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: John GROFF
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 1 Jun 1778 b
  • Death: 17 Oct 1857 in Earl Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • David GROFF Birth: 1757 Death: 7 Feb 1784
    • Mother:
  • Barbara HORST Birth: 11 Nov 1757 Death: 20 Nov 1838

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Mary GROFF
  2. Isaac GROFF Birth: 16 Jul 1799 Death: 11 May 1876
  3. Magdalena GROFF Birth: 21 Mar 1801 Death: 29 Sep 1851
  4. John W GROFF Birth: 3 Mar 1803 Death: 28 Feb 1858
  5. David GROFF Birth: 13 Jan 1805 Death: 2 Jan 1821
  6. Israel W GROFF Birth: 19 Mar 1806 Death: 4 Sep 1851
  7. Samuel GROFF Birth: 13 Dec 1807 Death: 14 Jan 1860
  8. Jacob W GROFF Birth: 25 Feb 1811 Death: 4 Oct 1851
  9. Levi W GROFF Birth: 21 Jul 1813 Death: 26 Sep 1893 in Earl Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania

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. 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 p103, GroffCL GROFF p43, GroffCL GROFF p77],
parents:
[Ref: Best GROFF p103, GroffCF GROFF Chart, GroffCL GROFF p43, GroffCL GROFF p77, WengerSS WENGER p1064]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
date:
1777 [Ref: WengerSS WENGER p1064]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Best GROFF p103, GroffCL GROFF p43]
1857 [Ref: WengerSS WENGER p1064],
place:
[Ref: Best GROFF p103, GroffCL GROFF p77]
Sources with Inaccurate death Information
date:
17 Oct 1858 [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p77]
Sources with Information about marriage to Magdalena WENGER
names:
[Ref: GroffCL GROFF p43, WengerSS WENGER p1064],
child:
[Ref: Best GROFF p103, GroffCF GROFF Chart, GroffCL GROFF p77, GroffCL GROFF p78]
Research Notes:
1799: came into possession of 216 acres of the homestead, when he reached the age of 21 years [Ref: Best GROFF p83]

continued the family distilling business until 1848 [Ref: Best GROFF p83]



Pedigree of John GROFF
                                              /-----Hans GRAF
                                     /-----Jakob GRAF
                                    |         \-----Elsbeth PETER
                            /-----Marx GRAF
                           |        |         /-----Jacob SPORRI
                           |         \-----Anna SPORRI
                   /-----Hans GROFF
          /-----David GROFF
         |        |                           /-----Peter KUNDIG
         |        |                  /-----Jorg KUNDIG
         |        |         /-----Hans Jagli KUNDIG
         |        |        |         \-----Barbel HUFFELBERG
         |         \-----Susanna KENDIG
         |                 |         /-----Martin MEILI
         |                  \-----Elsbeth MEILI
         |                           \-----Barbara BAR
 /-----David GROFF
|        |         /-----Joseph MOYER
|         \-----Barbara MOYER
John GROFF
|                  /-----Jacob HORST
|         /-----Joseph HORST
|        |         \-----Barbara SHENK
 \-----Barbara HORST
         |                                             /-----Hans GRAF
         |                                    /-----Jakob GRAF
         |                                   |         \-----Elsbeth PETER
         |                           /-----Marx GRAF
         |                          |        |         /-----Jacob SPORRI
         |                          |         \-----Anna SPORRI
         |                  /-----Hans GROFF
         |         /-----Samuel GROFF
         |        |        |                           /-----Peter KUNDIG
         |        |        |                  /-----Jorg KUNDIG
         |        |        |         /-----Hans Jagli KUNDIG
         |        |        |        |         \-----Barbel HUFFELBERG
         |        |         \-----Susanna KENDIG
         |        |                 |         /-----Martin MEILI
         |        |                  \-----Elsbeth MEILI
         |        |                           \-----Barbara BAR
          \-----Mary GROFF
                   \-----Christina HUBER



Descendants of John GROFF
1. John GROFF m. Magdalena WENGER
m. Magdalena WENGER father: Christian WENGER mother: Maria ZIMMERMAN

2nd generation

2. Mary GROFF m. Andrew SWARTZ
m. Andrew SWARTZ
4. Magdalena GROFF m. Joseph S KURTZ
m. Joseph S KURTZ father: Samuel KURTZ mother: Barbara SHOWALTER
10. Levi W GROFF m. Catherine BARE
m. Catherine BARE father: Adam BARE mother: Sarah GRAYBILL

3rd generation

13. Maria KURTZ m. John ZIMMERMAN
m. John ZIMMERMAN father: Christian ZIMMERMAN mother: Mary MARTIN
15. John G KURTZ m. Anna MUSSER
m. Anna MUSSER father: Henry MUSSER mother: Anna MARTIN

4th generation

27. Martin ZIMMERMAN m. Clarissa EMERY
m. Clarissa EMERY
29. John G ZIMMERMAN m. Annie DENLINGER
m. Annie DENLINGER
37. Clara KURTZ m. William C GRUBE
m. William C GRUBE father: Martin H GRUBE