THE MARSH FAMILY
THE MARSH FAMILY
FIRST FAMILY
1. John Marsh, Hart., 1639, was one of the first sett. of Hadley, but rem. to Nhn. (Northampton) and thence to Hart. (Hartford) where he d. 1688. He m. (1) Anne, dau. of Gov. John Webster, who d. June 9, 1662. He m. (2) Oct. 7, 1664, Hepzibah, wid. of Richard Lyman of Nhn. and dau. of Thomas Ford. She d. Apr. 11, 1683.
Children (by Anne Webster):
John, m. Nov. 28, 1666, Sarah Lyman; d. in Hart. abt. 1727.
Samuel, b. abt. 1645.
Joseph, bp. Jan. 24, 1647.
Joseph, bp. July 15, 1649.
Jonathan, b. abt. 1650.
Daniel, b. abt. 1653.
Children (by Hepzibah [Ford] Lyman):
Hannah, m. Joseph Loomis.
Grace, m. Timothy Baker of Nhn.; d. May 31, 1676.
Lydia, b. Oct. 9, 1667; m. Dec. 8, 1692, David Loomis of Windsor, Conn.
2. Samuel, s. of John (1), res. in Hat., where he was freeman, 1690, representative in 1705 and 1706, and d. Sept. 7, 1728, a. 83. He m. May 6, 1667, Mary Allison, who d. Oct. 13, 1726, a. 78.
Children:
Mary, b. Feb. 27, 1668, in Had. (Hadley).
Samuel, b. Feb. 11, 1670, in Hat.
John, b. Nov. 6, 1672, in Hat.
Rachal, b. Oct. 15, 1674, in Hat.; m. John Wells.
Grace, b. Jan. 7, 1677, in Hat.; m. Thomas Goodman.
Mary, b. May 24, 1678, in Hat.; m. Joseph Morton.
Thomas, b. Jan. 10, 1680, in Hat.
Hannah, b. Sept. 18, 1681, in Hat.; m. Richard Billings, Mar. 18, 1703.
Elizabeth, b. July 31, 1683, in Hat.; m. Oct. 27, 1714, Maynard Day.
Ruth, b. June 16, 1685, in Hat.
Ebenezer, b. May 1, 1687, in Hat.
3. Thomas, s. of Samuel (2), res. in Hat. and Ware; was b. Jan. 10, 1680; m. 1702, Mary Trumbull of Suffield, Conn. He d. 1759.
Children:
Thomas, b. May 1, 1703; d. unm. 1728.
Mary, b. Oct. 27, 1704; m. 1726, Moses Smith.
Samuel, b. 1706.
Rachal, b. 1708.
Ruth, b. Feb. 15, 1710.
Judah, b. July 25, 1712.
Joseph, b. Apr. 14, 1714.
Ephraim, b. Jan. 5, 1717.
Daniel, b. June 12, 1719.
Martha, b. Apr. 12, 1721.
None of the family are now (1910) in Hat.
SECOND FAMILY
1. John Marsh of Boston, m. Sarah _____. They had three sons, the second being Joseph (2), who was b. Feb. 3, 1670, and m. Anna Thourogood, and had Joseph (3), b. Dec. 21, 1694, who m. Feb. 23, 1717, Sarah Partridge, and had sons Thomas, Eli and Asa (4), b. at Medfield, Aug. 31, 1724, who m. Melicent Woodstock. They rem. thence to Douglass and then to What. (Whately). His sons m. before he came to What. Four ch. b. at Douglass; : -
Amos.
Asa Jr.
Abijah.
Sarah.
5. Amos, s. of Asa (4), m. Elizabeth Jefferson abt 1777.
Children:
Benjamin, b. at Douglass, Oct. 9, 1778.
Calvin, b. at What., Oct. 3, 1780.
Thomas, Amos, Rufus, Elizabeth, Sarah, Sophia, Electa, Asa, Melicent and Sarah, all b. at What.
6. Calvin, s. of Amos (5), was b. Oct. 3, 1780; d. at Hat., Jan. 5, 1858; m. Oct. 7, 1800, Anna, dau. of Elihu and Anna Smith of Sund. She was b. at What. and bp. Aug. 25, 1782; rem. to Hat. She d. at Hat., Aug. 25, 1856.
Children:
Orasmus, m. Harriet Smith.
Hiram, bp. Aug. 30, 1804; m. Betsey Stockbridge of No. Had.
Chapman, bp. 1806; d. Dec. 6, 1869.
Calvin B., bp. 1808; m. (1) Hannah Belden; m. (2) wid. Eliza Graves.
Olive, bp. 1811.
Elizabeth, m. Lewis Covill.
Anna B., b. Oct. 26, 1819; m. Justin M. Cooley of What.
Elihu, b. 1821.
Miriam, m. Merrick Twiss of What.
7. Orasmus, s. of Calvin (6), was b. Jan. 11, 1802; d. Mar. 11, 1887; m. June 5, 1823, Harriet Smith of No. Had., who was b. Sept. 1, 1806, and d. Mar. 20, 1880.
Children:
Chester S., b. Dec. 26, 1824.
Cynthia, b. Oct. 20, 1827; m. Jan. 23, 1846, Marcus Morton; d. June 12, 1809.
Charles O., b. June 18, 1836.
