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 Abraham MUSSER
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 19 Sep 1797 in Lancaster Twp, Lancater Co, Pennsylvania b
  • Death: 17 Mar 1859 d
  • Burial: Witten Cemetery, Jackson Twp, Monroe Co, Ohio u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • John MUSSER Birth: 15 Jul 1738 in Lancaster Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 28 Jan 1804
    • Mother:
  • Sarah FUNK Birth: 24 Nov 1756 Death: 23 Jan 1839 in Wellsburg, Virginia

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Sarah MUSSER Birth: 29 Jul 1829 in Virginia Death: 9 Nov 1906
  2. Witten MUSSER Birth: 25 Sep 1831 in Virginia Death: 10 Aug 1895
  3. Julia MUSSER Birth: 1833 in Virginia Death: 1917
  4. Ruth MUSSER Birth: 1836 in Ohio Death: 1932

Bibliography
  1. 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]*].
  2. Musser, Edgar A, Musser Genealogy. Lancaster, PA: author, 1980. LMHS CS71.M9892 1980. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p.*].
  3. 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]].
  4. 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: Landis EarlyMussers p14, MusserEA MUSSER p26, MusserEA MUSSER p36, Recker PeopleMarsh III#3p3]
1797 [Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh II#3p3, WengerSS WENGER p1087],
place:
[Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p26]
Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania [Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh III#3p3],
parents:
[Ref: Landis EarlyMussers p14, MusserEA MUSSER p26, MusserEA MUSSER p36, Recker PeopleMarsh II#3p3, Recker PeopleMarsh III#3p3, WengerSS WENGER p1087]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Landis EarlyMussers p14, MusserEA MUSSER p26, MusserEA MUSSER p36]
1859 [Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh II#3p3, WengerSS WENGER p1087]
Sources with Inaccurate death Information
date:
7 Mar 1859 [Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh III#3p4]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p36, Recker PeopleMarsh III#3p4]
Sources with Information about marriage to Ruth WITTEN
date:
[Ref: Landis EarlyMussers p14, MusserEA MUSSER p26, MusserEA MUSSER p36]
1826 [Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh II#3p3, Recker PeopleMarsh III#3p3],
names:
[Ref: WengerSS WENGER p1087],
child:
[Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p26, MusserEA MUSSER p36, Recker PeopleMarsh II#3p3, Recker PeopleMarsh III#3p3]
Research Notes:
1830: moved to Monroe Co, Ohio [Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p36, Recker PeopleMarsh II#3p3]



Pedigree of John Abraham MUSSER
                                                       /-----Ulrich MOSER
                                              /-----Galante MOSER
                                     /-----Peter MOSER
                                    |         \-----Dori HUNDSPERGER
                            /-----Peter MOSER
                           |         \-----Elsbeth LONGENEGGER
                   /-----Peter MOSER
                  |        |         /-----Christian TOMI
                  |         \-----Elsbeth TOMI
                  |                  \-----Elsbeth HOFER
          /-----John MUSSER
 /-----John MUSSER
|         \-----Veronica (MUSSER)
John Abraham MUSSER
 \-----Sarah FUNK



Descendants of John Abraham MUSSER
1. John Abraham MUSSER m. Ruth WITTEN
m. Ruth WITTEN father: Peter WITTEN mother: Rachel BOWEN

2nd generation

2. Sarah MUSSER m. William MARTIN
m. William MARTIN
3. Witten MUSSER m. Martha (MUSSER)
m. Martha (MUSSER)
4. Julia MUSSER m. William KIRKLAND
m. William KIRKLAND
5. Ruth MUSSER m. Nicholas GARDEN
m. Nicholas GARDEN

3rd generation

7. William Barney MARTIN m. Sarah Jane PATTON
m. Sarah Jane PATTON
9. Mary Julia MARTIN m. Samuel JOHNSON
m. Samuel JOHNSON
10. Rachel Ann MARTIN m. Thomas A GRAMBLETT
m. Thomas A GRAMBLETT
12. Permelia Moore MARTIN m. William W COX
m. William W COX
13. Ebenezer Bose MARTIN m. Julia E DUNFEE
m. Julia E DUNFEE
20. Ruth KIRKLAND m. David HISSOM
m. David HISSOM
21. John KIRKLAND m1. Lucy HISSOM m2. Carrie WRIGHT
m. Lucy HISSOM
m. Carrie WRIGHT
24. Alexander GARDEN m. Lillian HAWKINS
m. Lillian HAWKINS
25. Wells GARDEN m.