1872. 
 
 5. Emma Allerton, born in Marblehead, Mass., Aug. 
 21, 1878. Married June 27, 1910, in Norfolk, 
 Conn., Alvin Fiske IVhitmore. 
 
 JOHN HENRY SCHOFF {John C, John, Jacob), 
 born in West Newbury, Mass., March 23, 1822; married 
 Sarah , of Washington, D. C. ; died without issue in 
 
 Washington, D. C. 
 
 FRANKLIN BENJAMIN SCHOFF {John C, John, 
 Jacob), born in Newburyport, Mass., Sept. 19, 1825; died 
 in Chelsea, Mass., Sept. 3, 1857. Married, in 1847, in 
 
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Chelsea, Mass., Ellen M. Sawyer; who died in Gloucester, 
 Mass., May 6, 1880. 
 Children : 
 
 1. Emma Adele, born in Chelsea, Mass., July, 1848; 
 married Rufus Parsons in Gloucester, Mass. 
 
 Children, born in Gloucester, Mass. : 
 i Frank S. Parsons, born June 17, 1869. 
 ii Mary B. Parsons, born Mar. 9, 1871. 
 iii Walter C. Parsons, born Aug. 1, 1873. 
 iv James C. Parsons, born Aug. 1, 1877. 
 V Emma A. Parsons, born Nov. 10, 1879. 
 vi Herman P. Parsons, born Nov. 3, 1884. 
 
 2. WiLLAM F., born in Chelsea, Mass., Oct. 1851; 
 died in Gloucester, Mass., Dec. 1869. 
 
 DANIEL SCHOFF Qeremiah, Daniel, Jacob'), born in 
 Brasher, N. Y., August 15, 1816, and died there Dec. 18, 
 1876. Married, May 13, 1838, in Brasher, N. Y., Cath- 
 arine D. Beeman. 
 Children : 
 
 1. Susan B., born in Brasher, N Y., May 18, 1839; 
 died in Eau Claire, Wis., Apr. 15, 1879. Married, 
 first, in Brasher, N. Y., March 27, 1861, Edwrard 
 McKenna, who died Aug. 30, 1861. Married, sec- 
 ond, in Hogansburg, N. Y., Pomeroy Blatchley. 
 
 They had : 
 
 i Adelaide P. Blatchley, born in Brasher, N. Y., 
 Feb., 1877; died there Oct., 1881. 
 ii Alice Blatchley, born in Brasher, N. Y. , Dec. , 
 1878; died there Sept., 1881. 
 
 2. Valina M., born in Brasher, N. Y., Sept. 25, 1841. 
 Married in Moira, N. Y., Oct. 4, 1864, Thomas 
 H. Hall, who died in Stockholm, N. Y., Oct. 27, 
 1904. Children, born in Brasher, N. Y. : 
 
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i Minnie Kate Hall, born Apr. 22, 1866; mar- 
 ried William H. Schoff {.Joseph P., 
 Jeremiah, Daniel, Jacob). 
 
 ii May Phebe Hall, born Apr. 22, 1868; died 
 Oct. 23, 1908. 
 
 iii Maud Augusta Hall, born Dec. 10, 1869; died 
 Sept. 20, 1876. 
 
 iv Isaac Eugene Hall, born May 26, 1872. 
 
 V Mellrose Addie Hall, born Mar. 7, 1876; died 
 Aug. 11, 1908. 
 
 vi Harold T. Hall, born Sept. 29, 1881. 
 
 3. Augusta Sariah, born in Bombay, N. Y., Aug. 4, 
 1845; married in Hogansburg, N. Y., Sept. 21, 
 1874, John B. Wilhon, who died in Louisville, N. Y., 
 Aug. 12, 1893. They had: 
 
 i John B. Willson, born in Lousville, N. Y., 
 
 Oct. 16, 1877. 
 
 ii Leon C. Willson, ) , . y • -n xt xt- 
 ... -. „ ,,^.,, f born m Louisville, N. Y., 
 
 1.1 Leo F. Willson, J ^^^ 3, 1884; Leon 
 
 died Sept. 5, 1895. 
 
 4. Adelaide Eleanor, born in Brasher, N. Y., Apr. 
 26, 1855; married in Canton, N. Y., Oct., 1881, 
 Myron Becksted. They had: 
 
 i Adelaide Maria Becksted, born in Louisville, 
 N. Y., Sept. 29, 1882. 
 
 ii Alice Maud Becksted, born in Louisville, N. Y. , 
 Dec. 1883. 
 
 iii Augusta Becksted, born in Louisville, N. Y. , 
 Dec. 1893. 
 
 5. Winnifred M., born in Brasher, N. Y., Mar. 23, 
 1858; died July 27, 1862. 
 
 6. Charles E. , born in Brasher, N. Y. , Dec. 12, 1861. 
 
 JOSEPH P. SCHOFF {Jeremiah, Daniel, Jacob), born 
 in Brasher, N. Y., Nov. 14, 1818; died there Oct. 9, 1884. 
 
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Married in Brasher, Jan. 1, 1841, Sarah Beeman, sister to the 
 Catharine who married his brother Daniel. She died in 
 Brasher June 22, 1884. 
 
 Children (all born in Brasher, N. Y. ) : 
 
 1. Elizabeth Sophia, born Dec. 16, 1841; married 
 in Brasher, Oct. 17, 1860, Henry N. Turner. 
 
 Children, born in Moira, N. Y. : 
 i Emmer E. Turner, born July 23, 1861; died 
 
 April 25, 1893. 
 ii Clement L. Turner, born May 23, 1863. 
 
 2. Sarah Lucinda, born Jan. 31, 1846; married in 
 Madrid, N. Y., Dec. 26, 1864, John G. Firn. She 
 died in Cornwall, Ont., Mar. 22, 1889. They had: 
 
 i Winnie E. Firn, born in Brasher, N. Y., Dec. 
 
 27, 1865: died July 30, 1866. 
 ii Carlton R. Firn, born in Brasher, N. Y. , Sept. 
 
 9, 1867. 
 iii Carlotta S. Firn, born in Brasher, N. Y., Jan. 
 
 31, 1870. 
 iv Joseph C. Firn, born in Brasher, N. Y., Jan. 
 
 31, 1873. 
 V Allison G. A. Firn, born in Huntington, Ont. , 
 
 Apr. 27, 1877. 
 vi John Darwin Firn, born in Huntington, Ont., 
 
 Feb. 1, 1880. 
 vii Willie Ray Firn, born in Cornwall, Ont. , Oct. 
 
 9, 1885; died Apr. 17, 1895. 
 viii Lucinda Maud Firn, born in Cornwall, Ont., 
 
 Mar. 3, 1889; died July 21, 1889. 
 
 3. Harvey A., born 1851. 
 
 4. Jane P., born Oct. 17, 1854; married Jan. 1886, 
 Watson Saxton. Died in Moira, N. Y. , Oct. 17, 1886. 
 No children. 
 
 5. Fannie D., born Mar. 14, 1857; married Oct. 17, 
 1882, Watson Saxton. Died in Moira, N. Y., Sept. 
 20, 1884. No- children. 
 
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6. William H., born Sept. 1, 1861. 
 
 7. Elton E., born Jan. 3, 1867 j died Feb. 15, 1870. 
 
 JESSE WOODBURY SCHOFF {Jeremiah, Daniel, 
 Jacob), born in Brasher, N. Y., Apr. 15, 1824; died in 
 White Creek, Wis., Aug. 27, 1891. Married, first, in 
 Brasher, N. Y., Aug. 13, 1844, Mary M. Beeman, sister to 
 the Catharine and Sarah who married his brothers Daniel 
 and Joseph. She died Apr. 4, 1871, and he married, second, 
 in Quincy, Wis. , June 10, 1874, Hannah D. Joyal, who was 
 born in Lowell, Mass., Oct. 24, 1844, and died in Spring- 
 ville. Wis., Apr. 16, 1887. 
 Children by the first wife : 
 
 1. Allen F., born in Brasher, N. Y., July 24, 1846. 
 
 2. Malvina a., born in Brasher, N.Y., Jan. 4, 1848; 
 married in White Creek, Wis. , Sept. 23, 1867, Philip 
 Shorey. Living in Azusa, Cal. 
 
 Children, born in Necedah, Wis. : 
 
 i Edith M. Shorey, born May 16, 1868. 
 ii Alta E. Shorey, born Dec. 23, 1869; died 
 
 Sept. 27, 1881. 
 iii Harry A. Shorey, born June 21, 1871. 
 iv Arthur E. Shorey, born Aug. 21, 1872. 
 
 3. Delight A., born in Brasher, N. Y., Mar. 8, 1849; 
 married in White Creek, Wis., Nov. 29, 1868, 
 Hamilton Walrath. 
 
 Children, born in White Creek, Wis. : 
 
 i Winnie M. Walrath, born Aug. 31, 1869; died 
 ii Jessie M. Walrath, born Feb. 25, 1871; died 
 
 July, 1909. 
 iii Kittie M. Walrath, born Jan. 3, 1873; died 
 iv John H. Walrath, born May 1, 1875. 
 V Kittie W. Walrath, born July 10, 1877. 
 vi Vina E. Walrath, \ born June 18, 1879; 
 vii Verna A. Walrath, [ Vina died. 
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viii Agnes D. Walrath, born Mar. 15, 1885. 
 ix Calvin J. Walrath, born Oct. 9, 1887. 
 
 4. Calvin H., born in Brasher, N. Y., Sept. 26, 1850. 
 Unmarried. Lives in Glenn's Ferry, Idaho. 
 
 5. RuFus E., born in Brasher, N. Y., July 16, 1852; 
 died Jan. 1853. 
 
 6. RuFUS S. , born in Hogansburg, N. Y. , May 30, 1854. 
 
 7. Ira J., born in Brasher, N. Y., Apr. 14, 1856. 
 
 8. TiRZAH M., born in Brasher, N. Y., Sept. 19, 1859; 
 married in New Lisbon, Wis., Apr. 3, 1876, Bennett 
 Sickler. P. O. address, Villisca, Iowa. 
 
 Children, born in Sciola, Montgomery Co., Iowa: 
 i Jesse P. Sickler, born Sept. 17, 1877. 
 ii Herbert H. Sickler, born Aug. 31, 1878. 
 iii Nettie Sickler, born Aug. 26, 1879; died Sept. 
 
 9, 1879. 
 iv Louisa M. Sickler, born Oct. 3, 1881; died 
 
 Jan. 26, 1895. 
 v Bertie Sickler, born Sept. 30, 1882; died Nov. 
 
 7, 1882. 
 vi Elta I. Sickler, born Jan. 28, 1885. 
 vii Ira B. Sickler, born July 14, 1887. 
 viii Allen L. Sickler, born Aug. 3, 1889. 
 ix Eva D. Sickler, born July 24, 1891. 
 X William P. Sickler, born Mar. 1, 1893. 
 xi Edith Velma Sickler, born June 3, 1895. 
 xii Elpha M. Sickler, born Oct. 22, 1896; died 
 
 Feb. 3, 1897. 
 xiii Elsie B. Sickler, born May 13, 1898. 
 xiv Edward Hillis Sickler, born Feb. 8, 1902. 
 
 9. Rhoda S., born in Brasher, N. Y., Oct. 15, 1861; 
 married in White Creek, Wis., Mar. 30, 1882, John 
 Lilly. Died Feb. 22, 1883. They had: 
 
 i Rhoda Mary Lilly, born Feb. 1883. 
 10. Lilly M., born in Hogansburg, N. Y., March 29, 
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1864. Married in Villisca, Iowa, Nov. 24, 1883, 
 James Ira Casteel. Lives in Creighton, Neb. 
 Children : 
 
 i Leslie I. Casteel, born in Villisca, Iowa, Nov. 
 
 28, 1884; died Apr. 30, 1898. 
 ii Wesley A. Casteel, born in Villisca, la., Feb. 
 
 25, 1886; died Apr. 27, 1886. 
 iii Lewis A. Casteel, born in Ketchum, Idaho, 
 Oct. 12, 1887; died May 21, 1895. 
 iv Jesse W. Casteel, born in Clayton, Idaho, Nov. 
 
 17, 1889; died Apr. 28, 1895. 
 V Leroy R. Casteel, born in Glenn's Ferry, Idaho, 
 
 July 20, 1892. 
 vi Claud O. Casteel, born in Villisca, la. , May 19, 
 
 1894. 
 
 vii James Calvin Casteel, born in Delmont, S. Dak. , 
 
 Nov. 18,1896; died Dec. 4, 1907. 
 
 viii Vincent D. Casteel, born in Tyndall, S. Dak., 
 
 June 11, 1900; died Jan. 8, 1902. 
 
 ix Maybelle E. Casteel, born in Tyndall, S. Dak. , 
 
 Jan. 14, 1902; died Feb. 14, 1902. 
 
