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 HERSHEY
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 21 Feb 1719 in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania b
  • Death: 21 Nov 1782 in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Benjamin HERSHEY Birth: 1696 in Friedelsheim, Germany Death: 29 Jul 1789 in Hempfield Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
    • Mother:
  • Mary (HERSHEY)

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Anna HERSHEY
  2. Maria HERSHEY Birth: 9 Jan 1745/6 in Pennsylvania Death: 9 Sep 1828 in Caernarvon Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
  3. Jacob HERSHEY Birth: 13 Dec 1747 in Warwick Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 10 Oct 1819 in Donegal Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
  4. Barbara HERSHEY Birth: 22 Aug 1750 Death: 14 Jul 1795 in Stoufferstown Twp, Franklin Co, Pennsylvania

Marriage: Children:
  1. Christian Jr HERSHEY Birth: 27 Apr 1762 in Warwick Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 31 Oct 1840
  2. Catherine HERSHEY Birth: 6 Aug 1764 in Warwick Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 6 Jan 1840
  3. Magdalena HERSHEY Birth: 20 Mar 1765 in Warwick Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 24 Nov 1845 in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
  4. Veronica HERSHEY Birth: 20 Nov 1766 in Warwick Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 4 Feb 1826 in Hammer Creek, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
  5. Benjamin HERSHEY Birth: 10 Mar 1768 in Warwick Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 6 May 1842
  6. Esther HERSHEY Birth: 14 Sep 1769 in Warwick Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 12 Nov 1824 in Warwick Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
  7. Isaac HERSHEY Birth: 6 Feb 1773 in Warwick Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 17 Jan 1831
  8. Peter HERSHEY Birth: 25 Dec 1777 in Warwick Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 25 Feb 1882 in Donegal Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
  9. John HERSHEY Birth: 14 Sep 1775 in Warwick Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 1 Nov 1865

Bibliography
  1. 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]*].
  2. 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]*].
  3. Hostetter, Richard L, Descendents of Jacob and Anna Hostetter of Engleside, Lancaster County, PA. Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1984. LMHS CS71.H8311 1984. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: HostetterRL HOSTETTER p[0-9]*].
  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. Mason, Floyd R, Hershey Family Tree of Pennsylvania. Bridgewater, VA: author, 2002. NYPL APV (Hershey) 05-3375. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Mason HERSHEY p[0-9]*].
  6. Musser, Edgar A, John Musser's Plantation in Southeast Lancaster, in Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, vol 83, no 3, Trinity 1979. LMHS. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Musser MusserPlantation p[0-9]*].
  7. Musser, Edgar A, Musser Genealogy. Lancaster, PA: author, 1980. LMHS CS71.M9892 1980. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p.*].
  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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Mason HERSHEY p10]
abt 1719 [Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p210],
place:
[Ref: Mason HERSHEY p10],
father:
[Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p210, HostetterRL HOSTETTER p2, Mason HERSHEY p10]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p210, Mason HERSHEY p10],
place:
[Ref: Mason HERSHEY p10]
Sources with Information about marriage to Barbara HOSTETTER
date:
first marriage of Christian [Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p210, HostetterRL HOSTETTER p2],
child:
[Ref: HostetterRL HOSTETTER p2, HostetterRL HOSTETTER p3, Mason HERSHEY p16, Mason HERSHEY p17]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
child:
Maria (#144238) wife of Jacob MUSSER [Ref: Landis EarlyMussers p14, Musser MusserPlantation p183, MusserEA MUSSER p11, Stoltzfus WANNER p183]
Sources with Information about marriage to Anna HERNLEY
date:
second marriage of Christian [Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p210, HostetterRL HOSTETTER p2],
child:
[Ref: Mason HERSHEY p17]
Research Notes:
owned a large tract of land in Warwick Twp [Ref: HostetterRL HOSTETTER p2]



Pedigree of Christian HERSHEY
                                              /-----Andrew HIRSHI
                                     /-----Andrew HIRSHI
                                    |         \-----Barbli SCHENK
                            /-----Isaac HIRSHI
                           |         \-----Christina DANNER
                   /-----Christian HERSHI
                  |         \-----Elisabeth SCHMIDT
          /-----Christian HERSHEY
 /-----Benjamin HERSHEY
|        |         /-----Daniel STAUFFER
|         \-----Adelheid STAUFFER
Christian HERSHEY
 \-----Mary (HERSHEY)



Descendants of Christian HERSHEY
1. Christian HERSHEY m1. Barbara HOSTETTER m2. Anna HERNLEY
m. Barbara HOSTETTER father: Jacob HOSTETTER mother: Anna RESCH
m. Anna HERNLEY

2nd generation

3. Maria HERSHEY m. Jacob BURKHART
m. Jacob BURKHART
4. Jacob HERSHEY m. Elizabeth EBY
m. Elizabeth EBY
5. Barbara HERSHEY m. Abraham STOUFFER
m. Abraham STOUFFER
8. Magdalena HERSHEY m. Joseph BPMBERGER
m. Joseph BPMBERGER
11. Esther HERSHEY m. John HESS
m. John HESS father: John HESS mother: Susanna LANDIS
12. Isaac HERSHEY m. Anna FRANTZ
m. Anna FRANTZ father: John FRANTZ mother: Elizabeth HOSTETTER
14. John HERSHEY m. Elizabeth FRANTZ
m. Elizabeth FRANTZ father: John FRANTZ mother: Elizabeth HOSTETTER

3rd generation

27. Christian HESS m. Barbara HUBER
m. Barbara HUBER