Book Description

Johann Jacob Krafft was born in Württemberg. Germany, ca. 1740. He immigrated to America and was living in Springfield Township, York County, Pennsylvania, by 1763. He married Maria Dorothea Nes, ca. 1764. They had seven children, 1765-ca. 1777. His name last appears in the records of York County in 1795. His son, George Croft (1770-1855) migrated to Botetourt County, Virginia. He married Mary Critz (1778-1846) there in 1799. They had nine children, 1800-1820. They family migrated to Bethel Township, Clark County, Ohio, in 1804. George and Mary Croft are buried in Ferncliff Cemetery, Clark County. Descendants lived in Ohio, Texas, Utah, California, Arizona, and elsewhere.