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: Ruth WITTEN
  • Sex: F
  • Birth: 15 Mar 1807 in Jackson Twp, Monroe Co, Ohio b
  • Death: 15 Jul 1836 d
  • Burial: Witten Cemetery, Jackson Twp, Monroe Co, Ohio u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Peter WITTEN Birth: 1786 Death: 1855
    • Mother:
  • Rachel BOWEN Birth: 1785 Death: 1874

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]
1807 [Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh II#3p3, WengerSS WENGER p1087],
place:
[Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh III#3p3],
parents:
[Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh III#3p3]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Landis EarlyMussers p14, MusserEA MUSSER p26, MusserEA MUSSER p36]
1836 [Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh II#3p3, WengerSS WENGER p1087]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh III#3p4]
Sources with Information about marriage to John Abraham MUSSER
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:



Pedigree of Ruth WITTEN
          /-----Philip WITTEN
 /-----Peter WITTEN
|         \-----Ruth DICKERSON
Ruth WITTEN
 \-----Rachel BOWEN



Descendants of Ruth WITTEN
1. Ruth WITTEN m. John Abraham MUSSER
m. John Abraham MUSSER father: John MUSSER mother: Sarah FUNK

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.