 X Harold T. R. Casteel, born in Tyndall, S. Dak. , 
 
 Mar. 31, 1903. 
 
 11. Manett M., born in White Creek, Wis., Dec. 23, 
 1866; lives in Glenn's Ferry, Idaho. Unmarried. 
 
 12. George A., born in White Creek, Wis., April 4, 
 1869; died Jan. 26, 1870. 
 
 13. Eva M., born in White Creek, Wis., Feb. 11, 1871; 
 married in Algona, la., Oct. 3, 1894, William J. 
 Lkyd. Lives in Norwich, N. Dak. They have : 
 
 i Sadie M. Lloyd, born in Irvington, la., Oct. 
 
 19, 1895. 
 ii Harold L. Lloyd, born in Sexton, la., April 
 28, 1897. 
 
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iii Dorothy D. Lloyd, born in Algona, la., Oct. 
 
 3, 1898. 
 iv Donald R. Lloyd, born in Norwich, N. Dak., 
 
 April 5, 1902. 
 V Willbur J. Lloyd, born in Norwich, N. Dak., 
 
 June 11, 1905. 
 vi Evelyn M. Lloyd, born in Norwich, N. Dak., 
 Jan. 5, 1908. 
 Children by his second wife, born in Springville, Wis. : 
 
 14. Clara, born May 10, 1875; married in White 
 Creek, Wis., July 4, 1896, John Sigel Willard, son 
 of Lucy Ann SchofE (^Jeremiah, Daniel, Jacob). Lives 
 in White Creek. They have : 
 
 i Marion Amber Willard, born Sept. 19, 1897. 
 ii Vivian Clara Willard, born June 25, 1900. 
 
 15. George Henry, born Feb. 16, 1877. 
 
 16. Lucy Jane, born Jan. 3, 1878; married in White 
 Creek, Sept. 2, 1900, Christian Witt. Died Aug. 
 21, 1903. Children, born in Easton, Wis. : 
 
 i Harold Christian Witt, born Oct. 31, 1901; 
 
 died Jan. 22, 1902. 
 ii Blanche Marcel Lucy Witt, born Mar. 19, 1903. 
 
 17. Alzina Amelia, born Jan. 1, 1880; died June 24, 
 1880. 
 
 18. Ralph Bowers, born Mar. 20, 1881. 
 
 19. Marcella Hannah, born Nov. 2, 1884. Married 
 in Mountain Home, Idaho, May 18, 1910, Walter 
 Kenneth Colvilk. 
 
 JEREMIAH MERRILL SCHOFF {Jeremiah, Daniel, 
 Jacob), born in Brasher, N. Y., Dec. 8, 1826; died in Easton, 
 Wis., Feb. 14, 1904. Married in Boston, Mass., June 12, 
 1853, Arabella Grant, who was born in Strathmore, Scot- 
 land, Dec. 29, 1832, and died in Easton, Wis., May 27, 
 1889. 
 
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Children, all born in Brasher, N. Y. : 
 
 1. Emma Arabelle, born May 8, 1854; married in 
 Easton, Wis., Aug. 22, 1879, Bernard Dunn. 
 
 Children, born in La Crosse, Wis. : 
 i Sarah Belle Dunn, born May 27, 1880. 
 ii Bernard SchofF Dunn, born July 11, 1882. 
 iii Alice Dunn, born July 11, 1885. 
 iv Donald Dunn, born Jan. 11, 1892. 
 
 2. Abbie Cora, born Sept. 9, 1855; married in Easton, 
 Wis., Aug. 12. 1885, William Irwin. They had: 
 
 i Marie Belle Irwin, born in Springville, Wis., 
 June 27, 1886. 
 
 3. Dana Malcolm, born Aug. 8, 1860. 
 
 4. Nettie, born Sept. 11, 1862; married in Easton, 
 Wis., Sept. 9, 1888, Cheber Lanphear. They had: 
 
 i Jeremiah M. Lanphear, ) born in Escanaba, 
 ii Jesse W. Lanphear, ) Mich., July 29, 1889. 
 iii Lottie Belle Lanphear, born in Easton, Wis., 
 
 Aug. 17, 1892. 
 iv Lulu Abbie Lanphear, born in Springville, 
 
 Wis., July 18, 1894. 
 V Donald Henry Lanphear, born in Chicago, 111. , 
 
 Aug. 13, 1895. 
 vi Cora Dell Lanphear, born in Chicago, 111., 
 
 Sept. 27, 1896. 
 vii Carl Lyndon Lanphear, born in Chicago, 111., 
 
 Oct. 13, 1898. 
 viii Clifford Cheber Lanphear, born in Easton, 
 
 Wis., Apr. 8, 1901. 
 ix Sarah Esther Lanphear, born in Easton, Wis. , 
 
 Sept. 14, 1904. 
 
 JOHN H. SCHOFF {Jeremiah, Daniel, Jacob), born 
 in Brasher, N. Y., Apr. 23, 1836. Died in Easton, Wis., 
 Sept. 3, 1898. Married in Brasher, N. Y., in 1858, Sarah 
 W. Pratt. No children. 
 
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CHESTER WELLS SCHOFF {Daniel, Daniel, Jacob) , 
 born in Brunswick, Vt., Aug. 26, 1832. Married in Lan- 
 caster, N. H., May 31, 1856, Melinda Green. Lives in 
 Guildhall, Vt. 
 
 Children, born in Guildhall, Vt. : 
 
 1. Ella M., born Mar. 4, 1858; died Feb. 4, 1861. 
 
 2. Nellie A., born Jan. 1, 1864; died Jan. 1, 1891. 
 Unmarried. 
 
 3. Charles H., born April 9, 1866. Unmarried. Lives 
 in Guildhall, Vt. 
 
 JOHN HERVEY SCHOFF {John, Daniel, Jacob), hovn 
 in Brunswick, Vt. , May 30, 1830. Married (.1 ) Emma Gem- 
 mell, 1856; (2) Emeline Spaulding, 1858. Died in Moss 
 River, P. Q., June 8, 1899. 
 Children: 
 
 1. Chester Addison, born July 11, 1859, in Coaticook, 
 P. Q. 
 
 2. Sarah Elizabeth, born July 8, 1868, in Compton, 
 P. Q. Married in Sherbrooke, P. Q., Nov. 6, 1895, 
 Albert Parsons. Lives in Compton, P. Q. (P. O., 
 Coaticook. ) 
 
 i Bernice Evelyn Parsons, born May 31, 1898. 
 ii John Arthur Parsons, born Feb. 1, 1900. 
 
 WILLIAM B. SCHOFF, {Seneca A., Henry, Jacob) 
 born in N. Stratford, N. H., Sept. 20, 1824. Died in Cole- 
 brook, N. H., July 16, 1907. Married July 4, 1851, Mary 
 S. Green. 
 Children : 
 
 1. Helen A. , born in N. Stratford, N. H. , April 1, 1852. 
 
 Married in Bloomfield, Vt., Oct. 27, 1872, Albert 
 
 Corhett. Living in Colebrook, N. H. They have : 
 
 i Burton A. Corbett, born in Colebrook, N. H. , 
 
 July 14, 1875. 
 
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ii Welby W. Corbett, born in Colebrook, N. H., 
 Jan. 14, 1877. 
 
 2. Herbert G., born in N. Stratford, N. H., May 30, 
 1853. 
 
 3. Will I., born in Colebrook, N. H., July 13, 1859. 
 
 4. LeeF., " " " Jan. 31, 1864. 
 
 5. GuyH., " " " Jan. 22,1867. 
 
 6. LiLLiE M., born in Brunswick, Vt., Aug. 6, 1870. 
 Married in N. Stratford, N. H., Dec. 11, 1890, 
 Henry Jonah. Living in N. Stratford, N. H. 
 
 They have: 
 
 i Christie May Jonah, born in Bloomfield, Vt., 
 
 Feb. 22, 1892. 
 ii Mahlon A. Jonah, born in Bloomfield, Vt., 
 
 July 12, 1893. 
 iii Wesley W. Jonah, born in N. Stratford, N. H., 
 
 Sept. 4, 1904. 
 iv Harley Henry Jonah, born in N. Stratford, 
 
 N. H., July 24, 1906. 
 V Mary Alice Jonah, born in N. Stratford, N. H. , 
 
 Nov. 18, 1908. 
 
 JOHN WARREN SHOFF Uohn W., Henry, Jacob), 
 born in Elkland, Pa., Aug. 13, 1838. Married in Elkland, 
 Pa., Nov. 29, 1873, Frances V. Windk, of Wine, Shenan- 
 doah Co., Va. Lives in Wine, Shenandoah Co., Va. 
 Children, none. 
 
 VOLNEY FRENCH SHOFF ^Daniel B., Henry, 
 Jacob), born in Elkland, Pa., Mar. 4, 1848. Married in 
 Centralia, 111., July 25, 1875, Emmie Alice Morgan. Lives 
 in Sherwood, Oregon. 
 Children : 
 
 1. Nora A., born Sept. 16, 1876, in Wellsville, Kans. 
 Married in Coffeyville, Kans., May 9, 1896, John 
 W. Richardson. Lives in Scappoosa, Oregon. 
 
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Children : 
 
 i Walter B. Richardson, born Mar. 12, 1897. 
 ii Dewey F. Richardson, born July 30, 1898. 
 iii Mary E. Richardson, born Feb. 9, 1900. 
 iv Joseph W. Richardson, born Dec. 23, 1902. 
 V Charles P. Richardson, born Sept. 7, 1904. 
 
 2. David Brainerd, born Mar. 18, 1886, in Wells- 
 ville, Kans. 
 
 3. Bessie, born Dec. 24, 1889, in Wellington, Kans. 
 
 4. George Earl, born Jan. 22, 1892, in Hoehnes, Colo. 
 
 5. Floyd, born Mar. 19, 1894, in Hoehnes, Colo. 
 
 HENRY MARTIN SHOFF {Daniel B., Henry, Jacob), 
 born in Elkland, Pa-, July 7, 1849. Married in Burlington, 
 Kans., Dec. 26, 1882, Lillian Walkling. Died in Burling- 
 ton, Kans., Feb. 1894. 
 
 1. Harold Walkling, born Sept., 1886, in Topeka, 
 Kansas. 
 
 ALBERT PITT SHOFF {Daniel B., Henry, Jacob'), 
 born in Elkland, Pa., Jan. 8, 1863. Married in Newton, 
 Kans., Sept. 25, 1889, Annie Mirea ^«r«te. Died July, 1899. 
 Children : 
 
 1. Vera, born Sept. 23, 1890, in Cherryvale, Kans. 
 Married Clitus Brown, Jan. 22, 1907. Lives in 
 Parsons, Kans. 
 
 i Albert Brown, born Nov. 14, 1907. 
 
 2. Genevieve, born Jan. 1, 1892, in Chanute, Kans. 
 
 CHARLES G. SCHOFF {Henry D., Isaac, Jacob), 
 born in Brunswick, Vt, Nov. 1820; died there June 24, 
 1866. Married in Brunswick, Nov. 1840, Mary Taylor, who 
 was born in Brunswick, Jan. 30, 1816, and died in Stratford, 
 N. H., Oct. 20, 1895. 
 
 Children, all born in Brunswick, Vt. '• 
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1. Elvira, born Married Samuel F. Brown 
 in Stratford, N. H., 1865. 
 
 Children : 
 i Forrest E. Brown, born Oct., 1866. 
 ii Agnes A. Brown, born Oct., 1868. 
 iii Eva D. Brown, born Sept., 1870. 
 iv Elizabeth A. Brown, born Dec. 13, 1872. 
 V Howard E. Brown, born 1875. 
 
 2. AdnaB., born 1843. 
 
 3. Carlos, born 1849. 
 
 4. Caroline, born 1851. Married Henry M. Johnston 
 in Lowell, Mass., May 11, 1873. 
 
 Children, born in Lowell, Mass. : 
 
 i Inez V. Johnston, born June 15, 1874. 
 ii Charles H. Johnston, born Dec. 13, 1875. 
 iii Arthur R. Johnston, born Aug. 13, 1880. 
 
