The family of Thomas Marsh 1651-1725

 Thomas is the third of the Marsh family of Hingham, Massachusetts that we will follow.  (Interesting to me, the Holbrook line also has a Thomas Marsh family in Maryland, which appears at this point to be an entirely separate family. Perhaps I will someday be able to work more on that line, but this series is the Hingham line.)

Thomas is the son of Thomas and Sarah Beal Marsh, and the grandson of George and possibly Elizabeth Marsh, the immigrants.  He married Sarah Lincoln, the daughter of husbandman Thomas and Margaret Langer Lincoln, and lived his entire life in Hingham.  Thomas and Sarah had at least seven children together, although sadly, two of the last three lived only a short time, and the last appears to be not traceable so possibly died very early also.  Hingham was a very small village at the time of these generations, and so we will see some of the same surnames over and over, as well as the usual repetition of many of the first names.  

Their first son was Thomas, born in 1676 and died in 1726.  He married Mary Burr, the daughter of John and Mary Warren Burr.  Their children are Deborah, Abigail, Sarah, Thomas, John, Mary, and Ruth.  I will follow this family in my next blog post.

Caleb was the second child and second son.  He married twice.  His first wife was Sarah Whiton (later seen as Whiting), the daughter of Enough and Mary Lincoln Whiton. (Mary Lincoln was the daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth Hawke Lincoln.  Some believe that Stephen and husbandman Thomas were brothers.) Caleb and Sarah had three children-Sarah, Caleb, and an unnamed infant who died at or soon after childbirth.  This may be when Sarah died also. Caleb then married Hannah Beal, the daughter of John and Hannah Dare Beal. ( I have not figured out whether John Beal and Sarah Beal Marsh are related, but in a town the size of Hingham, it is more than possible.) Caleb and Hannah's children are Hannah, Jonathan, Lydia, Stephen, and Elizabeth.  

Sarah was born in 1681 and died in 1718.  She married Joseph Lewis, the son of James and Sarah Lane Lewis.  Their children are Sarah, Joseph, Thomas, Paul, James, Jonathan and Mary.  

Mary was their second daughter.  She was born in 1684 and died in Weymouth, Massachusetts in 1781.  She must have had a very interesting life!  She married Philip Torrey, the son of William and Deborah Greene Torrey.  Their children are Jane, Philip, Thomas, William, Mary, Josiah, Mary, and William.  

John was born and died in 1686, and Jonathan in 1688.  Another Jonathan was born in 1689.  He attended Harvard College and died there in 1708, described as a junior sophister, which seems to correlate to what we would call a sophomore.  This would have been an incredibly sad event for the family, as John must have shown considerable promise to have been admitted to Harvard, probably at financial sacrifice to his parents.  

Thomas and Caleb both served their community as selectmen, and this is an indication that the Marsh family was well respected in the town, and had at least some financial stability.  We can be grateful to these men, and women, for their contributions to our country.