George L., b. May 6, 1838; m. (1) Bessie Owen, who d. Aug. 25, 1898; no ch.; d. Feb. 20, 1909; was a member of Co. K, 52d Regiment, M.V.M., in the Civil war.
8. Calvin B., s. of Calvin (6), was bp. 1808; d. July 25, 1881; m. (1) Hannah, dau. of Reuben Belden, who d. June 29, 1843; m. (2) Mar. 7, 1844, Mrs. Clarissa Eliza Graves, who d. Feb. 4, 1888.
Children:
Infant, d. June, 1843.
George C., b. June 17, 1843.
9. Elihu, s. of Calvin (6), was b. 1821; d. Jan. 17, 1891; m. (1) July 25, 1845, Mary Ann Warren, who d. Oct. 16, 1850, a. 41; m. (2) Elvira Elwell, who d. Dec. 16, 1865, a. 33; m. (3) Adeline Noyes Eaton, who was b. Jan., 1832, and d. Apr. 15, 1896.
Children:
Henry E., b. May 30, 1846.
Gertrude, b. Aug. 5, 1848; d. Feb. 7, 1850.
Albert H., b. Jan. 19, 1850.
Myron N., b. Mar. 15, 1852.
Charles W., b. Mar. 15, 1854.
10. George C., s. of Calvin B. (8), was b. July 17, 1843; m. (1) Dec. 1, 1864, Maria J., dau. of Horace Russell of Had., who was b. May 30, 1843, and d. July 15, 1887; m. (2) Aug. 23, 1888, Julia M. Clark, who was b. May 10, 1849, and d. Dec. 1, 1906.
Children:
Hannah E., b. Dec. 31, 1866; d. Apr. 6, 1867.
Addie M., b. Jan. 5, 1868; d. Mar. 9, 1868.
Grace B., b. Feb. 28, 1870.
Mary E., b. Aug. 18, 1873.
Martha E., b. Aug. 3, 1875; m. Aug. 15, 1900, Fred S. Chapman of Monson.
Bertha M., b. Sept. 29, 1878; m. Jan. 20, 1909, Frederick C. Ewing of Easthampton.
Annie C., b. Aug. 27, 1800; m. May 2, 1906, Harland G. Ranney. They reside in Pittsfield. Two ch.: Ruth, b. June 10, 1970, and Herbert M., b. Nov. 22, 1908.
George C., b. Feb. 10, 1884; d. Mar. 22, 1887.
11. Henry E., s. of Elihu (9), was b. May 30, 1846; m. Oct. 26, 1870, Mary L. Fisher of Danielson, Conn., who was b. Jan. 7, 1851.
Children:
Edmund F., b. Aug. 3, 1871; d. Oct. 16, 1894.
Philip Allen, b. Jan. 24, 1879.
Harry Cooley, b. June 14, 1884.
12. Albert H., s. of Elihu (9), was b. Jan. 19, 1850; m. (1) Nov. 15, 1871, Emma L. Dickinson, who d. Mar. 9, 1873; m. (2) Nov. 11, 1873, Clarissa J. Anderson.
Children:
A. Mabel, b. Sept. 19, 1874; m. Sept. 19, 1900, Peter W. Hemingway of Spfd.
Alice Emma, b. Nov. 18, 1877; m. Jan. 24, 1902, Walter H. Thayer of Williamsburg.
13. Myron N., s. of Elihu (9), was b. Mar. 15, 1852; d. Feb. 2, 1908; m. Dec. 12, 1889, Nellie Perry Myers of Wallingford, Conn., who resides in Spfd., Mass.
Children:
Elizabeth, b. Dec. 12, 1900.
Hazel M., b. Aug. 26, 1901.
14. Charles W., s. of Elihu (9), was b. Mar. 15, 1854; d. May 8, 1909; m. Nov. 13, 1878, Alice L., dau. of Chester K. Waite of What. She was b. Nov. 15, 1857; d. Oct. 23, 1907.
Child:
Harry W., b. Feb. 22, 1881; m. Oct. 28, 1908, Minnie Allis Billings of Hat., dau. of George A. Billings.
15. Chester Smith, s. of Orasmus (7), was b. Dec. 26, 1824; m. June 28, 1865, Matilda C. Standiford; d. Dec. 20, 1870. Res. in Baltimore, Md. She m. (2) Charles G. Waite of Hat. and d. May 30, 1893.
Children:
William Dunlap, b. Oct. 27, 1866.
Harriet Smith, b. Mar. 12, 1868.
16. Charles O., s. of Orasmus (7), was b. June 18, 1838; d. Dec. 5, 1878, at Baltimore, Md., m. Mar. 7, 1865, Mary A. E. Koler.
Children:
John O. C., b. Jan. 5, 1866; d. Feb. 20, 1870.
Charles Howard, b. Dec. 22, 1867; d. Feb. 26, 1870.
Minnie Cynthia, Eleanor Leyburn, twins, b. Dec. 18, 1870, d. Feb. 20, 1877.
George Chester, b. Nov. 12, 1874; d. July 15, 1875.
17. William Dunlap, s. of Chester (15), was b. Oct. 27, 1866; m. Oct. 3, 1894, Bertha Louisa Clark. Res. in Nhn. (Northampton).
Child:
Chester Clark, b. Mar. 7, 1897.