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: Mary Christianna YOUNG
  • Sex: F
  • Death: Before 4 Apr 1828 in Lancaster, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania d


    • Parents:

Family:
Marriage:
  • George MUSSER on 16 Jul 1765 at Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania .m1
  • George MUSSER Birth: 27 Mar 1741 in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 17 Jul 1806
Children:
  1. Rebecca MUSSER Birth: 25 Aug 1766
  2. John MUSSER Birth: 25 Sep 1768
  3. Ann Maria MUSSER Birth: 8 Apr 1771 Death: 20 Jan 1827
  4. Elizabeth MUSSER Birth: 29 Mar 1773
  5. Salome MUSSER Birth: 9 Jul 1774 Death: 20 Oct 1854
  6. John MUSSER Birth: 10 May 1776
  7. George MUSSER Birth: 11 Jul 1777 Death: 26 May 1868
  8. Jacob MUSSER Birth: 16 Oct 1779
  9. Catherine MUSSER Birth: 30 Jan 1781 Death: 26 Jul 1868
  10. Jacob MUSSER Birth: 30 May 1783
  11. Matthias MUSSER Birth: 2 Apr 1785 Death: 22 Feb 1833
  12. John Adam MUSSER Birth: 3 Apr 1787 Death: 18 Sep 1837 in Lancaster, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
  13. William MUSSER Birth: 17 Aug 1789 Death: 13 May 1881
  14. Henry MUSSER Birth: 11 Mar 1791 Death: 26 Jul 1822 in Augusta, Georgia
  15. Abraham MUSSER Birth: 15 May 1793 Death: 11 Nov 1828 in Lancaster, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
  16. Harriet MUSSER Birth: 26 Nov 1794 Death: 25 Dec 1886

Bibliography
  1. Haverstick, Horace, A brief history of the families tracing their descent from the Haverstick, or Habersteuck, Musser, or Moser, Bensell, or Benzelius, or Benzell, Deshler, or Deschler, Young, or Jung families. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1992. Film#1841577. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/486452. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: HaverstickH HAVERSTICK p[0-9]*].
  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. Wevodau, Edward N, Abstracts of Lancaster Co PA Wills 1821-1830. Apollo, PA: Clossen, 2000. NYPL APR (Lancaster Co PA) 97-984 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA WillAbs3 p[0-9]*].
  4. Lancaster County Pennsylvania Register of Wills, Wills, 1730-1908, SLC: GeneSocUT, 1947. Will Book 1P 1821-1830, LDS Film#0021360#3. Lancaster County Court House, Office of Records and Archives, 50 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/005534206 image 586. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Wills P-182].
  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]].

Sources for death Information
date:
will pro 4 Apr 1828 [Ref: LancasterCoPA WillAbs3 p102, LancasterCoPA Wills P-182],
place:
[Ref: LancasterCoPA WillAbs3 p102, LancasterCoPA Wills P-182]
Sources with Information about marriage to George MUSSER
date:
[Ref: HaverstickH HAVERSTICK p54]
Jul 1765 [Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh II#2p4],
place:
[Ref: HaverstickH HAVERSTICK p54],
child:
[Ref: HaverstickH HAVERSTICK p55, HaverstickH HAVERSTICK p56, HaverstickH HAVERSTICK p57, Recker PeopleMarsh II#2p4]
Research Notes:
mentioned as sister of Elizabeth Hopson in her will dated 10 Sep 1808 pro 18 Oct 1808. Also mentioned were Rebecca wife of ___ Krug, and nephews George and Frederick Krug [Ref: LancasterCoPA WillAbs2 p96]

will dated 7 Sep 1825, pro 4 Apr 1828, P182. Mentions children Sarah and William, and possibly others. George Musser and Catharine Haverstick subscribed to will. Executors son William Musser, daughter Sarah Musser [Ref: LancasterCoPA WillAbs3 p102, LancasterCoPA Wills P-182]

----- Lancaster County PA Wills P-182, dated 7 Sep 1825, pro 4 Apr 1828:
In the name of God, amen. I Christina Musser of the City of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, widow, being of sound mind and understanding, and desirous of making a disposition of the property I possess; and taking into consideration the services rendered me by my daughter Sarah Musser, It is therefore my will and desire that after my decease she shall receive and possess all my personal estate that is to say all my household and kitchen furniture, bonds, notes, and monies and whatsoever belongs to me at my deceased, to be disposed of in any manner she may thing proper. I therefore nominate and appoint my son William Musser and my daughter Sarah Musser the executors of this my last will and testament. As witness my hand and seal this seventh day of September A.D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty five. Christina Musser.
Witness. John Singer, Ann Maria Singer.
Lancaster County SS. On the 4th day of April anno domini 1828 Before me the Subscriber personally appeared George Musser and Catharine Haverstick who upon their corporal oaths according to law did severally depose and say that they are well acquainted with the handwriting of Christina Musser, the testatrix in the with instrument in writing named, that they have frequently seen her write and that they verily believe the name Christina Musser subscribed thereto is in the proper hand writing of the said Christina Musser, deceased; and that at the date thereof as well as before and up to the time of her death she was of sound and well disposing mind memory and understanding to the best of their knowledge observation and belief. The deponents further depose and say that Anna Mary Singer, one of the subscribing witnesses to the within well is dead, and the other John Singer resides at a distance and cannot be obtained. And further saith not. George Musser, Catharine Haverstick.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year above written. F. A. Muhlenberg, Regr.
Be it remembered, That on the 4th day of April anno domini 1828 the last will and testament of Christiana Musser, deceased, was proved in due form of law, and letters testamentary thereon were granted to William Musser and Sarah Musser, the executors therein named, they having been first duly sworn according to law well and truly to administer the estate of the said deceased; especially to exhibit a true and perfect inventory thereof into the Registers Office at Lancaster within one month, and to render a just and true account of the executorship on said estate in one year or when thereto lawfully required, and also that they will diligently and faithfully regard and well and truly comply with the provisions of the act of Assembly relating to collateral inheritances. Given under the Seal of said office, F. A. Muhlenberg, Regr. [Ref: LancasterCoPA Wills P-182]



Pedigree of Mary Christianna YOUNG
Mary Christianna YOUNG



Descendants of Mary Christianna YOUNG
1. Mary Christianna YOUNG m. George MUSSER
m. George MUSSER father: John Paul MUSSER mother: Maria Barbara CASSEL

2nd generation

8. George MUSSER m1. Mary GRAFF m2. Sarah GRAFF
m. Mary GRAFF father: Sebastian GRAFF
m. Sarah GRAFF