Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 02-03-2022.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: John MUSSER
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 6 Feb 1748 in Manor Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania b
  • Death: Dec 1804 d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Jacob MUSSER Birth: Abt 1728 in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: Dec 1755 in Manor Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
    • Mother:
  • Maria HERSHEY Death: 1780

Family:
Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. Davis, Richard Warren, Emigrants Refugees and Prisoners, Vol I. Provo, UT: author, 1995. LMHS Ref E184.M45.D3 1995 v1. LDS Film#1573238#15. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/007956425 images 739-959. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p[0-9]*].
  2. Eshleman, Wilmer J, The River Brethren Denominatio, in Papers of the Lancaster County Historical Society, vol 52, no 7, 1948. LMHS. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Eshleman RiverBrethren p[0-9]*].
  3. Kriebel, H W, A Musser Family Record, in Pennsylvania German, vol X no 8 (Aug 1909). LHMS. Available at http://archive.org/details/pennsylvaniagermv10p2leba images 193-7. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Kriebel MUSSER p[0-9]*].
  4. Lancaster County Pennsylvania Recorder of Deeds, Deed books 1729-1867. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1947. Book TT, 1793-1795, LDS Film#0021401#2. Lancaster County Court House, Office of Records and Archives, 50 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/008067084 images 540-1. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds TT-486].
  5. Lancaster County Pennsylvania Recorder of Deeds, Deed books 1729-1867. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1947. Book Y, 1782-1786, LDS Film#0021390#2. Lancaster County Court House, Office of Records and Archives, 50 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/008067076 images 527-9. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds Y-375].
  6. Lancaster County Pennsylvania Register of Wills, Wills, Book Y-2. Not Filmed by LDS. Lancaster County Court House, Office of Records and Archives, 50 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Wills 2Y-448].
  7. Landis, Ira D, Early Lancaster County Mennonite Mussers, in Mennonite Research Journal vol 17 No 2, Apr 1976. LMHS. Available (for purchase) at https://www.lmhs.org/research/lmhs-publications/research-journal/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Landis EarlyMussers p[0-9]*].
  8. Musser, Edgar A, John Musser's Plantation in Southeast Lancaster, in Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, vol 83, no 3, Trinity 1979. LMHS. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Musser MusserPlantation p[0-9]*].
  9. Musser Family, History of the Musser Family and Reunion of the Descendants of Benjamin Engle Musser. Mt Joy, PA: Bulletin Press, 1965. LMHS CS71.M9893 1965 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Musser Reunion1965 p[0-9]*].
  10. Musser, Edgar A, Musser Genealogy. Lancaster, PA: author, 1980. LMHS CS71.M9892 1980. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p.*].
  11. Recker, Charles, People of the Marsh, Newsletter of the Musser Family 1972-75. Grenada Hills, CA: author, 1972-5. NYPL APV (Moser) 87-2041. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh [IVX]*#[0-9]p[0-9]].
  12. Sider, E Morris, More than Names: A Story of John and Barbara Martin. Nappanee, IN: Evangel Press, unk. JSMB 929.273 M364s Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Sider MARTIN p[0-9]*].
  13. Stoltzfus, Irma Hess, Wanners - An Early Lancaster County Mennonite Family, Coatesville, PA: author, 1992. NYPL APV (Wanner) 93-3216. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Stoltzfus WANNER p[0-9]*].
  14. Wenger, Samuel S, The Wenger Book, Lancaster, PA: Pennsylvania German Heritage, 1978. NYPL APV (Wenger) 86-601. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: WengerSS WENGER p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Kriebel MUSSER p395, Landis EarlyMussers p14, Musser Reunion1965 p5, MusserEA MUSSER p12, Stoltzfus WANNER p183]
1748 [Ref: Musser MusserPlantation p183, Recker PeopleMarsh I#9p1, WengerSS WENGER p1087],
place:
[Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p12]
Lancaster Co Pennsylvania [Ref: Stoltzfus WANNER p183],
parents:
[Ref: Kriebel MUSSER p395, Landis EarlyMussers p14, Musser MusserPlantation p183, MusserEA MUSSER p12, Sider MARTIN p37, Stoltzfus WANNER p183, WengerSS WENGER p1087]
Jacob MUSSER & Mary ___ [Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p261],
father:
[Ref: Eshleman RiverBrethren p208, LancasterCoPA Deeds TT-486, LancasterCoPA Wills 2Y-448, Musser Reunion1965 p5, Recker PeopleMarsh I#9p1],
brother:
Jacob MUSSER [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds Y-375]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Landis EarlyMussers p14, MusserEA MUSSER p12, Stoltzfus WANNER p183]
1804 [Ref: Musser MusserPlantation p183, WengerSS WENGER p1087]
Sources with Information about marriage to Susanna (MUSSER)
names:
John MUSSER & Susanna ___ [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds Y-375, Landis EarlyMussers p14, MusserEA MUSSER p12, Recker PeopleMarsh I#9p1, Stoltzfus WANNER p183, WengerSS WENGER p1087]
Research Notes:
1771: tax lists shows him owning 75 acres in Manor Twp [Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh I#9p1]

Oct 26 1772: purchased from John Manning and Anna Maria his wife, 32 acres and 24 perches of land in Conestogoe Mannor [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds Y-375]

Nov 1772: sold the land in Conestogoe Mannor (purchased 26 Oct 1772) to brother Jacob; received payment for the land but Jacob died before a deed was issued [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds Y-375]



Pedigree of John MUSSER
                                                       /-----Ulrich MOSER
                                              /-----Galante MOSER
                                     /-----Peter MOSER
                                    |         \-----Dori HUNDSPERGER
                            /-----Peter MOSER
                           |         \-----Elsbeth LONGENEGGER
                   /-----Peter MOSER
                  |        |         /-----Christian TOMI
                  |         \-----Elsbeth TOMI
                  |                  \-----Elsbeth HOFER
          /-----John MUSSER
 /-----Jacob MUSSER
|         \-----Veronica (MUSSER)
John MUSSER
|                                                      /-----Andrew HIRSHI
|                                             /-----Andrew HIRSHI
|                                            |         \-----Barbli SCHENK
|                                    /-----Isaac HIRSHI
|                                   |         \-----Christina DANNER
|                           /-----Christian HERSHI
|                          |         \-----Elisabeth SCHMIDT
|                  /-----Christian HERSHEY
|         /-----Benjamin HERSHEY
|        |        |         /-----Daniel STAUFFER
|        |         \-----Adelheid STAUFFER
 \-----Maria HERSHEY
          \-----Mary (HERSHEY)



Descendants of John MUSSER
1. John MUSSER m. Susanna (MUSSER)
m. Susanna (MUSSER)