Joel Marsh (1748 - 1807)

Born 1 Jun 1748 in Lebanon, New London, CT

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Died 11 Mar 1807 at age 58 in Bethel, Vermont

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American Revolutionary War Colonel.

Colonel Joel, third son of Jonathan and Alice (Newcomb) Marsh, was born June 1, 1745, at Lebanon, and died March 11, 1807, probably at Bethel, Vermont He figured largely in the early history of New Connecticut, not yet Vermont. With his cousin he was an early proprietor of Randolph and Bethel, Vermont. He was captain, major and also colonel early in the revolution. He was a member of the convention to adopt the constitution of Vermont. The proprietors of Bethel voted December 13, 1779, "that Colonel Joel Marsh be an additional proprietor," "and the said Marsh do accept of the Mill Lot' which contains 450 acres," also that he "do build a good saw mill by the first day of September next and a good grist mill by the first day of November following, upon the forfeiture of five thousand pounds extraordinary Providence excepted." He drove an ox team up the bed of the White river, built a log house, and commenced the mill as supposed, in 1780, but the Indians burned Royalton in October, and settlers hurried away. He finished the mill in 1781, which was for several years the only one in that region, and Colonel Joel Marsh was known as the miller. Soon after he built the first frame house, which one hundred years after was in a good state of preservation.

He married January 25, 1770. Ann, born November 18, 1743, died May 6, 1813.

Children: Jonathan, Peleg Sanford, Mary, John, Ann, Joel and Mason.

Sources

• Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine; (Volume 3) online. (page 112 of 128) [1]