Sgt. John Marsh

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1642, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
• Alternate birth: Abt 1643

Notes:

Hartford selectman for many terms; deputy to the general court, 1693 and 1693-94. Frequently called Sergeant, presumably through membership in the Hartford train band.

John married Sarah Lyman on 28 Nov 1666 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Richard Lyman and Hepzibah Ford) was born about 1648; died between 1688 and 1 Jan 1708. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Hannah Marsh was born before 10 Apr 1681; was christened on 10 Apr 1681 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 22 Aug 1760.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 4 Dec 1688, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut

Notes:

First seen in 1639, at Hartford. He appears to have been an original Hartford proprietor; his name is on the Founders Monument in downtown Hartford. Moore and Allied Families (citation details below) says "it is generally believed" that he arrived at Hartford in 1636 with the Rev. Hooker's party, but while this is plausible there exists no known evidence to confirm it.

The Hartford land distribution of Feb 1640 shows that he was given several parcels of land by the Rev. Samuel Stone, so it is notable that later, in 1659, he was one of those who protested Stone's appointment as Hartford minister and who removed to Hadley as a result. In 1661 he removed to Northampton. He may or may not have been a personal friend of the Rev. Stone, but he was the son-in-law of former Connecticut governor John Webster, a leading figure in the protests against the Rev. Stone, and blood is often thicker than water.

Moore and Allied Families says that he died in Windsor, Connecticut, "where he was probably visiting his daughter, Hannah Loomis." His page at the Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford says that he died in Hartford.

John married Anne Webster about 1642. Anne (daughter of John Webster, Governor of Connecticut and Agnes Smith) was born before 29 Jul 1621; was christened on 29 Jul 1621 in Cossington, Leicestershire, England; died on 9 Jun 1662 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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A clothier in Braintree, Essex. Owner of much property there, including houses, orchards, and fields.

John married Grace Baldwin. Grace died between 29 Jan 1657 and 22 May 1667 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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We know her maiden name because she mentions her brother William Baldwin in her will, but so far their parents remain undiscovered.

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Emigrated in 1635; first at Watertown, then in 1636 to Hartford, probably with the Rev. Hooker's party. His name is on the Founders Monument in downtown Hartford.

His gravestone at Old Hadley cemetery was erected in 1818 by his descendant Noah Webster, the lexicographer, and gives the year of his death, incorrectly, as 1665.

From Timothy Lester Jacobs at the Founders of Hartford site:

He became an Assistant to the Connecticut General Court in 1639, which office he held until 1655. He was a Commissioner to the United Colonies of New England in 1654. He became Deputy Governor of Connecticut in 1655, then Governor in 1656. In 1657 he was named as Chief Magistrate.

He was among the dissenters against Samuel Stone becoming Hartford’s minister in 1659, and he left shortly after that as one of the leaders of the Hadley Company, although he first resided in Northampton, Massachusetts. He later removed to Hadley, where he was made a magistrate in May 1660, dying the next year on 5 April 1661.

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Gov. John Webster (1590-1661) = Agnes Smith (1585-1667)
Robert Webster (1619-1676) = Susanna Treat (1629-1705)
John Webster (1653-1694) = Sarah Mygate
John Webster (1680-~1753) = Abiel Steele (b. 1693)
Aaron Webster (1717-1783) = Lydia _____
Sarah Webster (1767-1830) = Daniel Barnes, Jr. (b. ~1752)
Romulus Barnes (1800-1846) = Olivia Denham (1807-1887)
Charles Montgomery Barnes (1833-1907) = Ellen Moore (1837-1923)
William Robbins Barnes (1866-1945), co-founder of Barnes & Noble

Gov. John Webster (1590-1661) = Agnes Smith (1585-1667)
Robert Webster (1619-1676) = Susanna Treat (1629-1705)
John Webster (1653-1694) = Sarah Mygate
Daniel Webster (b. 1693) = Miriam Cooke
Noah Webster (1722-1813) = Mercy Steele (1727-1794)
Noah Webster (1758-1843), lexicographer

John married Agnes Smith on 7 Nov 1609 in Cossington, Leicestershire, England. Agnes (daughter of Richard Smith and Agnes Wraske) was born before 29 Aug 1585; was christened on 29 Aug 1585 in Cossington, Leicestershire, England; died in 1667. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Moore and Allied Families (citation details below) states that "it is thought" that she died at Hartford, Connecticut.

Matthew married Elizabeth Ashton on 17 Apr 1587 in Cossington, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Agnes Wraske on 19 Jan 1585. Agnes (daughter of Robert Wraske) died before 28 Apr 1612; was buried on 28 Apr 1612 in Cossington, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Or Eme.