 5. Haven, born 1854. 
 
 6. Elmore, born 1857. 
 
 HIRAM BRAINERD SCHOFF {Hiram, Isaac, Jacob), 
 born in Stratford, N. H., Feb. 1, 1823 j died in Pittsburg, 
 N. H., Jan. 31, 1905. Married Susan Smith in Pittsburg, 
 N. H., Oct. 29, 1843. She died there Apr. 12, 1900. 
 Children, born in Pittsburg, N. H. : 
 
 1. Rebecca A., born Feb. 16, 1845. Married, June, 
 1870, John Straw. Died Oct. 5, 1889. 
 
 Children : 
 i Annie Straw, born June 1, 1871. 
 ii Fred Straw, born Jan. 31, 1881. 
 
 2. William A., born Sept. 1, 1847; died Aug. 23, 
 1863. 
 
 3. Persis A., bornJunel8, 1848; died Mar. 24, 1851. 
 
 4. Hiram Alba, born Mar. 28, 1851. 
 
 5. Allen Ellsworth, born — ; died Mar. 24, 1863. 
 
 6. Susan Alma, born 1855. Married (1) Nov. 5, 
 
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1871, George Famham. He died Apr. 16, 1887. 
 Married (2) Joseph Johnson, May 16, 1889. Lives 
 in Canaan, Vt. 
 
 i Archibald Farnham, born May 1, 1885. 
 
 7. Edwin Augustus. 
 
 8. Ellen, born Dec. 20, 1865. Married, June 20, 
 1888, in Colebrook, N. H., William E. Johnson. 
 Lives in Pittsburg, N. H. 
 
 i Arthur E. Johnson, born Nov. 11, 1896, in 
 Pittsburg, N. H. 
 
 JAMES HORACE SCHOFF {Hiram, Isaac, Jacob), 
 born in Pittsburg, N. H., Oct. 20, 1827. Married in Pitts- 
 burg, July 26, 1849, Hattie M. Hall, who was born Aug. 1, 
 1829, and died Mar. 13, 1895. Died in Epping, N. H., 
 Feb. 15, 1910. 
 
 Children, born in Manchester, N. H. : 
 
 1. Arthur Eugene, born Nov. 21, 1853; died Nov. 
 8, 1856. 
 
 2. Eugene E., born Jan. 20, 1858. 
 
 JOHN NELSON SCHOFF {Hiram, Isaac, Jacob), 
 born in Pittsburg, N. H., Jan. 5, 1829. Died there Oct. 
 17, 1874. Married in Pittsburg, Jan. 1, 1853, Lucinda 
 Haynes, who died in Epping, N. H., Mar. 24, 1910. 
 Children : 
 
 1. Nelson Eugene, born in Lemington, Vt., Oct. 18, 
 1856. 
 
 2. AucE BiANCHETA, born in Pittsburg, N. H., May 
 13, 1858. Married, first, in Stewartstown, N. H., 
 Apr. 24, 1875, Ira Lovering; second, in Colebrook, 
 N. H., Sept 4, 1882, George Forrest. Children: 
 
 i Arvilla A. Lovering, born Jan. 7, 1876. 
 ii Nancy E. Lovering, born Dec. 11, 1877. 
 iii John I. Lovering, born Dec. 7, 1878. 
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iv Lilla A. Lovering, born Nov. 9, 1879. 
 
 V George W. Forrest, born Nov. 10, 1885. 
 vi Maude E. Forrest, born Mar. 9, 1887. 
 vii Mark E. Forrest, born Mar. 16, 1893. 
 
 3. George B. McClellan, born in Pittsburg, N. H., 
 Dec. 10, 1863; died July 28, 1889. Unmarried. 
 
 4. Elsie Augusta, born in Pittsburg, N. H., July 18, 
 1867; died Sept. 18, 1868. 
 
 5. Frank Archer, born in Pittsburg, N. H., Oct. 
 12, 1869. Lives in Epping, N. H. Unmarried. 
 
 6. Hattie Anna, born in Pittsburg, N. H., Nov. 16, 
 1873. Lives in Epping, N. H. Unmarried. 
 
 Fifth Generation 
 OSCAR HAINES 'i.CViOYY {Orlando, HaimF., Jacob, 
 Jacob), born in Bloomfield, Vt., Sept. 16, 1837. Married 
 in Lemington, Vt., Nov. 5, 1861, Ellen P. Holbrook. Lives 
 in Monroe, N. H. 
 
 Children, all born in Bloomfield, Vt. : 
 
 1. Ada C, born Sept. 13, 1862. Married April 3, 
 1883, Orvis F. Paschal. Lives in Boston, Mass. 
 
 Children: 
 
 i Maude Paschal, born Sept., 1884. 
 ii Mattie, drovt^ned. 
 
 iii Leroy O. Paschal, born Dec, 1888. 
 iv Beatrice Paschal, born June, 1895. 
 
 2. Flora V., born May 27, 1864. Married, Dec. 23, 
 1885, Fernando C. Gould. They have: 
 
 i Oscar H. Gould, born Jan., 1898, in Cole- 
 brook, N. H. 
 
 3. Mabell E. , born April 8, 1866. Married, Feb. 1, 
 1890, John E. Deering. 
 
 Children, born in Riverton, N. H. : 
 i Ethel M. Deering, born April 4, 1893. 
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ii Clyde O. Deering, born Sept. , 1897. 
 iii Quinn J. Deering, born Oct. 1900. 
 
 4. Annie A., born Feb. 4, 1868. Married, Oct. 25, 
 1884, John Bowker. 
 
 i Ina Bowker, born 
 
 5. Arthur H., born Nov. 20, 1870. 
 
 6. Orland T.. born Feb. 20, 1875. 
 
 SAMUEL O. SHOFF ( Orlando, Mains F. , Jacob, Jocob) , 
 born in Bloomfield, Vt. , Feb. 8, 1841. Married in Bruns- 
 wick, Vt, March 4, 1870, Josephine B. French. Died in 
 Bloomfield, Vt, Aug. 22, 1908. 
 Children, born in Bloomfield, Vt. : 
 
 1. Ina Celia, born Sept. 29, 1872. Married Andrew 
 E. Elliott, Dec. 6, 1892. Lives in Berlin, N. H. 
 
 Children : 
 i Luna Georgia Elliott, born 1899. 
 ii Austin Andrew Elliott, born 1902. 
 iii Clayton Shoff Elliott, born 1907. 
 
 2. Samuel Leslie, born Dec. 8, 1874. 
 
 3. Floyd Gardner, born June 22, 1876. 
 
 4. LuciNA J., born Dec. 28, 1879; died April, 1881. 
 
 5. Lyle K., born April 25, 1888. 
 
 GARDINER J. SHOFF iOnando, Mains F, Jacob, 
 Jacob), born in Bloomfield, Vt., June 13, 1843. Married 
 in Stratford, N. H., Jan. 1, 1871, Emma Dennis Stevens. 
 Lives in Maine, Ariz. 
 Children : 
 
 1. Cora, born Oct. 19, 1871. Married, June 25, 
 1890, Edward Mills. They have: 
 
 i Mcrville Mills, born in Claremont, N. H. 
 ii Chester MiUs, " 
 
 iii Charlotte Emma Mills, born in Maine, Ariz. , 
 Oct. 15, 1909. 
 
 2. Carrie M., born Aug. 5, 1873. 
 
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ELY SHUFF {.Albert, Eli, Jacob, Jacob), born in St. 
 Landry Parish, La. , Aug. , 1850. Married Margaret Bundick, 
 Feb. 4, 1873. Lives in Lelia, La. Children, born in Lelia: 
 
 1. Etienne, born Jan. 14, 1874. 
 
 2. Ely, born July 1, 1875. 
 
 3. Albert, born Aug. 21, 1877; died 1886. 
 
 4. Marie, born Sept. 20, 1878. Married Alcie i^a«/^«»/. 
 
 i George Fontenot. 
 
 5. Eugenie, born June 9, 1880. Married Jean Baptiste 
 Fontenot. 
 
 i Emma Fontenot. 
 ii Euclide Fontenot. 
 
 6. Irene, born Feb. 20, 1884. Married Emile GuUlory 
 in Mamon, La., Nov. 25, 1903. No children. 
 
 7. LocRUSiA, born Sept. 20, 1885. Married Dorestan 
 O. Fontenot \n Mamon, La., Oct. 24, 1903. 
 
 i Fluid Fontenot, born Nov. 28, 1904. 
 
 8. Robert, born Feb. 16, 1888. 
 
 9. NoLEM, born April 29, 1890. 
 
 10. Liza, born Dec. 12, 1891. 
 
 11. Theodore, born Dec. 4, 1894. 
 
 JOSEPH ANGE SHUFF {Albert, Eli, Jacob, Jacob), 
 born in St. Landry Parish, La., June 2, 1857. Married (1) 
 Melina Boone in 1878. She died Oct. 18, 1881; (2) Gene- 
 vieve Bertrand in 1888; (3) Melina St. Germain in 1898. 
 Lives in Eunice, La. 
 
 Children, all born in St. Landry Parish, La. 
 (of the first wife) : 
 
 1. Joseph Walter, born in 1880. 
 
 (.of the second wife) : 
 
 2. Will B., born Nov. 16, 1890. 
 
 3. Wallace, born July 3, 1893. 
 
 (of the third wife) : 
 
 4. Melina, born in 1899. 
 
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5. Marshall, born in 1902. 
 
 6. Horace, born May 10, 1907. 
 
 EDWIN SHUFF {Albert, Eli, Jacob, Jacob'), born in 
 St. Landry Parish, La., Aug. 9, 1860. Married Angeline 
 Fontenot in 1889. Died in Dec, 1901. 
 
 1. Olizia, born Jan., 1891. Lives in Lelia, La. 
 
 WILLIAM SHUFF {William, Eli, Jacob, Jacob) born 
 in Sf. Landry Parish, near Opelousas, La., Aug. 2, 1845. 
 Married Felicia Whaley. 
 
 Children, born in Opelousas, La. : 
 
 1. Joseph Thomas, born 
 
 2. Eda, born 
 
 3. Eliza, born — Married John Monaghan. No 
 children. Lives in Opelousas. 
 
 4. Ida, born 
 
 5. Frozine, born Married Adolphe Richard. 
 Lives in Port Barre, La. 
 
 i Adolph Richard, 
 
 ii Warner Richard, 
 
 iii Nowell Richard, 
 
 iv Mary Thoise Richard. 
 
 ROBERT H. SHUFF {Eli, Eli, Jacob, Jacob) born in 
 Landry Parish, La., Sept. 9, 1859. Married Roberta M. 
 Sandefur, May 20, 1886, in Dubuisson, La. Lives in Mor- 
 row, La. 
 Children: 
 
 1. Marion, born Aug. 30, 1888, on Bayou Bref near 
 Dubuisson. 
 
 2. Oscar, born Sept. 13, 1889, on Bayou Bref. 
 
 3. Henry, born June 18, 1892, in Mamon, La. 
 
 4. Leroy, born Nov. 25, 1894, on Bayou Bref. 
 
 5. ViRGiE May, born Mar. 23, 1897, " 
 
 6. Theodore, born Aug. 24, 1899, " 
 
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WILL SHUFF {Eli, Eli, Jacob, Jacob), born in St. 
 Landry Parish, La., in 1863. Married Cora Soileau, in 
 ViUeplatte, La., Sept. 28, 1895. Died July, 1909. Lived 
 in Oakdale, La. 
 Children : 
 
 1. Wilson, born Oct. 12, 1897. 
 
 2. Adaer, born Mar. 22, 1899. 
 
 3. Dagan, born Jan. 16, 1903. 
 
 4. Edward, born Apr. 27, 1904. 
 
 5. LiBE, born Mar. 3, 1909. 
 
 AMOS SHUFF {Eli, Eli, Jacob, Jacob), born in St. 
 Landry Parish, La., July 3, 1866. Married Pauline Des- 
 hotels in 1889. Lives in Lelia, La. 
 Children : 
 
 1. EsMiN, born July 16, 1891. 
 
 2. Eda, born Mar. 14, 1893. 
 
 3. Alfred, born Mar. 21, 1895. 
 
 4. Theodore, born Nov. 4, 1896. 
 
 5. Martha, born Jan. 28, 1901. 
 
 6. Laurent, born Nov. 11, 1903. 
 
 7. Tanks, born May 19, 1907. 
 
 CYRUS SHUFF {Cyrus, Eli, Jacob, Jacob), born in 
 St. Landry Parish, La. Married Geneve Lafleur. Lives 
 in Oberlin, La. 
 Children : 
 
 1. dondiegue, 
 
 2. William, 
 
 3. Agnes, 
 
 4. Gilbert, 
 
 5. Belle, 
 
 6. Vina, 
 
 7. Cyrus, 
 
 8. Robert, 
 
 9. Dora, 
 10. Obea. 
 
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AMOS SHUFF (Cyrus, Eli, Jacob, Jacob), born in St. 
 Landry Parish, La. Married Denise Soileau. Lives in 
 Oberlin, La. 
 Children : 
 
 1. Minnie, born 1897. 
 
 2. Mack, 
 
 3. Altie, 
 
 4. Morphy, 
 
 5. Percy. 
 
 KING SHUFF (Cyrus, Eli, Jacob, Jacob), born in St. 
 Landry Parish, La. Married Eve Lafleur. Died in 1905. 
 Children, none. 
 
