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Descendants of Andreas Wolff

Generation No. 2

2. GEORGE² WOLFF (ANDREAS¹) was born June 26, 1771 in PA., and died February 07, 1850 in Athens County Ohio. He married JANE PISOR April 02, 1800 in Westmoreland City, PA.

Notes for GEORGE WOLFF:
Born February 17, 1774, baptized February 9, 1778 at Herrolds church. Sponsored by Mother, Eva Crebs Wolff, wife of Andreas.
George arrived in Athens County in 1797 and located farming land near where Concord Church still stands. He returned to his home in Westmoreland County, PA in 1800 several families of Westmoreland County migrated to Ohio and settled on land that was known as Ohio Copany`s Purchase. Among these were George Wolf and his bride, And Christopher Herrold with his wife and two children.Their possessions consisted of one ox (their mare having died during the winter), two cows, two sheep, a two year old colt and a few household goods.
They came by Pittsburg, down the Ohio River in a flat boat as far as Marietta, which was then a permanent settlement of the Ohio Company. Here they loaded a portion of their possessions, consisting of two barrels of flour and some household goods into two canoes. George Wolf took one and Herrold with his two year old son (tied in the canoe with bed cord) took the other, and they set out to reach their Athens County properties by way of the Ohio and Hocking Rivers and Federal Creek.
This trip was quite and undertaking, but even more so was the overland trip of the two wives, who set out on foot with the Herrold baby and the livestock to journey 50 miles through unbroken forest to meet their husbands in Athens County, their future homes.
They put a pack saddle on the back of the ox to carry some clothing, provisions, and bedding. Before reching their destinations, their livestock herd had increased by the arrival of twin lambs and two calves. They had been getting along by taking turns riding on the colt with the baby and driving the livestock. But these new arrivals increased the difficulties and made going ahead very tredious. Finally they took a coverlet and sewed the twin calves in one on either side with their heads sticking out, and threw this strange "saddle bag" over the ox`s back. Then they took Christopher Herrold`s Sunday best suit coat which they had been carrying, sewed up the ends of the sleeves, put a lamb in each sleeve, and arranges this strange cargo over the back of one of the cows. The other cow carries the pack that had previously been on the ox`s back. Thus, they went on with only trail blazings to guide their way.

Children of GEORGE WOLFF and JANE PISOR are:

	i.	JOHN³ WOLFF, b. April 03, 1801; d. September 02, 1878, Buried in Concord Cemetery; m. POLLY RYAN, May 16, 1825.
7.	ii.	JACOB WOLFF, b. November 29, 1803, Athens County Ohio; d. November 15, 1874.
	iii.	GEORGE PISOR WOLFF, b. April 21, 1806; d. April 03, 1858, Athens Co., OH; m. ELIZABETH WILKINS, September 14, 1826.
	iv.	POLLY WOLFF, b. May 1810.

Notes for POLLY WOLFF:
Polly and many others in the community were thought to have died in a typhoid epidemic.

	v.		FEDERICK WOLFF, b. June 25, 1812, Athens Co., OH; d. June 02, 1893, Viroqua, Wisconsin Vernon County; m. MARGARET HELMICK.
	vi.		MATHEW WOLFF, b. Unknown.

3. JOHN² WOLFF (ANDREAS¹) was born February 17, 1774 in Westmoreland Co., PA, and died 1822 in Cumberland County, PA. He married ELIZABETH.

Notes for JOHN WOLFF:
Johannes Wolff born 2/17/1774 baptized 2/9/1778.

Child of JOHN WOLFF and ELIZABETH is:

DAVID³ WOLFF, b. 1810, Middlesex Twp, Cumberland County PA.; d. April 17, 1873, Middlesex Twp, Cumberland County PA..

4. ELIZABETH² WOLFF (ANDREAS¹) was born July 23, 1776 in Westmoreland Co., PA, and died August 10, 1871 in Derry Township, Westmoreland County, PA. She married JOHN FAIR.

Notes for ELIZABETH WOLFF:
Elizabeth & Anna Marie are twins. Born July 23, 1776, baptized February 9, 1778. Sponsors were Jacob Zehner and wife Catherine.

Notes for JOHN FAIR:
Also spelled Fehr.

Children of ELIZABETH WOLFF and JOHN FAIR are:

	i.		PETER³ FAIR, b. July 19, 1796; d. September 23, 1878.
	ii.		MARY FAIR, b. April 28, 1798; m. CONRAD RICE.
	iii.		SUZANNA FAIR, b. December 23, 1800.
	iv.		JOHN FAIR, b. September 17, 1804.
	v.		JACOB FAIR, b. July 15, 1806.
	vi.		JOSEPH FAIR, b. May 02, 1808.
	vii.		ELIZABETH FAIR, b. October 14, 1810.
	viii.		DANIEL FAIR, b. March 15, 1814.
	ix.		MARTHA FAIR, b. June 20, 1817.

5. CHRISTOPHER² WOLFF (ANDREAS¹) was born February 23, 1780 in Blairsville, Westmoreland County PA, and died September 21, 1845 in Hocking Co., Ohio. He married RHODA DORR March 20, 1804 in Washington County, OH, daughter of MATTHEW DORR and LYDIA WOOD-MCLEAN.

