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: Marcus GROFF
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 4 Aug 1757 b
  • Death: 25 Sep 1827 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. Magdalena GROFF
  2. Susanna GROFF
  3. John Myers GROFF Birth: 1778 Death: 1840 in West Earl Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
  4. Anna GROFF Birth: 1780
  5. David M GROFF Birth: 1782 Death: Abt 1863 in West Earl Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
  6. Marks GROFF Birth: 1784
  7. Veronica GROFF Birth: 1787
  8. Elizabeth M GROFF Birth: 4 Dec 1789 Death: 9 Mar 1870
  9. Mary GROFF Birth: 1793

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: Best GROFF p96, GroffCL GROFF p60]
1757 [Ref: GroffCF GROFF Chart],
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
date:
1759 [Ref: WengerSS WENGER p1063]
4 Feb 1759 [Ref: Landis HansGroffs 7307p29],
mother:
second wife Anna ___ [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p60]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Best GROFF p96, GroffCL GROFF p60]
1827 [Ref: WengerSS WENGER p1063]
Sources with Inaccurate death Information
date:
25 Dec 1827 [Ref: Landis HansGroffs 7307p29]
Sources with Information about marriage to Feronica MYER
names:
[Ref: Landis HansGroffs 7307p29],
child:
[Ref: Best GROFF p96, Best GROFF p97, GroffCF GROFF Chart, GroffCL GROFF p60, GroffCL GROFF p61, GroffCL GROFF p62, WengerSS WENGER p1063, WengerSS WENGER p1064]
Research Notes:



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



Descendants of Marcus GROFF
1. Marcus GROFF m. Feronica MYER
m. Feronica MYER father: Hans MYER mother: Agada (MYER)

2nd generation

2. Magdalena GROFF m. Daniel GROFF
m. Daniel GROFF father: Abraham GROFF mother: Mary GROFF
3. Susanna GROFF m. Joseph REIFF
m. Joseph REIFF
4. John Myers GROFF m1. Christina SOUNDER m2. Susanna M WENGER
m. Christina SOUNDER
m. Susanna M WENGER father: Michael S WENGER mother: Mary G MARTIN
6. David M GROFF m. Elizabeth FRANZ
m. Elizabeth FRANZ father: Christian FRANZ mother: Mary (FRANZ)
7. Marks GROFF m. Elizabeth GROFF
m. Elizabeth GROFF father: John GROFF mother: Magdalena MYER
8. Veronica GROFF m. Samuel C HUBER
m. Samuel C HUBER father: Abraham HUBER mother: Barbara ESHLEMAN
9. Elizabeth M GROFF m. Michael H WENGER
m. Michael H WENGER father: Joseph G WENGER mother: Maria G HORST
10. Mary GROFF m. Henry STAUFFER
m. Henry STAUFFER father: George STAUFFER

3rd generation

21. Christiana GROFF m. Isaac MARTIN
m. Isaac MARTIN father: Christian MARTIN mother: Magdalena EBY
23. Veronica GROFF m. Christian BURKHOLDER
m. Christian BURKHOLDER father: Abraham BURKHOLDER mother: Catharine EBY
24. Catharine GROFF m. David ERB
m. David ERB father: Daniel ERB mother: Mary WITMER
25. Marks S GROFF m. Nancy GOOD
m. Nancy GOOD
32. Christian Franz GROFF m. Barbara M WENGER
m. Barbara M WENGER father: David M WENGER mother: Susanna MARTIN
33. Isaac GROFF m. Barbara SENSENIG
m. Barbara SENSENIG
34. Maria GROFF m. Abraham MARTIN
m. Abraham MARTIN father: Jacob MARTIN mother: Anna W MARTIN
35. Elizabeth GROFF m1. Daniel ZUG m2. Charles GETZ m3. Michael RUDY
m. Daniel ZUG
m. Charles GETZ
m. Michael RUDY
36. Magdalena GROFF m. Seth BURKHOLDER
m. Seth BURKHOLDER father: Christian BURKHOLDER mother: Veronica GROFF
45. Jacob HUBER m. Magdalena REIFF
m. Magdalena REIFF
61. Fannie STAUFFER m. Abraham BURKHOLDER
m. Abraham BURKHOLDER
63. John STAUFFER m. Fannie SWOPE
m. Fannie SWOPE
64. Israel STAUFFER m. Lydia SHOWALTER
m. Lydia SHOWALTER
65. Jacob STAUFFER m. Betsy BOMBERGER
m. Betsy BOMBERGER

4th generation

68. Susanna MARTIN m. Jacob R MUSSER
m. Jacob R MUSSER father: John MUSSER mother: Mary Wenger ROHRER
69. Isaac G MARTIN m. Kate MOHLER
m. Kate MOHLER father: Cyrus MOHLER mother: Mary BITZER
70. Seth BURKHOLDER m. Magdalena GROFF
m. Magdalena GROFF father: David M GROFF mother: Elizabeth FRANZ
95. Gabriel GROFF m. Barbara SWAR
m. Barbara SWAR
96. David GROFF m. Susanna NOLT
m. Susanna NOLT
100. Christian GROFF m. Frances PETERS
m. Frances PETERS
143. Franklin STAUFFER m. Maria R BURKHOLDER
m. Maria R BURKHOLDER

5th generation

146. Ulysses MUSSER m. Mary A DIEM
m. Mary A DIEM father: John K DIEM mother: Margaret PARMER
147. John MUSSER m. Hattie HOOVER
m. Hattie HOOVER
153. Maryann GROFF m. Martin NOLT
m. Martin NOLT
154. David GROFF m. Anna N MARTIN
m. Anna N MARTIN
155. Jonas GROFF m. Anna Marie SNAVELY
m. Anna Marie SNAVELY
158. Miriam GROFF m. Ruben RUTT
m. Ruben RUTT
159. Charles Wesley GROFF m. Kathryn RINEBERGER
m. Kathryn RINEBERGER
162. Milton STAUFFER m. Mary BYERS
m. Mary BYERS
163. Gertrude Mae STAUFFER m. Franklin Lacy WRIGHT
m. Franklin Lacy WRIGHT
164. Harry Franklin STAUFFER m. Olga KRUEGER
m. Olga KRUEGER
165. Jacob Luke STAUFFER m. Mary WOLF
m. Mary WOLF