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: Henry GROFF
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 1738 b
  • Death: 26 Feb 1805 d
  • Burial: Hans Graf Cemetery, East Donegal Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania u


    • 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. John GROVE Birth: Abt 1760
  2. Christian GROFF Birth: Abt 1763 Death: 6 Jun 1818
  3. Ann GROFF Birth: 1766 Death: 1848
  4. Henry GROFF Birth: Abt 1769 Death: Mar 1836

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. Engle, Morris M, Engle History and Family Records of Dauphin and Lancaster Counties. Mount Joy, PA: Bulletin Press, 1984. LMHS CS71.E58 1984. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1284. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: EngleMM ENGLE p[0-9]*].
  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]*].
  4. Biographical Annals of Lancaster County Pennsylvania. Spartonburg, SC: Reprint Publishers, 1985. Orig pub 1903. LMHS rF157.L2B6 1985. Available at http://archive.org/details/biographicalanna00megi and at http://archive.org/details/cu31924028852998 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Best GROFF p87, GroffCL GROFF p37, GroffCL GROFF p408],
parents:
Peter GROFF & Barbara ___ [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p37]
probably Peter GROFF & Barbara ___ [Ref: Best GROFF p87, GroffCL GROFF p408]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
date:
1731 [Ref: EngleMM ENGLE p21]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Best GROFF p87, GroffCL GROFF p37]
1805 [Ref: EngleMM ENGLE p21, GroffCL GROFF p408]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Best GROFF p87, GroffCL GROFF p37]
Sources with Information about marriage to Ann ENGLE
date:
1761-1766 [Ref: Best GROFF p87, GroffCL GROFF p37],
names:
[Ref: EngleMM ENGLE p21, GroffCL GROFF p408, LancasterCoPA Biog p257],
child:
[Ref: GroffCL GROFF p37, GroffCL GROFF p38]
Research Notes:
1767: signed bond of Anna Brekbill Engle [Ref: Best GROFF p87]

May 25 1805: will probated [Ref: Best GROFF p87, GroffCL GROFF p37]



Pedigree of Henry 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
Henry GROFF
 \-----Barbara (GROFF)



Descendants of Henry GROFF
1. Henry GROFF m. Ann ENGLE
m. Ann ENGLE father: Ulrich ENGLE mother: Anna BRECKBILL

2nd generation

2. John GROVE m. Anna (GROVE)
m. Anna (GROVE)
3. Christian GROFF m.
4. Ann GROFF m. Abraham SCHOCK
m. Abraham SCHOCK
5. Henry GROFF m.