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: Mary GROFF
  • Sex: F
  • Birth: Abt 1722 b
  • Death: After 30 Jul 1746 d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Hans GROFF Birth: 1661 in Baretswil, Zurich, Switzerland Death: Before 7 May 1746 in Earltown, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
    • Mother:
  • Susanna KENDIG Birth: Abt 1678 Death: After 11 Aug 1746

Family:
Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. Best, Jane Evans, Bear Saga - Albis to America, in Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Oct 1986. LMHS. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p[0-9]*].
  2. 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]*].
  3. Ellis, Franklin, History of Lancaster County. Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1883. M-LH UMI LH571. Available at http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012288388. Volume 2 available at http://archive.org/details/historyoflancast02elli Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Ellis LancasterCoPA p[0-9]*].
  4. 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].
  5. 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]*].
  6. Mayhill, R Thomas, Lancaster County PA Deed Abstracts 1729-1770. Knightstown, IN: author, 1973. LMHS F157.L2M35 1973. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/147190. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA DeedAbs [A-H][0-9]*].
  7. Lancaster County Pennsylvania Recorder of Deeds, Deed books 1729-1867. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1947. Book C, 1729-1753, LDS Film#0021382#3. Lancaster County Court House, Office of Records and Archives, 50 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/007837371 images 631-3. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds C-322].
  8. 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]*].
  9. 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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 1717 [Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p24]
abt 1722 [Ref: Best GROFF p103],
parents:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p24, Best GROFF p103, GroffCL GROFF p73, Landis HansGroffs 7307p29]
Hans GROFF & Susanna ___ [Ref: Scharf WesternMaryland v2p1218],
father:
[Ref: Ellis LancasterCoPA p822, GroffCF GROFF Chart, GroffCL GROFF p408, LancasterCoPA Deeds C-322]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
date:
abt 1717 [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p73]
Sources for death Information
date:
after 30 Jul 1746 [Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p24, Best GROFF p103, GroffCL GROFF p73]
Sources with Information about marriage to John KREY
names:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p24, Best GROFF p103, GroffCL GROFF p408, GroffCL GROFF p73, LancasterCoPA Deeds C-322, Landis HansGroffs 7307p29]
___ KRY & Mary GROFF [Ref: LancasterCoPA DeedAbs C322]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
names:
___ YONER & Mary GROFF [Ref: GroffCF GROFF Chart]
Research Notes:
Jul 30 1746: Heirs of Hans Graffe rel to one of his sons, David Graffe, of Lancaster County, 200 acres Earl Township. Part of 1419 acres patented 18 Nov 1737 to Hans Graffe decd. Heirs listed: Widow, Susanna Graffe; Peter Graffe & wife Barbara; Samuel Graffe & wife Christina; Mark Graffe & wife Anna; Daniel Graffe & wife Maria; Hans Graffe & wife Elizabeth; Peter Good who married Anna one of daughters; Henry Landus & wife Fronika, one of daughters; Mary Kry, widow, one of daughters. Hans by will dated 8 Nov 1738 proved 7 May 1746 devised all his property to his 6 sons & 3 daughters. Hans had conveyed shares to sons Peter, Samuel, Mark, and Daniel & had advanced to daughters Anna Good & Mary then wife of John Kry, since deceased, their shares. Deed recorded 5 Apr 1752, Book C p322 [Ref: LancasterCoPA DeedAbs C322]



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



Descendants of Mary GROFF
1. Mary GROFF m. John KREY
m. John KREY