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: Benjamin GROFF
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 12 Feb 1816 b
  • Death: 28 Aug 1876 in Stark Co, Ohio d
  • Burial: Pleasant View Mennonite Cemetery, Lawrence Twp, Stark Co, Ohio u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • John Myers GROFF Birth: 1778 Death: 1840 in West Earl Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
    • Mother:
  • Christina SOUNDER

Family:
Marriage:
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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Best GROFF p96, GroffCL GROFF p60],
parents:
[Ref: Best GROFF p96, GroffCF GROFF Chart, GroffCL GROFF p60]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Best GROFF p96, GroffCL GROFF p60],
place:
[Ref: Best GROFF p96, GroffCL GROFF p60]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: GroffCL GROFF p60]
Sources with Information about marriage to Anna N ZIMMERMAN
names:
[Ref: Best GROFF p96, GroffCF GROFF Chart, GroffCL GROFF p60]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Benjamin GROFF
                                                       /-----Hans GRAF
                                              /-----Jakob GRAF
                                             |         \-----Elsbeth PETER
                                     /-----Marx GRAF
                                    |        |         /-----Jacob SPORRI
                                    |         \-----Anna SPORRI
                            /-----Hans GROFF
                   /-----Marcus GROFF
                  |        |                           /-----Peter KUNDIG
                  |        |                  /-----Jorg KUNDIG
                  |        |         /-----Hans Jagli KUNDIG
                  |        |        |         \-----Barbel HUFFELBERG
                  |         \-----Susanna KENDIG
                  |                 |         /-----Martin MEILI
                  |                  \-----Elsbeth MEILI
                  |                           \-----Barbara BAR
          /-----Marcus GROFF
         |        |         /-----Hans HUBER
         |         \-----Anna HUBER
 /-----John Myers GROFF
|        |         /-----Hans MYER
|         \-----Feronica MYER
|                  \-----Agada (MYER)
Benjamin GROFF
 \-----Christina SOUNDER



Descendants of Benjamin GROFF
1. Benjamin GROFF m. Anna N ZIMMERMAN
m. Anna N ZIMMERMAN father: Christian R ZIMMERMAN mother: Elizabeth WENGER