Stephen GREIF was born say 1710.1  He was in America by 1736 when he
received a warrant for 100 acres of land in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.2
In 1739 he was on a list of Germans and Swiss of Philadelphia who were
naturalized.3 Stephen GREIFFE had a warrant for 100 acres on Conewago
Creek in Lancaster County in 1739. The survey of 95.2 acres was returned
on 8 Feb. 1788, with the patent issued to George ILGENFRITZ.4  His wife
was Sibilla RABENSTOCK.5

Stephen GREIFF was an elder in the Reformed Church in Germantown at the time
his father-in-law John REBENSTOCK died.  He entered a caveat against the will,
protesting that the executor Derrick REBENSTOCK was an "irregular Liver."
When Derick died two months later, he withdrew the caveat.12

Stephen GREIF died in York County, PA between 26 Aug. 17656 and 21 Aug. 1766.11

Stephen GREIFF and Sibilla REBENSTOCK had children:
1. Eva GREIFF5,6,7 b. say 1736 PA; m. Christian SCHWARZ 1 Apr. 1755;7
   living 17656
2. Sarah Christina GREIFF5,6,7 born 1738 PA;7 m. Johann Adam SCHWARZ
   [BLACK] 8 Feb. 1757;7 living 17968
3. Mary Magdelena GREIFF5,6 born say 1740 PA;  m. Peter MUNDORFF
   11 Feb. 1766;9 living 181310



1. Estimate from ages of children.
2. Bucks Co., PA warrant register, FHL microfilm 1,003,198.
3. H. Frank Eshleman, Historic Background and Annals of the Swiss and
   German Pioneer Settlers of South-Eastern Pennsylvania, (Baltimore:
   Genealogical Publishing Co., 1969), 269.
4. Lancaster Co., PA warrant register, FHL microfilm 1,003,197.
5. Derick Rabenstock (alias Ravenstock) will, Philadelphia Co., PA wills
   H:76-78, FHL microfilm 0,021,723.
   In his will he named the "three children of my deceased Sister Sibilla,"
   they being Eve, Sarah, and Magdelena Greiff.
6. Stephen Griff original will [signed Greif], York County Archives, York Co., PA.
7. Old Goshenhoppen Lutheran Churchbook, Upper Salford Twp., Montgomery Co.,
   PA, FHL microfilm 0,022,073.
   Christian SCHWARZ-Eva Greif marriage p. 192, entry 21.
   Johann Adam SCHWARZ-Sarah Greiff marriage p. 194, entry 39.
   Sara Christina Greif baptism, p. 230, entry 21.  She was baptized 10 Oct. 1756.
     She was stated as born in 1738, daughter of Stephan Greiff, but she did not know
     his whereabouts.  She was brought up by Mennonites and desired to be baptized.
8. Stokes Co., NC deed book 2:323, FHL microfilm 0,466,265.
9. First Reformed Church, York County, PA register 1744-1853, p. 229, FHL
   microfilm 0,387,945.
10. Peter Mundorff will, York Co., PA wills N:65-66, FHL microfilm 0,022,134.
    He named his wife Mary Magtelana
11. Stephen Griffe recorded will, York Co., PA will book B:44-45, FHL microfilm 
    0,022,131.
12. Hannah Benner Roach, The Back Part of Germantown, A Reconstruction,
    (Philadelphia, Penn.: The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, 2001), 14.
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