c 1733-37 Peter Neff may have been born about this time, based on subsequent documents related to him achieving age 21. Peter was named as an heir to land in the will of his father dated 1754. Peter was not assigned a guardian by the Orphans Court after his father's death, as were his siblings. Peter first appeared on the tax list in 1758.
1755 Peter Neff was named as a son in the will of Henry Neff, of Lampeter Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Peter was to inherit Henry's land and plantation of 106 acres when he got married. [1] [2]
1758 Peter Neff was taxed with 100 acres in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Widow Neff was not taxed. Peter had not been listed in 1757 or prior to this time, although his widowed mother was listed in 1756 and 1757. [3]
1763 Peter Neaph was taxed with 150 acres in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [4] There were no tax lists for 1764-1768. The name Neff does not appear in Lampeter Twp in 1769 or 1770.
1763 Peter Neff purchased a 260 acre tract in Newberry Twp, York County, Pennsylvania from Joseph Gibson on November 19. This transaction was recounted when the tract was sold by Peter's son John in 1790. [5]
1765 Peter Naef was taxed in Newberry Twp, York County. [6]
1767 Peter Knafe was taxed in Newberry Twp, York County. [7]
1767 The will of Peter Neph, of Newberry Township, York County, was dated November 20, 1767, and was proved on January 16, 1768. Wife Anna Neff and friend Jacob Neff [likely Peter's uncle] of Strousburg Twp, Lancaster County were named executors. Son John was to inherit the plantation when he reached age 21. Daughters Elizabeth and Ann would inherit if John were to die [will abstracts that name only daughter Elizabeth are in error]. Witnessed by Robert Mills Junior, Goodlib Fisher, and Abraham Neff. [8] [9]
1790 John Neff sold a 260 acre tract in Newberry Twp, York County, Pennsylvania to William Hamersley on May 17. John Neff had inherited the land by the will of his father Peter Neff, dated 1767. [10]
1792 A deed was returned on June 4, for the sale of the estate of Peter Neff to John Neff. The land was in Newberry Township, York County. Ann, wife of Jacob Meyer of Manheim Twp. Lancaster County, was named as the widow of Peter Neff. Christian Stoner, et al, and Elizabeth his wife of Newbury Twp, Christian Mayer and Ann his wife of Manheim Twp, in the county of Lancaster, which the said Elizabeth and Ann are the daughters of Peter Neff late of Newberry Twp in the county of York deceased, of the one part, and Jacob Mayer and Ann his wife of Manheim Twp in Lancaster is the widow and relict of Peter Neff deceased of the second part, and John Neff of Newberry Twp is the son of Peter Neff deceased of the third party, whereas Peter died and left the 266 acres to Ann his widow and three children, John Neff, Elizabeth, the wife of Christian Stoner, and Ann, the wife of Christian Mayer, dated 15 May 1790, recorded 17 May 1790, [Robert Hammersly, Esq., is one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas of York County] All of the wives are examined. [11]
Research Notes:
Mennonite card file. [12]
Other Henry Neave/Neff wills: [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]
Several researchers report Peter's wife to be Anna Good. Anna Good, daughter of Samuel Good [19], reportedly married a Neff [we seek documentation for the marriage of Anna Guth to Neff]. That is a possible link for Anna, the wife of Peter Neff, to be the same person as Anna Good, the daughter of Samuel. [20] We seek evidence that Samuel Good lived in Lampeter Twp during the time period that Peter Neff married Anna. Tax records name Henry Good of Lampeter Twp.
1757 Henry Good was taxed in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He was not on the Lampeter tax list in prior years. [21]
1758 Henry Good was taxed in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [22]
1759 Henry Good was taxed in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [23]
1769 Henry Good was taxed in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [24]
1770 Henry Good was taxed in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [25]
1772 Henry Good was taxed in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [26]
1773 Henry Good was taxed in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [27]
1776 Henry Good was taxed in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [28]
1781 Henry Good was taxed in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [29]
1786 Henry Good was taxed in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [30]
1793 Henry Good was taxed in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [31]
1802 Henry Good was taxed in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [32]
1803 Henry Good was taxed in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Henry was not on the 1805 tax list. [33]
1803 The will of Henry Good, of Conestoga Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The will instructed that the plantation in Lampeter Twp be sold and named 17 children of deceased sister Ann spouse of Jacob Huber and deceased sister Veronica spouse of Ulrich Huber. [34]
The 1792 deed shows that Ann married both Peter Neff and Jacob Meyer and that her daughter, Ann married Christian Mayer. Our notes for Christian Mayer, husband of daughter Ann, show his father as Jacob Meyer and mother as Anna. There is uncertainty about the identity of Anna, mother of Christian Mayer.
Peter Nease of Shrewsberry Twp [on the southern border of York County, while Newberry Twp is on the northern border], a different person from Peter Neff of Newberry Twp, died about this time.
