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: 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. 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].
  4. 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]*].
  5. 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]*].

Sources for death Information
date:
after 31 Jan 1745 [Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p23, Best GROFF p84, GroffCL GROFF p33]
Sources with Information about marriage to Jacob 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:
possibly Hanna Elizabeth HOLSTINE of PA, near Germantown [Ref: Best GROFF p84]



Pedigree of Elizabeth (GROFF)
Elizabeth (GROFF)



Descendants of Elizabeth (GROFF)
1. Elizabeth (GROFF) m. Jacob GROFF
m. Jacob GROFF father: Hans GROFF mother: Anna BARE

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