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    Person Info
  • Name: Barbara HORST
  • Sex: F
  • Birth: 11 Nov 1757 b
  • Death: 20 Nov 1838 d


  • 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. Elizabeth GROFF
  2. John GROFF Birth: 1 Jun 1778 Death: 17 Oct 1857 in Earl Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
  3. David GROFF Birth: Abt 1780 Death: 1851 in West Earl Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
  4. Barbara GROFF Birth: 29 Sep 1784 Death: 19 May 1844

Marriage: Children:
  1. Joseph MARTIN Birth: May 1787 Death: Aug 1792
  2. Susanna MARTIN Birth: 29 Apr 1789 Death: 27 Feb 1856 in West Earl Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
  3. Mary MARTIN Birth: 10 Oct 1791 Death: 1 Mar 1812
  4. Veronica MARTIN Birth: 10 Oct 1793 Death: 26 Dec 1843

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. Landis, Ira D, Hans Groffs Aplenty, in Mennonite Research Journal, vol 14 no 3, July 1973. Continued in Oct 73, Jan 74, Apr 74. NYPL ISD (Lancaster Co) 75-1114. Available (for purchase) at https://www.lmhs.org/research/lmhs-publications/research-journal/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Landis HansGroffs 7[34][01][0-9]p[0-9]*].
  5. 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 p92, GroffCL GROFF p43, GroffCL GROFF p57, GroffCL GROFF p77],
parents:
[Ref: Best GROFF p92, GroffCF GROFF Chart, GroffCL GROFF p43, WengerSS WENGER p1063]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
date:
11 Nov 1752 [Ref: Landis HansGroffs 7307p29]
1752 [Ref: WengerSS WENGER p1063]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Best GROFF p92, GroffCL GROFF p43, GroffCL GROFF p57, GroffCL GROFF p77]
Sources with Inaccurate death Information
date:
1833 [Ref: WengerSS WENGER p1064]
1839 [Ref: WengerSS WENGER p1063]
20 Nov 1833 [Ref: Landis HansGroffs 7307p29]
Sources with Information about marriage to David GROFF
date:
first marriage of Barbara [Ref: Best GROFF p92, GroffCF GROFF Chart, GroffCL GROFF p43, Landis HansGroffs 7307p29, WengerSS WENGER p1063],
child:
[Ref: Best GROFF p103, GroffCF GROFF Chart, GroffCL GROFF p43, GroffCL GROFF p77, GroffCL GROFF p78, WengerSS WENGER p1064]
Sources with Information about marriage to David MARTIN
date:
second marriage of Barbara [Ref: Best GROFF p92, GroffCF GROFF Chart, GroffCL GROFF p43, GroffCL GROFF p57, Landis HansGroffs 7307p29, WengerSS WENGER p1063],
child:
[Ref: Best GROFF p92, GroffCF GROFF Chart, GroffCL GROFF p43, GroffCL GROFF p57]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Barbara HORST
          /-----Jacob HORST
 /-----Joseph HORST
|         \-----Barbara SHENK
Barbara 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 Barbara HORST
1. Barbara HORST m1. David GROFF m2. David MARTIN
m. David GROFF father: David GROFF mother: Barbara MOYER
m. David MARTIN father: David H MARTIN mother: Susanna GROFF

2nd generation

2. Elizabeth GROFF m. Jacob JOHNS
m. Jacob JOHNS
3. John GROFF m. Magdalena WENGER
m. Magdalena WENGER father: Christian WENGER mother: Maria ZIMMERMAN
4. David GROFF m. Elizabeth BITZER
m. Elizabeth BITZER
5. Barbara GROFF m. Samuel Z WENGER
m. Samuel Z WENGER
7. Susanna MARTIN m. David M WENGER
m. David M WENGER father: Michael S WENGER mother: Mary G MARTIN
9. Veronica MARTIN m. Isaac SHEAFFER
m. Isaac SHEAFFER father: Martin SHEAFFER mother: Mary MILLER

3rd generation

10. Levi JOHNS m. Susanna BECKER
m. Susanna BECKER
11. Mary GROFF m. Andrew SWARTZ
m. Andrew SWARTZ
13. Magdalena GROFF m. Joseph S KURTZ
m. Joseph S KURTZ father: Samuel KURTZ mother: Barbara SHOWALTER
19. Levi W GROFF m. Catherine BARE
m. Catherine BARE father: Adam BARE mother: Sarah GRAYBILL
26. Barbara WENGER m. John MUSSER
m. John MUSSER father: John MUSSER mother: Magdalena WISSLER
39. Barbara M WENGER m. Christian Franz GROFF
m. Christian Franz GROFF father: David M GROFF mother: Elizabeth FRANZ

4th generation

53. Maria KURTZ m. John ZIMMERMAN
m. John ZIMMERMAN father: Christian ZIMMERMAN mother: Mary MARTIN
55. John G KURTZ m. Anna MUSSER
m. Anna MUSSER father: Henry MUSSER mother: Anna MARTIN
67. Gabriel GROFF m. Barbara SWAR
m. Barbara SWAR
68. David GROFF m. Susanna NOLT
m. Susanna NOLT
72. Christian GROFF m. Frances PETERS
m. Frances PETERS

5th generation

75. Martin ZIMMERMAN m. Clarissa EMERY
m. Clarissa EMERY
77. John G ZIMMERMAN m. Annie DENLINGER
m. Annie DENLINGER
85. Clara KURTZ m. William C GRUBE
m. William C GRUBE father: Martin H GRUBE
88. Maryann GROFF m. Martin NOLT
m. Martin NOLT
89. David GROFF m. Anna N MARTIN
m. Anna N MARTIN
90. Jonas GROFF m. Anna Marie SNAVELY
m. Anna Marie SNAVELY
93. Miriam GROFF m. Ruben RUTT
m. Ruben RUTT
94. Charles Wesley GROFF m. Kathryn RINEBERGER
m. Kathryn RINEBERGER