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- JOHN MARSH
John Marsh was born in New Haven Connecticut on May 2, 1661. When he was four years old, he traveled with his family to Elizabeth town, New Jersey. He grew up in New Jersey and in 1683 married Elizabeth Clark.
Elizabeth Clark was born in 1665 and was the daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Clark. Richard Clark was born in England in 1632 and came to New England about 1655 and quickly moved to eastern Long Island. Here he married and became a ship builder. In 1678, he and Elizabeth and their five children moved to Rahway, New Jersey. He continued to be a ship builder there until his death in 1697. Young John Marsh was living in Rahway at the time and it was here he married the daughter, Elizabeth Clark. Richard Clark was the great grandfather of Abraham Clark who signed the Declaration of Independence. For more information on Richard Clark, see THE CLARK FAMILY HISTORY.
By 1683 when he was married, John Marsh was considered a founder of the village of Rahway
He was granted 800 acres of land on the Rahway River in March of 1685. He was operating a small saw mill in Elizabeth as early as 1681 and after moving to Rahway he built a dam on the Rahway and erected one of the first permanent saw mills in New Jersey. In 1684 he built a grist mill alongside his saw mill. The mills were located just west of the present Pennsylvania Railroad bridge over the river.
John Marsh seems to have moved to New York City around 1692. He sold out his mills to Stephen Van Cortlandt in March of 1695. He later returned to his old homestead at Trembly Point on the Rahway River and remained there the rest of his life. He died there in November of 1744. His will was proven in court on December 3, 1744. The house of his father, Samuel Marsh, was located nearby also on the Rahway River. This house remained until about 1949 when it was torn down.
John and Elizabeth Marsh had twelve children.
JOHN MARSH, born November 7, 1686 and died in 1735. He married Mary Morse who was born about 1684. They had three children: John, Mary and William.
JOSEPH MARSH, born November 21, 1688 and died in 1745. He was a carpenter. His wife was Elizabeth, born 1723 and died June 10, 1799. They had ten children: Samuel, Joseph, Elizabeth, John, Phoebe, Henry, Joanna, David, Hannah and Mary. After Joseph died, Elizabeth remarried on January 10, 1750 to the Reverend Nathaniel Hubbell. He died in 1761 and Elizabeth remained a widow.
JOSHUA MARSH, born August 8, 1690. He wrote his will on September 20, 1744 and died the following day, September 21, 1744. He resided in Westfield, New Jersey and is buried in Elizabeth. He married Susanna Bunn and had five children: Susannah (married a Davis), Sarah (married John Tucker), Elizabeth (married a Meeker), Joshua and Abraham Marsh.
ELIZABETH MARSH, born in 1694 and died on April 13, 1750. She married Job Pack, son of George and Anna Pack. Elizabeth, Job and a child, John Pack, were killed by Indians on April 13, 1750 and they are buried in Rahway. They had at least three children: John, Hannah and Jobe. There is more on the family in the PACK FAMILY HISTORY which is forthcoming.
JONATHAN MARSH, born on September 14, 1696 and married to Mary T. Scudder. This is our lineage and his life is covered in the next section. The SCUDDER FAMILY HISTORY in this addendum details Mary's family history.
HANNAH MARSH, born in 1698 and died October 16, 1753. She married William Miller and had twelve children: Ephraim, John, Noah, Ezra, Nancy, Samuel, William, Clark, Mary, Marsh, Sabra and Hannah Miller.
EPHRAIM MARSH, born on July 9, 1700 and died on April 23, 1750 and buried in Westfield. He married Anna Scudder and they had five children: Ephraim, Jean, Anna, Keziah and Sarah Marsh. Ephraim died at age 49 and Anna remarried to Thomas Woodruff also from Westfield on December 6, 1753. Anna died on April 16, 1762.
BENJAMIN MARSH, born in Rahway on August 12, 1702 and died on March 20, 1734. He lived in Elizabethtown, New Jersey and there married Margaret Ewen (born in 1700 and died February 14, 1748). They had six children: Benjamin (born 1721), Enoch (1723), David
(1725), Margaret (1727), Sarah (born 1729 and married Benjamin Williams) and Mary Marsh (1730 - 1795 and married to Reuben Clark).
DANIEL MARSH, born February 25, 1705 and died November 1, 1756. He married Mary Rolph, daughter of Henry and Mary Connelly Rolph. They lived in Elizabeth and had eleven children: Hannah, John, Mary, Esther, Phebe, Daniel, Ephraim, Henry, Christopher, Rolph and Rhoda Marsh.
MEPHIBOSHETH MARSH, born February 28, 1707 and died August 11, 1764. He lived at Rahway and is buried there. In 1730 he married Elizabeth Coddington and they had eleven children: John, Elizabeth, Mephibosheth, Comfort, Stephen, Benjamin, Asher, Jane, Jacob, Cornelius and Zeruiah.
DAVID MARSH, born on December 22, 1708 and died in November 1769. He married Mary Lee and they had five children: Abraham, Elizabeth, Sarah, Moses and John.
SARAH MARSH, born on April 6, 1712 and died on October 1, 1777. She lived and is buried in Rahway, New Jersey. She married Isaac Noe of Rahway. [1]
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