Maria Elisabeth Roof

Brief Life History of Maria Elisabeth

When Maria Elisabeth Roof was born on 7 May 1771, in Reisterstown, Baltimore, Maryland, British Colonial America, her father, Michael Roof, was 46 and her mother, Elizabetha Brown, was 40. She married Bostian Kegg in 1790, in Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 2 April 1850, in Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 78.

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Family Time Line

Bostian Kegg
1765–1850
Maria Elisabeth Roof
1771–1850
Marriage: 1790
John Cagg
1788–1870
Boston Kagg
John Kegg Sr
1791–1846
Solomon Kegg
1792–1850
Elizabeth Kagg
1794–1834
Jacob Kagg
1799–1835
Maryann Kagg
1805–1881
Hana Kegg
1807–1881
Poly Kagg
1809–1881

Sources (3)

  • Maria Elisabeth Reef, "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995"
  • Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-899B-LH7Q?cc=1999196&wc=9PMD-DPD%3A268498201%2C269965901
  • Maria Elisabeth Reef, "Maryland, Births and Christenings, 1650-1995"

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World Events (8)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Rolfe .

English: variant of Ruff .

German: from Ruffo, a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name formed with hrōd ‘fame, renown’. This surname is very rare in Germany.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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