1769 Anna Maria Aull, late Anna Maria Neas, administrator for Peter Neas of Shrewsbury Twp, York County, presented the intestate account, on March 21, to the York County Orphans' Court with balance £33.7.11. [35]
Anna Maria Alt, late Anna Maria Neafs, administratrix of Peter Neafs, late of Shrewsbury Twp. Peter Neafs died leaving the widow and a child age 30 months. She petitioned to improve the land. [36]1769 Anna Maria Alt, late Anna Maria Neas, administrator for Peter Neas reported to the Orphans Court that the plantation from the estate had been sold to Abraham Rebert. Dated August 30. [37]
1775 Anna Maria Alt, late Anna Maria Neas, administrator for Peter Neas reported an account of the estate to the Orphans Court. [38]
1775 Henry Alt petitioned the Orphans Court to appoint a guardian for Peter Nease, age 7, son of Peter Nease, late of Shrewsberry Twp. [39]
A biosketch reports [found on many trees at Ancestry.com, no source]
A131 Peter Neff was born about 1738 in Lancaster Co., PA. Peter died November 1767 in York Co., PA, Newberry Twp. He married Ann about 1757 [? daughter of Samuel Good who died in Earl Twp., Lancaster Co in 1776.] Ann was born about 1740 and died after 1794 in Lancaster Co., PA, Manheim Twp. Known children of Peter NEFF and Ann [? Good] are:
A1311 Elizabeth Neff, b. 16 June 1760, d. 14 July 1849
A1312 John Neff, b. about 1761, d. 1831
A1313 Ann Neff, b. 28 March 1766, d. 24 January 1833This family lived in Newberry Twp. York Co., PA. Peter’s will dated 20 Nov. 1767 and proven 16 Jan. 1768 names his wife Ann and children John, Elizabeth, Ann. [York Co. Will Book]. His uncle Jacob Neff A6 of Strasburg Twp., Lancaster County was named executor of his will.
Peter’s widow then married (2) Jacob Meyer after August 1777 in Lancaster Co., PA, Manheim Twp. He was born 29 March 1721. Jacob died 4 November 1793 in Manheim Twp. Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society’s card file says his will is found in Lan. Will Book, F‑1, p.528, dated 24 Jul 1793 and proven 11 Jan 1794.
Peter’s daughter Elizabeth married Christian Stoner and moved to Niagara, Canada. Ann married Christian Meyers of Lancaster County, PA. John married Mary Stoner and died in 1832 in Allegheny Co., PA, Indiana Twp.
[1] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Probate Records, Will B-100, [FamilySearchImage].
[2] Pennsylvania, Will and Probate Records, B-100, Henry Neave, 1755. This is incorrectly indexed as the will of Joseph Kibone, [AncestryImage].
[3] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[4] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[5] York County, Pennsylvania, Deed 2G-79, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[6] York County, Pennsylvania, Township assessment lists, 1762-1849, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[7] York County, Pennsylvania, Township assessment lists, 1762-1849, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[8] York County, Pennsylvania Will B-144, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[9] York County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1749-1819, [AncestryRecord].
[10] York County, Pennsylvania, Deed 2G-79, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[11] York County, Pennsylvania, Deed 2H-171, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[12] Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, Genealogical Card File (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), [AncestryRecord].
[13] Pennsylvania, Will and Probate Records, J-158, Henry Neave, January 1750, [AncestryRecord].
[14] Pennsylvania, Will and Probate Records, C-370, Henry Neave Senior, 1777, [AncestryRecord].
[15] Pennsylvania, Will and Probate Records, A-96, Hans Henry Neff, 1746, [AncestryImage].
[16] Pennsylvania, Will and Probate Records, image 57/589, A-?, Henry Neif, 1744, [AncestryImage].
[17] Pennsylvania, Will and Probate Records, image 56/589, A-?, Henry Neff, 1745, [AncestryImage].
[18] Pennsylvania, Will and Probate Records, Lancaster will B-100 of Henry Neave is indexed as Joseph Kibone, whose German will is at this link, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[19] Janet and Robert Wolfe, Genealogy Page for Samuel Good (c 1700-1777), [JRWolfeGenealogy].
[20] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Good D31, [Website].
[21] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[22] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[23] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[24] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[25] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[26] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[27] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[28] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[29] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[30] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[31] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[32] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[33] Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Tax Records, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[34] Pennsylvania, Will and Probate Records, Lancaster Will H-309, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[35] York County, Pennsylvania Probate Records, Orphans Court Docket B-209, [FamilySearchImage].
[36] York County, Pennsylvania Probate Records, Orphans Court Docket B-210, [FamilySearchImage].
[37] York County, Pennsylvania Probate Records, Orphans Court Docket B-235, [FamilySearchImage].
[38] York County, Pennsylvania Probate Records, Orphans Court Dockett C-230, [FamilySearchImage].
[39] York County, Pennsylvania Probate Records, Orphans Court Dockett C-232, [FamilySearchImage].