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JOHANN REUFF (1690-1718) was from Worth Hesse, in the German Empire. Johann was said to have been a Hessian Officer and Protector of his Protestant Prince of Hess. As a result of the wars in Germany, Johann and his wife fled to Holland. Their sons went from Hesse to Holland with their parents and then to America. The couple had seven sons who came to America prior to the Revolutionary War. Four sons went to the North, and three brothers settled in South Carolina.
There are a large contingent of Roofs in S.C., especially around the Newberry area. The original Roofs and Reuffs were part of the German immigrants brought in by the British in Charleston to settle the area that became known as the Dutch Fork. Their purpose was to provide a buffer to Charleston from the Native Americans in the upcountry who made frequent raids on Charleston. Lexington and Newbery counties are full of the descendants of these Teutonic tribes.
The oldest of the three brothers who went south was JOHANN SEBASTIAN RUFF. Our relative, Sebastian (called Bastian) Reuff came over on the Ship Barclay in September of 1754. This man settled near the branch waters of 12-mile creek, South Saluda River, in what is today Lexington County . On maps of South Carolina around 1750, hills on Sebastian's property were marked "Ruff Hills. This is the "Lexington County Roof Clan."
The South Carolina clan ancestors were of Teutonic blood descended from Drogo, son of Charlemagne, the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. English laws demanded that the settlers coming to America from the English Colonies take an English version of their names when they swore an "Oath of Loyalty to the Crown of England." The English clerks, being ignorant, spelled the names of the three brothers variously as shown on legal records now available for viewing. Earlier in Holland at the Port of Rotterdam, the name of "George Rueff" had been changed to "George Rough," attempting to arrive at the English of the name, using the phonetic of the English. George was the brother who settled at the foot of the Little Mountain, whose descendants are the "Newberry County Ruff Clan."
The two other Reuff brothers who settled in the south were Daniel and George. George Roof, built his home on the present Newberry--Lexington County line. His house was set at the foot of the Little Mountain, set on the Lexington County side-- the Little Mountain was called "Ruff Mountain" during Colonial Days. The largest portion of his property lay in what is now Newberry County. George Ruff's descendants today are called the "Newberry County Ruff Clan." Daniel Roof, the youngest brother, built his first home in North Carolina and moved to South Carolina sometime between 1790 and 1800. Daniel built his second home in Fairfield District, Now Richland County. His descendants today are known as the "Richland County Ruff Clan."
Johann’s son, Johann Sebastian Reuff (1715-1788) married Maria E. Burkerd (1719-1793) in .June of 1741 in Hessen, Germany. Maria was born in in Seligenstädt, Offenbach, Hessen, Germany and was the daughter of Johann Peter Burkard (1681-1756) and Anna Maria Grim (1680-1721). Johann Peter Burkard and Anna Maria Grim was married in Seligenstädt, Offenbach, Hessen, Germany, on 7 May 1708.


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BIRDS AND BLOOMS - ROBIN VALUE COLLECTION