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: Maria GROFF
  • Sex: F
  • Birth: Sep 1743 b
  • Death: Before 1769 d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Marcus GROFF Birth: Aug 1712 Death: Before 2 Nov 1791 in Earl Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
    • Mother:
  • Anna HUBER Death: After 1779

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Barbara WENGER Birth: 9 Sep 1764 Death: 17 Apr 1771
  2. Joseph G WENGER Birth: 30 Aug 1766 Death: 17 Feb 1851

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. 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]*].
  5. 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: GroffCL GROFF p59]
1743 [Ref: GroffCF GROFF Chart, Landis HansGroffs 7307p29, WengerSS WENGER p1063, WengerSS WENGER p170],
parents:
[Ref: GroffCF GROFF Chart, GroffCL GROFF p59, Landis HansGroffs 7307p29, WengerSS WENGER p1063, WengerSS WENGER p170]
Sources for death Information
date:
by 1769 [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p59]
Sources with Information about marriage to Michael WENGER
date:
first marriage of Michael [Ref: WengerSS WENGER p170],
names:
[Ref: Landis HansGroffs 7307p29, WengerSS WENGER p1063],
child:
[Ref: Best GROFF p95, GroffCF GROFF Chart, GroffCL GROFF p59, WengerSS WENGER p170]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
child:
(unconfirmed by other sources) Christian, Jacob, Esther (m. Henry Carpenter), and Unk (m. ___ Rohrer) [Ref: GroffCF GROFF Chart]
Research Notes:



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



Descendants of Maria GROFF
1. Maria GROFF m. Michael WENGER
m. Michael WENGER father: Christian WENGER mother: Eve GRABIEL

2nd generation

3. Joseph G WENGER m. Maria G HORST
m. Maria G HORST father: Joseph HORST mother: Mary GROFF

3rd generation

6. Michael H WENGER m. Elizabeth M GROFF
m. Elizabeth M GROFF father: Marcus GROFF mother: Feronica MYER
13. Benjamin H WENGER m. Anna L ERB
m. Anna L ERB father: Emanuel ERB mother: Susanna LANDIS

4th generation

29. Susanna WENGER m. John M MUSSER
m. John M MUSSER father: Henry MUSSER mother: Anna MARTIN
30. Benjamin E WENGER m. Annie E GROFF
m. Annie E GROFF father: Samuel GROFF mother: Frances MILLER

5th generation

39. Anna MUSSER m. Jacob Muser DENLINGER
m. Jacob Muser DENLINGER father: Samuel DENLINGER mother: Elizabeth MUSSER
41. Susanna MUSSER m. Benjamin KREIDER
m. Benjamin KREIDER father: Isaac KREIDER mother: Anna ROHRER
42. John W MUSSER m. Alice E GOOD
m. Alice E GOOD
48. Martin W MUSSER m. Katie KREIDER
m. Katie KREIDER father: Christian KREIDER mother: Maria ERB
50. Annie G WENGER m. Esaias B WITMER
m. Esaias B WITMER father: Martin WITMER mother: Mary GEHMAN