Thomas Marsh (abt. 1622 - 1658)

Born about 1622 in Hingham, Norfolk, England

Husband of Sarah (Beal) Sheffield — married 22 Mar 1649 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 2 Sep 1658 at about age 36 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

THOMAS, of Hingham, MA, son of George, b. in Eng. m. 22 Mar. 1649, Sarah, d. of John Beal, and d. 2 Aug. 1658, leaving four children named in his will, Thomas; Sarah; Ephraim, b. 11 July 1656; and Mary, 22 Feb. 1658. His s. John, b. 20 Feb. 1654, prob. d. young. His wid. m. 1 Sept. 1662, Edmund Sheffield of Braintree. ^[1][2]

Last Will & Testament

"THOMAS MARSH, of Hingham, being sicke, doe make this my Last Will. - I giue all my Estate, Land & Cattle whatsoeuer vnto Sarah Marsh, my wife & unto my 4 children, Thomas, Sarah, Ephraim & Mary. My intent is that my wife whome I ordaine executrix of this my Last Will shall carefully educate & bring vp my Children wth what Estate I Leave her. And my will is, that when my youngest Daughter Mary shall attaine the age of 14 yeares, or my sonne Thomas vnto ... then what remaines of this Estate shall thus be devided amongst the one halfe of that Estate that is left to Sarah my wife, & ye other half to my 4 children, as followeth: my Eldest sonne Thomas, two shares; my other three Children, single shares. I appointe as overseers to this Will my friends Mathew Hawke, John Fering & Nathaniel Beale, with Sarah my wife. 31 Aug. 1658..

Wittnesses Peter Hubberd, Tho. Hubberd..

By Peter Hubbard deposed, 18:9:58..

Inventory of the Estate of Thomas Marsh taken by John Fearing Mathew Hawke, Nath. Beales. Sum £320.06. Debts due from him £12. "Part of a home Lott bought of John Lobdin, 5 acres of planting Land vpon Bakers Hill, 5 Acres fpon Weriall hill, 2 smale Lotts vp Squirrell hill," &c. &c. Sarah Marsh, widow of Thomas, deposed April 1659." ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893): Vol III, p.57
2. ↑ Savage, J., Dexter, O. P., & Farmer, J. (2008). A genealogical dictionary of the first settlers of New England: Showing three generations of those who came before May 1692, on the basis of Farmer's register. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co.
3. ↑ Massachusetts Wills & Probate

• Trask, William B., Abstracts From The Earliest Wills on Record in The County of Suffold, Mass., The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1855) Vol. 9, Page 39.