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 GROFF
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Abt 1665 b
  • Death: Before 1 Mar 1726 in Conestoga Twp, Chester (Now Lancaster) Co, Pennsylvania d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Hans Heinrich GRAF Birth: Jan 1639 in Baretswil, Zurich, Switzerland

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Anna Elisabeth GROFF Birth: Abt 1691 Death: After 1757
  2. Barbara GROFF Birth: Abt 1692
  3. John GROFF Birth: Abt 1695 Death: Before 1 Feb 1749 in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
  4. Jacob GROFF Birth: Abt 1700 Death: Before 6 Nov 1771 in East Pennsboro Twp, Cumberland Co, Pennsylvania
  5. Veronica GROFF Birth: Abt 1705
  6. Anna GROFF Birth: Abt 1710 Death: After 1751

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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 1665 [Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p23, Best SwissOrigins p12],
father:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p23, Best SwissOrigins p12]
Sources for death Information
date:
inv 1 Mar 1726 [Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p23, Best SwissOrigins p12],
place:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p23, Best SwissOrigins p12]
Sources with Information about marriage to Anna LICHTI
date:
between 1721 and 1722 [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p12],
child:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p23]
Research Notes:
identified as "A" in Graf genealogies [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p12]

Oct 7 1717: 400 acres surveyed to him in Lampeter Twp, which on Mar 14 1722 were granted to Martin Bear [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p12]



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



Descendants of Hans GROFF
1. Hans GROFF m. Anna LICHTI
m. Anna LICHTI

2nd generation

2. Anna Elisabeth GROFF m. Martin BARR
m. Martin BARR father: Martin BAR mother: Anna Magdalena MAYER

3rd generation

10. Anna Barbara BARR m. Jacob ESHLEMAN
m. Jacob ESHLEMAN
11. Martin BARE m. Elizabeth HERR
m. Elizabeth HERR father: John HERR mother: Frances BRACKBILL
12. John BARE m. Elizabeth STONEMAN
m. Elizabeth STONEMAN father: Joseph STONEMAN mother: Frena STEHMAN
13. Jacob BARR m1. Anna (BARR) m2. Ann GROFF
m. Anna (BARR)
m. Ann GROFF father: Jacob GROFF mother: Barbara BRACKBILL
15. Christian BEAR m. Magdalena (BARR)
m. Magdalena (BARR)
16. Madlena BARR m. Jacob WEBER
m. Jacob WEBER father: John WABER mother: Barbara BUCKWALTER
17. Maria BEAR m. Abraham LANDIS
m. Abraham LANDIS father: Benjamin LANDIS mother: Maria WEBER

4th generation

18. Jacob ESHLEMAN m. Barbara GROFF
m. Barbara GROFF father: Jacob GROFF mother: Barbara BRACKBILL
26. Veronica D BARE m1. Benjamin HERSHEY m2. David BRUBAKER
m. Benjamin HERSHEY father: Andrew HERSHEY mother: Maria SCHNEBELI
m. David BRUBAKER father: Hans BRUBAKER mother: Anna (BRUBAKER)
33. Jacob BARR m1. Anna KENDIG m2. Elizabeth BARE
m. Anna KENDIG father: Adam KENDIG mother: Elsbeth KENDIG
m. Elizabeth BARE father: Martin BARE mother: Elizabeth HERR
42. Christian BARR m. Susannah BRENNEMAN
m. Susannah BRENNEMAN father: Melchior BRENNEMAN mother: Ann SNAVELY

5th generation

57. Jacob ESHLEMAN m. Mary BROCKBILL
m. Mary BROCKBILL father: Benedict BRACKBILL mother: Mary KENDIG
73. Anna BARR m. Samuel MUSSER
m. Samuel MUSSER father: Christian MUSSER mother: Elizabeth KENDIG