Berks County, Pennsylvania - Johannes Paulus Wolff (or Paul Wolff) arrived on the ship Halifax in the port of Philadelphia in 1753; he died about 1775 in Berks County, Pennsylvania. Paul's widow, Anna Elisabetha Wolff, married second John Bitler in 1781, and Paul's daughter Maria Elisabeth Wolff married John Bitler's son, also named John Bitler, but called "Long John." The other children of Paul Wolff and Anna Elisabetha were Jacob Wolff, Dorotea Wolff, Mark Wolff, and Anna Wolff.