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: Christian MOSSER
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 1705 in Ittlingen, Germany b
  • Death: 1741 in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Peter MOSER Birth: Jan 1671 in Biglen, Bern, Switzerland

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Magdalena MOSSER Birth: Abt 1728 in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 1796
  2. Christian MOSSER Birth: Abt 1730 in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 1755 in Rapho Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
  3. Peter MOSSER Birth: Abt 1733 in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 1805
  4. John MOSSER Birth: Abt 1735 in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 1795
  5. Anna MOSSER Birth: Abt 1737 in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
  6. Barbara MOSSER Birth: Abt 1739 in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania

Bibliography
  1. Best, Jane E, European Roots of the Bear Families of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: An Update, in Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Jan 1984. LMHS. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Best BEAR-Euro 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 I. Provo, UT: author, 1995. LMHS Ref E184.M45.D3 1995 v1. LDS Film#1573238#15. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/007956425 images 739-959. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p[0-9]*].
  4. Davis, Richard Warren, Emigrants Refugees and Prisoners, Vol III. Provo, UT: author, 1999. NYPL APK 01-2370v3. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Davis Emigrants v3p[0-9]*].
  5. Landis, Ira D, Early Lancaster County Mennonite Mussers, in Mennonite Research Journal vol 17 No 2, Apr 1976. LMHS. Available (for purchase) at https://www.lmhs.org/research/lmhs-publications/research-journal/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Landis EarlyMussers p[0-9]*].
  6. Musser, Edgar A, Musser Genealogy. Lancaster, PA: author, 1980. LMHS CS71.M9892 1980. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p.*].
  7. Recker, Charles, People of the Marsh, Newsletter of the Musser Family 1972-75. Grenada Hills, CA: author, 1972-5. NYPL APV (Moser) 87-2041. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh [IVX]*#[0-9]p[0-9]].
  8. Stoltzfus, Irma Hess, Wanners - An Early Lancaster County Mennonite Family, Coatesville, PA: author, 1992. NYPL APV (Wanner) 93-3216. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Stoltzfus WANNER p[0-9]*].
  9. Wenger, Samuel S, The Wenger Book, Lancaster, PA: Pennsylvania German Heritage, 1978. NYPL APV (Wenger) 86-601. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: WengerSS WENGER p[0-9]*].
  10. Wilcox, S Michael, Landis Families of Canton Zurich, Switzerland. In Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Jan 1995. pp13-18. LMHS Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Wilcox LANDIS p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p262, Davis Emigrants v3p235, Davis Emigrants v3p286]
age 10 in 1715 [Ref: Best BEAR-Euro p26, Stoltzfus WANNER p1],
place:
[Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p262, Davis Emigrants v3p286]
Ittlingen in 1715 [Ref: Best BEAR-Euro p26, Stoltzfus WANNER p1],
father:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Euro p26, Davis Emigrants v1p262, Davis Emigrants v3p235, Stoltzfus WANNER p1],
brother:
Hans MUSSER [Ref: Landis EarlyMussers p14]
Hans and Jost MUSSER, 1727 immigrants [Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p107]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Best SwissOrigins p23, Davis Emigrants v1p262, Davis Emigrants v3p286, Landis EarlyMussers p14, MusserEA MUSSER p107],
place:
[Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p262, Davis Emigrants v3p286]
Sources with Information about marriage to Anna LANDIS
date:
first marriage of Anna [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p23, Davis Emigrants v3p235, Landis EarlyMussers p22, MusserEA MUSSER p107, Recker PeopleMarsh III#2p3, Wilcox LANDIS p15],
child:
[Ref: Davis Emigrants v3p286, Landis EarlyMussers p22, MusserEA MUSSER p107A, MusserEA MUSSER p107, Recker PeopleMarsh III#2p3]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
child:
possibly Joseph MOSSER (#724) [Ref: WengerSS WENGER p1088]
Research Notes:
Sep 30 1727: arrived in Pennsylvania, ship "Molly", in a sickly state with his two brothers [Ref: Davis Emigrants v3p286]

emigrated 1727 on "Molly" (John, Christian, and Jost) as given in family bible of Peter Musser family [Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh III#1p2]

had land in the Amos Strettle Survey, which is sometimes said to have been made in 1711, but was actually undated [Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh III#2p3]

died intestate. Estate distributed to his heirs and issue: Peter Musser (who had a wife Fronica), Hans (who has a wife Christina), Magdalena wife of Martin Hoover, Anna wife of John Wade, and Barbara [Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh III#2p3]

1741: Anna Musser, widow of Christian, signed a bond for faithful performance of her responsibilities in the administration of his estate [Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh III#2p3]

deed book 23-358 is inventory of personal property [Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p107]

deed WW-126 shows that Jacob Landis died intestate leaving 200 acres near Conestoga or Strasburg, which he acquired from Tobias Collet and others in 1722, to his heirs and issue: Benjamin Landis, Barbara wife of Theodorus Buckwalter, and Anna Tinkey (deceased) late the wife of Christian Musser (deceased) [Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh III#2p3]



Pedigree of Christian MOSSER
                                     /-----Ulrich MOSER
                            /-----Galante MOSER
                   /-----Peter MOSER
                  |         \-----Dori HUNDSPERGER
          /-----Peter MOSER
         |         \-----Elsbeth LONGENEGGER
 /-----Peter MOSER
|        |         /-----Christian TOMI
|         \-----Elsbeth TOMI
|                  \-----Elsbeth HOFER
Christian MOSSER



Descendants of Christian MOSSER
1. Christian MOSSER m. Anna LANDIS
m. Anna LANDIS father: Jacob LANDIS mother: Ann WITMER

2nd generation

2. Magdalena MOSSER m. Martin HOOVER
m. Martin HOOVER
5. John MOSSER m. Christina ENGLE
m. Christina ENGLE

3rd generation

19. John MOSSER m. Mary (MOSSER)
m. Mary (MOSSER)

4th generation

21. John MOSSER m. Nancy McCLARIEN
m. Nancy McCLARIEN
26. Samuel MOSSER m. Fannie WARFEL
m. Fannie WARFEL