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: 30 Apr 1807 b
  • Death: 9 Jul 1883 d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • John MUSSER Birth: 21 Feb 1762 Death: 27 Nov 1851 in Leacock Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
    • Mother:
  • Magdalena WISSLER Birth: 14 Aug 1766 Death: 21 Jan 1846

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Martin MUSSER Birth: 6 Apr 1836 Death: 26 Jun 1880

Marriage: Children:
  1. Mary R MUSSER
  2. Elizabeth R MUSSER Birth: 3 Jan 1828 Death: 30 Aug 1903
  3. Esther R MUSSER Birth: 29 Jun 1833 Death: 25 Mar 1899
  4. Jacob R MUSSER Birth: 17 Nov 1835 Death: 5 Feb 1916
  5. Nancy R MUSSER Birth: 1838 Death: 1903
  6. Mattie R MUSSER Birth: 29 Jul 1840 Death: 20 Mar 1903
  7. Emma R MUSSER Birth: 1844 Death: 1861
  8. John R MUSSER Birth: 1849 Death: 1850
  9. Henry R MUSSER Birth: 1850 Death: 1875

Bibliography
  1. Groff, Christian Franz, Hans Groff Chart, 1864. Paradise, PA: Samuel S Wenger, 1979. Available at Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: GroffCF GROFF Chart].
  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. 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]*].
  4. Lancaster County Pennsylvania Register of Wills, Wills, 1730-1908, SLC: GeneSocUT, 1947. Will Book 1V 1851-1855, LDS Film#0021364. Lancaster County Court House, Office of Records and Archives, 50 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/005534210 images 35-40. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Wills V-60].
  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. 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 p78, MusserEA MUSSER p115B, MusserEA MUSSER p115]
1807 [Ref: WengerSS WENGER p1088],
parents:
[Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p115B, MusserEA MUSSER p115, WengerSS WENGER p1088],
father:
[Ref: LancasterCoPA Wills V-60]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: GroffCL GROFF p78, MusserEA MUSSER p115B, MusserEA MUSSER p115]
1883 [Ref: WengerSS WENGER p1088]
Sources with Information about marriage to Barbara WENGER
date:
first marriage of John [Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p115B, MusserEA MUSSER p115, WengerSS WENGER p1088],
names:
[Ref: GroffCL GROFF p78],
child:
[Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p115B, MusserEA MUSSER p115]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
note:
died single [Ref: GroffCF GROFF Chart]
Sources with Information about marriage to Mary Wenger ROHRER
date:
second marriage of John [Ref: MusserEA MUSSER p115B, MusserEA MUSSER p115, WengerSS WENGER p1088],
names:
[Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p470]
John MUSSER & Marie ___ [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p399],
child:
[Ref: GroffCL GROFF p399, MusserEA MUSSER p115B, MusserEA MUSSER p115C, MusserEA MUSSER p115]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of John MUSSER
                                                                /-----Ulrich MOSER
                                                       /-----Galante MOSER
                                              /-----Peter MOSER
                                             |         \-----Dori HUNDSPERGER
                                     /-----Peter MOSER
                                    |         \-----Elsbeth LONGENEGGER
                            /-----Peter MOSER
                           |        |         /-----Christian TOMI
                           |         \-----Elsbeth TOMI
                           |                  \-----Elsbeth HOFER
                   /-----Joseph MOSSER
          /-----Henry MUSSER
         |        |                           /-----Jacob FUNK
         |        |                  /-----Heini FUNK
         |        |                 |         \-----Anna NAF
         |        |         /-----Heinrich FUNK
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Jacob MEILI
         |        |        |        |         /-----Hans MEILI
         |        |        |         \-----Katherine MEILI
         |        |        |                  \-----Elsbeth HOCHSTRASSER
         |         \-----Veronica FUNK
         |                  \-----Veronica (FUNK)
 /-----John MUSSER
|        |         /-----Henry B RESH
|         \-----Elizabeth RESH
|                  \-----Susanna (RESH)
John MUSSER
|         /-----Christian WISSLER
 \-----Magdalena WISSLER
          \-----Barbara (WISSLER)



Descendants of John MUSSER
1. John MUSSER m1. Barbara WENGER m2. Mary Wenger ROHRER
m. Barbara WENGER father: Samuel Z WENGER mother: Barbara GROFF
m. Mary Wenger ROHRER father: John ROHRER mother: Esther WENGER

2nd generation

6. Jacob R MUSSER m. Susanna MARTIN
m. Susanna MARTIN father: Isaac MARTIN mother: Christiana GROFF

3rd generation

14. Ulysses MUSSER m. Mary A DIEM
m. Mary A DIEM father: John K DIEM mother: Margaret PARMER
15. John MUSSER m. Hattie HOOVER
m. Hattie HOOVER