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: Jacob GROFF
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 2 Apr 1699 b
  • Death: Abt 1740 in Cacalico Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Hans GROFF Birth: 1661 in Baretswil, Zurich, Switzerland Death: Before 7 May 1746 in Earltown, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
    • Mother:
  • Anna BARE

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Prisca GROFF Birth: Abt 1720 Death: 20 Jan 1749 in Ephrata Cloister
  2. Jacob GROFF Birth: Abt 1725 Death: Abt 30 Oct 1778 in Lebanon, Pennsylvania
  3. Samuel GROFF Birth: 1731 Death: York Co, Pennsylvania
  4. Christian GROFF Birth: Abt 1735 Death: Abt 7 Dec 1774 in Newberry Twp
  5. Mary GROFF Birth: 1740 Death: After 20 May 1794

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. Best, Jane E, Germantown Links to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Families. In Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Oct 1983. LMHS Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Best Germantown 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. Lancaster County Pennsylvania Recorder of Deeds, Deed books 1729-1867. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1947. Book B, 1729-1753, LDS Film#0021382#2. Lancaster County Court House, Office of Records and Archives, 50 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/007837371 images 231-2. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds B-184].
  7. 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]*].
  8. 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 BEAR-Albis p23, Landis HansGroffs 7307p28]
?2 Apr 1699 [Ref: Best GROFF p84]
abt 1699 [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p33]
age 10 in 1709 [Ref: Best GROFF p76],
parents:
[Ref: WengerSS WENGER p1062]
Hans GROFF & unk first wife [Ref: Best GROFF p76, Best Germantown p26, GroffCL GROFF p33],
father:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p23, GroffCF GROFF Chart]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
place:
America [Ref: GroffCF GROFF Chart]
Pennsylvania [Ref: Landis HansGroffs 7307p28]
Sources for death Information
date:
abt 1740 [Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p23, Best GROFF p84, GroffCL GROFF p33],
place:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p23, Best GROFF p84]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth (GROFF)
names:
Jacob GROFF & Elizabeth ___ [Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p23, Best GROFF p77, GroffCL GROFF p33, GroffCL GROFF p34]
Jacob GROFF & Elizabeth ___, possibly Hanna Elizabeth HOLSTINE [Ref: Best GROFF p84],
child:
[Ref: Best GROFF p84, GroffCL GROFF p33, GroffCL GROFF p34]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
names:
Jacob GROFF & Barbara BRACKBILL [Ref: Landis HansGroffs 7307p28],
child:
(not confirmed by other sources) Henry (with children Jacob, Elisabeth, Catharine, George, and Henry) [Ref: GroffCF GROFF Chart]
Research Notes:
1709: arrived in America, as "Jacob Graeff, whose parents live in Pennsylvania, a boy 10 years of age." Came with two German Lutheran ministers among the Palatines [Ref: Best GROFF p76]

in deed of 26 Jul 1738, Hans Graf and Susanna refer to "Peter Graff Eldest Son and heir at law of the said Hans and Susanna" [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds B-184]

in will of father, dated Nov 8 1738, willed #30 "that I have already paid" and "I cut him off from all and Every other Claim to my Estate Real or Personal in this Province or Elsewhere" [Ref: Best GROFF p76]

Jan 31 1745: administrative account filed, on behalf of Elizabeth Graeff administratix and widow; estate totalled #141 [Ref: Best GROFF p77]



Pedigree of Jacob GROFF
                            /-----Hans GRAF
                   /-----Jakob GRAF
                  |         \-----Elsbeth PETER
          /-----Marx GRAF
         |        |         /-----Jacob SPORRI
         |         \-----Anna SPORRI
 /-----Hans GROFF
Jacob GROFF
 \-----Anna BARE



Descendants of Jacob GROFF
1. Jacob GROFF m. Elizabeth (GROFF)
m. Elizabeth (GROFF)

2nd generation

3. Jacob GROFF m1. Anna KLEIN m2. Elizabeth SAUNDER
m. Anna KLEIN father: Henrich KLEIN mother: Anna BETTLIN
m. Elizabeth SAUNDER father: Henry SAUNDER mother: Anna Elizabeth MAHLER
4. Samuel GROFF m.
5. Christian GROFF m. Elizabeth (GROFF)
m. Elizabeth (GROFF)

3rd generation

8. Jacob GROFF m. Hanna ENDRESS
m. Hanna ENDRESS father: John Peter ENDRESS mother: Hannah HOSTER
15. John GROFF m. Elizabeth HOLLINGER
m. Elizabeth HOLLINGER

4th generation

21. John Philip GROFF m. Elizabeth FERNSLER
m. Elizabeth FERNSLER

5th generation

37. Jacob GROFF m1. Rosa WEIGANT m2. Elizabeth SULLIVAN
m. Rosa WEIGANT
m. Elizabeth SULLIVAN