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: John MUSSER
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 24 Sep 1762 in Brecknock Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania b
  • Death: 24 Aug 1824 d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Henry MUSSER Birth: 1730 Death: 13 Mar 1805 in Brecknock Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
    • Mother:
  • Veronica (MUSSER) Birth: Abt 1740 Death: Abt Nov 1806

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Isaac MUSSER
  2. Nancy MUSSER Birth: 1795 Death: 1864
  3. John MUSSER Birth: 1797 Death: 1848
  4. David MUSSER Birth: 1799 Death: 1850
  5. Barbara MUSSER Birth: 1802 Death: 1865
  6. Susan MUSSER Birth: 1804 Death: 1875
  7. Martin MUSSER Birth: 1807 Death: 1883
  8. Christian MUSSER Birth: 1810 Death: 1869

Bibliography
  1. Groff, Clyde L, Walter B Groff, Jane Evans Best, The Groff Book, Ronks, PA: Groff History Associates, 1985. NYPL APV (Groff) 86-1589 v1. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p[0-9]*].
  2. Abstracts of Lancaster Co PA Wills 1786-1820. Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1995. NYPL APR (Lancaster Co PA) 97-984 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA WillAbs2 p[0-9]*].
  3. Lancaster County Pennsylvania Register of Wills, Wills, Book Y-2. Not Filmed by LDS. Lancaster County Court House, Office of Records and Archives, 50 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Wills 2Y-467].
  4. 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]*].
  5. Musser, Edgar A, Musser Genealogy. Lancaster, PA: author, 1980. LMHS CS71.M9892 1980. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p.*].
  6. Musser, Richard W, Musser Family History 1242-1988. Lancaster, PA: author, 1998. LMHS CS71.M9891.1998. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: MusserRW MUSSER p[0-9]*].
  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. 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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Landis EarlyMussers p22, MusserEA MUSSER p42, MusserRW MUSSER p27]
1762 [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p39, Recker PeopleMarsh I#8p1, WengerSS WENGER p1088]
second son [Ref: MusserRW MUSSER p24],
place:
[Ref: MusserRW MUSSER p21],
parents:
Henry MUSSER & Veronica ___ [Ref: LancasterCoPA WillAbs2 p149, Landis EarlyMussers p22, MusserEA MUSSER p42, MusserRW MUSSER p24, MusserRW MUSSER p27, Recker PeopleMarsh I#8p1, WengerSS WENGER p1088],
father:
[Ref: LancasterCoPA Wills 2Y-467]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Landis EarlyMussers p22, MusserEA MUSSER p42]
1824 [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p39, WengerSS WENGER p1088]
Sources with Information about marriage to Anna MARTIN
names:
[Ref: GroffCL GROFF p39, Landis EarlyMussers p22, MusserEA MUSSER p42, MusserRW MUSSER p27],
child:
[Ref: WengerSS WENGER p1088]
Research Notes:
1786: first appears separately on tax lists of Brecknock Twp [Ref: MusserRW MUSSER p24]

moved to Dauphin County, then to Juniata County [Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh I#8p1]

lived in Juniata Co, PA [Ref: WengerSS WENGER p1088]



Pedigree of John MUSSER
                                                       /-----Ulrich MOSER
                                              /-----Galante MOSER
                                     /-----Peter MOSER
                                    |         \-----Dori HUNDSPERGER
                            /-----Peter MOSER
                           |         \-----Elsbeth LONGENEGGER
                   /-----Peter MOSER
                  |        |         /-----Christian TOMI
                  |         \-----Elsbeth TOMI
                  |                  \-----Elsbeth HOFER
          /-----Peter MOSER
 /-----Henry MUSSER
John MUSSER
 \-----Veronica (MUSSER)



Descendants of John MUSSER
1. John MUSSER m. Anna MARTIN
m. Anna MARTIN father: Martin MARTIN mother: Barbara GROFF