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: Christian HORST
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 20 Jul 1755 b
  • Death: 4 May 1837 d
  • Burial: Groffdale Mennonite Cemetery u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Joseph HORST Birth: 1723 Death: 1804 in West Earl Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
    • Mother:
  • Mary GROFF Birth: Abt 1729 Death: After 1772

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Joseph HORST Birth: 1782 Death: 1824
  2. Maria HORST Birth: 1782 Death: 1848
  3. John HORST Birth: 1784 Death: 1801
  4. Christian HORST Birth: 1786 Death: 1860 in Ohio
  5. Abraham HORST Birth: 1788
  6. Jonas HORST Birth: 1790 Death: Abt 1814
  7. David HORST Birth: 1792
  8. Michael HORST Birth: Abt 1795 Death: Before 15 Mar 1835
  9. Elizabeth HORST Birth: 9 Dec 1796 Death: 1870
  10. Anna Nancy HORST Birth: 1799 Death: 1883
  11. John HORST Birth: 1801 Death: 1875

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. Wenger, Samuel S, The Wenger Book, Lancaster, PA: Pennsylvania German Heritage, 1978. NYPL APV (Wenger) 86-601. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: WengerSS WENGER p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Best GROFF p89, GroffCL GROFF p43]
1755 [Ref: WengerSS WENGER p1063],
parents:
[Ref: Best GROFF p89, GroffCF GROFF Chart, GroffCL GROFF p43, WengerSS WENGER p1063]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Best GROFF p89, GroffCL GROFF p43]
1837 [Ref: WengerSS WENGER p1063]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Best GROFF p89]
Sources with Information about marriage to Susanna NOLT
names:
[Ref: WengerSS WENGER p1063]
Christian HORST & ___ NOLT [Ref: GroffCF GROFF Chart],
child:
[Ref: GroffCF GROFF Chart, GroffCL GROFF p43, GroffCL GROFF p44]
Research Notes:
1801: moved to Washington Co, MD [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p43]



Pedigree of Christian HORST
          /-----Jacob HORST
 /-----Joseph HORST
|         \-----Barbara SHENK
Christian HORST
|                                             /-----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
 \-----Mary GROFF
          \-----Christina HUBER



Descendants of Christian HORST
1. Christian HORST m. Susanna NOLT
m. Susanna NOLT father: Jonas NOLT mother: Maria (NOLT)

2nd generation

5. Christian HORST m1. Anna REIFF m2. Esther MYER m3. Barbara MYER
m. Anna REIFF father: Abraham REIFF mother: Barbara WEAVER
m. Esther MYER
m. Barbara MYER
8. David HORST m. Elizabeth MUSSER
m. Elizabeth MUSSER father: John MUSSER mother: Magdalena WISSLER
9. Michael HORST m. Mary MUSSER
m. Mary MUSSER father: John MUSSER mother: Magdalena WISSLER