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: Hans GRAF
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Dec 1636 in Baretswil, Zurich, Switzerland b
  • Baptism: 6 Dec 1636 in Baretswil, Zurich, Switzerland c
  • Death: Before 1681 in Rauhof, Germany d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Jakob GRAF Birth: Jan 1616 in Baretswil, Switzerland Death: After 1683 in Steinsfurt, Germany
    • Mother:
  • Anna SPORRI Birth: Wolfensberg, Near Bauma, Baretswil, Switzerland

Family:
Children:
  1. Hans Jacob GRAF Birth: Abt 1660
  2. Hans GROFF Birth: Abt 1670 Death: 1729 in Conestoga, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania

Bibliography
  1. Best, Jane Evans, Bear Saga - Albis to America, in Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Oct 1986. LMHS. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p[0-9]*].
  2. Best, Jane Evans, Swiss Origins of Groff, Hess, Weber, Landis, and Oberholtzer Families. In Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Apr 1990. pp9-25. LMHS Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p[0-9]*].
  3. Davis, Richard Warren, Emigrants Refugees and Prisoners, Vol II. Provo, UT: author, 1997. LMHS Ref E184.M45.D3 1995 v2. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
bp 6 Dec 1636 [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p11],
place:
[Ref: Best SwissOrigins p11, Davis Emigrants v2p173],
parents:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p23, Best SwissOrigins p11, Davis Emigrants v2p173]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
date:
6 Dec 1636 [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p173]
Sources for baptism Information
date:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p23, Best SwissOrigins p11],
place:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p23, Best SwissOrigins p11]
Sources for death Information
date:
by 1681 [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p11, Davis Emigrants v2p173],
place:
[Ref: Best SwissOrigins p11]
Sources with Information about marriage to unknown
child:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p23, Best SwissOrigins p11, Best SwissOrigins p12, Davis Emigrants v2p173]
Research Notes:
Anabaptist at Rauhof, Germany [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p11]

1640 & 1649: lived with parents [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p11]



Pedigree of Hans GRAF
          /-----Hans GRAF
 /-----Jakob GRAF
|         \-----Elsbeth PETER
Hans GRAF
|         /-----Jacob SPORRI
 \-----Anna SPORRI



Descendants of Hans GRAF
1. Hans GRAF m.

2nd generation

2. Hans Jacob GRAF m. Barbara RUTH
m. Barbara RUTH father: Hans RUTH mother: Adelheit (RUTH)
3. Hans GROFF m. Ann (GROFF)
m. Ann (GROFF)

3rd generation

4. Johann Christian GRAF m. Susanna (GRAF)
m. Susanna (GRAF)
6. Jacob GROFF m. Barbara BRACKBILL
m. Barbara BRACKBILL father: Rev Benedict BRACKBILL mother: Maria Margaretha HERR

4th generation

8. Michael GROFF m. Elizabeth HERR
m. Elizabeth HERR father: Christian HERR mother: Anna (HERR)
9. John GROFF m1. Anna HERR m2. Catherine (ESHLEMAN)
m. Anna HERR father: Isaac HERR
m. Catherine (ESHLEMAN)
11. John GROFF m. Elsbeth KENDIG
m. Elsbeth KENDIG father: John Jacob KENDIG mother: Annali MEYER
14. Ann GROFF m. Jacob BARR
m. Jacob BARR father: Martin BARR mother: Anna Elisabeth GROFF
15. Barbara GROFF m. Jacob ESHLEMAN
m. Jacob ESHLEMAN father: Jacob ESHLEMAN mother: Anna Barbara BARR

5th generation

17. John GROFF m. Susanna KENDIG
m. Susanna KENDIG
26. Christian BARR m. Susannah BRENNEMAN
m. Susannah BRENNEMAN father: Melchior BRENNEMAN mother: Ann SNAVELY
28. Jacob ESHLEMAN m. Mary BROCKBILL
m. Mary BROCKBILL father: Benedict BRACKBILL mother: Mary KENDIG