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: Michael GROFF
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 15 Oct 1707 b
  • Death: 22 Sep 1771 in Martic Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Johann Christian GRAF Birth: Abt 1686 Death: 1754 in Donegal Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
    • Mother:
  • Susanna (GRAF)

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Anna GROFF Birth: Dec 1735 Death: 10 Jun 1811

Bibliography
  1. Best, Jane Evans, Martin Kendig's Swiss Relatives. In Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Jan 1992. pp 2-18. LMHS Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Best KENDIG 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. books/Herr, Theodore, Genealogical Record of Reverend Hans Herr and his descendants. Lancaster, PA: author, 1908. Available at http://archive.org/details/cu31924029842204 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: HerrT HERR p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Best KENDIG p15, Best SwissOrigins p11],
parents:
Johann Cristian GRAF & Susanna ___ [Ref: Best KENDIG p15, Best SwissOrigins p11]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Best KENDIG p15, Best SwissOrigins p11],
place:
[Ref: Best KENDIG p15, Best SwissOrigins p11]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth HERR
date:
[Ref: Best KENDIG p15]
abt 1728 [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p11],
names:
[Ref: HerrT HERR p2],
child:
[Ref: Best KENDIG p7]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
date:
1740 [Ref: HerrT HERR p2]
Research Notes:
identified as "O" in Graf genealogies [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p11]

immigrated by 1728 [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p11]

1754: paid James Logan for father's 200 acres [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p11]

1757: purchased mill from William Smith [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p11]



Pedigree of Michael GROFF
                                     /-----Hans GRAF
                            /-----Jakob GRAF
                           |         \-----Elsbeth PETER
                   /-----Hans GRAF
                  |        |         /-----Jacob SPORRI
                  |         \-----Anna SPORRI
          /-----Hans Jacob GRAF
 /-----Johann Christian GRAF
|        |         /-----Hans RUTH
|         \-----Barbara RUTH
|                  \-----Adelheit (RUTH)
Michael GROFF
 \-----Susanna (GRAF)



Descendants of Michael GROFF
1. Michael GROFF m. Elizabeth HERR
m. Elizabeth HERR father: Christian HERR mother: Anna (HERR)