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


Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Magdalena GROFF Birth: 1794 Death: Before 1835
  2. Daniel GROFF Birth: After 1796 in Earl Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
  3. Elizabeth GROFF Birth: Abt 1799
  4. Mary GROFF Birth: Abt 1801
  5. Martin GROFF Birth: 11 Feb 1803 Death: Nov 1877
  6. Abraham GROFF Birth: 7 Nov 1804 Death: 5 Mar 1886
  7. Samuel G GROFF Birth: 29 Oct 1806 Death: 15 Jul 1892 in Leacock Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
  8. Nancy GROFF Birth: Abt 1812

Bibliography
  1. 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]*].
  2. 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].
  3. 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]*].
  4. 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]*].
  5. 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]*].
  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: Best GROFF p88, GroffCL GROFF p38, Landis HansGroffs 7307p29]
1768 [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p408],
parents:
[Ref: Best GROFF p88, GroffCL GROFF p38, GroffCL GROFF p408]
Andrew GROFF & Magdalena ___ [Ref: Landis HansGroffs 7307p28],
father:
[Ref: GroffCF GROFF Chart, WengerSS WENGER p1063]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Landis HansGroffs 7307p29]
Sources with Inaccurate death Information
date:
1809 [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p408]
Sources with Information about marriage to Mary GROFF
names:
[Ref: GroffCL GROFF p408, Landis HansGroffs 7307p28, WengerSS WENGER p1063],
child:
[Ref: Best GROFF p88, GroffCF GROFF Chart, GroffCL GROFF p38, GroffCL GROFF p39]
Research Notes:
miller [Ref: Best GROFF p88]

built a mill at Groffdale, which he operated in connection with farming [Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p422]

administrative bond Aug 8 1809, Earl Twp [Ref: Best GROFF p88, GroffCL GROFF p38]



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



Descendants of Abraham GROFF
1. Abraham GROFF m. Mary GROFF
m. Mary GROFF father: Peter GROFF mother: Magdalena ENGLE

2nd generation

3. Daniel GROFF m. Magdalena GROFF
m. Magdalena GROFF father: Marcus GROFF mother: Feronica MYER
6. Martin GROFF m. Sarah SHIVELY
m. Sarah SHIVELY father: Henry SHIVLEY mother: Elizabeth MILLER

3rd generation

24. Abraham S GROFF m. Susannah BARD
m. Susannah BARD father: George BARD

4th generation

28. Albert B GROFF m. Bertha FORNEY
m. Bertha FORNEY father: Joseph FORNEY