 RICHARD EDWARD SCHOFF (Oscar P., Abijah 
 F., Jacob, Jacob), born in Grand Traverse, Mich., May 19, 
 1859. Married, Aug. 16, 1884, Almeda (Johnson) Lageo. 
 Lives in Hammond, Ind. No children born; adopted chil- 
 dren of wife by former marriage : 
 
 1. Lydia, married in St. Paul, Minn., JohnT. Jiesinger. 
 
 2. Lucy, married " " " Frank Gauthier. 
 
 CHARLES HOMER SCHOFF (Homer F., Abijah F., 
 Jacob, Jacob), born in Kenosha, Wis., Sept. 30, 1858. Mar- 
 ried in Marshalltow^n, Iowa, Nov. 28, 1889, Frances Wright. 
 Lives in Milwaukee, Wis. 
 
 Children, all but the youngest born in Marshalltown, la. : 
 
 1. Willis Wright, born Sept. 22, 1892. 
 
 2. Katharine Elizabeth, born Nov. 15, 1893. 
 
 3. Lucy Suretta, born Feb. 17, 1895. 
 
 4. James McCutchin, born Oct. 2, 1896. 
 
 5. Robert Sinclair, born June 17, 1900. 
 
 6. Margaret Isabel, born Aug. 23, 1901. 
 
 7. Charles Hewitt, born in Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 
 
 2, 1907. 
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WILLIS NELSON SCHOFF {Homer F., Abijah F., 
 Jacob, Jacob'), born in Kenosha, Wis., Sept. 24, 1868. Mar- 
 ried in St. Paul, Minn., July 15, 1896, Fanny Elizabeth 
 Larkin. Lives in London, Eng. 
 Children : 
 
 1. Larkin Alexander, born in St. Paul, Minn., April 
 
 5, 1898. 
 
 2. Charles G. G., born in St. Paul, Minn., June 
 
 1900. Died July, 1900. 
 
 3. Francis, born in London, Eng., Oct. 22, 1906. 
 
 HOMER DEMETRIUS SCHOFF {Demetrius ¥., 
 Abijah F., Jacob, Jacob), born in Eagle, Mich., March 27, 
 1856. Married in Vickeryville, Mich., June 30, 1877, 
 Emma Davis. Lives in Crystal, Mich. 
 Children, born in Crystal, Mich. : 
 
 1. Elmer H., born Sept. 5, 1878. 
 
 2. Mamie, born July 16, 1881. Married in Grand 
 Ledge, Mich., Nov. 14, 1900, Eugene Andre. 
 
 They have : 
 i Paul E. Andre, born in Grand Ledge, Mich. , 
 March 2, 1905. 
 
 CHARLES EUGENE SCHOFF {Charles E., Abijah 
 F., Jacob, Jacob), born in Kenosha, Wis., August 16, 1866. 
 Married (1) in Renw^ick, la., Jan. 8, 1890, May A. Hoyt; 
 (2) in Red Oak, la., Mar. 17, 1910, Emma E. Forbes. 
 Lives in Creston, la. 
 Children : 
 
 1. Veale Hoyt, born Dec. 30, 1891. 
 
 ERNEST SCHOFF {Charles E., Abijah F, Jacob, 
 Jacob), born in Champaign, 111., Mar. 4, 1876. Married in 
 South Bend, Ind., June 17, 1907, Madeline Dahlstrom. 
 Children : 
 1. Gertrude Elizabeth, born July 31, 1909, in Ben- 
 ton Harbor, Mich. 
 
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CHARLES J. SHOFF {Horatio N., Jacob, Jacob, Jacob), 
 born in Birmingham, O., Jan. 29, 1863. Married Dec. 24, 
 1882, Katharine Rick. Lives in Cadillac, Mich. 
 Children : 
 
 1. Horatio Charles, born Oct. 14, 1883. 
 
 2. Louisa Eunice, born June 1, 1886. Married in 
 Cadillac, June 3, 1908, Frank E. Bowen. 
 
 i Elizabeth Katharine Bowen, born Feb. 27, 
 1909, in CadiUac. 
 
 3. Gertrude Irene, born June 7, 1898. 
 
 EDWARD NEWELL SCHOFF {Charles E., John 
 C, John, Jacob), born in Newburyport, Mass., Oct. 10, 
 1834. Died in Lowell, Mass., Dec. 2, 1871. Married in 
 Newburyport, Oct., 1853, Hannah Titcomb, who was born 
 March 2, 1834, and died May 30, 1889. 
 Children, born in Newburyport, Mass. : 
 
 1. Edward Franklin, born July 9, 1855; died Oct. 
 26. 1877. Unmarried. 
 
 2. Charles Parker, born March 3, 1857. 
 
 3. John Chase, born 1861; died 1861. 
 
 EDWIN AUGUSTUS SCHOFF {Char/cs E., John 
 C, John, Jacob), born in Newburyport, Mass., June 6, 1838. 
 Married in Rochester, N. Y., Sept. 17, 1863, Eleanor M. 
 Murphy, who was born in Gowran, Ireland, Apr. 10, 1839, 
 and died in Binghamton, N. Y., Jan. 1, 1906. 
 Children, born in Elmira, N. Y. : 
 
 1. Harriet Elizabeth, born July 6, 1865. Married 
 
 in Binghamton, N. Y., Apr. 29, 1889, Clark Grant 
 
 French. Lives in Binghamton, N. Y. They have: 
 
 i Norma Eleanor French, born Oct. 21, 1890; 
 
 died same day. 
 ii Ward Schoff French, born June 21, 1893. 
 iii Byron Edwin French, born Nov. 4, 1896. 
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iv Charles Clark French, born Dec. 12, 1897. 
 V Harriet Virginia French, born July 13, 1908. 
 
 2. MoRGiANA, born Jan. 12, 1868 j died Aug. 6, 1868. 
 
 3. George Edwin, born July 4, 1871; died Oct. 14, 
 1896, in Binghamton, N. Y. Unmarried. 
 
 CHARLES HARTWELL SCHOFF {Charles £., 
 John C, John, Jacob), born in Chelsea, Mass., March 20, 
 1849. Married, Oct. 25, 1881, Grace Anna Bell. Lives 
 in Half Moon Bay, Cal. 
 Children : 
 
 1. Walter Hartwell, born 1882; died 1894. 
 
 2. Charles Edward, born 1884. 
 
 ARNO HASTINGS SCHOFF {Stephen A., John C, 
 John, Jacob), originally named Orlando. Born in Williams- 
 burg, L. I., Jan. 13, 1846. Married in New York Dec. 
 26, 1870, Eliza Fredericka Wake. She died Dec. 29, 1903. 
 Married, second, in New York, June 25, 1904, Mrs. Emily 
 (Roberts) Cohen. Lives in Campville, Tioga Co., N. Y. 
 Children, born in New York City: 
 
 1. Grace Fredericka, born Oct. 17, 1871. Married, 
 in Brighton Beach, L. L, Sept. 22, 1907, Paul Wal- 
 demar Schuk.. Lives in New York City. 
 
 Children, none. 
 
 2. Alfred Irving, born Mar. 15, 1875. Unmarried; 
 lives in New York City. 
 
 3. Harry, born Nov. 5, 1876; died Jan. 28, 1877. 
 
 FREDERIC SCHOFF {Suphen A., John C, John, 
 Jacob), born in Lexington, Mass., Oct. 25, 1848. Married 
 in Clifton Heights, Pa., Oct. 23, 1873, Hannah Zf»/, who 
 was born in Clifton Heights, June 3, 1853. Lives in Phila- 
 delphia, Pa. 
 Children : 
 
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1. Wilfred Harvey, born in Newtonville, Mass., 
 Nov. 27, 1874. 
 
 2. Edith Gertrude, born in Newtonville, Mass., May 
 15, 1877. Married in Philadelphia, Pa., June 21, 
 1906, John J. Boericke. They have : 
 
 i Ralph Boericke, born in Philadelphia June 5, 
 
 1907. 
 ii Frederic SchoflP Boericke, born in Philadel- 
 phia Nov. 7, 1909. 
 
 3. Louise, born in Philadelphia, Dec. 19, 1880. Mar- 
 ried, in Philadelphia, Nov. 7, 1908, George Edgar 
 Ehrman. Lives in Pordand, Ore. They have : 
 
 i Emma Elizabeth Ehrman, born in Portland, 
 Nov. 22, 1909. 
 
 4. Leonard Hastings, born in Philadelphia, Nov. 7, 
 1884. 
 
 5. Harold Kent, born in Philadelphia, Sept. 13, 1886. 
 
 6. Eunice Margaret, born in Philadelphia, June 27, 
 1890. 
 
 7. Albert Lawrence, born in Philadelphia, Mar. 18, 
 1894. 
 
 ALFRED SCHOFF {.Stephen A., John C, John, Jacob), 
 born in Newtonville, Mass., Nov. 8, 1851. Married, first, 
 in Newtonville, Oct. 2, 1873, Mary Electra Keyes, who was 
 born Oct. 10, 1851, and died April 10, 1880. Married, 
 second, in Greenfield, Mass., Sept. 11, 1890, Rose Sauter, 
 who died in Newtonville, April 19, 1899. Married, third, 
 in Norfolk, Conn., Nov. 8, 1909, Caroline Frances (Schoff) 
 Green, daughter of Robinson N. Schoff {John C, John, Jacob). 
 Lives in Norfolk, Conn. 
 
 Children, (of the first wife, born in Newtonville) : 
 1. Bertha, born Oct. 15, 1874. Unmarried. Lives 
 in Boston, Mass. 
 
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2. Olive, born Sept. 23, 1879. Married, in Newton- 
 ville, Dec. 16, 1905, Franklin Tinker Root. Lives 
 in Lawrence Park, Bronxville, N. Y. 
 
 They have: 
 
 i Louis Root, born Nov. 7, 1906, in White 
 Plains, N. Y. 
 (of the second wife, born in Greenfield) : 
 
 3. Christine, born March 13, 1893. 
 
 4. Josephine, born Jan. 23, 1895. 
 
 JOSHUA ROBINSON ?>CnO¥F {Robinson N. , John 
 C, John, Jacob), born in Newburyport, Mass., Sept. 6, 1857. 
 Married, Oct. 3, 1906, Lucy Ellen Snow. Lives in Mar- 
 blehead, Mass. No children. 
 
 CHARLES E. SCHOFF {Daniel, Jeremiah, Daniel, 
 Jacob), born in Brasher, N. Y., Dec. 12, 1861. Married, 
 in Ogdensburg, N. Y. , Jan. 1890, Edith Rutherford. Lives 
 in St. Albans, Vt. Children, none. 
 
 HARVEY A. SCHOFF {Joseph P. , Jeremiah, Daniel, 
 Jacob), born in Brasher, N. Y., 1851. Married Henrietta 
 Babcock. Died in Manchester, N. H., May 30, 1909. 
 Children, none. 
 
 WILLIAM H. ?,C}iO¥¥ {Joseph P., Jeremiah, Daniel, 
 Jacob), born in Brasher, N. Y., Sept. 9, 1861. Married in 
 Stockholm, N. Y., Dec. 25, 1886, Minnie Kate Hall, 
 daughter of Valina Schoff {Daniel, Jeremiah, Daniel, Jacob). 
 He died in Brasher, May 3, 1901. 
 Children : 
 
 1. William Merle, born in Brasher, Dec. 23, 1887. 
 
 2. Leon Elton, born in Brasher, Feb. 10, 1897. 
 
 ALLEN F. SCHOFF {Jesse W., Jeremiah, Daniel, 
 Jacob), born in Brasher, N. Y., July 24, 1846. Married in 
 
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White Creek, Wis., Oct. 31, 1869, Louisa M. Thompson. 
 Died in White Creek, Wis., Aug. 18, 1910. 
 Children, all born in White Creek, Wis. 
 
