Hans Conrad Neff

   Another name for Hans was Konrad, Neef.

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ID: I3384
Name: Hans Conrad (Immigrant, 1735 "Mercury") * Neff
Sex: M
Birth: 4 JUL 1680 in Wallisellen, Kloten, Switzerland
Death: AFT OCT 1734 in Lancaster County, PA
Note:
Note: aka Konrad, Neef

IMMIGRANT, 1735

Conrad and his family immigrated 29 May 1735 on the ship "Mercury" aspart of a group led by Reformed minister Maurice Goetschy. The followingNeff family members are listed: Jacob Naf age 39; Jacob Naf age 24; JacobNaf age 7; Conrad Naf age 22, Conrad Naf age 52; Anna Naf age 19; AnnaNaf age 22, Elizabeth Naf age 4.

THE JOURNEY TO AMERICA ON THE SHIP "MERCURY"
"...The main body consisting of 194 persons, embarked in two ships [onthe river to the ocean, in winter weather]. They suffered intensely thrurain and cold and were poorly protected with scanty clothes andprovisions.... the nights were wet and cold. Moreover the ships werecrowded so badly that there was hardly enough room to sit, much less liedown. There was no opportunity to cook on the ships; and as they werecompelled to remain on the ships day and night, the cries of the childrenwere pitiful and heartrending. ...Quarrels between men and women werefrequent." --notes of Ludwig Weber, emigrant on the ship "Mercury,"courtesy of John F. Murray and Don Neff


"After we had left Holland and surrendered ourselves to the wild andtempestuous ocean, its waves and its changeable winds, we reached throughGods great goodness toward us, England. After a lapse of two days we cameto the Island of Wight, and there to a little town named Cowes, where ourcaptain supplied himself with provisions for the great ocean trip. Wesecured medicines for the trip and then with a good East wind we sailedaway from there. After a day and a night with the good wind we werebuffeted with a terrible storm and the awful raging waves as we came intothe Spanish and Portuguese oceans.

For 12 weeks we were subjected to these miseries and had to suffer allkinds of bad and dangerous storms and terrors of death. With these wewere subjected to all kinds of bad diseases. The food was bad for we hadto eat what they called "galley bread". We had to drink stinking muddywater, full of worms.

We had an evil tyrant and rascal for a captain and first mate, whoregarded the sick as nothing more than dogs. If one said "I have to cooksomething for a sick man", He replied "get away from here or I'll throwyou overboard". "What what do I care about your sick devil?". In short,misfortune is everywhere upon the sea, we alone fared better. This hasbeen the experience of all who have come to this land and even if a kingwere to travel the ocean it would behave no better.

After being in this misery sufficiently long God, The Lord, brought usout and showed us the land, which caused great joy among us. But threedays passed, the wind being contrary, before we could enter into theright river. Finally a good south wind came and brought us in one daythrough the glorious and beautiful Delaware river which is a littlelarger than the Rhine, but not by far as wild as the Rhine." --letterfrom John Henry, the son of Rev Goetschy, to Zurich dated 21 July 1735,courtesy of John F. Murray and Don Neff




Sources:
1) Gina August Database, 12 May 2003 (Neff information was researched byJohn M. Murray)
http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=:2509141&id=I526436305
2) Donna Null Basinger Database, 12 Oct 2003
http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=dbasinger&id=I006609
3) The Ancestors of Judith Kemmer Hesselberth, 2003 Website
http://www.judithk.com/genealogy/AT01/AT01_011.HTM
4) Ships Which Brought the Neffs to America, by John F. Murray, Don Neff,et al., copyright 2003
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~neff/ships.htm
5) Descendants of Hans Marti Naf, Dave Rudge's Genealogy Website, 2 Sep2003
http://kanga.cc.wmich.edu/~rudged/gen/neff.html
6) Mary S. Neff Database, 17 Sep 2003
http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=maryneff&id=I3004

Change Date: 21 OCT 2003

Father: Hans Marti * Naf b: BEF 9 JAN 1653 in Stallikon, Zurich,Switzerland
Mother: Anna * Haller b: 1656 in Birmensdorf, Zurich, Switzerland

Marriage 1 Elsbeth (Elizabeth) * Ruediman b: 4 APR 1674
Married: 4 FEB 1710 in Wallisellen, Kloten, Switzerland
Children
Jacob * Neff b: BEF 1 DEC 1710 in Wallisellen, Kloten, Switzerland
Anna (Immigrant) Neff b: 1715 in Wallisellen, Canton Zurich, Switzerland
Jacob Neef b: BEF 20 MAR 1712
Jacob Neff b: BEF 28 SEP 1713

Marriage 2 Verena Kuhn b: ABT 1682
Married: 27 MAR 1702 in Kloten, Zurich, Switzerland

Marriage 3 Anna Barbara (Immigrant) Deppeler b: BEF 2 MAY 1686
Married: 1 JUN 1723 in Wallisellen, Canton Zurich, Switzerland
Children
Hans Jacob Neef
Johannes Neef

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  Noted events in his life were:

• Marriage Contract, 4 Feb 1710, Wallisellen, Kloten, Switzerland. Y

Hans married Elsbeth (Elizabeth) Ruediman, daughter of Hans Ruediman and Barbara Kuhn. (Elsbeth (Elizabeth) Ruediman was born on 4 Apr 1674 and died on 20 Mar 1723 in Wallisellen, Kloten, Switzerland.)