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 GROFF
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 18 Jan 1727 b
  • Death: 10 Jul 1803 d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Jacob GROFF Birth: 2 Apr 1699 in Pennsylvania Death: 1766 in Martic Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
    • Mother:
  • Barbara BRACKBILL Birth: 10 May 1714 Death: Before 1760

Family:
Marriage:
Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. Best, Jane E, European Roots of the Bear Families of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: An Update, in Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Jan 1984. LMHS. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Best BEAR-Euro p[0-9]*].
  2. 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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Euro p25, Landis HansGroffs 7307p28],
parents:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Euro p25, Landis HansGroffs 7307p28]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Euro p25, Landis HansGroffs 7307p28]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth BARR
date:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Euro p25, Landis HansGroffs 7307p28]
Sources with Information about marriage to Catherine HERR
date:
[Ref: Landis HansGroffs 7307p28]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Benjamin GROFF
                                     /-----Hans GRAF
                            /-----Jakob GRAF
                           |         \-----Elsbeth PETER
                   /-----Hans GRAF
                  |        |         /-----Jacob SPORRI
                  |         \-----Anna SPORRI
          /-----Hans GROFF
 /-----Jacob GROFF
|         \-----Ann (GROFF)
Benjamin GROFF
|         /-----Rev Benedict BRACKBILL
 \-----Barbara BRACKBILL
         |                  /-----Christian HERR
         |         /-----Hans HERR
          \-----Maria Margaretha HERR
                  |                  /-----Peter KUNDIG
                  |         /-----Jorg KUNDIG
                   \-----Barbel KENDIG
                            \-----Barbel HUFFELBERG



Descendants of Benjamin GROFF
1. Benjamin GROFF m1. Elizabeth BARR m2. Catherine HERR
m. Elizabeth BARR father: Martin BARR mother: Anna Elisabeth GROFF
m. Catherine HERR