 1. Cora M., born Aug. 31, 1871; died May 15, 1885. 
 
 2. Eleanor M., born May 2, 1873. Married in White 
 Creek, Nov. 25, 1897, Fred Bumham. No children. 
 
 3. Frederick O., born Aug. 18, 1875. 
 
 4. Bertha M., born Dec. 26, 1877. Married in Port- 
 age, Wis., Oct. 31, 1899, Edward Oakes. They 
 have: 
 
 i Orville O. Oakes, born Sept. 9, 1900. 
 
 5. Ethel L., born Jan. 28, 1880. Married in Friend- 
 ship, Wis., Dec. 26, 1906, Luther Cummings. 
 
 6. Gertrude M., born Mar. 6, 1882; died May 15, 
 1885. 
 
 7. Earl L, born June 25, 1885. 
 
 8. Roy A., born May 25, 1889. 
 
 9. Harry A., born Mar. 26, 1893. 
 
 RUFUS STEPHEN SCHOFF {Jesse W., Jeremiah, 
 Daniel, Jacob'), born in Hogansburg, N. Y., May 30, 1854. 
 Married in White Creek, Wis., Nov. 19, 1876, Cora Estella 
 Walker. Lives in Merrill, Wis. : 
 Children, born in White Creek, Wis. : 
 
 1. Myrtle Luella, born June 17, 1878. Married A. 
 J. Collins. 
 
 i Willma Fern Collins, born Jan. 18, 1908. 
 
 2. Esther May, born Oct. 4, 1880. Married, June 
 2, 1910, D. E. Lussier. 
 
 3. Lois Irene, born Sept. 23, 1890; died Nov. 21, 1891. 
 
 IRA J. SCHOFF Uesse W., Jeremiah, Daniel, Jacob), 
 born in Brasher, N. Y., Apr. 14, 1856. Married in Glenn's 
 Ferry, Idaho, Oct. 11, 1897, Mary Rebecca McGinnis. 
 Lives in Glenn's Ferry. 
 Children, none. 
 
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GEORGE HENRY SCHOFF Uesse W., Jeremiah, 
 Daniel, Jacob), born in Springville, Wis., Feb. 16, 1876. 
 Married in Friendship, Wis., Sept. 19, 1900, Mary Eliza- 
 beth Dye, who was born in Monroe, Wis., Jan. 6, 1883. 
 Lives in Landina, Wis. (P. O., Mauston). 
 Children, born in Landina, Wis. : 
 
 1. Violet Mary, born Dec. 10, 1902. 
 
 2. William Archy, born Aug. 5, 1905. 
 
 3. George Lea, born Oct. 3, 1907. 
 
 4. Earl Jesse, born Oct. 18, 1909. 
 
 DANA MALCOLM ^CHOYY {Jeremiah M. , Jeremiah, 
 Daniel, Jacof), born in Brasher, N. Y., Aug. 8, 1860. 
 Married in Point Bluff, Wis., July 8, 1891, Sylvia A. Col- 
 bum. Lives in Kilbourn, Wis. 
 Children, born in Easton, Wis. : 
 
 1. Adelina C, born July 28, 1892; died Apr. 7, 1904. 
 
 2. Bessie I., born Dec. 10, 1898. 
 
 CHESTER ADDISON SCHOFF {John H., John, 
 Daniel, Jacob), born in Coaticook, P. Q., Canada, July 11, 
 1859. Married in Sherbrooke, P. Q., June 13, 1885, Mary 
 Louisa Snow. Died in Coaticook, June 2, 1904. 
 Children, born in Coaticook: 
 
 1. Emeline Agnes, born Oct. 12, 1888. 
 
 2. Addie Gertrude, born Oct. 30, 1892. 
 
 HERBERT G. SCHOFF {William B., Seneca A., 
 Henry, Jacob), born in North Stratford, N. H., May 30, 
 1853. Married in Colebrook, N. H., Nov. 24, 1880, Cora 
 I. McLellan. Lives in North Stratford, N. H. 
 Children : 
 
 1. Marce H., born in Colebrook, N. H., Jan 11, 1883. 
 
 2. Maynard R. , born in Bowdoinham, Me., Nov. 3, 
 1894. 
 
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WILL L SCHOFF {William B., Seneca J., Henry, 
 Jacob), born at Colebrook, N. H., July 13, 1859. Married, 
 Dec. 25, 1890, Jane Morgan Ramsey. Lives in Canaan, Vt. 
 They have: 
 
 1. Beatrice M. G., born in Canaan, Vt., June 9, 
 1898. 
 
 LEE FOREST SCHOFF {miliam B., Seneca A., 
 Henry, Jacob), born in Colebrook, N. H., Jan. 31, 1864. 
 Married in St. Albans, Me., June 4, 1902, Alma E. Cooley. 
 Lives in Dexter, Me. 
 They have: 
 
 1. Lesta, born in Dexter, Me., Mar. 21, 1903. 
 
 GUY HUDSON SCHOFF {William B., Seneca A., 
 Henry, Jacob), born in Colebrook, N. H., Jan. 22, 1867. 
 Married in Pemberton, N. J. , Mar. 29, 1906, Cornelia Burr. 
 Lives in Bartonsville, Vt. 
 No children. 
 
 ADNA BALAK SCHOFF {Charles G., Henry D., 
 Isaac, Jacob), born in Brunswick, Vt., 1843. Married Eliza 
 Bagley. Lives in Stratford, N. H. 
 Children: 
 
 1. Leon H., born in Brunswick Oct. 3, 1867. 
 
 2. LoNEY, died in infancy. 
 
 3. Clinton H. 
 
 4. Ina, Married Charies McKean. 
 
 Children: 
 
 i Vera McKean, 
 ii Hannah McKean, 
 iii Lynwood McKean. 
 
 5. Vernon. 
 
 6. Herman. 
 
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CARLOS SHOFF {.Charles G., Henry D., Isaac, 
 Jacob), born in Brunswick, Vt., 1849. Married Margaret 
 Martin. 
 Children : 
 
 1. Irving, 
 
 2. William, 
 
 3. Mary. 
 
 HAVEN SCHOFF ( Charles G. , Henry D. , Isaac, Jacob), 
 born in Brunswick, Vt., 1854. Married in Stratford, N. H., 
 Sept. 15, 1874, Lucy Blodgett. 
 
 Children, born in Stratford, N. H. : 
 
 1. Archie, born 1876. 
 
 2. Ila, born 1879. Married Henry Brown. 
 
 Children, none. Lives in Stratford, N. H. 
 
 ELMORE SHOFF {Charles G., Henry D., Isaac, 
 Jacob), born in Brunswick, Vt., 1857. Married, first, Lavina 
 M. Leighton, who was born 1861, and died in Brunswick 
 Mar. 16, 1895. Married, second, Mary Bennett. 
 Children, (of the first marriage) : 
 
 1. Joseph, born ; died in infancy. 
 
 2. Melvin, born May 10, 1882, in Lowell, Mass. 
 
 3. Herbert, born Oct. 4, 1883, in Brunswick, Vt. 
 
 4. Edith, born Oct. 18, 1885, 
 
 Married in Lincoln, N. H., Mar. 27, 1906, George 
 McLean. Children : 
 
 i Florence Beatrice McLean, born Jan. 6, 1907, 
 in Lincoln, N. H. 
 Children, (of the second marriage) : 
 
 5. Lena, 
 
 6. Caroline, 
 
 7. Beatrice, 
 
 8. Eunor. 
 
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HIRAM ALBA SCHOFF {Hiram Brainerd, Hiram, 
 Isaac, Jacob), born in Pittsburg, N. H., March 28, 1851. 
 Married (1) in Pittsburg, Feb. 28, 1872, Rosette Dailey. 
 She died without issue, Sept. 22, 1873. Married (2) in 
 Canaan, Vt., Elnora Farnham, Jan. 1, 1876. They live in 
 Canaan, Vt. 
 
 1. Allen Elias, born in Canaan, Vt., May 17, 1893. 
 
 EDWIN AUGUSTUS SCHOFF {Hiram Brainerd, 
 Hiram, Isaac, Jacob), born in Pittsburg, N. H., 
 Married (1) in Pittsburg, JuHa J. Blanchard. She died in 
 Pittsburg, Feb. 16, 1893. Married (2) in West Stewarts- 
 town, N. H., June 5. 1895, Hattie A. Famsworth. Lives 
 in Pittsburg, N. H. 
 
 Children, born in Pittsburg, N. H. : 
 
 1. Perley Ray, born Feb. 10, 1881. 
 COf the second wife) 
 
 2. Ray E., born Mar. 24, 1896. 
 
 3. Ethel, born Dec. 22, 1897. 
 
 4. Viola, born June 1, 1905. 
 
 EUGENE E. SHUFF {James Horace, Hiram, Isaac, 
 /acff*) , born in Manchester, N. H.,Jan. 20, 1858. Married 
 in Epping, N. H., Apr. 17, 1895, Clara Josephine Young, 
 of Sandown, N. H. Lives in Epping, N. H. 
 Children, born in Epping, N. H. : 
 
 1. Carl Eugene, born June 5, 1897; died Mar. 4, 
 1900. 
 
 2. Herbert Leon, born Feb. 23, 1899. 
 
 3. Horace Ezekiel, born Apr. 12, 1906. 
 
 NELSON EUGENE SCHOFF {John N., Hiram, 
 Isaac, Jacob), born in Lemington, Vt., Oct. 18, 1857. 
 Married in Pittsburg, N. H., Mar. 14, l'iM,]enny Wheeler. 
 Lives near Salem, Oregon. 
 
 Children, born in Pittsburg, N. H. : 
 
 1. John Nelson, born Mar. 3, 1885. 
 
 2. Guy, born Oct. 4, 1887. 
 
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Sixth Generation 
 ARTHUR H. SCHOFF {Oscar H., Orlando, Mains 
 R, Jacob, Jacob), born in Bloomfield, Vt., Nov. 20, 1870. 
 Married in Mclndoes, Vt., Sept. 7, 1898, Emma Kellog. 
 Children : 
 
 1. Haines K., born Jan. 13, 1907. 
 
 ORLAND T. SCHOFF (Oscar H., Orlando, Mains 
 F., Jacob, Jacob), born in Bloomfield, Vt., Feb. 20, 1875. 
 Married in Lisbon, N. H., Oct, 20, 1897, Sadie Clough. 
 Children : 
 
 1. James R., born Sept., 1900. 
 
 2. Clayton N., born Aug. 1903. 
 
 3. Elysebeth a., born May 14, 1910. 
 
 SAMUEL LESLIE SHOFF {Samuel O., Orlando, 
 Mains F., Jacob, Jacob), born in Bloomfield, Vt., Dec. 8, 
 1874; died there May 13, 1907. Married Nov. 19, 1896, 
 Mary E. Williams. 
 
 Children, born in Bloomfield: 
 
 1. Leonard Leslie, born 1898. 
 
 2. Theo, died in infancy. 
 
 3. Edna Marie, born 1899. 
 
 4. Elisha Samuel, born 1900. 
 
 5. Cedric Roosevelt, born 1902. 
 
 6. Donald Williams, born 1903. 
 
 FLOYD GARDNER SHOFF {Samuel O., Orlando, 
 Mains F., Jacob, Jacob), born in Bloomfield, Vt., June 22, 
 1876. Married Oct. 31. 1900, Maude Gertrude Trufant. 
 Lives in Bloomfield, Vt. 
 Children: 
 
 1. Floyd Lynwood, born March, 1903. 
 
 2. Lillian Josephine, born Aug. 21, 1905. 
 
 3. Mariam Stella, born Aug. 14, 1908. 
 
 4. Alice Mae, born May 4, 1910. 
 
 151 
 
LYLE K. SHOFF {Samuel 0., Orlando, Hains R, 
 Jacob, Jacob), born in Bloomfield, Vt, Apr. 25, 1888. Mar- 
 ried, Oct. 2, 1907, Myrtle Bkdsett. 
 Children, born in Bloomfield, Vt. ; 
 
 1. Manford Lyle, born March 14, 1909. 
 
 ETIENNE SHUFF {Ely, Albert, Ell, Jacob, Jacob), 
 born in St. Landry Parish, La., Jan. 14, 1874. Married 
 Lucie Guillory, Jan. 10, 1893, in Mamon, La. 
 Children, born in Lelia, La. : 
 
 1. Dumas, born Apr. 4, 1895. 
 
 2. Albert, born Apr. 15, 1897. 
 
 3. Vina, born Mar. 14, 1900. 
 
 4. Alfred, born Oct. 10, 1903. 
 
 5. Armide, born Dec. 18, 1905. 
 
 6. Eldie, born Sept. 18, 1907. 
 
 ELY SHUFF {Ely, Albert, Eli, Jacob, Jacob), born in 
 St. Landry Parish, La., July 1, 1875. Married Armiline 
 Thompson, in Mamon, La., Dec. 9, 1903. Lives in Lelia, 
 La. 
 