Notes for CHRISTOPHER WOLFF:
Born February 23, 1780. Baptized March 19, 1780. Sponsors were Geroge Baptized 1780.
Haeddenbach and wife Anna Margaretta.
Of Andrew, Sr.`s children, Christopher was the eldest and was born in Westmoreland County , Penn. When only a youth he with his brother George came to Ohio and settled in Ames Township, Athens Co., Where they often resided. Here they were frontier woodsmen and pioneers, possessing energy, industry and perseverance.
Christopher possessed some of the characteristics of Lewis Wetzel, and in consequence had a number of chases with wild animals. He subsequently married Rhoda Dorr, a native of Connecticut and a daughter of Captain Dorr.
He subsequently married Rhoda Dorr, a native of Connecticut and a daughter of Captain Dorr.
Rhoda and husband, Christopher Wolfe, settled in Athens County, Ohio, where they ended their days. They were early and noble pioneers of Hocking Valley and endured many privations that would be difficult to describe by those who have not passed through them.
They had ten children-William, Lydia, Andrew, Matthew D., Barak D., Rhoda (died young), Edmond D., Joseph, Jonathan D. and Elizabeth.

History of Hocking Valley --page 1279

Notes for RHODA DORR:
The Dorr family were early settlers at Marietta where Rhoda was often protected from the red intruders by the block-house. The Dorr family subsequently became early settlers in Athens County, Ohio, where Captain Dorr and wife both died.

History of Hocking Valley --page 1279

Marriage Notes for CHRISTOPHER WOLFF and RHODA DORR:
Christopher and Rhoda and a grandson all died 1845 in Hocking Co. Rhoda died in May. Christopher and a grandson died the following September.

Children of CHRISTOPHER WOLFF and RHODA DORR are:

9.	i.	WILLIAM DORR³ WOLFE, SR, b. February 07, 1806, Athens Co., OH; d. November 22, 1886, Hocking Co., Ohio.
10.	ii.	LYDIA WOOD WOLFE, b. February 13, 1808, Athens Co., OH; d. December 27, 1881, Hocking Co., Ohio.
11.	iii.	ANDREW WOLFE, b. July 19, 1810, Athens Co., OH; d. April 07, 1896, Vinton County, OH.
12.	iv.	EDMOND DORR WOLFE, b. Abt. 1811, Athens Co., OH.
13.	v.	MATTHEW DORR WOLFE, b. December 17, 1812, Athens Co., OH; d. July 17, 1893, Hocking Co., Ohio.
14.	vi.	BARAK DORR WOLFE, b. March 19, 1814, Athens Co., OH; d. July 23, 1898, Wappello Co, Iowa.
15.	vii.	JOSEPH DORR WOLFE, b. January 07, 1822, Wolfe Plains, Athen Co., OH; d. August 10, 1858, Unknown.
16.	viii.	JONATHAN DORR WOLFE, b. Abt. 1824.
	ix.	RHODA DORR WOLFE, b. Abt. 1825; d. Abt. 1825, Athens Co., OH.
17.	x.	ELIZABETH WOLFE, b. October 27, 1827, Athens Co., OH; d. May 28, 1923, Hocking Co., Logan, OH.

6. JACOB² WOLFF (ANDREAS¹) was born August 13, 1784 in Blairsville, Washington County, PA, and died April 10, 1851 in Porter County, IN. He married (1) LYDIA DORR June 19, 1806 in Athens Co., OH, daughter of MATTHEW DORR and LYDIA WOOD-MCLEAN. He married (2) SARAH Bef. 1850.

Notes for JACOB WOLFF:
Born August 15, 1784 , baptized April 17, 1785. Sponsors were Jacob Zenher and wife Catherine. (from Herrolds Reformed Church records.)
Jacob Wolf & family moved to Indiana about 1837. They had ten children.
Jacob and Lydia settled first in Athens County but in 1835 moved to LaPort, Indiana, where this branch settled. The three Wolf brothers, George, Christopher and Jacob, who came to the Ohio country in 1797, were outstanding citizens in helping their new territories advance. When Jacob and Lydia moved on to Indiana, the family continued to lead in organizing Porter County (then LaPort County), holding elections in the family home, serving in public offices, and enduring the hardships of frontier life.

Children of JACOB WOLFF and LYDIA DORR are:

18.	i.	EDMOND DORR³ WOLFF, b. December 30, 1806, Athens Co., OH.
	ii.	ELIZABETH WOLFF, b. February 25, 1809.
	iii.	RHODA WOLFF, b. January 10, 1811; m. THOMAS PARKLN, June 17, 1852.
19.	iv.	JOHN WOLFF, b. October 31, 1812, Athens Co., OH; d. December 11, 1874, Porter County, IN.
	v.	JACOB WOLFF, b. February 07, 1814.
	vi.	MILTON WOLFF, b. November 25, 1816, Athens Co., OH; d. February 09, 1852, Porter County, IN.
	vii.	ANNA WOLFF, b. December 06, 1819.
20.	viii.	JOSEPHUS WOLFF, b. June 22, 1822, Athens Co., OH; d. March 14, 1895.

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