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: Christina GROFF
  • Sex: F
  • Birth: 1754 b
  • Death: 1826 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. (Unk Dau) METZLER
  2. Abraham METZLER Birth: 1786 Death: 1864
  3. Jacob METZLER Birth: 1788 Death: 1864
  4. David METZLER Birth: 8 Nov 1789 Death: 4 Apr 1860 in Mahoning Co, Ohio
  5. Christian METZLER Birth: 6 Mar 1791 in Caernarvon Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 7 Jan 1878

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. Stoltzfus, Irma Hess, Wanners - An Early Lancaster County Mennonite Family, Coatesville, PA: author, 1992. NYPL APV (Wanner) 93-3216. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Stoltzfus WANNER 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 p96, GroffCF GROFF Chart, GroffCL GROFF p60, Landis HansGroffs 7307p29, WengerSS WENGER p1063],
parents:
[Ref: Best GROFF p96, GroffCF GROFF Chart, WengerSS WENGER p1063],
father:
[Ref: GroffCL GROFF p60, Landis HansGroffs 7307p29]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
mother:
second wife Anna ___ [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p60]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Best GROFF p96, GroffCL GROFF p60, Landis HansGroffs 7307p29]
Sources with Information about marriage to Abraham METZLER
names:
[Ref: GroffCF GROFF Chart, Landis HansGroffs 7307p29],
child:
[Ref: Best GROFF p96, GroffCL GROFF p60, Stoltzfus WANNER p39, WengerSS WENGER p1063]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Christina 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
Christina GROFF
|         /-----Hans HUBER
 \-----Anna HUBER



Descendants of Christina GROFF
1. Christina GROFF m. Abraham METZLER
m. Abraham METZLER father: Valentine METZLER mother: Ann NISSLEY

2nd generation

5. David METZLER m. Maria WITMER
m. Maria WITMER father: Christian WITMER mother: Barbara MARTIN
6. Christian METZLER m. Nancy WANNER
m. Nancy WANNER father: Tobias W WANNER mother: Magdalena STAUFFER

3rd generation

16. Elizabeth METZLER m. Joseph BRACKBILL
m. Joseph BRACKBILL father: Banjamin BRACKBILL mother: Elizabeth HERSHEY

4th generation

24. Christian Metzler BRACKBILL m. Elizabeth K DENLINGER
m. Elizabeth K DENLINGER

5th generation

25. Landis E BRACKBILL m. Anna DENLINGER
m. Anna DENLINGER