John Marsh

Other Events and Attributes:

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

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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]

John married Hepzibah Ford on 7 Oct 1644 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Hepzibah (daughter of Thomas Ford and Elizabeth Chard) was born before 15 May 1625; was christened on 15 May 1625 in Holy Trinity Church, Dorchester, Dorset, England; died on 11 Apr 1683 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

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

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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]

Family/Spouse: Deacon Joseph Olmsted. Deacon (son of Deacon Joseph Olmsted and Elizabeth Butler) was born in 1674 in of East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 25 Feb 1762. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Naomi married Gideon Wolcott about 1748 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. Gideon (son of Lt. Henry Wolcott and Rachel Talcott) was born in 1712 in South Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 5 Jun 1761 in South Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Served in the Commissary of the Connecticut line during the Revolution.

Samuel married Jerusha Wolcott on 29 Dec 1774 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut. Jerusha (daughter of Maj. Gen. Erastus Wolcott and Jerusha Wolcott) was born on 29 Nov 1755 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 19 Mar 1844 in East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: of East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut

Elihu married Rachel McClintock McClure on 27 Nov 1806. Rachel (daughter of Rev. David McClure and Hannah Pomeroy) was born on 29 Oct 1783 in North Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire; was christened on 16 Nov 1788; died on 2 Apr 1822 in South Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Graduated from Yale in 1839, one of the early members of Skull and Bones. Studied medicine in Boston for a year, and eventually settled in Jacksonville, Illinois, where he was a member of the board of education. He planned and oversaw the construction of the city's water-works and laid out the Diamond Grove Cemetery, where he was buried.

Elizur married Martha Lyman Dwight on 15 Jul 1846. Martha (daughter of Daniel Dwight and Mary Dickinson Mattoon) was born on 25 Dec 1824. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Called in many sources May Matoon Wolcott. According to a letter from John Dyer-Bennet to his sister Miriam, 3 Dec 1975, her given name was actually Mary. She attended Wellesley as a member of the class of 1885, but did not graduate.

Her ashes were interred with those of her father.

Mary married Edward Bull Clapp on 22 Dec 1886 in Morgan, Illinois. Edward (son of Rev. Charles Wells Clapp and Jane Pray Bassett) was born on 14 Apr 1856 in Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut; died on 6 Feb 1919 in Berkeley, Alameda, California; was buried in Godfrey Cemetery, Godfrey, Madison, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]