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: Jacob GROFF
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Before 1690 b
  • Death: Before 3 Dec 1730 in Cocalico Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Marx GRAF Birth: 1 Nov 1640 in Baretswil, Canton Zurich, Switzerland Death: Before 1716

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Marx GROFF Death: 22 Mar 1771 in Ephrata Cloister
  2. Anna GROVE Birth: Abt 1713 Death: After 1771
  3. Catherine Elizabeth GREVE Birth: 22 Oct 1715 Death: 14 Aug 1776
  4. Peter GROVE Birth: 13 Jun 1724 Death: 13 Feb 1803 in Bethel Twp, 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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
before 1690 [Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p23, Best SwissOrigins p12],
father:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p23, Best SwissOrigins p12]
Sources for death Information
date:
inv 3 Dec 1730 [Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p23, Best SwissOrigins p12],
place:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p23, Best SwissOrigins p12]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth (GROFF)
date:
first marriage of Elizabeth [Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p23, Best SwissOrigins p12],
names:
Jacob GROFF & Elizabeth ___ [Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p23, Best SwissOrigins p12],
child:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p23]
Research Notes:
identified as "C" in Graf genealogies [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p12]

immigrated ca1726 [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p12]

inventory Dec 3 1730 [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p12]



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



Descendants of Jacob GROFF
1. Jacob GROFF m. Elizabeth (GROFF)
m. Elizabeth (GROFF)