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: David GROFF
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 1757 b
  • Death: 7 Feb 1784 d
  • Burial: Grofdale Cemetery u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • David GROFF Birth: Abt 1720 Death: 17 Nov 1784
    • Mother:
  • Barbara MOYER Birth: 1722 Death: 4 Feb 1814

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

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 p57, GroffCL GROFF p77, WengerSS WENGER p1063, WengerSS WENGER p1064]
1756 or 1757 [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p43],
parents:
[Ref: GroffCL GROFF p77, Landis HansGroffs 7307p29, WengerSS WENGER p1064],
father:
[Ref: GroffCF GROFF Chart]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
date:
1756 [Ref: Landis HansGroffs 7307p29]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Best GROFF p82, GroffCL GROFF p43, GroffCL GROFF p77]
1784 [Ref: Best GROFF p92, GroffCL GROFF p57, WengerSS WENGER p1063, WengerSS WENGER p1064]
Sources with Inaccurate death Information
date:
1799 [Ref: Landis HansGroffs 7307p29]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: GroffCL GROFF p77]
Sources with Information about marriage to Barbara HORST
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]
Research Notes:
died intestate, leaving three children under six years and apregnant wife [Ref: Best GROFF p82]

estate settled Sep 4 1788, by his widow Barbara, and friend David Martin [Ref: Best GROFF p82]



Pedigree of David GROFF
                                     /-----Hans GRAF
                            /-----Jakob GRAF
                           |         \-----Elsbeth PETER
                   /-----Marx GRAF
                  |        |         /-----Jacob SPORRI
                  |         \-----Anna SPORRI
          /-----Hans GROFF
 /-----David GROFF
|        |                           /-----Peter KUNDIG
|        |                  /-----Jorg KUNDIG
|        |         /-----Hans Jagli KUNDIG
|        |        |         \-----Barbel HUFFELBERG
|         \-----Susanna KENDIG
|                 |         /-----Martin MEILI
|                  \-----Elsbeth MEILI
|                           \-----Barbara BAR
David GROFF
|         /-----Joseph MOYER
 \-----Barbara MOYER



Descendants of David GROFF
1. David GROFF m. Barbara HORST
m. Barbara HORST father: Joseph HORST mother: Mary 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

3rd generation

6. Levi JOHNS m. Susanna BECKER
m. Susanna BECKER
7. Mary GROFF m. Andrew SWARTZ
m. Andrew SWARTZ
9. Magdalena GROFF m. Joseph S KURTZ
m. Joseph S KURTZ father: Samuel KURTZ mother: Barbara SHOWALTER
15. Levi W GROFF m. Catherine BARE
m. Catherine BARE father: Adam BARE mother: Sarah GRAYBILL
22. Barbara WENGER m. John MUSSER
m. John MUSSER father: John MUSSER mother: Magdalena WISSLER

4th generation

35. Maria KURTZ m. John ZIMMERMAN
m. John ZIMMERMAN father: Christian ZIMMERMAN mother: Mary MARTIN
37. John G KURTZ m. Anna MUSSER
m. Anna MUSSER father: Henry MUSSER mother: Anna MARTIN

5th generation

50. Martin ZIMMERMAN m. Clarissa EMERY
m. Clarissa EMERY
52. John G ZIMMERMAN m. Annie DENLINGER
m. Annie DENLINGER
60. Clara KURTZ m. William C GRUBE
m. William C GRUBE father: Martin H GRUBE