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: Rev Benedict BRACKBILL
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 1666 in Trachselwald, Berne, Switzerland b
  • Death: 27 Apr 1720 in Strasburg, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania d


    • Parents:

Family:
Marriage:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Maudlin BRACKBILL Birth: 1702
  2. Ulrich BRACKBILL Birth: 4 Jul 1703 in Switzerland Death: 17 Nov 1739
  3. Barbara BRACKBILL Birth: 10 May 1714 Death: Before 1760

Bibliography
  1. Best, Jane Evans, Martin Kendig's Swiss Relatives. In Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Jan 1992. pp 2-18. LMHS Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Best KENDIG p[0-9]*].
  2. Best, Jane Evans, Swiss Origins of Groff, Hess, Weber, Landis, and Oberholtzer Families. In Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Apr 1990. pp9-25. LMHS Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p[0-9]*].
  3. Brackbill, Martin Hervin, New Light on Hans Herr and Martin Kendig, in Papers of the Lancaster County Historical Society, vol 39, No 4, 1935. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Brackbill Herr-Kendig p[0-9]*].
  4. books/Herr, Theodore, Genealogical Record of Reverend Hans Herr and his descendants. Lancaster, PA: author, 1908. Available at http://archive.org/details/cu31924029842204 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: HerrT HERR p[0-9]*].
  5. 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]*].
  6. 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]*].
  7. DeCamp, Lyman, Joseph Weaver, private email 2/23/2003. Author address: LdeCamp at comcast dot net Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Lyman DeCamp 2/23/2003].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Brackbill Herr-Kendig p95],
place:
[Ref: Brackbill Herr-Kendig p95]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: HerrT HERR p1]
1720 [Ref: Brackbill Herr-Kendig p95],
place:
[Ref: Brackbill Herr-Kendig p95, HerrT HERR p1]
Sources with Information about marriage to Verena MEISTER
names:
[Ref: Best SwissOrigins p12]
Sources with Information about marriage to Maria Margaretha HERR
date:
[Ref: HerrT HERR p1],
child:
[Ref: Best SwissOrigins p12, HerrT HERR p3, Landis HansGroffs 7307p28]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
date:
abt 1684 [Ref: Lyman DeCamp 2/23/2003],
place:
Zurich, Switzerland [Ref: Lyman DeCamp 2/23/2003],
names:
Johann Anton WEBER & Maria Margaretha HERR [Ref: Lyman DeCamp 2/23/2003],
child:
(of Maria and incorrect husband Johann Anton WEBER) Henry WEBER (#93668) [Ref: Lyman DeCamp 2/23/2003]
Research Notes:
Rev. [Ref: Landis HansGroffs 7307p28]

emigrated 24 Aug 1717, from Germany, landed Philadelphia and settled in what is now Strasburg Twp [Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p136]

1717: immigrated to America, from Switerland, and settled in Strasburg Twp, Lancaster Co [Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p276]



Pedigree of Rev Benedict BRACKBILL
Rev Benedict BRACKBILL



Descendants of Rev Benedict BRACKBILL
1. Rev Benedict BRACKBILL m1. Verena MEISTER m2. Maria Margaretha HERR
m. Verena MEISTER
m. Maria Margaretha HERR father: Hans HERR mother: Barbel KENDIG

2nd generation

2. Maudlin BRACKBILL m. Emanuel HERR
m. Emanuel HERR father: Hans HERR mother: Barbel KENDIG
3. Ulrich BRACKBILL m. Veronica HERR
m. Veronica HERR father: John HERR mother: Frances BRACKBILL
4. Barbara BRACKBILL m. Jacob GROFF
m. Jacob GROFF father: Hans GROFF mother: Ann (GROFF)

3rd generation

11. Frances BRACKBILL m. John HERR
m. John HERR father: Hans HERR mother: Barbel KENDIG
15. Benedict BRACKBILL m. Mary KENDIG
m. Mary KENDIG father: Heinrich KENDIG mother: Mary WOLF
17. John GROFF m. Elsbeth KENDIG
m. Elsbeth KENDIG father: John Jacob KENDIG mother: Annali MEYER
20. Ann GROFF m. Jacob BARR
m. Jacob BARR father: Martin BARR mother: Anna Elisabeth GROFF
21. Barbara GROFF m. Jacob ESHLEMAN
m. Jacob ESHLEMAN father: Jacob ESHLEMAN mother: Anna Barbara BARR

4th generation

23. Veronica HERR m. Ulrich BRACKBILL
m. Ulrich BRACKBILL father: Rev Benedict BRACKBILL mother: Maria Margaretha HERR
24. Anna HERR m. Hans BURKHOLDER
m. Hans BURKHOLDER father: Hans BURKHOLDER mother: Catharine (BURKHOLDER)
27. Elizabeth HERR m. Martin BARE
m. Martin BARE father: Martin BARR mother: Anna Elisabeth GROFF
28. Mary BROCKBILL m. Jacob ESHLEMAN
m. Jacob ESHLEMAN father: Jacob ESHLEMAN mother: Barbara GROFF
29. Banjamin BRACKBILL m. Elizabeth HERSHEY
m. Elizabeth HERSHEY
38. Christian BARR m. Susannah BRENNEMAN
m. Susannah BRENNEMAN father: Melchior BRENNEMAN mother: Ann SNAVELY
40. Jacob ESHLEMAN m. Mary BROCKBILL
m. Mary BROCKBILL father: Benedict BRACKBILL mother: Mary KENDIG

5th generation

48. Johannes BURKHOLDER m. Ann BRENNEMAN
m. Ann BRENNEMAN father: John BRENNEMAN
55. Esther BURKHOLDER m. Jacob HARNISH
m. Jacob HARNISH father: Jacob HARNISH
63. Maria ESHLEMAN m. John WARFEL
m. John WARFEL
67. Jacob ESHLEMAN m. Juliette WITMER
m. Juliette WITMER
80. Joseph BRACKBILL m. Elizabeth METZLER
m. Elizabeth METZLER father: Christian METZLER mother: Nancy WANNER
81. Anna BARR m. Samuel MUSSER
m. Samuel MUSSER father: Christian MUSSER mother: Elizabeth KENDIG