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 METZLER
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 6 Mar 1791 in Caernarvon Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania b
  • Death: 7 Jan 1878 d
  • Burial: Old Hershey Cemetery, Salisbury Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Abraham METZLER Birth: 24 Feb 1753 Death: 1818
    • Mother:
  • Christina GROFF Birth: 1754 Death: 1826

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Abraham METZLER
  2. Magdalena METZLER
  3. Elizabeth METZLER Death: Oct 1869
  4. Susanna METZLER
  5. Anna METZLER
  6. David METZLER Birth: 22 Feb 1820 Death: 7 Nov 1838

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. Biographical Annals of Lancaster County Pennsylvania. Spartonburg, SC: Reprint Publishers, 1985. Orig pub 1903. LMHS rF157.L2B6 1985. Available at http://archive.org/details/biographicalanna00megi and at http://archive.org/details/cu31924028852998 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p[0-9]*].
  3. 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]*].
  4. 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: GroffCL GROFF p60, Stoltzfus WANNER p39],
place:
[Ref: Stoltzfus WANNER p39],
parents:
[Ref: GroffCL GROFF p60, Stoltzfus WANNER p39, WengerSS WENGER p1063]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: GroffCL GROFF p60, Stoltzfus WANNER p39]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Stoltzfus WANNER p39]
Sources with Information about marriage to Nancy WANNER
date:
[Ref: Stoltzfus WANNER p39],
names:
Christian METZLER & Nancy WARNER [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p60, WengerSS WENGER p1063],
child:
[Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p276, Stoltzfus WANNER p39]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Christian METZLER
          /-----Valentine METZLER
 /-----Abraham METZLER
|         \-----Ann NISSLEY
Christian METZLER
|                                             /-----Hans GRAF
|                                    /-----Jakob GRAF
|                                   |         \-----Elsbeth PETER
|                           /-----Marx GRAF
|                          |        |         /-----Jacob SPORRI
|                          |         \-----Anna SPORRI
|                  /-----Hans GROFF
|         /-----Marcus GROFF
|        |        |                           /-----Peter KUNDIG
|        |        |                  /-----Jorg KUNDIG
|        |        |         /-----Hans Jagli KUNDIG
|        |        |        |         \-----Barbel HUFFELBERG
|        |         \-----Susanna KENDIG
|        |                 |         /-----Martin MEILI
|        |                  \-----Elsbeth MEILI
|        |                           \-----Barbara BAR
 \-----Christina GROFF
         |         /-----Hans HUBER
          \-----Anna HUBER



Descendants of Christian METZLER
1. Christian METZLER m. Nancy WANNER
m. Nancy WANNER father: Tobias W WANNER mother: Magdalena STAUFFER

2nd generation

4. Elizabeth METZLER m. Joseph BRACKBILL
m. Joseph BRACKBILL father: Banjamin BRACKBILL mother: Elizabeth HERSHEY

3rd generation

12. Christian Metzler BRACKBILL m. Elizabeth K DENLINGER
m. Elizabeth K DENLINGER

4th generation

13. Landis E BRACKBILL m. Anna DENLINGER
m. Anna DENLINGER