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: Benjamin MUSSER
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 2 Apr 1791 b
  • Death: 7 Mar 1824 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:
  • Magdalena BOSSLER Death: 22 Jul 1840

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Magdalena MUSSER Birth: 14 Dec 1816 Death: 13 Aug 1861

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 p23, LancasterCoPA Biog p250, MusserEA MUSSER p15]
1791 [Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh II#1p2],
parents:
[Ref: EngleMM ENGLE p23, Eshleman RiverBrethren p209, LancasterCoPA Biog p250, MusserEA MUSSER p15, Recker PeopleMarsh II#1p2],
father:
[Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p814, LancasterCoPA Wills M-463]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
date:
1790 [Ref: Eshleman RiverBrethren p209]
5 Aug 1799 [Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p814],
mother:
Maria SOUDERS [Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p814]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p814, MusserEA MUSSER p15]
Sources with Inaccurate death Information
date:
1865 [Ref: Eshleman RiverBrethren p209]
Sources with Information about marriage to Barbara KENDIG
names:
[Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p15]
Benjamin MUSSER & Barbara ___ [Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh II#1p2]
Benjamin MUSSER & dau Christian and Barbara KENDIG [Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p814],
child:
[Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p15A]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
names:
Benjamin MUSSER & Maria NISSLEY [Ref: Eshleman RiverBrethren p209]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Benjamin 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)
Benjamin MUSSER
 \-----Magdalena BOSSLER



Descendants of Benjamin MUSSER
1. Benjamin MUSSER m. Barbara KENDIG
m. Barbara KENDIG father: Christian KENDIG mother: Barbara (KENDIG)