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: 8 Dec 1771 b
  • Death: 23 Jun 1848 in East Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania d


    • 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. David GROFF
  2. Elizabeth GROFF
  3. Susanna GROFF
  4. Benjamin GROFF Birth: 17 Aug 1795 Death: 12 Jul 1853 in East Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
  5. Jacob GROFF Birth: 19 Apr 1805 Death: 6 Aug 1862

Marriage: Children:
  1. John GROFF
  2. Christian GROFF
  3. Veronica GROFF
  4. Mary GROFF
  5. Anna GROFF Birth: 21 May 1793 in East Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 24 Mar 1859
  6. Barbara GROFF Birth: 24 Nov 1807 Death: 31 Jan 1831
  7. Martin GROFF Birth: 24 Apr 1809 Death: 5 May 1855

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. Biographical Annals of Lancaster County Pennsylvania. Spartonburg, SC: Reprint Publishers, 1985. Orig pub 1903. LMHS rF157.L2B6 1985. Available at http://archive.org/details/biographicalanna00megi and at http://archive.org/details/cu31924028852998 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog 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 p101, GroffCL GROFF p75],
parents:
John GROFF & Anna ___ [Ref: Best GROFF p101, GroffCL GROFF p75],
father:
[Ref: GroffCF GROFF Chart, WengerSS WENGER p1064]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Best GROFF p101, GroffCL GROFF p75],
place:
[Ref: Best GROFF p101, GroffCL GROFF p75]
Sources with Information about marriage to Barbara (GROFF)
date:
first marriage of David [Ref: Best GROFF p101, GroffCL GROFF p75],
names:
David GROFF & Barbara ___ [Ref: Best GROFF p101, GroffCL GROFF p75],
child:
[Ref: GroffCL GROFF p75]
Sources with Information about marriage to Anna (GROFF)
date:
second marriage of David [Ref: Best GROFF p101, GroffCL GROFF p75],
names:
David GROFF & Anna ___ [Ref: Best GROFF p101, GroffCL GROFF p75, LancasterCoPA Biog p1284],
child:
[Ref: GroffCL GROFF p75, LancasterCoPA Biog p1284]
Research Notes:



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



Descendants of David GROFF
1. David GROFF m1. Barbara (GROFF) m2. Anna (GROFF)
m. Barbara (GROFF)
m. Anna (GROFF)

2nd generation

11. Anna GROFF m. John DENLINGER
m. John DENLINGER

3rd generation

22. Samuel DENLINGER m1. Elizabeth MUSSER m2. Emma Ruth EBY
m. Elizabeth MUSSER father: Jacob MUSSER mother: Elizabeth (MUSSER)
m. Emma Ruth EBY father: Simeon EBY mother: Mary A BECHER

4th generation

24. Jacob Muser DENLINGER m. Anna MUSSER
m. Anna MUSSER father: John M MUSSER mother: Susanna WENGER