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: John GROFF
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Abt 1715 b
  • Death: Abt 1797 in Frederick Co, Maryland d
  • Burial: St Mary Cemetery, Silver Run, Carroll Co, Maryland u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Hans GROFF Birth: 1661 in Baretswil, Zurich, Switzerland Death: Before 7 May 1746 in Earltown, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
    • Mother:
  • Susanna KENDIG Birth: Abt 1678 Death: After 11 Aug 1746

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Christina GROFF Death: After 1787
  2. Mary GROFF
  3. Jacob GROVE Birth: 4 Jun 1737 in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 14 Aug 1819 in Sharpsburg, Maryland
  4. John GROFF Birth: Abt 1740
  5. Elizabeth GROFF Birth: 1750 Death: 25 May 1825
  6. Henry GROFF Birth: 7 Dec 1758 Death: 31 Jan 1824
  7. Francis GROFF Birth: 15 Jan 1762 Death: 28 Aug 1847

Marriage: Children:
  1. Catherine GROFF Birth: Abt 1745 Death: After 2 Sep 1805
  2. Franciscus GROFF Birth: 1763
  3. Anna Susannah GROFF Birth: 24 Feb 1764 Death: After 1787
  4. Isaac GROFF Birth: Oct 1771 Death: 21 Dec 1793
  5. Barbara GROFF Birth: 1772 Death: 4 Jan 1809

Bibliography
  1. Best, Jane Evans, Bear Saga - Albis to America, in Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Oct 1986. LMHS. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p[0-9]*].
  2. Best, Jane Evans, The Groff Book, Volume 2, A Continuing Saga, Ronks, PA: Groff History Assiciates, 1997. NYPL APV (Groff) 86-1589 v2. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Best GROFF p[0-9]*].
  3. Groff, Christian Franz, Hans Groff Chart, 1864. Paradise, PA: Samuel S Wenger, 1979. Available at Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: GroffCF GROFF Chart].
  4. Groff, Clyde L, Walter B Groff, Jane Evans Best, The Groff Book, Ronks, PA: Groff History Associates, 1985. NYPL APV (Groff) 86-1589 v1. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p[0-9]*].
  5. Mayhill, R Thomas, Lancaster County PA Deed Abstracts 1729-1770. Knightstown, IN: author, 1973. LMHS F157.L2M35 1973. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/147190. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA DeedAbs [A-H][0-9]*].
  6. Lancaster County Pennsylvania Recorder of Deeds, Deed books 1729-1867. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1947. Book C, 1729-1753, LDS Film#0021382#3. Lancaster County Court House, Office of Records and Archives, 50 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/007837371 images 631-3. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds C-322].
  7. Landis, Ira D, Hans Groffs Aplenty, in Mennonite Research Journal, vol 14 no 3, July 1973. Continued in Oct 73, Jan 74, Apr 74. NYPL ISD (Lancaster Co) 75-1114. Available (for purchase) at https://www.lmhs.org/research/lmhs-publications/research-journal/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Landis HansGroffs 7[34][01][0-9]p[0-9]*].
  8. Scharf, J Thomas, History of Western Maryland. Philadelphia, PA: Louis H Everts, 1882. Available (vol 1) at http://archive.org/details/historyofwestern01scha and (vol 2) at http://archive.org/details/historyofwestern02scha. Reprinted: Baltimore: Regional Publishing Co, 1968. LMHS F187.A15S3 1968. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Scharf WesternMaryland v[12]p[0-9]*].
  9. 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:
abt 1715 [Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p24, Best GROFF p98, GroffCL GROFF p67],
parents:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p24, Best GROFF p98, GroffCL GROFF p67, Landis HansGroffs 7307p29, WengerSS WENGER p1063, WengerSS WENGER p1064]
Hans GROFF & Susanna ___ [Ref: Scharf WesternMaryland v2p1218],
father:
[Ref: GroffCF GROFF Chart, GroffCL GROFF p408, LancasterCoPA Deeds C-322],
name:
Hans [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds C-322]
Sources for death Information
date:
will pro 10 Jun 1797 [Ref: Best GROFF p98],
place:
[Ref: Best GROFF p98]
Sources with Inaccurate death Information
date:
1765 [Ref: Landis HansGroffs 7307p29]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Best GROFF p98]
Sources with Inaccurate burial Information
place:
Keedysville, Washington Co, Maryland [Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p24]
Sources with Information about marriage to (Unk) CARPENTER
names:
John GROFF & Elizabeth CARPENTER [Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p24]
John GROFF & Elizabeth MANOR [Ref: Landis HansGroffs 7307p29]
John GROFF & Elizabeth ___ [Ref: GroffCF GROFF Chart]
John GROFF & ___ CARPENTER [Ref: Best GROFF p100, Best GROFF p98],
child:
[Ref: Best GROFF p100, Best GROFF p98, GroffCF GROFF Chart, Landis HansGroffs 7307p29]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
names:
John GROFF & Elizabeth CARPENTER [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p67, WengerSS WENGER p1063],
child:
(in error, according to 1997 updated volume 2) Elizabeth GRAF (b. ca 1740, m. Baltzer HENKEL), Henry GRAF (b. ca 1743, m. Anna Mary ___) [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p71]
(in error, according to 1997 updated volume 2) George GRAF (b. 6 Apr 1739, d. 10 Apr 1778) [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p69]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth GRANCISCUS
date:
by 1763 [Ref: Best GROFF p98],
names:
Hans GROFFE & Elizabeth ___ [Ref: LancasterCoPA DeedAbs C322, LancasterCoPA Deeds C-322]
John GROFF & Elizabeth ___ [Ref: GroffCF GROFF Chart, GroffCL GROFF p408],
child:
[Ref: Best GROFF p101]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
names:
John GROFF & Elizabeth MANOR [Ref: Landis HansGroffs 7307p29]
Research Notes:
Jul 30 1746: granted 197 acres from the heirs of Hans Groff [Ref: Best GROFF p82]

