Samuel Marsh (abt. 1700 - bef. 1773)

Born about 1700 in Rahway, Union County, New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Unknown) Marsh — married about 1728 in Rahway, New Jersey [uncertain]

Husband of Mary (Shotwell) Marsh — married before 17 Feb 1744 in Woodbridge MM, Middlesex, New Jersey

Descendants

Died before 13 Feb 1773 before about age 73 in Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey

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Biography

Samuel was born about 1700^[1]. He died at Rahway before 13 February 1773^[2]. Son of Joseph Marsh 1663-1723 & Mary Sarah Hinds 1675-1772. His grandfather Samuel Marsh Sr, immigrated from Essex, England to Conn.

He had 6 children by his 1st wife and 8 by the 2nd.

Samuel's first wife was named Mary (nee?) and married abt. 1729. Mrs. Marsh died est. 1741-42. His first wife Mary, does not have a memorial.^[3]

Children with Mary __d. 1741/42

1. Samuel (1729- )
2. Joseph (1730-1783)
3. William (1734-1790)
4. Sarah (1737-1811)
5. Peter (1739-1791)
6. Isaac (1741-1758).

Samuel's second marriage on 17 Feb 1743 to [[Shotwell-129|Mary (Shotwell) Marsh (1717-1805)] (B: 9 Feb 1717 and D: 20 Oct or Dec 1805. )^[4]

Children with Mary (Shotwell) Marsh (1717-1805)

• Elizabeth (1744-1791), m 1761 Marmaduke Hunt
• Jacob (1746-1750)
• Mary (1748-1816) , m 1758 m. John Way
• James (1753-1764)
• Ann/Anna/Anne was born 5 Aug 1751 in Rahway, Union Co, NJ, she married at Old Swedes Church in Philadelphia on 30 Jan 1781 Joseph Gilbert who was born 1750-1760, his date and place of death are unknown^[5]
• John (1756-1801) m 1782 Sarah FitzRandolph 1763--99
• Susannah (1757/58-1805/29?), m Oliver Martin
• Samuel (IV) (1764-1829)., m Ann^[6]

Image 3 lists the children as they appear in the Quaker records.^[7] While this indicates that there are 2 Samuel Marsh's. His will indicates they are the same person. It also identifies a son Samuel b 1729. That is the Samuel who died before 1764.

"Samuel Marsh, Sr., built a house about 1727 opposite the grist mill built by his uncle John in 1682-4 and lived in it until he died, when his youngest son Samuel, 2nd, occupied it until his death in 1829. This house, which is still standing, is located at what is now the corner of Main Street and Elm Ave. in Rahway, N.J. The house is a one-story building with a double pitched roof enclosed with shingles and is one of the oldest houses in Rahway. The particular location has been known as Lower Rahway and previously as Ash Swamp and was at this early time in Woodbridge Township, Middlesex County, now Union County, New Jersey. On December 11, 1739, William Donaldson deeded to Samuel Marsh three and one-quarter acres and one-half of the mills originally set up by his uncle.^[8]

"We find Samuel Marsh one of the signers of a petition dated February 8, 1739/40, praying Governor Morris to procure from his Majesty, George II, a charter for the incorporation of the borough of Elizabeth, New Jersey.

"Samuel and Mary Marsh and family and Samuel's brother Joseph and his family were Quakers of considerable standing. Samuel's brothers Charles and Elias Marsh were members of the Church of England. Samuel seems to have been the first of several generations of Quaker Marshes. He was part of a 3-man committee appointed to promote subscriptions to enlarge the Woodbridge Friends' Meeting House in 1750-1. He was on a committee that recommended the continuation of a prohibition against marrying a deceased wife's cousin in 1755. He and three Shotwell men were among those responsible for purchasing a lot of land in Rahway and building a new Meeting House on it in 1757. He was appointed treasurer of the Woodbridge Monthly Meeting in 1759. The Woodbridge Meeting House aged and was eventually demolished. Around 1784 the lots and the Friend's cemetery were transferred to the Methodist Episcopal Church.^[9]

Samuel's will filed on Feb 14, 1771, and Proved Feb 17, 1773 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, NJ. Being 2 pages, the document named all children other than predeceased sons: David, Isaac, Jacob, and James. His lands were divided between his sons. The oldest Joseph; land where he lived, 5-acre lot east of Rahway River, part of homestead, 41-acre lot in Elizabethtown, and a silver cup with initials ISM. Son William; land in Ash Swamp bought from Abraham Shotwell. Son Peter; Three acres of salt meadow in Elizabethtown at Remleys' Neck, and 70 acres of land in Elizabethtown, deed given as a gift. Son John; under 21y, several homes, one half of barn, and land in Ash Swamp. Son Samuel; several homes including rest of homestead and lot of 12 acres, 3 acres of salt meadow in Elizabethtown adjoined by brother Peter. Provisions for his grandson Samuel, son of Samuel deceased (not on the roster of children) when 21y one-half of 100 acres of land at First mountain drawn by my grandfather, Samuel Marsh. His daughters received a portion of funds from the sale of a 36-acre lot in Woodbridge; Sarah wife of Hugh Webster, Elizabeth wife of Marmaduke Hunt, Mary, Ann & Susannah Marsh. His wife Mary (Shotwell) use of lands until John and Samuel are of age. Codicil reflected; land in Middleton was sold. Executors: his son, Joseph, son-in-law Hugh Webster and brother-in-law Abraham Shotwell.

Sources

1. ↑ His year of birth as 1700 recorded by family members,
2. ↑ (the date that his will was probated)
3. ↑ Warren L. Marsh, "Marsh Family Bulletin," 1955, Vol. I, No. 3, pp. 50-1, No. 6, pp. 115-9.
4. ↑ recorded in Rahway & Plainfield MM.
5. ↑ FAG memorial for Anna and Joseph's son Thomas (wiki id Gilbert-15595)
6. ↑ per his will he had two sons by name of Samuel, describes as deceased, as the division of lands left to his grandson, also named Samuel. (see will below).
7. ↑ QUAKER RECORDS: Rahway & PLAINFIELD MONTHLY MEETINGS Essex County, New Jersey, https://ia800607.us.archive.org/34/items/quakerrecordsrah00soci/quakerrecordsrah00soci.pdf page 66.
8. ↑ information posted by ancestry member: C_Stuart_Callison originally shared this on 12 Nov 2015;
9. ↑ Records of the Woodbridge/Rahway, Plainfield Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends (Quakers) in Middlesex Co., NJ ; Probate Records of Essex Co., NJ; Ambrose M. Shotwell, Annals of our Colonial Ancestors and their Descendants or Our Quaker Forefathers and their Posterity.

• Samuel Marsh (1700-1773) on Find A Grave: Memorial #182133084 retrieved 17 October 2020
• Will (1771 and proved 1773): https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2793/images/32669_236602-00339?pId=17678&backurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ancestry.com%2Ffamily-tree%2Fperson%2Ftree%2F79070614%2Fperson%2F200080014786%2Ffacts
• Annals of our Colonial Ancestors, Genealogical Register of the Shotwell Family in America Ambrose M Shotwell; 1895. Robert Smith & Co., Printers And Binders, Lansing, Mich. Pg 132 full listing of family Samuel, Mary & 8 children.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/182133084/samuel-marsh

Additional Research Information

• "JLD1952 We Are All Connected Family Tree" @ https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/16372964/person/1179778277/facts

Relationship Finder

• Joseph is the fifth great grandfather of Janet

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