Johann Adam was born in 1704 in Friedelsheim in the Rhineland Palatinate (Rheinland Pfalz), Germany, the son of Johann Daniel Hoff and Anna Catherina Fischer. He married Anna Catharina Müller in 1727 in Friedelsheim, and they had one child together before emigrating to America in 1730. They arrived in Philadelphia in the Pennsylvania Colony on the ship 'Joyce', and later that year, both Catharina and their daughter died. Adam joined the German Reformed Church community in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, which had become the destination for a number of emigrants from the Rhineland Palatinate. He married [[Seib-18|Juliana Seib] in Seven Valleys near Lancaster in 1735. In the mid-1740s, the family moved to York County in the Pennsylvania Colony where Adam received a land grant for a 100-acre farm in Codorus (on the southern edge of present day Spring Grove, PA) in 1749, which was extended with another grant later in 1767. He and Juliana had fifteen children together between 1739 and 1762, three of whom died young. Adam and Juliana joined the Moravian church and appear to have been active members in the church community. After the First Moravian Church was established in York, Pennsylvania, Adam formalized his membership by being baptized in 1752 and he and Juliana repeated their marriage ceremony. Adam also formalized his American citizenship in 1762. Adam passed away in 1785 in Codorus, PA and was buried in the Moravian New Cemetery in York, PA. The grave has since been moved to the Prospect Hill Cemetery in York.
References as of 14 Mar 1995:
Research by Ron White, Colleyville, TX, 76034
Records of the Moravian Church of York, PA.
Research notes of Shane Dallman, OR 97503
References as of 14 Mar 1995:
Research by Ron White, Colleyville, TX, 76034
Records of the Moravian Church of York, PA.
Research notes of Shane Dallman, OR 97503
Johann Adam was born in 1704 in Friedelsheim in the Rhineland Palatinate (Rheinland Pfalz), Germany, the son of Johann Daniel Hoff and Anna Catherina Fischer. He married Anna Catharina Müller in 1727 in Friedelsheim, and they had one child together before emigrating to America in 1730. They arrived in Philadelphia in the Pennsylvania Colony on the ship 'Joyce', and later that year, both Catharina and their daughter died. Adam joined the German Reformed Church community in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, which had become the destination for a number of emigrants from the Rhineland Palatinate. He married [[Seib-18|Juliana Seib] in Seven Valleys near Lancaster in 1735. In the mid-1740s, the family moved to York County in the Pennsylvania Colony where Adam received a land grant for a 100-acre farm in Codorus (on the southern edge of present day Spring Grove, PA) in 1749, which was extended with another grant later in 1767. He and Juliana had fifteen children together between 1739 and 1762, three of whom died young. Adam and Juliana joined the Moravian church and appear to have been active members in the church community. After the First Moravian Church was established in York, Pennsylvania, Adam formalized his membership by being baptized in 1752 and he and Juliana repeated their marriage ceremony. Adam also formalized his American citizenship in 1762. Adam passed away in 1785 in Codorus, PA and was buried in the Moravian New Cemetery in York, PA. The grave has since been moved to the Prospect Hill Cemetery in York.
References as of 14 Mar 1995:
Research by Ron White, Colleyville, TX, 76034
Records of the Moravian Church of York, PA.
Research notes of Shane Dallman, OR 97503
References as of 14 Mar 1995:
Research by Ron White, Colleyville, TX, 76034
Records of the Moravian Church of York, PA.
Research notes of Shane Dallman, OR 97503
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