John DeHuff

1704 - 1757  (53 years)

• Name	John DeHuff
  Birth	Dec 1704	France
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 Dec 1757	Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Burial	Greenwood Cemetery, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I10293	Tulpehocken Genealogy | Bright Branch, Gross, Roth (P), Hackman, Dickinson, Peiffer, Lamm, Buchter, Klopp
  Last Modified	28 Dec 2023

  
  

  Family	Anna Catharina Brecht,   b. 25 Mar 1704, Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany d. 24 Jul 1790, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	1727
  Children	1. John Dehuff   2. Abraham DeHuff   3. Susanna (Stone) DeHuff   4. Catherine DeHuff + 5. Henry DeHuff,   b. 14 Sep 1738, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 27 Nov 1800, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 62 years) + 6. Pvt Matthias DeHuff,   b. 27 Aug 1740, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 14 Jun 1803, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F3033	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Jan 2022

  
  

• Notes

  Gravestone is near William Henry monument near the edge of the woods. The following information is from contributor neelthakrebew (member #49009659): John Dehof is found in the "Burial Book of the Moravian Church, Lancaster, 1744-1821," Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol. I. pg. 390/429 1751, 25 December, John DeHoff 47 years. pg. 404 Catherine Dehuff (widow) born Brechr . . . married on October 1, 1727 to John DeHuff. saddler here. NOTE: Alternate spelling of surname - Dehofe. ∼ Alternate name: John Dehofe (from gravestone). John DeHuff's grave, along with all the others, from the old Moravian Cemetery in downtown Lancaster were moved in 1917 to a bluff above the Conestoga River (the Moravian Plot in the Stevens Section of the Greenwood Cemetery) to make way for construction of a US Post Office. The following was from Contributor: neelthakrebew (49009659) • neelthakrebew@yahoo.com: DeHoff lived in Lancaster City, where he was a burgess and very active in the local Moravian Congregation. He made his will in Lancaster Borough on 17 Dec 1751, "being low and week (sic) of body", and died 25 Dec 1751. The will identifies: Wife: Catharine Dehuff Children: John, Abraham, Susanna, Henry and Mathias (all under 21 years old) SOURCES: 1. Lancaster County Will Book A, p. 201. 2. Franklin Ellis and Samuel Evans, "History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania..." (Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1883), pp. 362 and 272. Inscription Here lieth the body of John Dehofe (sic) y'n second burgess of this place who was born in the month of Dec MDCCIV [1704] and married to Ann Cath Brecht in the month of Octobr 1727 by whom he had issue seven sons & four daughters He departed this life the 25th of Dec MDCCLI [1751] aged 47. Rev. 1-5 The Saviours blood and righteousness my fin'ry is my wedding dress therewith when entering heavens land full well shall I before God stand.

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] Website: Find a Grave [text], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55539533/john-dehuff.