Dorcas (Marsh) Porter (1677)

Born 29 Dec 1677 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Ichabod Porter — married 4 Jul 1700 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts

Descendants

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Biography

John Marsh came from England to Hartford, Conn., in 1636. He removed to Hadley, Mass., as one of its first settlers and thence to Northampton, Mas.,s and again to Hartford, Conn., where he died 1680. He married 1665 Anne Webster, born in England, daughter of John Webster who came from England and settled in Hartford, Conn., in 1636. Mrs. Anne Marsh died June 2, 1662 Their son Jonathan Marsh born 1650; married 1676, Dorcas, widow of Azariah Dickinson of Hadley. Jonathan Marsh died July 30, 1730. Mrs. Dorcas Marsh died August 15, 1723 aged sixty nine. Children: Dorcas Marsh born December 29, 1677; married July 1700, Ichabod Porter. She died 1746.(p. 21)

Their children were:(p. 21)

1. Dorcas Porter born March 10 1703; married Isaac Graves.
2. Mehitabel Porter born February 20, 1705; married Daniel Lyman.
3. Ichabod Porter born April 18, 1707; married Hannah Waite.
4. Hannah Porter born February 2,1 1709.
5. Mary Porter born April 24, 1711; married Aaron Dewey.
6. James Porter born September 19, 1714 married Hannah Waite.
7. Sarah Porter born November 2, 1718; married Moses Warner.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ The descendants of John Porter, of Windsor, Conn., in the line of his great, great grandson, Col. Joshua Porter, M.D., of Salisbury, Litchfield county, Conn., with some account of the families into which they married. PRINTED FOR THE COMPILERS BY GEORGE W. BALL, SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. 1882.

• "John Marsh of Hartford, Connecticut" 1636-1895 by Dwight Whitney Marsh and my own DNA.

• Book Title: Marsh genealogy Giving several thousand descendants of John Marsh of Hartford, Ct 1636-1895-- Page 306, Hartford Marsh Family Branch III, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 <[1]>