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 GROFF
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 11 Feb 1803 b
  • Death: Nov 1877 d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Abraham GROFF Birth: 25 Jun 1768 Death: Jan 1882
    • Mother:
  • Mary GROFF Birth: 6 Nov 1769 Death: 1 Sep 1834

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Maria GROFF
  2. Samuel GROFF
  3. Elizabeth GROFF
  4. Henry GROFF
  5. Martin GROFF Death: 25 Dec 1899 in Kissel Hill
  6. Abraham S GROFF Birth: 6 Mar 1833
  7. Sallie GROFF
  8. Nathan GROFF
  9. Alpheus GROFF

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]*].
  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: LancasterCoPA Biog p422]
1803 [Ref: Best GROFF p88, GroffCL GROFF p38],
parents:
[Ref: Best GROFF p88, GroffCF GROFF Chart, GroffCL GROFF p38],
father:
[Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p422]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p422]
1877 [Ref: Best GROFF p88, GroffCL GROFF p38]
Sources with Information about marriage to Sarah SHIVELY
names:
[Ref: Best GROFF p88, GroffCL GROFF p38],
child:
[Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p422]
Research Notes:
farmer in Manheim Twp [Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p422]



Pedigree of Martin 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
          /-----Andrew GROFF
         |         \-----Barbara (GROFF)
 /-----Abraham GROFF
|         \-----Magdalena ROHRER
Martin 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
|         /-----Peter GROFF
|        |         \-----Barbara (GROFF)
 \-----Mary GROFF
          \-----Magdalena ENGLE



Descendants of Martin GROFF
1. Martin GROFF m. Sarah SHIVELY
m. Sarah SHIVELY father: Henry SHIVLEY mother: Elizabeth MILLER

2nd generation

7. Abraham S GROFF m. Susannah BARD
m. Susannah BARD father: George BARD

3rd generation

11. Albert B GROFF m. Bertha FORNEY
m. Bertha FORNEY father: Joseph FORNEY