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 1724 b
  • Death: Abt 1796 in Hawkins Co, Tennessee d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Peter GROFF Birth: Abt 1702 in Earl Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: Abt 1764 in Earl Twp, Pennsylvania
    • Mother:
  • Barbara (GROFF)

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. (Unk Dau) GROFF Death: Before 1823
  2. Nancy GROFF Birth: Abt 1758 Death: 2 Oct 1847
  3. John GROVE Birth: 1760 Death: 1847
  4. Jacob GROFF Birth: Abt 1762 Death: Abt 1802 in Hawkins Co, Tennessee
  5. David GROFF Birth: Abt 1764

Marriage: Children:
  1. Elizabeth GROVE Birth: 1772 Death: Abt 1844

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, 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 1724 [Ref: Best GROFF p87]
abt 1730 [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p36],
parents:
Peter GROFF & Barbara ___ [Ref: Best GROFF p87, GroffCL GROFF p36, GroffCL GROFF p408]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
date:
1730 [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p408]
Sources for death Information
date:
1796 [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p36]
abt 1796 [Ref: Best GROFF p87],
place:
[Ref: Best GROFF p87, GroffCL GROFF p36]
Sources with Information about marriage to Anna (GROFF)
date:
first marriage of John [Ref: Best GROFF p87, GroffCL GROFF p36],
place:
[Ref: GroffCL GROFF p36],
names:
John GROFF & Anna ___ [Ref: Best GROFF p87, GroffCL GROFF p36, GroffCL GROFF p37, GroffCL GROFF p408],
child:
[Ref: Best GROFF p87, GroffCL GROFF p36, GroffCL GROFF p37]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth (GROFF)
date:
second marriage of John [Ref: Best GROFF p87, GroffCL GROFF p36],
names:
John GROFF & Elizabeth ___ [Ref: Best GROFF p87, GroffCL GROFF p36, GroffCL GROFF p37],
child:
[Ref: GroffCL GROFF p37]
Research Notes:
1756: carpenter in Strasburg, purchased land in Donegal Twp [Ref: Best GROFF p87]

1762: received title to 50 acres in Donegal Twp from Abraham Hess [Ref: Best GROFF p79]

Mar 1763: sold land in Donegal Twp to Henry Grove (brother?) [Ref: Best GROFF p79]

Nov 1764: mortgaged to George Grove of Lancaster Borough the mill tract in Donegal Twp; paid in full Jan 26 1765 [Ref: Best GROFF p79]

1779: listed as a taxable in Donegal Twp, with a grist mill and a saw mill [Ref: Best GROFF p79]

before fall of 1787: moved to Tennessee [Ref: Best GROFF p79, Best GROFF p87]



Pedigree of John GROFF
                                     /-----Hans GRAF
                            /-----Jakob GRAF
                           |         \-----Elsbeth PETER
                   /-----Marx GRAF
                  |        |         /-----Jacob SPORRI
                  |         \-----Anna SPORRI
          /-----Hans GROFF
 /-----Peter GROFF
|        |                           /-----Peter KUNDIG
|        |                  /-----Jorg KUNDIG
|        |         /-----Hans Jagli KUNDIG
|        |        |         \-----Barbel HUFFELBERG
|         \-----Susanna KENDIG
|                 |         /-----Martin MEILI
|                  \-----Elsbeth MEILI
|                           \-----Barbara BAR
John GROFF
 \-----Barbara (GROFF)



Descendants of John GROFF
1. John GROFF m1. Anna (GROFF) m2. Elizabeth (GROFF)
m. Anna (GROFF)
m. Elizabeth (GROFF)

2nd generation

2. (Unk Dau) GROFF m. (Unk) KANSINGER
m. (Unk) KANSINGER
3. Nancy GROFF m1. John STOCKLY m2. William MAULSBEE
m. John STOCKLY
m. William MAULSBEE
4. John GROVE m.
5. Jacob GROFF m. Feronica BIEDLER
m. Feronica BIEDLER father: Daniel BIEDLER mother: Barbara LAYMAN
7. Elizabeth GROVE m. Jacob HOWE
m. Jacob HOWE