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: Abt 1725 b
  • Death: Abt 30 Oct 1778 in Lebanon, Pennsylvania d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Jacob GROFF Birth: 2 Apr 1699 Death: Abt 1740 in Cacalico Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
    • Mother:
  • Elizabeth (GROFF) Death: After 31 Jan 1745

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. John GROFF Birth: Abt 1760 Death: After 1792
  2. Jacob GROFF Birth: Jul 1765 Death: 29 Mar 1813 in Lebanon, Pennsylvania

Marriage: Children:
  1. Sabina GROFF
  2. Christina GROFF
  3. Eve GROFF Birth: 1769
  4. Philip GROFF Birth: 1771
  5. Juliana GROFF Birth: 1773
  6. John Peter GROFF Birth: Abt 1778 Death: 15 Apr 1815

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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 1725 [Ref: Best GROFF p84, GroffCL GROFF p33],
parents:
Jacob GROFF & Elizabeth ___ [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p33]
possibly Jacob GROFF & Elizabeth ___, possibly Hanna Elizabeth HOLSTINE [Ref: Best GROFF p84],
father:
[Ref: GroffCF GROFF Chart]
Sources for death Information
date:
inventory 30 Oct 1778 [Ref: Best GROFF p84, GroffCL GROFF p33],
place:
[Ref: Best GROFF p84, GroffCL GROFF p33]
Sources with Information about marriage to Anna KLEIN
date:
abt 1758 [Ref: Best GROFF p84, GroffCL GROFF p33],
child:
[Ref: Best GROFF p84, GroffCL GROFF p33]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth SAUNDER
date:
[Ref: Best GROFF p84, GroffCL GROFF p33],
place:
[Ref: Best GROFF p84, GroffCL GROFF p33],
child:
[Ref: Best GROFF p85, GroffCL GROFF p34]
Research Notes:
clockmaker [Ref: Best GROFF p84]

additional children listed, unconfirmed by other sources: Catherine, Stephen (children Jacob and Mrs Spear), Paul, Elizabeth, Henry [Ref: GroffCF GROFF Chart]



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



Descendants of Jacob GROFF
1. 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

2nd generation

3. Jacob GROFF m. Hanna ENDRESS
m. Hanna ENDRESS father: John Peter ENDRESS mother: Hannah HOSTER

3rd generation

13. John Philip GROFF m. Elizabeth FERNSLER
m. Elizabeth FERNSLER

4th generation

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

5th generation

23. Charles Delios GROFF m. Viola May CONKLE
m. Viola May CONKLE