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


Family:
Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. Davis, Richard Warren, Emigrants Refugees and Prisoners, Vol II. Provo, UT: author, 1997. LMHS Ref E184.M45.D3 1995 v2. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p[0-9]*].
  2. Kaufman, Charles Fahs, A Genealogy and History of the Kaufman-Coffman Families. York, PA: author, 1940. LHMS CS71.K212 1940. Available at http://books.google.com/books/?id=iBlWAAAAMAAJ. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: KaufmanCF KAUFMAN p[0-9]*].
  3. Lancaster County Pennsylvania Recorder of Deeds, Deed books 1729-1867. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1947. Book CC, 1784-1785, LDS Film#0021392#2. Lancaster County Court House, Office of Records and Archives, 50 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/008067078 images 491-2. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds CC-312].
  4. Lancaster County Pennsylvania Recorder of Deeds, Deed books 1729-1867. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1947. Book CC, 1784-1785, LDS Film#0021392#2. Lancaster County Court House, Office of Records and Archives, 50 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/008067078 images 492-5. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds CC-315].
  5. Lancaster County Pennsylvania Recorder of Deeds, Deed books 1729-1867. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1947. Book CC, 1784-1785, LDS Film#0021392#2. Lancaster County Court House, Office of Records and Archives, 50 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/008067078 images 495-7. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds CC-319].
  6. Lancaster County Pennsylvania Recorder of Deeds, Deed books 1729-1867. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1947. Book CC, 1784-1785, LDS Film#0021392#2. Lancaster County Court House, Office of Records and Archives, 50 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/008067078 images 497-8. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds CC-322].
  7. Lancaster County Pennsylvania Recorder of Deeds, Deed books 1729-1867. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1947. Book CC, 1784-1785, LDS Film#0021392#2. Lancaster County Court House, Office of Records and Archives, 50 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/008067078 images 498-9. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds CC-325].
  8. Lancaster County Pennsylvania Orphans Court, Miscellaneous Books 1742-1867, SLC: GeneSocUT, 1973. 1742-1767, Film#0021370. Lancaster County Court House, Office of Records and Archives, 50 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/007726361 image 341. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA OrphansCt 14 Aug 1764].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 1756 [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p421]
seventh child [Ref: LancasterCoPA OrphansCt 14 Aug 1764],
parents:
Michael WITMER & Barbara ___ [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p421, LancasterCoPA Deeds CC-312]
Michael WITMER & unk second wife [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds CC-315, LancasterCoPA Deeds CC-319, LancasterCoPA Deeds CC-322, LancasterCoPA Deeds CC-325],
father:
[Ref: KaufmanCF KAUFMAN p256, LancasterCoPA OrphansCt 14 Aug 1764]
Sources with Information about marriage to John LIGHTLY
names:
[Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds CC-319]
Research Notes:
1772: minor over age 14, chose John Newcomer of Hempfield as her guardian [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p421]



Pedigree of Catherine WITMER
                                     /-----Hans WITMER
                            /-----Jacob WITMER
                   /-----Heinrich WITMER
                  |         \-----Regula HAUSLER
          /-----Hans WIDMER
         |        |         /-----Conrad HEISTAND
         |         \-----Margareth HEISTAND
         |                  \-----Anna GLATMAN
 /-----Michael WITMER
Catherine WITMER
 \-----Barbara (WITMER)



Descendants of Catherine WITMER
1. Catherine WITMER m. John LIGHTLY
m. John LIGHTLY