 Children : 
 
 1. Elina, born Oct. 4, 1905. 
 
 2. Hortense, born Feb. 19, 1910. 
 
 ROBERT SHUFF {Ely, Albert, Eli, Jacob, Jacob), 
 born in St. Landry Parish, La., Feb. 16, 1888. Married 
 Sept. 9, 1907, Oliva Lafleur, who was born Apr. 5, 1890. 
 Children, none. 
 
 JOSEPH WALTER SHUFF {Joseph A., Albert, Eli, 
 Jacob, Jacob), born in St. Landry Parish, La., in 1880. 
 Married Clement Fourman. Lives in Cutter, La. 
 Children, none. 
 
 152 
 
JOSEPH THOMAS SHUFF {William, William, Eli, 
 Jacob, Jacob), born in Opelousas, La. Married Blanche Le 
 Blanc. 
 
 1. Joseph Wilfrid, born 
 
 ELMER H. SCHOFF {Homer D., Demetrius Y., Abi- 
 jah F., Jacob, Jacob), born in Crystal, Mich., Sept. 5, 1878. 
 Married in Grand Ledge, Mich. , Sept. 10, 1904, Eva Parker. 
 Lives in Grand Ledge. 
 Children: 
 
 1. Leon, born Feb. 6, 1907. 
 
 2. Lyle Homer, born Nov. 24, 1909. 
 
 HORATIO CHARLES SHOFF {Charles J., Horatio 
 N., Jacob, Jacob, Jacob), born Oct. 14, 1883. Married Oct. 
 12, 1904, Vera H. Leeson. Lives in Cadillac, Mich. 
 Children : 
 
 1. Stuart Leeson, born Dec. 13, 1906. 
 
 2. Charles Nelson, born Oct. 18, 1909. 
 
 CHARLES PARKER SCHOFF {Edward N., Charles 
 E. , John C. , John, Jacob) , born in Newburyport, Mass. , Mar. 
 3, 1857. Married Feb. 12, 1890, Pauline Louise Blanchard. 
 Lives in West Roxbury, Mass. 
 
 Children, none. 
 
 WILFRED HARVEY SCHOFF {Frederic, Stephen A., 
 John C, John, Jacob), born in New^tonville, Mass., Nov. 27, 
 1874. Married in Cynwyd, Pa., June 20, 1900, Ethelw^yn 
 McGeorge, w^ho was born in Philadelphia, May 17, 1880. 
 Lives in Cynwyd, Pa. 
 
 Children, born in CynvsT^d, Pa. : 
 
 1. Muriel, born June 8, 1901. 
 
 2. WiLMOT, born July 8, 1903. 
 
 3. Beatrice Leonard, born Dec. 2, 1904. 
 
 4. Mary Corona, born Mar. 15, 1910. 
 
 153 
 
FREDERICK O. SCHOFF Ullen R, Jesse W., Jere- 
 miah, Daniel, Jacob), born in White Creek, Wis., Aug. 18, 
 1875. Married in Kilbourn, Wis., Dec. 24, 1901, Floy 
 Cummings. 
 Children : 
 
 1. Clayton, born Sept. 9, 1903. 
 
 2. Hazel, born June 23, 1905. 
 
 EARL I. SCHOFF UHen R, Jesse W., Jeremiah, 
 Daniel, Jacob), born in White Creek, Wis., June 25, 1885. 
 Married in Westfield, Wis. , Aug. 22, 1907, Jennie Twist. 
 Children, none. 
 MARCE HERBERT SCHOFF {Herbert G., William 
 B., Seneca A., Henry, Jacob), born in Colebrook, N. H., Jan. 
 11, 1883. Married in Bowdoinham, Me., June 23, 1906, 
 Josephine Iris Beals. Lives in Maine, Arizona. 
 They have: 
 
 1. Muriel Josephine, born Jan. 23, 1908, in Maine, 
 
 Arizona. 
 LEON HOLLIS SCHOFF Udna B., Charles G., 
 Henry D., Isaac, Jacob), born in Brunswick, Vt., Oct. 3, 
 1867. Married in Groveton, N. H., Apr. 6, 1888, Etta 
 Mary Blodgett. Lives in Groveton, N. H. 
 Children, born in Stratford, N. H. : 
 
 1. Myrtle Ardelle, born Oct. 3, 1891. 
 
 2. Harold Leon, born March 11, 1894. 
 
 CLINTON H. SCHOFF {Adna B., Charles G., Henry 
 D. , Isaac, Jacob) , born in Craftsbury, Vt. Married in 
 
 Gorham, N. H., Aug. 29, 1896, Cora Etta (Young) Lamkin. 
 Children : 
 
 1. Gladys E., born Sept. 25, 1897. 
 
 2. Carroll, 
 
 3. Muriel, 
 
 4. Delia, 
 
 5. Gordon, 
 
 6. Clinton. 
 
 154 
 
WILLIAM SCHOFF {Carlos, Charles G., Henry D., 
 Isaac, Jacob), born in Brunswick, Vt. Married in Leming- 
 ton, Vt., Mary Wallace. Lives in Columbia, N. H. 
 Children : 
 
 1. Muriel, 
 
 2. Helen, 
 
 3. William. 
 
 ARCHIE A. SCHOFF {Haven, Charles G., Henry D., 
 Isaac, Jacob), born in Stratford, N. H., 1876. Married in 
 Stratford Nov. 26, 1896, Mary A. Stone. Lives in Beecher 
 Falls, Vt. Children, none. 
 
 HERBERT SCHOFF {Elmore, Charles G., Henry D., 
 Isaac, Jacob), born in Brunswick, Vt. , Oct. 14, 1883. Mar- 
 ried in Lincoln, N. H. , Sept. 18, 1907, Stella Kane, of Island 
 Pond, Vt. Lives in Beecher Falls, Vt. 
 Children : 
 
 1. Karl Raymond, born June 21, 1908. 
 
 PERLEY R. SCHOFF {Edwin A., Hiram B., Hiram, 
 Isaac, Jacob), born in Pittsburg, N. H., Feb. 10, 1881. 
 Married there, Aug. 22, 1902, Lizzie Johnson. 
 They have: 
 
 1. Porter Johnson, born in Pittsburg, Nov. 29, 1905. 
 
 155 
 
VII 
 
 Authorities and References 
 For the Ashburnham settlement : 
 
 Worcester County Deeds (Registry of Deeds, Worcester, Mass. ) 
 Ashburnham Town Records. Vol. I. (Town Clerk's office, 
 
 Ashburnham, Mass. ) 
 Stearns: History of Ashburnham. 
 Ashburnham Vital Records. 
 Middlesex County Deeds (Registry of Deeds, East Cambridge, 
 
 Mass.), as to Ashby. 
 Lexington Town Records. Vols. I and II. (Town Clerk's office, 
 
 Lexington, Mass.) 
 
 For the coming of the Germans to Massachusetts : 
 
 Massachusetts Archives. Vol XVa. Emigrants. Archive Room, 
 
 State House, Boston, Mass. 
 Massachusetts Acts and Resolves. Vols. I, II, IV, V, VII, XII, 
 
 XIV, XV. 
 Massachusetts Council Records. Vols. XII, XIX, XX. 
 Massachusetts Court Records. Vol. XIX. 
 Massachusetts Province Laws, Vol. III. 
 Hutchinson : The History of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. 
 
 Vol. III. (London, 1828). 
 Act of XIII George II, for naturalizing foreign Protestants in 
 
 America. 
 Pattee: History of Old Braintree and Quincy. 
 
 Collections of the Maine Historical Society. V, 403-411; VI, 321-332. 
 Eaton; Annals of Warren (Maine). 2d Edition. 
 Williamson: History of Maine. Vol. II. 
 Fosdick: The French Blood in America. 
 Perry: Origins in Williamsto'wn (Mass.) 
 Sheldon: History of Deerjield (Mass.) 
 
 Diffenderffer: The German Immigration into Pennsyl'uania. 
 Mittelberger: Reise nach Pennsyl'vanien im Jahre 1750 und Kuckreise 
 
 nach Teutschland im Jahre 1754. Translation published by J. 
 
 J. McVey, Philadelphia, 1898. 
 Clewell: History of Wachonjia in North Carolina. 
 Reichel: Mora'vians in North Carolina. 
 Eemheim: German Settlements and the Lutheran Church in the 
 
 Carolinas. 
 An historical Account oj the Rise and Progress of the Colonies 
 
 of South Carolina and Georgia. London, 1770. 
 
 156 
 
Rupp: A Collection of Thirty Thousand Names of German Immi- 
 grants in Pennsylvania. 
 
 Peter Kahn : Tra-vels in America in 1747 and 1748. 
 
 Fensyl'vanische Berichte, weekly newspaper published in German- 
 town, Pa.— files for 1751 and 1752 at the Historical Society of 
 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. 
 
 Boston Evening Post, weekly newspaper published in Boston — files 
 for 1751 and 1752 at the Massachusetts Historical Society, 
 Boston, 
 
 Bosto G z it '' "' ( ^^^ssachusetts Historical Society, Boston. 
 
 Braintree Town Records. 
 
 Abiel Holmes: American Annals. Vol. II. 
 
 John Fiske: Beginnings of Neiv England. 
 
 H. N. Pohlman, D. D. : The German Colony and Lutheran Church 
 
 in Maine. Address delivered before the Historical Society of 
 
 the Lutheran Church, at its meeting in Washington, D. C, 
 
 May 14, 1869. Published in Gettysburg, 1869. 
 J. W. Jordan: A Historical Sketch of the Moravian Mission at 
 
 Broad Bay, Maine, 1760-70. Transactions of the Moravian 
 
 Historical Society. Bethlehem, 1891. 
 Rev. John J. Bulfinch: An Account of the German Church at 
 
 Waldoboro. Lutheran Observer, April 12, 1889. 
 H. A. Rattermann: Geschichte der deutschen Elements im Staate 
 
 Maine, in Der Deutscher Pionier, Vols. XIV, XV, XVI, 
 
 Cincinnati, 1882-3-4. (This reprints nearly the entire Zauber- 
 
 biihler and Crellius correspondence— filed in Vol. XVa, Mass. 
 
 Archives. ) 
 Albert Bernhardt Faust: The German Element in the United States. 
 
 Boston, 1909. Vol. I. 
 Matthews: The Word "Palatine" in America. Pubs, of the 
 
 Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Dec, 1903. Vol. VIII, 
 
 203-224. 
 Sanford H. Cobb: The Story of the Palatines; an episode in colonial 
 
 history. N. Y., 1897. 
 
 For the settlement hi the Upper Coos Country: 
 
 Grafton County Deeds. Oiiice of the Register of Deeds, Woods- 
 
 viUe, N. H. 
 Coos County Deeds. Office of the Register of Deeds, Lancaster, 
 N. H. 
 
 157 
 
Town Records in the offices of the Town Clerks, — Franconia, 
 Northumberland and Stratford, N. H. ; Maidstone and Bruns- 
 wick, Vt. 
 
 New Hampshire Provincial Papers. Vol. VII. 
 
 New Hampshire Town Papers. Vol. XIII. 
 
 Grant Powers: History of the Coos Country. 
 
 Fermont Historical Magazine. Vol. I (1861). 
 
 L. W. Prescott: History of Stratford (published in the Berlin 
 (N. H.), Independent, during 1896). 
 
 Jackson: History of Littleton (N. H. ) Cambridge, 1905. 
 
 Later References 
 
 United States Census Schedules: 
 
 Heads of Families, 1790: Volumes for Maine, New Hampshire, 
 
 Vermont, Massachusetts, issued by the Bureau of the Census, 
 
 Washington. 
 A Century of Population Groivtk in the United States : W. S. Rossiter 
 
 (being an analysis of the first census and comparison thereof 
 
 with subsequent returns), issued by the Bureau of the Census, 
 
 Washington, 1909. 
 Census Schedules for 1800 and 1810: towns of Stratford, N. H. ; 
 
 Brunswick, Maidstone and Guildhall, Vt. ; Bradford, Mass. 
 
