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John Marsh of Hartford
Author: Dwight W. Marsh
Call Number: CS71.M365 1895
Page 5
At the threshold of John Marsh's Hadley life he met with two bitter exp eriences, one the death of his father-in-law, Gov. John Webster, April 5 , 1661; a great loss to his children and to Hadley. Noah Webster of spe lling book and dictionary fame, was Gov. Webster's most distinguished d escendant; but his two Hadley sons were not thrifty and much needed a f ather's care, so that John Marsh rather than they, came to represent th eir father. Indeed the widow of one of Webster's sons had the gift of a l ot from the town, and suffered severely under charge of witchcraft.
The other trial, the following year, June 9, 1662, was the death of hi s wife Anne
(Webster) Marsh, who had been his delight for twenty-two years, and yet n ow
her sun went down at mid-day.
A flock of motherless children was about him, and after two years h e married, in 1664, Hepzibah (Ford) Lyman, daughter of Thomas
# Abbrev: Marsh Genealogy 1636-1895 Compiled by Dwight Whitn
Title: Marsh Genealogy 1636-1895 Compiled by Dwight Whitney Marsh of Amherst, M assachusetts; pub by Press of Carpenter & Marebouse, Amerherst, Massach usetts, assachusetts; pub by Press of Carpenter & Marebouse, Amerherst, Massach usetts, assachusetts; pub by Press of Carpenter & Marebouse, Amerherst, Massach usetts,.
Text: Died probably on a visit to his daughter Hannah Loomis living there.
# Abbrev: History & Genealogy of the Gov. John Webster Family
Title: History & Genealogy of the Gov. John Webster Family of Connecticut, pub E ndless Genealogies pr by Er Andrews Print Co. Roch, New York, 1915 ndless Genealogies pr by Er Andrews Print Co. Roch, New York, 1915 ndless Genealogies pr by Er Andrews Print Co. Roch, New York, 1915.
Page: p 30
Text: Came to America in the "Mary and John," and settled in Hartford in 1636 a s one of the original proprietors. He separated from the First Church, H artford, with others in 1659, and removed to Hadley. Thence he changed t o Northampton where, June 9, 1662, his wife, Anne Webster died.
# Abbrev: History of the Town oF Northfield, Massachusetts
Title: J. H. Temple and George Sheldon,, History of the Town oF Northfield, M assachusetts (published by Joel Munsell, 82 State St., Albany, N.Y., 18 75) assachusetts assachusetts. published by Joel Munsell, 82 State St., Albany, N.Y., 18 75.
Page: p 484
Text: of Hadley, Mass.
# Abbrev: Genealogies of Hadley Families,
Title: Genealogies of Hadley Families, Embracing the Early Settlers of the Tow ns of
Hatfield, South Hadley, Amherst and Granby, Compiled Sylvester Judd,
published in 1905.
Page: p 90
Text: Was one of the first settlers of Hadley, but removed thence first to No rthampton and them to Hartford, where he died, 1688.
# Abbrev: Vital Records of Northampton, Massachusetts
Title: Vital Records of Northampton, Massachusetts
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