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John Marcy, Sr.

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Limerick, County Limerick, Munster, Ireland
Death: December 23, 1724 (62)
Woodstock, New London County, Connecticut Colony, Colonial America
Place of Burial: Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Jeffery Marcy and Ellen Marcy
Husband of Sarah Marcy
Father of Ann Grosvenor; John Marcy; James Marcy; Edward Marcy; Capt. Joseph Marcy and 6 others

Occupation: Son of High Shereff of Limerick, Ireland. One of first 13 settlers of Woodstock, CT.
Managed by: David Bradbury Stewart
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About John Marcy, Sr.

One of the thirteen "goers" who first went from Roxbury to spy out Woodstock and take possession.

John Marcy came to America in 1683 at about age 24 and settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts. In 1686, he removed to what was later Woodstock, Connecticut as one of the original founders. He married Sarah Hadlock about 1687/1688. He was a deacon in his church as well as a husbandman and proprietor.

From the book: "Genealogy: Jeannette Grosvenor, Descendants of Nathan E. Grosvenor and Laura Fuller 1794-1973 (with his Ancestry)" (Chesterland, OH: Baker Printing Co., 1973), p. 9. "John Marcy was the son of the high sheriff of Limerick, Ireland. . . . as an adult, he joined Elliot's Church in Quatosett (Woodstock), Conn. In April, 1686, he, with others, took possession of Quatosett (Woodstock), Connecticut."

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John Marcy, Sr.'s Timeline

1662
May 3, 1662
Limerick, County Limerick, Munster, Ireland
1687
October 7, 1687
Roxbury, Suffolk County, Dominion of New England, Colonial America
1689
November 17, 1689
Woodstock, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1691
February 26, 1691
Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, Colonial America
1695
June 28, 1695
Woodstock, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1697
September 18, 1697
Woodstock, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1699
March 11, 1699
Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, Colonial America
1702
June 18, 1702
Woodstock, New London County, Connecticut Colony, Colonial America
1704
July 28, 1704
Woodstock, New London County, Connecticut Colony, Colonial America