Johann Michael Neff

  General Notes:

Family arrived on the ship "James Goodwill" on 11 Sep 1728, which sailed from Rotterdam, last from Deal, England where they departed on 15 Jun 1728. Johann Michael and his son Michael were naturalized at Philadelphia on 11 & 13 Apr 1743. The family were original members of Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church on the Tulpehocken. Johann Michael, Sr. patented 482 acres of land in Heidelberg Twp, Lancaster Co, PA in 1749.

Johann married Anna Dorothea Saur, daughter of Johan Jacob Saur and Catherina Becker, on 11 Nov 1710 in Michelfeld, Germany. (Anna Dorothea Saur was born about 1690 in Michelfeld, Germany and died in Heidelberg Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA.)