 (Manuscript records on file in the Census Office, Washington. ) 
 Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, 
 
 Vols. XIII, XIV. 
 Massachusetts Renjolutionary Rolls. Vol. XIV. 
 Ne'w Hampshire Re'volutionary Rolls. Vols. XV, XVII. 
 Also, Family Records in many lines, originals or copies of which 
 
 are in the author's possession ; and individual correspondence 
 
 with most of the descendants of Jacob SchofI, now living. 
 
 158 
 
Family Statistics 
 
 RECORD OF THE SONS 
 
 Generation 
 
 1 
 2 
 3 
 4 
 
 s 
 
 6 
 
 Adult Sons 
 
 Childless 
 
 Total Number 
 
 
 
 
 Manied 
 
 Marriages 
 
 Children 
 
 Average 
 
 Boys 
 
 Gil 
 
 — 
 
 — 
 
 8 
 
 8 
 
 5 
 
 3 
 
 S 
 
 — 
 
 42 
 
 8.4 
 
 20 
 
 22 
 
 16 
 
 1 
 
 93 
 
 5.9 
 
 54 
 
 41 
 
 37 
 
 3 
 
 159 
 
 4.3 
 
 78 
 
 81 
 
 48 
 
 7 
 
 163 
 
 3.4 
 
 90 
 
 73 
 
 23 
 
 5 
 
 48 
 
 2.1 
 
 27 
 
 21 
 
 RECORD OP THE DAUGHTERS 
 
 Generation 
 
 Adult Daughters 
 Manied 
 
 Childless 
 Maniages 
 
 Total Number 
 Children 
 
 Average 
 
 Boys 
 
 Girl! 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 — 
 
 5(?) 
 
 2.5 (?) 
 
 — 
 
 — 
 
 3 
 
 IS 
 
 1 
 
 94 
 
 5.2 
 
 42 
 
 52 
 
 4 
 
 30 
 
 5 
 
 104 
 
 3.4 
 
 46 
 
 58 
 
 5 
 
 62 
 
 11 
 
 213 
 
 3.4 
 
 117 
 
 96 
 
 6 
 
 27 
 
 7 
 
 40 
 
 1.4 
 
 22 
 
 18 
 
 Corrected to Aoenst, 1910. 
 
 The lecord in the sixth seneration is certainly-i and in the fifth probably, still incomplete. 
 
 159 
 
Additions and Corrections 
 
 p. 79, 5tb line from bottom: 
 
 for which a sinceie apoloey is offered those concerned, who are thoB unintentionally 
 subjected to annoyance 
 
 , 11, line 5, for fersetion^ lezd fersecutisn. 
 
 . 12-13 The South Carolina Zauberbiihler was a different man from the Massachusetts one, 
 who later became prominent in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. But U is uncertain 
 whether they were not related and associated. 
 64, 3rd line from bottom movement, government. 
 
 . 64, last line, " feieholders^ ** freeholder}. 
 
 68. 3d line from bottom " Obijah. " Abijah. 
 
 To town names in New England due to German settlement, 
 add Fiyebarg in Maine (originally Freiburg); also Adams- 
 ville, Bernardston and Leyden, in Massachusetts (origin- 
 ally Adamsdorf, Bernardsdorf and Leydensdorf, the last, 
 " town of sorrows," reflecting the sufferings of Crellius* 
 victims). 
 " 1796 " 1769 (birth of Mary French) 
 
 " 1820 " 1821 (making Henry S. Bennett the second 
 
 oldest descendant, younger by 2% 
 months than Robinson Nye Schoff) 
 " 1831 " 1821 (birth of Susan A. Schoff) 
 
 " born in Elkland, Pa., read born in New York City, except 
 the eighth, who was born in Elk- 
 land, Pa. 
 
 (children of John W. Shoff) 
 Ogdensburg (marriage of Susan B. Schoff) 
 Ogdensburg (marriage of Augusta S. Schoff) 
 
 1873 (marriage of Hannah D. Joyal) 
 
 1874 (birth of Clara Schoff) 
 1876 (birth of George H. Schoff) 
 Atlantic City, N. J. (marriage of Emily 
 
 Roberts Cohen) 
 in Salem, Oregon, 'June 6, 1907, Mis. 
 P. O., Marion, Oregon. (Nelson E. 
 
 p. 
 
 95 
 
 11th 
 
 p. 
 
 96 
 
 10th 
 
 p. 
 
 106. 
 
 13th 
 
 p. 
 
 107, 
 
 1st 
 
 K 123. 10th 
 p. 123, 13th 
 p. 125. 9th 
 p. 128. 10th 
 V. 128, 16th 
 V. 143, line 17 
 
 p. 150, 4th 
 
 Hogansburg, 
 
 Hoeansbnrg, 
 
 1874 
 
 1875 
 
 1877 
 
 New York 
 
 Add married, second 
 Elizabeth Wilcox, 
 Schoff) 
 
 160 
 
Index of Families 
 
 Firit Generalitn 
 
 Jacob 
 Secand Generation 
 
 Jacob . . 
 
 John . . . 
 
 Daniel . . 
 
 Henry 
 
 Isaac . . . 
 
 Third Generation 
 
 Hains F. 
 
 Eli 
 
 Abljah F. . . 
 
 Jacob .... 
 
 John Chase 
 
 Jeremiah 
 
 Daniel . . . 
 
 John . . . 
 
 Henry . 
 
 Seneca A . 
 
 John Warren 
 
 Thomas J. 
 
 Edward H. . 
 
 Daniel B. . . 
 
 Henry D. . 
 
 Hiram 
 Fjurth Generation 
 
 Orlando . . 
 
 Daniel H. . . 
 
 Clinton . . . 
 
 Albert 
 
 William 
 
 Eli 
 
 Cyras 
 
 Nelson M. 
 
 Oscar P. . . 
 
 Savillon S. , 
 
 Homer F. . . 
 
 Demetrius Y. 
 
 Charles Eugene 
 
 Charles P. 
 
 Horatio N. . 
 
 Charles Edward 
 
 Stephen A. 
 
 William L. . 
 
 Robinson N. 
 
 John Henry . 
 
 Franklin B. . 
 
 Daniel . 
 
 Joseph P. 
 
 Jesse W. . . 
 
 Jeremiah M 
 
 JohnH. . 
 
 Chester W. . 
 
 John Hervey 
 
 William B. 
 
 John Warren 
 
 Volney F . . 
 
 Henry Martin 
 
 Albert P. . . 
 
 Charles G . . 
 
 Hiram B. . , 
 
 James Horace 
 
 John Nelson 
 Fi/th Generation 
 
 Oscar H. 
 
 Samuel O . . 
 
 Gardiner J. 
 
 Ely 
 
 91 
 93 
 94 
 95 
 97 
 
 98 
 100 
 100 
 101 
 102 
 103 
 104 
 105 
 105 
 106 
 106 
 107 
 108 
 108 
 110 
 110 
 
 111 
 111 
 112 
 113 
 
 lis 
 
 114 
 114 
 115 
 115 
 115 
 116 
 116 
 117 
 117 
 118 
 118 
 H9 
 130 
 121 
 121 
 121 
 122 
 123 
 125 
 138 
 129 
 ISO 
 ISO 
 130 
 131 
 131 
 131 
 132 
 133 
 133 
 134 
 134 
 
 139 
 136 
 136 
 
 137 
 
 Joseph Anee 137 
 
 Edwin . 
 
 William 
 
 Robert H 
 
 Will 
 
 Amos 
 
 Cyrus 
 
 Amos 
 
 Kins 
 
 Richard E 
 
 Charles Homer 
 
 Willis N 
 
 Homer D 
 
 Charles Eugene 
 
 Ernest 
 
 Charles J. . 
 
 Edward N 
 
 Edwin A. . . . 
 
 Charles Hartwell . . . 
 
 Arno H 
 
 Frederic 
 
 Alfred 
 
 138 
 138 
 138 
 139 
 139 
 139 
 140 
 140 
 140 
 140 
 141 
 141 
 141 
 141 
 142 
 142 
 142 
 143 
 143 
 143 
 144 
 Joshua Robinson 145 
 
 Charles E. 
 Harvey A . 
 William H. . 
 Allen F. 
 Rufus S. 
 
 Ira J 
 
 George Henry . 
 Dana M. . . 
 Chester A . . 
 Herbert G. . 
 Will I. . . . 
 Lee F 
 
 145 
 145 
 145 
 145 
 146 
 146 
 147 
 147 
 147 
 147 
 148 
 148 
 
 Guy H. . 148 
 
 Adna B. 
 
 Carlos . 
 
 Haven . 
 
 Elmore . 
 
 Hiram A. 
 
 Edwin A. 
 
 Eugene E. 
 
 148 
 149 
 149 
 149 
 150 
 ISO 
 ISO 
 Nelson E 150 
 
 Sixth Generation 
 Arthur H. 
 OrlandT. . 
 Samuel L. ■ . 
 Floyd G. . 
 Lyle K. 
 Etienne . . . 
 Ely ... 
 Robert . . . 
 Joseph Walter 
 Joseph Thomas 
 Elmer H. . 
 Horatio C. 
 Charles P. 
 Wilfred H. 
 Frederick O, 
 Earl I. . 
 Marce H. 
 Leon H. 
 Clinton H. 
 William 
 Archie . 
 Herbert . 
 Perley R. 
 
 151 
 151 
 151 
 151 
 153 
 152 
 153 
 152 
 151 
 153 
 153 
 153 
 153 
 153 
 154 
 154 
 154 
 154 
 154 
 155 
 155 
 155 
 155 
 
 161 
 
They shall perish, but thou shall endure : 
 
 They all shall ivax old as doth a garment ; 
 
 And as a -vesture shall thou change them, and they shall be changed : 
 
 But thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. 
 
 The children of thy servants shall continue : 
 
 And their seed shall stand fast in thy sight. 
 
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Contents 
 
 I. The German Settlement in Dorchester Canada, 5 
 
 II. The coming of the Germans to New England, 10 
 
 III. Life in Ashbumham, 45 
 
 IV. Settlement in the Coos Country, 49 
 V. Land deeds and mortgages, census schedules and town 
 
 records, military records, family records in other 
 
 branches, 69 
 VI. Descendants of Jacob Schoff: 
 
 First Generation, 88 
 
 Second Generation, 91 
 
 Third Generation, 98 
 
 Fourth Generation, 111 
 
 Fifth Generation, 135 
 
 Sixth Generation, 151 
 
 VII. Authorities and References, 156 
 
 Family Statistics, 159 
 
 Additions and Corrections, 160 
 
 Index of Families, 161 
 
 163 
 
APPENDIX— ADDITIONAL CORRECTIONS 
 
 Pagt 84. To list of Federal soldiers add William L. Schoff, Newburyport, Mass. (John C. 
 
 John, Jacob.) 
 Page 94. Instead of Diadama, read Didamia (Mrs. Charles Rich, Guildhall, Vt.) 
 Paet 95. Instead of 1873, read 1872. (Death of Mary Schoff Kimball.) 
 " " 1871, " 1872. ( " " George " ) 
 " " Edward H. Kimball, read Edward Walter Kimball. 
 Page 96. Hazen Schoff died in Port Edward, N. Y., about 1873. He married . No 
 
 children. 
 Page 9b. Instead of George E. Kimball, read George C. Kimball. 
 Pag' JOb- Mrs. Mary Wilbur died at Harvard, III , Aug. 30, 1910. 
 Page 108. Mrs. Luthena Shoff Higgins, removed to Union City, Mich. 
 Page 114. Instead of Emily Reed, read Amelia. 
 
 Instead of Estazie Reed, read Anastasie. (Children of Melinda Schoff.) 
 Page lis. Oscar Pratt Schoff was born in Auburn, N. Y. 
 
 Lucy Anna Schoff married in Chicago, 111., Sept. 20, 1896, Frederick F. Aldrith. 
 
 Lives in Hammond, Ind. 
 
 i Eva Irene Aldricb, born in Hammond, Ind., Dec. 18, 1898. 
 Page 119- Allston Parker died Feb. 6. 1870, not 1890. 
 
 Ross Parker, born June 17, 1871, not June 7. 
 Page 121. Instead of 1845, read 1844, in Newburyport, Mass. (Marriage of Robinson N. 
 
