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: Martin SHEAFFER
Sex: M

Parents:

Father:
Martin SHEAFFER Birth: 1770 Death: 1821

Mother:

Mary MILLER

Family:
Marriage:

Magdalena GROFF .^m1
Magdalena GROFF Birth: 1794 Death: Before 1835

Bibliography

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]*].
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].
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]*].
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

parents:: [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p45],
father:: [Ref: GroffCF GROFF Chart]

Sources with Information about marriage to Magdalena GROFF

names:: [Ref: Best GROFF p88, GroffCF GROFF Chart, GroffCL GROFF p38, GroffCL GROFF p45]; Martin SHAFFER & dau Abraham GROFF [Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p422]

Research Notes:

Pedigree of Martin SHEAFFER
          /-----Martin SHEAFFER
/-----Martin SHEAFFER
|        |                                             /-----Hans GRAF
|        |                                    /-----Jakob GRAF
|        |                                   |         \-----Elsbeth PETER
|        |                           /-----Marx GRAF
|        |                          |        |         /-----Jacob SPORRI
|        |                          |         \-----Anna SPORRI
|        |                  /-----Hans GROFF
|        |         /-----Samuel GROFF
|        |        |        |                           /-----Peter KUNDIG
|        |        |        |                  /-----Jorg KUNDIG
|        |        |        |         /-----Hans Jagli KUNDIG
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Barbel HUFFELBERG
|        |        |         \-----Susanna KENDIG
|        |        |                 |         /-----Martin MEILI
|        |        |                  \-----Elsbeth MEILI
|        |        |                           \-----Barbara BAR
|         \-----Margaret GROFF
|                  \-----Christina HUBER
Martin SHEAFFER
|         /-----Adam MILLER
\-----Mary MILLER
          \-----Anna Mary BENDER

Descendants of Martin SHEAFFER

1. Martin SHEAFFER m. Magdalena GROFF

m. Magdalena GROFF father: Abraham GROFF mother: Mary GROFF