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: Joseph MUSSER
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 18 Oct 1754 in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania b
  • Death: 1805 in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Peter MUSSER Birth: 23 Sep 1731 in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 23 Oct 1805 in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
    • Mother:
  • (Unk) (MUSSER)

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Jacob MUSSER Death: 22 Oct 1837
  2. Mary MUSSER
  3. Joseph MUSSER
  4. Nancy MUSSER Birth: 1778 Death: 24 Aug 1862
  5. Esther MUSSER Birth: 1781 Death: 1853
  6. Elizabeth MUSSER Birth: 1784 Death: 1864
  7. John MUSSER Birth: 1 Mar 1790 Death: 1 Jun 1830

Bibliography
  1. Lancaster County Pennsylvania Recorder of Deeds, Deed books 1729-1867. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1947. Book 3U, 1805-1807, LDS Film#0021415#2. Lancaster County Court House, Office of Records and Archives, 50 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/008067098 images 435-7. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds 3U-86].
  2. Abstracts of Lancaster Co PA Wills 1786-1820. Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1995. NYPL APR (Lancaster Co PA) 97-984 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA WillAbs2 p[0-9]*].
  3. Lancaster County Pennsylvania Register of Wills, Wills, 1730-1908, SLC: GeneSocUT, 1947. Will Book 1J 1747-1830, LDS Film#0021358#2. Lancaster County Court House, Office of Records and Archives, 50 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/005534204 images 333-4. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Wills J-172].
  4. Musser, Edgar A, Musser Genealogy. Lancaster, PA: author, 1980. LMHS CS71.M9892 1980. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p.*].
  5. 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]].
  6. 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: MusserEA MUSSER p109, MusserEA MUSSER p110],
place:
[Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p110],
parents:
Peter MUSSER & unk first wife [Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p109],
father:
[Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds 3U-86, LancasterCoPA WillAbs2 p148, LancasterCoPA Wills J-172, MusserEA MUSSER p110, Recker PeopleMarsh III#2p3, WengerSS WENGER p1089]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
mother:
Magdalena (#157182) [Ref: LancasterCoPA WillAbs2 p148, MusserEA MUSSER p110]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p109, MusserEA MUSSER p110],
place:
[Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p109, MusserEA MUSSER p110]
Sources with Information about marriage to Magdalena SCHWISSLER
names:
Joseph MUSSER & Magdalena SCHWISSLER? [Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p109, MusserEA MUSSER p110],
child:
[Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p110]
Research Notes:
abt 1802: moved from Strasburg Twp to Northumberland (later Union) County [Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p110]

moved to Northumberland Co, PA [Ref: WengerSS WENGER p1089]

moved to Chillasquaque Twp, Northumberland Co, PA [Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh III#2p3]

Jun 3 1806: living in Chillasquaque Twp, Northumberland Co, PA, at time of settlement of estate of father [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds 3U-86]

Jun 3 1806: as one of heirs of Peter Musser, acknowledged receipt of 500 pounds from brother Henry Musser, released claim to 130 acres of land in Lampeter Twp, granted to Henry [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds 3U-86]



Pedigree of Joseph MUSSER
                                                       /-----Ulrich MOSER
                                              /-----Galante MOSER
                                     /-----Peter MOSER
                                    |         \-----Dori HUNDSPERGER
                            /-----Peter MOSER
                           |         \-----Elsbeth LONGENEGGER
                   /-----Peter MOSER
                  |        |         /-----Christian TOMI
                  |         \-----Elsbeth TOMI
                  |                  \-----Elsbeth HOFER
          /-----Joseph MOSSER
 /-----Peter MUSSER
|        |                           /-----Jacob FUNK
|        |                  /-----Heini FUNK
|        |                 |         \-----Anna NAF
|        |         /-----Heinrich FUNK
|        |        |        |                  /-----Jacob MEILI
|        |        |        |         /-----Hans MEILI
|        |        |         \-----Katherine MEILI
|        |        |                  \-----Elsbeth HOCHSTRASSER
|         \-----Veronica FUNK
|                  \-----Veronica (FUNK)
Joseph MUSSER
 \-----(Unk) (MUSSER)



Descendants of Joseph MUSSER
1. Joseph MUSSER m. Magdalena SCHWISSLER
m. Magdalena SCHWISSLER

2nd generation

2. Jacob MUSSER m.
7. Elizabeth MUSSER m1. John BOWMAN m2. Washington DUNN
m. John BOWMAN
m. Washington DUNN