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: Martin GROFF
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Abt 1685 b
  • Death: Before 9 Aug 1759 in Earl 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. Barbara GROFF Birth: Abt 1719 Death: After 1761
  2. Joseph GROFF Birth: Abt 1722 Death: Before 7 Nov 1776
  3. Christian GROFF Birth: Abt 1724 Death: After 1761
  4. Anna GROFF Birth: Abt 1726
  5. Elizabeth GROFF Birth: Abt 1728
  6. Mary GROFF Birth: Abt 1730
  7. Jacob GROFF Birth: Abt 1733 Death: Before 19 Oct 1805
  8. Feronica GROFF Birth: Abt 1735
  9. Mark GROFF Birth: Abt 1739 Death: 29 Sep 1808 in Lower Massanutten, Virginia

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 1685 [Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p24, Best SwissOrigins p14],
father:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p24, Best SwissOrigins p14]
Sources for death Information
date:
will pro 9 Aug 1759 [Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p24, Best SwissOrigins p14],
place:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p24, Best SwissOrigins p14]
Sources with Information about marriage to Catharina BAR
names:
Martin GROFF & Catharina ___ [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p14],
child:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p24]
Research Notes:
identified as "L" in Graf genealogies [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p14]

will pro Aug 9 1759 [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p14]



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



Descendants of Martin GROFF
1. Martin GROFF m. Catharina BAR
m. Catharina BAR father: Hans Heinrich BAR mother: Anna HAUSER