One more Thomas Marsh family 1676-1726

 I've written of three generations of the Marsh family-George, his son Thomas, his son Thomas, and now his son Thomas.  It gets confusing, as each of the previous two ancestors called Thomas also had children named Thomas, and we aren't given nicknames to help keep them straight. 

This Thomas was born in 1676 in Hingham, Massachusetts and died there in 1726, not quite 50 years later.  He married Mary Burr, the daughter of John and Mary Warren Burr in 1708 also in Hingham.  At this point, most of the Marsh families were still in Hingham, and several of those I will write of here stayed there.  Thomas and Mary had at least 8 children (this is probably the correct number, as Hingham records seem to be quite complete).  

Their first child was a daughter, Sarah, born in 1710 and died in 1775 in Warren, Rhode Island.  She married Samuel Burr, the son of Simon and Mary Lasell or Lazell Burr, who was her first cousin once removed.  We will see the Lazell name again in this post, yet another example of families intertwining.  Their children are Shubael, Hannah, Simon and Abigail.  Samuel has been given the designation of "Major" but I have been unable to verify that.  The most likely conflict for him to have been in would have been the French and Indian War, although there were earlier conflicts also.  

Thomas, the fourth of that name in direct descent, was the first son, born in 1711.  He is an interesting person.  He earned an AB and an AM from Harvard College, and returned there as librarian, tutor, and eventually "fellow".  When he was a tutor, at age 55, he married Hannah Sprague and because married men were not allowed to be tutors, he gave up that job and served as a pastor at Rutland.  Hannah is not identified further, but I found one tree that gives her parents as "Peter Sprague and Polly".  I can't document that.  Hannah was about 43 when this marriage took place, and there are no known children from the marriage.  Thomas died in 1780 in Cambridge.  

Mary was born in 1714 and died in 1775 in Hingham.  She married Thomas Jones, the son of Thomas and Catherine Caswell Jones.  Their children are Thomas, Mary, Thomas, John, Sarah, Mary, and John.  (The first Thomas, the first Mary and the first John all died young.)   

Deborah was born in 1716 and died in 1791 in Mendon, Massachusetts.  She married Isaac Lazell (a relative of Mary Lazell Burr, above), the daughter of Israel and Rachel Lincoln Lazell.  Their children are Thomas, Susanna, Israel, Joshua, Deborah, Isaac, Joshua, and an unnamed infant.  Perhaps someday I will write a post about the Lazell families, as this is our line.

Ruth was born in 1718 and died in 1719, which must have been a sorrow to her parents.  

The next child was also named Ruth, born in 1720 and died in Hingham in 1793.  She married Elisha Leavitt, the son of Elisha and Sarah Lane Leavitt.  I have found just four children for them-Jairus, a second Jairus, Martin and Meriel.  

Abigail was born in 1722 and died in 1814 in Hingham.  Se married John Fearing, the son of John and Margaret Hawke Fearing.  They have three known children-John, Thomas, and Abigail.

Finally, there was John, born in 1724 and died in 1803 in Hingham.  He married Hannah Lincoln, the daughter of Ebenezer and Hannah Allyn or Allen Lincoln.   (This Lincoln family traces back to Thomas and Margaret Langer Lincoln, who are also ancestors of John Marsh.) Their children are Thomas, Mary, Mary, Nabby, John, Lot, Nabby, David, David, and Shubael.  Mary, Nabby, and David are named twice because the first of each of those names died young and subsequent children were given the same names. I have found claims that he later married Grace Lincoln and then Olive Beal, but I can't find divorce records for John and Hannah, and she would have been alive when the other marriages took place.  My temporary conclusion is that there were other men named John Marsh who married these other women.  If I'm wrong, please advise!  

This is the last of my blog posts about the Massachusetts Marsh family.  I wish I had time to research each of the children/grandchildren I've mentioned, because there are stories waiting to be told.  Five of these children lived through the Revolutionary War, and they all lived through the French and Indian War.  Hingham was a small town and there must have been many tales told of those times; I'd love to hear them.