Onesiphorus Marsh Sr. (1630 - 1713)

Born 1630 in England

Husband of Hannah (Cutler) Marsh — married 6 Feb 1654 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Elizabeth (Parrat) Marsh — married 29 Oct 1686 (to 9 May 1690) in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts

Husband of Sarah (Travers) Marsh — married 18 May 1691 (to 22 Aug 1709) in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 15 May 1713 at about age 83 in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

This profile is part of the Haverhill, Massachusetts One Place Study.

Onesephorus was the second son of George and Elizabeth Marsh. ^[1]

Note: his parents are said to have immigrated in 1635, so a 1630 birth date would imply he was born in England. But there seems to be some doubt as to whereabouts in England the family came from. Many early residents of Hingham, Massachusetts came from Hingham in England.

Onesiphorus resided first in Hingham. He took the freeman's oath there in 1672. On 2 July 1647, son "Oneseferes" was mentioned in the will of George Marsh of Hingham.

He removed to Haverhill MA about 1674. Onesiphorus was constable in 1687.

Onesephorus married three times: first, to Hannah Cutler; second to Mrs. Elizabeth Parrott Worcester in 1686; and third, to Mrs. Sarah Travers Wallingford of Bradford (now Haverhill), Massachusetts in 1691.

During the Indian attacks of 1690, the selectmen of Haverhill set up six garrisons and four "houses of refuge". One garrison, commanded by Sergt. John Hazeltine, was situated in a house and on land owned by Onesiphorus Marsh, the locality long known as Marsh's Hill. Onesiphorus Marsh and his son of the same name were among the seven men under Hazeltine's command.

Onesophorus Marsh died 15 May 1713 in Bradford, Massachusetts. In his will, dated August 21, 1703, he mentioned his wife (without stating her name); sons, John and Onesiphorus; daughters, Sarah Pike and Abigail Messer; granddaughter, Rebecca Kimball; and the children of his daughter, Mary Page, not named. John Marsh was named sole executor of his will, proved June 1, 1713.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ History of the town of Hingham, Massachusetts, Volume 3:252 (752) By Hingham (Mass.), Thomas Tracy Bouvé, Edward Tracy Bouvé, John Davis Long, Walter Lincoln Bouvé, Francis Henry Lincoln, George Lincoln, Edmund Hersey, Fearing Burr, Charles Winfield Scott Seymour. 1893.
2. ↑ Essex County, Massachusetts Probate Records, Vol. 13, p. 61-63. FamilySearch. FHL Microfilm #7704837. Images 41-42 of 554

• Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts. George Brainard Blodgette and Amos Everett Jewett. 1933. Reprinted by the New England History Press, Somersworth, New Hampshire. 1981. Page 401.

• Genealogy of the Family of George Marsh Who Came from England in 1635 and Settled in Hingham Massachusetts. Eleizer Marsh, Leominster, 1887, page 9.

• Marsh Family Bulletin; Page: 1:3, p. 43 (May 1955)

• Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700.

• Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts to End of Year 1849, Topsfield MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1910. 2:216.