Re: John Henry SHOAF b 1730-1739 Germany
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Re: John Henry SHOAF b 1730-1739 Germany
robert shoaf 7/03/03
Hello Robert E Shoaf, I am Sarah Shoaf and I am also related to Jacob Shoaf, he is my 4 Xs greaet grandfather,then his son David, ( 3Xs great) born 1801 to his first wife.
Then Solomon Saul Shoaf ( 3Xs ) born 1853
One of his sons was my 2 Xs great, his name was Elmer Ellsworth Shoaf born 1861 in Franklin County, Kansas
and His son Roy R. Shoaf Sr., was born in Kansas in 1889, and my father Roy R Shoaf Jr. was born in 1922.....
I am Sarah Anne SHoaf, born in Lawrence, Kansas, in 1950....
so, how many great grandfathers back do we share, ...I am finding ou this was one prolific family !
and you and I share Jacob Shoaf as an ancestor, and I found out that the Shoaf Family can be traced back to 1539 in Germany ...which is 10 generations ending at my great grand father ...so actually that's 12 generations to me ...wow...
ok so it goes, John Henry Shoaf, b. about 1730 ( this date is not for sure) in Germany came to America in 1749.
son of Jacob Shoaf b. 1714
son of Michael Shoaf b.1684
son of Michael Shoaf b. 1651
son of Jacob Shoaf b. 1606
son of George Shoaf b. 1571
son of George Shoaf b. 1539
and that's as far back as I have found...all the "son of's " were born in Germany, I believe in the same town