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: Henry GROFF
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 7 Dec 1758 b
  • Death: 31 Jan 1824 d
  • Burial: Elias Lutheran Cemetery, Emmitsburg, Maryland u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • John GROFF Birth: Abt 1715 Death: Abt 1797 in Frederick Co, Maryland
    • Mother:
  • (Unk) CARPENTER Birth: Abt 1716

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Mary GROFF
  2. Catherine GROFF Death: 26 Dec 1888
  3. Elizabeth GROFF Death: Before 1821
  4. Rebecca GROFF Birth: 1779 Death: 1859
  5. Joseph GROFF Birth: 3 Feb 1782 Death: 9 Sep 1873

Marriage: Children:
  1. Samuel GROFF
  2. Eli GROFF Birth: 26 Jun 1799 Death: 2 Dec 1888 in Mechanisctown, Frederick Co, Maryland
  3. Delila GROFF Birth: May 1801 Death: 1836
  4. Jeremiah GROFF Birth: 1803 Death: 1875
  5. Henry GROFF Birth: 1805 Death: 21 Dec 1827
  6. Davis GROFF Birth: 1809 Death: 1867
  7. Sarah GROFF Birth: 1812 Death: Feb 1904

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. 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]*].
  3. Scharf, J Thomas, History of Western Maryland. Philadelphia, PA: Louis H Everts, 1882. Available (vol 1) at http://archive.org/details/historyofwestern01scha and (vol 2) at http://archive.org/details/historyofwestern02scha. Reprinted: Baltimore: Regional Publishing Co, 1968. LMHS F187.A15S3 1968. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Scharf WesternMaryland v[12]p[0-9]*].
  4. 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 p100],
parents:
John GROFF & ___ CARPENTER [Ref: Best GROFF p100],
father:
[Ref: Landis HansGroffs 7307p29, Scharf WesternMaryland v2p1218, WengerSS WENGER p1064]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
mother:
Elizabeth CARPENTER [Ref: WengerSS WENGER p1064]
Elizabeth MANOR [Ref: Landis HansGroffs 7307p29]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Best GROFF p100]
Sources with Inaccurate death Information
date:
1780 [Ref: Landis HansGroffs 7307p29]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Best GROFF p100]
Sources with Information about marriage to Louisa KUHN
child:
[Ref: Best GROFF p100]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
names:
Henry GROFF & Anna Mary ___ [Ref: Landis HansGroffs 7307p29]
Sources with Information about marriage to Juda Elizabeth KEPHART
date:
[Ref: Best GROFF p100],
child:
[Ref: Best GROFF p100, Best GROFF p101]
Research Notes:
possibly the Henry GROFF baptized Jul 4 1760, Germantown, PA, Reformed, son of John GRAF and wife Elizabeth, sponsor Francis GROFF [Ref: Best GROFF p100]

1801: lived in Baltimore, MD; owned Graff's Content, Timber Plenty, and part of Rich Level plantations [Ref: Best GROFF p100]



Pedigree of Henry GROFF
                                     /-----Hans GRAF
                            /-----Jakob GRAF
                           |         \-----Elsbeth PETER
                   /-----Marx GRAF
                  |        |         /-----Jacob SPORRI
                  |         \-----Anna SPORRI
          /-----Hans GROFF
 /-----John GROFF
|        |                           /-----Peter KUNDIG
|        |                  /-----Jorg KUNDIG
|        |         /-----Hans Jagli KUNDIG
|        |        |         \-----Barbel HUFFELBERG
|         \-----Susanna KENDIG
|                 |         /-----Martin MEILI
|                  \-----Elsbeth MEILI
|                           \-----Barbara BAR
Henry GROFF
|         /-----Henry CARPENTER
 \-----(Unk) CARPENTER



Descendants of Henry GROFF
1. Henry GROFF m1. Louisa KUHN m2. Juda Elizabeth KEPHART
m. Louisa KUHN father: Christian KUHN
m. Juda Elizabeth KEPHART

2nd generation

5. Rebecca GROFF m. (Unk) MARTIN
m. (Unk) MARTIN
6. Joseph GROFF m. Magdalena COPPERSMITH
m. Magdalena COPPERSMITH
8. Eli GROFF m1. Amanda BIGGS m2. Margaret DODDS m3. Sarah E LINDSAY
m. Amanda BIGGS
m. Margaret DODDS
m. Sarah E LINDSAY