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: John GROFF
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Abt 1767 b


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • John GROFF Birth: Sep 1745 Death: 7 Jun 1796 in Earl Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
    • Mother:
  • Anna (GROFF) Birth: 1 Mar 1747 Death: 1 Aug 1822

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. John GROVE
  2. Christina GROVE Birth: 30 Jun 1795 in Centre Twp Death: 1859 in Gregg Twp
  3. William GROVE Birth: 21 Apr 1799 Death: 7 Nov 1866 in Gregg Twp
  4. George GROVE Birth: 25 Oct 1800 in Penn Twp Death: 22 Jan 1846 in Harris (Now College) Twp

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:
abt 1767 [Ref: Best GROFF p101, GroffCL GROFF p75],
parents:
John GROFF & Anna ___ [Ref: Best GROFF p101, GroffCL GROFF p75],
father:
[Ref: GroffCF GROFF Chart, WengerSS WENGER p1064]
Sources with Information about marriage to Catherina STOBER
date:
[Ref: Best GROFF p101],
child:
[Ref: Best GROFF p101]
Research Notes:
1800: living in Penn Twp, Northumberland Co, PA [Ref: Best GROFF p101]

possibly the John GROFF who died in 1809 in Centre Twp, Synder Co, PA [Ref: Best GROFF p101]



Pedigree of John 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
 /-----John GROFF
|        |         /-----Joseph MOYER
|         \-----Barbara MOYER
John GROFF
 \-----Anna (GROFF)



Descendants of John GROFF
1. John GROFF m. Catherina STOBER
m. Catherina STOBER father: Johan Wilhelm STOBER mother: Christina LONG