Margaret Graff

Margaret Graff^1,2

• Birth*: 16 March 1772; Lancaster, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; "Margaret Graft, 16 Mar 1772, Andrew & Catharine"³
• Baptism: Lancaster First Reformed, Lancaster, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania³
• Marriage: 23 May 1816; Lancaster, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; Rebecca Graff; Principal=Johannes Trissler⁴
• Death*: 4 April 1822⁵
• Burial*: "Margaret Trissler 1772 - 1822"⁶

Parents:

Notes

• Name Variation: Rebecca Graff⁴
• Note: Marriage: "Item 164 May 23 1816, Johannes Trissler, widower, and Rebecca Graff, single, dau. of Andreas and Catharina Graff. By C. Miller P.L."⁴
• Note*: Catharine Graff (1752-1814), in her 1813 will, named her brother Andrew Graff and some of his children: John Graff, Margaret Graff, Catharine the wife of Gustavus Stoy, Mary Magdalena Doll deceased the late wife of Conrad Doll, Elizabeth Moore the wife of William Moore, George Michael Graff, Henry Graff (abroad), and Margaret.
  
  Andrew Graff (1714-1816), in his 1816 will, named children: John, Margaret who appeared to be unmarried, Catharine married to Gustovus Stoy, Mary Magdalen deceased late wife of Conrad Doll, Elizabeth married to William Moore, George Michael Graff, Henry Graff who had been abroad for several years.^1,2
• Note: She was a member of the First Reformed Church.
  In 1816 was a member of the Female Benevolent Society of Lancaster.
• Note: Orphaned nieces:
  "Catharine Elizabeth [Doll] was named for her aunts Catharine (Groff) Stoy, and Elizabeth (Groff) Moore.
  Owing to the death of their parents the daughters [Catherine Elizabeth Doll and Mary Ann [Doll] became orphans at a very early age. The elder Catharine Elizabeth, was only three and one-half years old when her mother died, and about two and one-quarter years of age at the time of the death of her father. [Incorrect, her father died 1819 when she was 10.] Consequently, the children were taken care of by their relatives, the elder daughter, Catharine, lived for some years with her aunt, Mrs. Tressler, afterwards with her aunt Mrs. Stoy, and upon completing her education, with her aunt Mrs. Wm. Moore, of Lebanon, Pa. until her marriage to Simeon Guilford."⁷
• Note: Lancaster County Index of Letters of Administration:
  "1822 Margaret Graff Book A p. 150 See Trissler"
  "1822 Trisslet Margaret Book U page 159"
  
  No Margaret Trissler found in the Lancaster Will Index around 1822.⁸
• Note: This compiler decided that the Rebecca Graff of the marriage record was probably the same person as Margaret of the birth, death, will and deed records on the basis that the wills and deeds do not name a Rebecca nor a second Trissler.