Apr 3 1758: mortgaged 200 acres to Thomas Doyle, hatter, of Lancaster Borough; satisfied on Apr 30 1763 (5 days after John sold this land to his brother, David) [Ref: Best GROFF p82]

1760-64: ad 4 children baptized in Germantown, PA [Ref: Best GROFF p98]

Apr 15 1763: lived in Earl Twp, Lancaster Co, PA [Ref: Best GROFF p98]

1787: lived at Piney Run Hundred, MD [Ref: Best GROFF p98]

will pro Jun 10 1797 [Ref: Best GROFF p98]



Pedigree of John GROFF
                            /-----Hans GRAF
                   /-----Jakob GRAF
                  |         \-----Elsbeth PETER
          /-----Marx GRAF
         |        |         /-----Jacob SPORRI
         |         \-----Anna SPORRI
 /-----Hans GROFF
John GROFF
|                           /-----Peter KUNDIG
|                  /-----Jorg KUNDIG
|         /-----Hans Jagli KUNDIG
|        |         \-----Barbel HUFFELBERG
 \-----Susanna KENDIG
         |         /-----Martin MEILI
          \-----Elsbeth MEILI
                   \-----Barbara BAR



Descendants of John GROFF
1. John GROFF m1. (Unk) CARPENTER m2. Elizabeth GRANCISCUS
m. (Unk) CARPENTER father: Henry CARPENTER
m. Elizabeth GRANCISCUS

2nd generation

4. Jacob GROVE m. Catharine STALIE
m. Catharine STALIE
5. John GROFF m. Maria GLENN
m. Maria GLENN
6. Elizabeth GROFF m. John TROXEL
m. John TROXEL
7. Henry GROFF m1. Louisa KUHN m2. Juda Elizabeth KEPHART
m. Louisa KUHN father: Christian KUHN
m. Juda Elizabeth KEPHART

3rd generation

14. Elizabeth GROVE m. Peter WOLF
m. Peter WOLF
15. John GROVE m. Mary BROWN
m. Mary BROWN father: William BROWN mother: Elizabeth SHEPHERD
16. Jacob GROVE m. Ann Maria COOKERLEY
m. Ann Maria COOKERLEY
17. Henry GROVE m. Sabina BOYER
m. Sabina BOYER father: Philip BOYER
18. Peter GROVE m. Catharine AUCKER
m. Catharine AUCKER
19. Stephen GROVE m. (Unk) FORNEY
m. (Unk) FORNEY
20. Catharine GROVE m1. Henry LAPE m2. (Unk) SMITH
m. Henry LAPE
m. (Unk) SMITH
21. Philip GROVE m1. Catharine HESS m2. Susan LOCHER
m. Catharine HESS
m. Susan LOCHER
22. Paul GROVE m. Charlotte SMITH
m. Charlotte SMITH
23. John GROFF m. Catharine (GROFF)
m. Catharine (GROFF)
24. Peter TROXEL m. Mary (TROXEL)
m. Mary (TROXEL)
35. Rebecca GROFF m. (Unk) MARTIN
m. (Unk) MARTIN
36. Joseph GROFF m. Magdalena COPPERSMITH
m. Magdalena COPPERSMITH
38. Eli GROFF m1. Amanda BIGGS m2. Margaret DODDS m3. Sarah E LINDSAY
m. Amanda BIGGS
m. Margaret DODDS
m. Sarah E LINDSAY

4th generation

98. Sarah LAPE m. Bear MYERS
m. Bear MYERS father: Jacob MYERS mother: Mary BEAR

5th generation

146. Samuel Henry MYERS m. Elizabeth Frances McFADEN
m. Elizabeth Frances McFADEN father: Daniel Miller McFADEN mother: Elizabeth HILL