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: Henry MUSSER
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 5 Mar 1779 b
  • Death: 25 Apr 1822 in Cumberland Co, Pennsylvania d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Benjamin MUSSER Birth: 13 Jun 1749 in Manor Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 25 Nov 1820 in Manor Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
    • Mother:
  • Barbara ENGEL Birth: 1 May 1748 Death: 21 Sep 1783 in Manor Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Benjamin H MUSSER Birth: 4 Feb 1802 Death: 20 Apr 1859
  2. Daniel MUSSER Birth: 22 Nov 1803 Death: 22 Mar 1807
  3. Magdalina MUSSER Birth: 21 Feb 1806
  4. Henry MUSSER Birth: 27 Sep 1807 Death: 13 Jan 1810
  5. Daniel MUSSER Birth: 2 Nov 1809 in Cumberland Co, Pennsylvania Death: 20 May 1877 in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
  6. Joseph MUSSER Birth: 19 Apr 1812
  7. John N MUSSER Birth: 23 Apr 1816 Death: 27 Aug 1888

Bibliography
  1. Engle, Morris M, Engle History and Family Records of Dauphin and Lancaster Counties. Mount Joy, PA: Bulletin Press, 1984. LMHS CS71.E58 1984. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1284. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: EngleMM ENGLE p[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. Biographical Annals of Lancaster County Pennsylvania. Spartonburg, SC: Reprint Publishers, 1985. Orig pub 1903. LMHS rF157.L2B6 1985. Available at http://archive.org/details/biographicalanna00megi and at http://archive.org/details/cu31924028852998 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p[0-9]*].
  4. Lancaster County Pennsylvania Register of Wills, Wills, 1730-1908, SLC: GeneSocUT, 1947. Will Book 1M 1810-1821, LDS Film#0021359#2. Lancaster County Court House, Office of Records and Archives, 50 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/005534205 images 564-5. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Wills M-463].
  5. Musser, Edgar A, Musser Genealogy. Lancaster, PA: author, 1980. LMHS CS71.M9892 1980. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p.*].
  6. 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]].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: EngleMM ENGLE p22, LancasterCoPA Biog p250, MusserEA MUSSER p14C, MusserEA MUSSER p14]
1779 [Ref: Eshleman RiverBrethren p208, Recker PeopleMarsh II#1p2],
parents:
[Ref: EngleMM ENGLE p22, Eshleman RiverBrethren p208, LancasterCoPA Biog p250, MusserEA MUSSER p14C, MusserEA MUSSER p14, Recker PeopleMarsh II#1p2],
father:
[Ref: LancasterCoPA Wills M-463]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: EngleMM ENGLE p22, MusserEA MUSSER p14C, MusserEA MUSSER p14]
1822 [Ref: Eshleman RiverBrethren p208, LancasterCoPA Biog p250, Recker PeopleMarsh II#1p2],
place:
[Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p250]
Sources with Information about marriage to Susanna NEFF
date:
[Ref: EngleMM ENGLE p22, MusserEA MUSSER p14C]
1801 [Ref: Eshleman RiverBrethren p208],
names:
[Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p14],
child:
[Ref: EngleMM ENGLE p22, EngleMM ENGLE p23, MusserEA MUSSER p14C, MusserEA MUSSER p15A, Recker PeopleMarsh II#1p2]
Research Notes:
moved to Fairview Twp, York Co, PA [Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh II#1p2]

blacksmith, farmer, and preacher for the Dunkard Society [Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh II#1p2]

became a farmer of Cumberland County [Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p250]



Pedigree of Henry 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)
 /-----Benjamin 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)
Henry MUSSER
|         /-----Ulrich ENGLE
 \-----Barbara ENGEL
         |         /-----Ulrich BRECKBILL
          \-----Anna BRECKBILL
                   \-----Fannie HERR



Descendants of Henry MUSSER
1. Henry MUSSER m. Susanna NEFF
m. Susanna NEFF

2nd generation

2. Benjamin H MUSSER m. Elizabeth RUPPLEY
m. Elizabeth RUPPLEY
6. Daniel MUSSER m. Elizabeth HERR
m. Elizabeth HERR father: John HERR mother: Elizabeth GROFF
8. John N MUSSER m. Mary BRENNER
m. Mary BRENNER

3rd generation

11. John Henry MUSSER m. Eliza Ann MUSSELMAN
m. Eliza Ann MUSSELMAN father: John MUSSELMAN mother: Eliza Ann BRACKBILL

4th generation

18. Edith MUSSER m. J BACHMAN
m. J BACHMAN
19. William M MUSSER m. Bertha C ESHLEMAN
m. Bertha C ESHLEMAN father: John W ESHLEMAN mother: Barbara Ann (ESHLEMAN)