Holbrook line: The family of George Marsh 1592ish-1647

George Marsh, our immigrant ancestor, has unknown origins and unknown parents.  He was almost certainly from England, as at some point he was associated with people in Rev. Peter Hobart's congregation that went to Hingham, Massachusetts.  Rev. Hobart and his group arrived in 1635, as did George, Elizabeth and their children.

Elizabeth is another mystery.  There is a George Marsh who married an Elizabeth Key in 1623, which doesn't fit the birthdates shown for the children, unless an unknown Elizabeth died and George married Elizabeth Key second.  We also don't know if the four children I will mention below are their only four children.  If they are the only children, then perhaps George is the son of a Thomas Marsh or an Onesiphorous Marsh, as those are the two masculine names used.  That is just speculation, however.

George died in 1647 in Hingham, Massachusetts and his widow, Elizabeth, married Richard Bowen.  There are no known children from this second marriage, but Elizabeth would be stepmother to at least six children.

Thomas was the first born son, with a loosey-goosey birthdate of 1622.  He married Sarah Beal, the daughter of John and Frances Ripley Beal.  Their children are Sarah, Thomas, John, Ephraim, and Mary.  Thomas died in 1658 in Hingham, Massachusetts.  I will write more of this family in my next post.

Some say that Mary was born before Thomas, and I can't confirm or refute the year of her birth.  She married John Page, the son of John and Phebe Paine Page.  Their children are Onesiphorous, Benjamin, Cornelius, Sarah, Mercy, John, Joseph, Abraham, Elizabeth, Ephraim, and a still born child.   Mary and John Page are also our ancestors, and I hope to write more about this family at a later time.  Mary died in 1697.

Elizabeth was born about 1625 and died in 1647 as a result of childbirth.  She had married John Turner, but which John Turner it was has not yet been determined.  They had one daughter, named Elizabeth.

Finally there was Onesiphorous, thought to have been born about 1630.  He married Hannah CUtler, the daughter of John and Mary Woodmansee Cutler.  Their children are Onesiphorous, Hannah, Mary, John, Thomas, Sarah, and Abigail.  It seems that after the death of Hannah, Cutler, Abigail was adopted by Mary and John Page (see above).  Abigail would have been about 15 at the time so this seems a bit unusual, but I haven't researched this aspect enough to have an opinion.  After Hannah's death, Onesiphorous married Elizabeth Parrott Wooster, the daughter of Frances Parrott, and then Sarah Travers Wallingford, the daughter of Henry Travers.  I've found no further children for Onesiphorous.  

I have not found records indicating military service for either Thomas (who died before King Philip's War, so it would have been an earlier battle, if any) or Onesiphorous.  That may just mean we need to look harder and dig deeper, as most men of this time service were at least in a militia unit.