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: John GROFF
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Abt 1760 b
  • Death: After 1792 d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Jacob GROFF Birth: Abt 1725 Death: Abt 30 Oct 1778 in Lebanon, Pennsylvania
    • Mother:
  • Anna KLEIN Birth: 26 Feb 1737 Death: Abt 1765

Family:
Marriage:
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 1760 [Ref: Best GROFF p84]
abt 1761 [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p33],
parents:
[Ref: Best GROFF p84, GroffCL GROFF p33],
father:
[Ref: GroffCF GROFF Chart]
Sources for death Information
date:
after 1792 [Ref: Best GROFF p84]
Sources with Information about marriage to Catherine (GROFF)
names:
John GROFF & Catherine ___ [Ref: Best GROFF p84]
Research Notes:
clockmaker and possibly gunsmith in Hagerstown, Washington Co, MD [Ref: Best GROFF p84]

1778: inherited his father's clockmaking tools [Ref: Best GROFF p84]

1781-92: bought and sold property in Hagerstown [Ref: Best GROFF p84]



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



Descendants of John GROFF
1. John GROFF m. Catherine (GROFF)
m. Catherine (GROFF)