My name is Thomas Wilson and I am a distant blood descendant of the Missouri Eoffs, in particular Bathsheba (Bershaba) Eoff, daughter of George Eoff and grandaughter of Peter Eoff. Bershaba married William Cole in Franklin County, Missouri. They had several children, including a daughter named Nancy Cole, who married John Lee Summers in Franklin County, Missouri. My grandmother was one of their their daughters -- Martha Ellen Summers. This would make Bershaba Eoff my GG Grandmother !
I have been researching our family ancestry for a couple years now, so I guess that still makes me a novice, but I think I'm making quite a bit of progress. I still have much work to do !
I was hoping someone might be able to share some source documents on the Eoff family, such as family history articles, phtos, stories or biographical information on the earlier Eoff immigrants in New Jersey down to the mid-1800 time period to help me gather some documentation for my research. I would appreciate any records you might be able to provide. In particular, I would like to obtain a copy of the article "THE EOFF FAMILY OF PLUCKEMIN", SOMERSET COUNTY HISTORICAL QUARTERLY VII, 284-93 (1918).
I would also like to obtain a copy of Jacob Eoff's will if possible. I have a "thing" about old, original documents and I love to include them in my work if possible. Of course, anything else you think would be useful would be tremendously appreciated as well.
If you can email me any documents, my email address is
twilson.mail@mchsi.com.
Thank you in advance. I hope you will be able to help me !