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


Family:
Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. Best, Jane Evans, Martin Kendig's Swiss Relatives. In Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Jan 1992. pp 2-18. LMHS Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Best KENDIG 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. Spaetzel, Roy C, History and genealogy of the Witmer family. Kitchener, Ontario: author, 1977. FHL JSMB 929.271 W781s. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Spaetzel WITMER p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
place:
[Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p601],
parents:
Benjamin WITMER & Mary ___ [Ref: Spaetzel WITMER p82],
father:
[Ref: Best KENDIG p17, LancasterCoPA Biog p601]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
father:
Peter WITMER (#91070) [Ref: Spaetzel WITMER p84]
Sources for death Information
date:
between 29 Sep 1781 and 25 Mar 1783 [Ref: Best KENDIG p17]
Sources with Information about marriage to Feronica NISSLEY
names:
[Ref: Best KENDIG p17, Spaetzel WITMER p84]
Research Notes:
1739: naturalized [Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p601]

25 May 1750: obtained 25 acres in Lampeter Twp, on Conestoga Creek, for 52 pounds [Ref: Spaetzel WITMER p84]

1750: for 88 pounds, received an additional 150 acres on Conestoga Creek [Ref: Spaetzel WITMER p84]

his lands descended to his nephew, Benjamin Witmer [Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p601]



Pedigree of Abraham WITMER
                   /-----Heini WITMER
          /-----Jakob WITMER
         |         \-----Margareth BENTZ
 /-----Benjamin WITMER
Abraham WITMER
 \-----Mary (WITMER)



Descendants of Abraham WITMER
1. Abraham WITMER m. Feronica NISSLEY
m. Feronica NISSLEY father: Jacob NISSLEY