 Schoff.) Removed to Torrington, Conn. 
 Page 12i. Emma Adele Schoff. Born Feb. 7, 1849. Names of children omitted: 
 iv Harriet B. Parsons, born May 15, 1874. 
 V Charles H. Parsons, born Dec. 12, 1875. 
 Page 125. Malvina A. Schoff. Married SepL 23, 1866; not 1867. 
 Page J25. Jessie M. Walrath died Aug. 3, 1909, not July. 
 Page 127. Mrs. Lilly Casteel. removed to Niobrara, Neb. 
 
 Manette M. Schoff. Married in Mountainhome, Idaho, Dec. 30, 1908, William 
 
 Ross McLean. Lives at Glenn's Ferry, Idaho. 
 
 Mrs. Eva Lloyd, removed to Irvine, Alta., Canada. 
 Page 128. Mrs. Jeremiah M. Schoff, wrongly reported to have died; she lives at White Creek, 
 
 Wis.; date of death, as stated, should refer to Mrs. John H, Schoff at foot of p. 129. 
 Page 129. Mrs. Cheber Lanphear, residence removed to Dickinson, N. Dakota. 
 Page 130. Chester Wells Schoff died In Guildhall, Vt., Nov. 5, 1910. 
 
 Nellie Agnes Schoff, married in Laconia, N. H., in May, 1892, Samuel H. Marii-n. 
 
 Died in Guildhall, Vt., Jan. 14, 1901. No children. 
 Page 133. (Elvira Schoff.) Add: Married (2) Sylvanus ffo/mej. Lives in East Lancaster, N. H. 
 Page 134. Mrs. Ellen Schoff Johnson's full name is Ellen Augusta. 
 Page 135. Mrs. Paschal lives in Brookline, Mass., not Boston. 
 
 O. F. Paschal died Nov. 29, 1897, 
 Page 136. Instead of Clyde Deeiiog, read Clyde. 
 
 " " Quinn " " Irvin. (Sons of Mabell fe. Schoff.) 
 Page 137. To family of Mrs. Eugenie Shuff Fontenot add 
 
 iii Edna Fontenot 
 Page /57. To children of Mrs. Locrusia Shuff Fontenot, add: 
 ii Marguerite Fontenot, born Nov. 3, 1910. 
 Page 140. To the children of Charles H. Schoff, add: 
 
 8. Anna Mary, born in Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 1, 1909. Residence changed to 
 
 5217 Ellis Ave., Chicago. 111. 
 Paee 140. Richard Edward Schoff married Almeda (Johnson) Sage (not Lageo). 
 Page 141. Instead of Demetrius, read Duane (Homer D. Schoff). 
 Page 142. Edward Newell Jchoff died in Boston, not in Lowell. 
 
 Page 143. Instead of Clifton Heights, read Upper Darby. (Birthplace of Hannah Kant.) 
 Page 144, Alfred Schoff, removed to Torrington, Conn. 
 Pag* 146. Mrs. Bertha Schoff Oakes, address Plainville, Wis. R. No. 1. 
 Page 14b. Mrs. Ethel Schoff Cummings lives in Merrill, Wis. 
 Page 146. (Family of Rufui Stephen Schoff.) 
 
 1. Myktlk Luella, born June 17, 1878. Married (1) Jan. 17, 1894, Daniel Ste- 
 
 phen Curtis. (2) Sept. 18, 1899, Archie John CalUns. Lives in Merrill, Wis. 
 Children: 
 
 i Stephen D. Curtis, born in Merrill, Wis., Dec. 23, 1894. 
 ii Dorothy May Collins, born in Merrill, Wis., Oct. 25, 1901. 
 iii Emily Irene Collins, born in Star Lake, Wis., Oct. 1, 1906. 
 iv Wilma Fern Collins, born (n Merrill, Wis., June 18, 1908. 
 
 2. Esther May, born Oct. 4, 1880. Married Jute 2, 1910, D. E. Lussier. Lives in 
 Merrill, Wis. 
 
Past 148. iQstead of Lesta Schoff, bora in Dexter, Me., read Leota Estella Schoff, bom in 
 
 Colebrook, N. H. 
 
 Instead of McKean, read McKeen. (Marriage, and cliildren, of Ina Sciioff.) 
 
 Nelson E. Schoff died in Marion, Ore., Aug. 1910. 
 
 Child of Nelson E. Schoff omitted; 
 3. Ray. Born in Marion Co., Oregon, Jan. 5, 1895. Lives at Coos, N. H. 
 
 John Nelson Schoff lives in Salem, Ore.; Gay, name changed to Everett Wheeler, 
 
 lives in Delaware, Ohio. 
 Paze ISl. Arthur H. Schoff married in Littleton, N. H. (not Mclndoes, V"t.>, Emma D. 
 
 Kellogg, who was born in Waterbury. Vt., Nov. 16, 1871. 
 Arthur IC., born in Waterbury, Vt., July 15, 1900; died July 28, 1900. 
 Haines K., (as printed). Residence removed to Woodsville, N. H. 
 
 William Merle Schoff {l^illiam tf., Joieph P., feremiah. Danitl^ Jacab), born 
 
 in Brasher, N. Y., Dec. 23. 1887. Married at Niagara Falls, N. Y., Aug. 12, 1909, 
 
 Matie Bishop. Lives in Syracuse, N. Y. 
 
 Mary Lillian, born in Syracuse, N. Y., June 29, 1910. 
 
 (Child of Frederick O. Schoff omitted): 
 Floyd Allen, born June 22. 1909. 
 
 Page US. 
 Pag, ISO. 
 
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 (Children of Earl L Schoff omitted); 
 
 Cleo Louisa, bom Oct. 25, 1908. 
 
 Reva Zenette, born Dec. 20, 1910. 
 Archie Schoff. Address, Coos, N. H., not Beecher Falls 
 Herbert Schoff. removed to Island Pond, Vt. 
 
 INDEX OF SURNAMES 
 Connected by marriage with the Schoff Family 
 
 Aldrich, appendix 
 Allansen, 108 
 Andre, 141 
 Amy, 94 
 Aurntz, 132 
 
 Babcock, 145 
 
 Bagley. 148 
 
 Baldwin, 95, 105 
 
 Baiter. 107 
 
 Beals, 154 
 
 Becksted, 123 
 
 Beeman, 122. 124, 125 
 
 Bell, 143 
 
 Benedick (see Bundick) 
 
 Bennett, 96, 105, 149 
 
 Beitrand, 137 
 
 Berza, 112 
 
 Bishop, appendix 
 
 Blackman. 107 
 
 Blake, 96,121 
 
 Blanchard, 150, 153 
 
 Bhtchley, 122 
 
 Blodgett, 99, 149, 152, 154 
 
 Boericke, 144 
 
 Boone, 137 
 
 Bowen, 142 
 
 Bowker, 112, 136 
 
 Brainerd, 110 
 
 Brown, 111, 132, 133, 149 
 
 Bundick, Benedick, 100, 112. 
 
 113, 114, 137 
 Burbank, 99 
 Burnham, 146 
 Burr, 148 
 Buzzell. Ill 
 
 Cargill, 92 
 Casteel, 127 
 Center, 106 
 Chandler, 112, 114 
 Chase, 93, 101, 119 
 Clough,151 
 Cohen, 143 
 Colburn, 147 
 Cole. 114 
 Collins, 146 
 Colville, 128 
 Converse, 105 
 Cook, 99 
 Cooley, 148 
 Corbett, 130 
 Cummings, 94, 146, 154 
 Curtis, appendix 
 
 Dahlstrom, 141 
 Dailey, 150 
 
 Darrow (see Devereaux) 
 Davis, 106, 141 
 Deering. 135 
 Deshotels, 113, 139 
 Devereaux, 88, 90 
 Dnnn, 129 
 Dye, 147 
 Dyer, 118 
 
 Ehrman, 144 
 Eldridge, 121 
 Elliott, 136 
 Everest, 115 
 
 Farnham, 134, 150 
 Farnsworth, 150 
 
 Feltch, 120 
 
 Fim, 124 
 
 Fisher, 117 
 
 Fontenot, 113, 114, 137, 138 
 
 Forbes, 141 
 
 Forrest. 134 
 
 Fourman. 152 
 
 French, 91, 92, 95, 106, 136, 
 
 142 
 Fuller, 98 
 
 Gamsby, 93 
 
 Gardner, 100. 110 
 
 Gaskill, 98 
 
 Gathercole, 111 
 
 Gauthier, 140 
 
 Gautreaux 113 
 
 Gemmell, 130 
 
 Gould, 135 
 
 Grant, 128 
 
 Grapes, 89 
 
 Green, 121, 130, 144 
 
 Guillory, 113, 114,137, 15 « 
 
 Haise, 101 
 Hall. 122, 134, 145 
 Hartwell, 116, 118 
 Hastings, 120 
 Hatch, 97 
 Hathaway, 115 
 Haynes, 134 
 Hesinger, 140 
 Higgins, 108 
 Hill, 117 
 Holbrook, 135 
 Holmes, appendix 
 
Hoyt, 141 
 Hulburt, lOS 
 Huse, lis 
 
 Inialls, 103 
 Irwin, 129 
 
 Jolinson, 111, US, 134. 140, 
 
 155 
 JobQstoD, 133 
 Jonah, 131 
 Jones. 117 
 Joyil, 1J5 
 
 Kane, 155 
 Kellogg, 151 
 Keney, 110 
 Kent, 143 
 Keyes, 144 
 Kimball, 95 
 King, 108 
 Kipe, 120 
 Knapp. 103 
 
 La Barge. 112 
 
 LaSenx, 139, 140, 152 
 
 Lambert, 118 
 
 Lamkin. 94, 104, lOS, 110, 
 
 154 
 Lanptiear, 129 
 Lark, 105 
 Larkin, 140 
 Le Blanc, 153 
 Lee. 116 
 Leeson, 153 
 LeightoD, 149 
 Lilly, 126 
 Lloyd, 127 
 Levering, 134 
 Lassiet, 146 
 Lyford, 105 
 Lyman, 97 
 
 Martin, appendix 
 McGeorge, 153 
 McGinnis, 146 
 
 McKeen, 148 
 McKenna, 122 
 McLean, 149, appendix 
 McLellan. 147 
 Merrill, 94 
 Mills, 136 
 Monaghan, 138 
 Morgan, 131 
 Murphy, 142 
 
 Newberry, 107 
 Norris, 93 
 Nye, 102 
 
 Oakley, 108 
 Oakes, 146 
 
 Parker, 119, 153 
 Parsons, 122, 130 
 Paschal, 135 
 Partridge. 97 
 Pratt. 100, 129 
 
 Ramsey, 148 
 Randall, 115 
 Reed, 101, 113 
 Reeves, 100, 115 
 Richard, 138 
 Richardson, 131 
 Rick, 142 
 Rider, 89 
 Roberts, 143 
 Root, 145 
 Rutherford, 145 
 
 Sage, 140 
 St. Germain, 137 
 Samson, 89 
 Sandefur, 138 
 Sauter, 144 
 Saxton, 124 
 Schulz, 143 
 Seymour. 100 
 Shed, 106 
 Shorey. 125 
 Sickler, 126 
 
 Smith, 91, 116, 133 
 
 Snow, 145, 147 
 
 Soilean, 112, 139, 140 
 
 Sonniet, 114 
 
 Spanlding, 117, 130 
 
 Spratt, 110 
 
 Staples, 107 
 
 Steelman, 109 
 
 Stevens, 91, 108, HI, 117, 
 
 136 
 Stone, 155 
 Straw, 133 
 Sucese, 104 
 
 Taylor, 132 
 Thompson, 146, 152 
 Titcomb, 142 
 Trufant, 151 
 Turner, 124 
 Twist, 154 
 
 Wake, 143 
 Waldron, 98 
 Walker, 146 
 Walkling, 132 
 Wallace, 155 
 Walrath, 125 
 Washburn, 108, 118 
 Webster, 98 
 Wellman, 109 
 Whaley, 138 
 Wheeler, 150 
 Whitney, 102 
 Wilbur, 105 
 Wilcox, 160 
 Willard, 94, 104, 128 
 Williams, 120, 151 
 Willson, 123 
 Windle, 131 
 Witt, 128 
 Woodbury, 103 
 Wright, 140 
 
 York, HI 
 Young, 150, 154 
 
Wilfred H. Schoff, 
 
 34th ST. AND VINTAGE AVE., 
 
 PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
 
 March 22, 1911 
 
 Dear Cousin: 
 
 I enclose some additional pages for the family 
 book, including additions and corrections, and an 
 index of families with which ours is connected by 
 marriage. 
 
 1 would suggest that this insert be pasted to the 
 fl3'-leaf or inside cover at the back of the book, and 
 so made part of it. 
 
 Yours sincerely.