Thomas Marsh

Thomas Sr. MARSH married Sarah BEAL 22d 3m 1648/49 in Hingham, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts and they are the progenitors of the MARSH family of Hingham.

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Marsh-131

THOMAS, of Hingham, MA, son of George, b. in Eng. m. 22 Mar. 1649, Sarah, d. of John Beal, and d. 2 Aug. 1658, leaving four children named in his will,

1. Thomas; married Sarah Lincoln
2. Sarah; married James Brackett
3. Ephraim, b. 11 July 1656; married first Elizabeth Lincoln, married second Abigail Stodder; and
4. Mary, 22 Feb. 1658; married Joseph Parmenter
5. His s. John, b. 20 Feb. 1654, prob. d. young.

His wid. m. 1 Sept. 1662, Edmund Sheffield of Braintree. [1][2]

Last Will & Testament

"THOMAS MARSH, of Hingham, being sicke, doe make this my Last Will. - I giue all my Estate, Land & Cattle whatsoeuer vnto Sarah Marsh, my wife & unto my 4 children, Thomas, Sarah, Ephraim & Mary. My intent is that my wife whome I ordaine executrix of this my Last Will shall carefully educate & bring vp my Children wth what Estate I Leave her. And my will is, that when my youngest Daughter Mary shall attaine the age of 14 yeares, or my sonne Thomas vnto ... then what remaines of this Estate shall thus be devided amongst the one halfe of that Estate that is left to Sarah my wife, & ye other half to my 4 children, as followeth: my Eldest sonne Thomas, two shares; my other three Children, single shares. I appointe as overseers to this Will my friends Mathew Hawke, John Fering & Nathaniel Beale, with Sarah my wife. 31 Aug. 1658..

Wittnesses Peter Hubberd, Tho. Hubberd..
By Peter Hubbard deposed, 18:9:58.. Inventory of the Estate of Thomas Marsh taken by John Fearing Mathew Hawke, Nath. Beales. Sum £320.06. Debts due from him £12. "Part of a home Lott bought of John Lobdin, 5 acres of planting Land vpon Bakers Hill, 5 Acres fpon Weriall hill, 2 smale Lotts vp Squirrell hill," &c. &c. Sarah Marsh, widow of Thomas, deposed April 1659." [3]

• History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893): Vol III, p.57 GoogleBooks
• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Thomas_Marsh_%283%29 cites
• 1. George Marsh, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (NEHGS, 1999-2011) 1:24. "Thomas (Marsh), b. say 1623; m. Hingham 20 March 1648/9 Sarah Beal [NEHGR 121:14]."
• 2. Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862) 3:155. "MARSH, ...THOMAS, Hingham, s. of George, b. in Eng. m. 22 Mar. 1649, Sarah, d. of John Beal, and d. 2 Aug. 1658 [sic, this is clearly wrong, since the will is dated 31 Aug 1658; Hobart Journal says 2 Sep 1658], leav. four ch. nam. in his will, Thomas; Sarah; Ephraim, b. 11 July 1656; and Mary, 22 Feb. 1658. His s. John, b. 20 Feb. 1654, prob. d. young. His wid. m. 1 Sept. 1662, Edmund Sheffield of Braintree."
• 3. Trask, Wm. B. "Abstracts from the Early Wills on Record in the County of Suffolk, Mass.", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society) 9:39. “Will of "Thomas Marsh, of Hingham, being sicke,", dated 31 Aug 1658, proved "18:9:58" [18 Nov 1658], names wife Sarah Marsh and 4 children, Thomas, Sarah, Ephraim & Mary. Calls Thomas the eldest son and under 21, and Mary the youngest daughter and under 14. Friends Mathew Hawke, John Fering & Nath'll Beale overseers.
• 4. "The Hobart Journal", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society) 121:108. 1658 “September 2 Tho Marsh dyed.”
• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Aug 21 2017, 12:13:42 UTC