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: Christian GROFF
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: After 1775 b
  • Death: Before 1831 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. George GROFF
  2. Levi GROFF Birth: 29 Sep 1806 Death: 12 Mar 1896
  3. Leah GROFF Birth: 11 Jun 1810 Death: 14 Mar 1876

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:
after 1775 [Ref: Best GROFF p103, GroffCL GROFF p76],
parents:
John GROFF & Anna ___ [Ref: Best GROFF p103, GroffCL GROFF p75],
father:
[Ref: GroffCF GROFF Chart, WengerSS WENGER p1064]
Sources for death Information
date:
before 1831 [Ref: Best GROFF p103]
Sources with Information about marriage to Mary BROWN
names:
[Ref: WengerSS WENGER p1064],
child:
[Ref: Best GROFF p103, GroffCF GROFF Chart, GroffCL GROFF p76]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Christian 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
Christian GROFF
 \-----Anna (GROFF)



Descendants of Christian GROFF
1. Christian GROFF m. Mary BROWN
m. Mary BROWN father: Peter BROWN

2nd generation

4. Leah GROFF m. David BENDER
m. David BENDER father: John BENDER mother: Elizabeth KINZER