John Groff was born on 4 April 1762, in Holland, Netherlands as the son of Johann Peter Graaf and Margaretha Bauman. He had at least 2 sons. He died on 5 December 1846, in Hope, Hamilton, New York, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Willard Cemetery, Hope, Hamilton, New York, United States.
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"""At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""
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Americanized form of German Graff .
Americanized form of Hungarian and Slovak Gróf, Czech, Slovenian, and Croatian Grof ‘count’. The surname Groff is also found in Hungary, where it is very rare.
Americanized form of Norwegian Grov: habitational name from any of several farmsteads so called, from Old Norse grǫf ‘hollow, depression’.
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