Benjamin Marshall (1684 - 1747)

Born 15 Nov 1684 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Bethia (Goodhue) Marshall — married 24 Nov 1711 in Chebacco, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America

Descendants

Died 10 Oct 1747 at age 62 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

He was the son of Sgt Benjamin Marshall 1646 – 1716 and Prudence Woodward 1660 – 1732. He is mentioned in his mother's will. Birth 1684 13 Nov Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

He married to Bethiah Goodhue (1689 – 1752) on 1711 24 Nov — Age: 27 Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Benjamin, and Bethiah Goodhue, int. Nov. 24, 1711. CR4

Children:

Bethiah Marshall 1715 – m John Burnham

Elizabeth Marshall 1715 – 1801 m David Burnham 4 Jr 1714 – 1802

Susannah Marshall 1718 – 1806 m Abner Day 1716 –

Benjamin Marshall III 1720 – 1775 m ?

Joseph Marshall 1723 – 1799 m Bethulah Day 1722 – 1757

William Marshall 1726 – 1825 m Sarah Buswell & Abigail Burnham 1726 – 1778 & Miriam Johnson

Anna Marshall 1728 – 1823 m Caleb Andrews 1728 – 1797

Moses Marshall 1731 – was a minor when his father died and his mother was appointed guardian in probate records. He married Abigail.

Hannah Marshall 1735 – 1746 died young and is buried with her father.

Note all of his children are in his will except for Hannah who died before he did and is buried next to him. Also all the spouses of his four surviving daughters are also listed in his will. See my partial transcript of his will below under sources.

Death 1747 10 Oct — Age: 62 Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts

Probate 1747 — Age: 63 Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Burial Essex, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Find A Grave Memorial# 64075654 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=64075654

By Roland Henry Baker, III

Sources

Benjamin Marshall Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 Name Benjamin Marshall Probate Place Essex, Massachusetts, USA Inferred Death Place Massachusetts, USA Item Description Probate Records, Marshall, B-Marshall, J, 1828-1991

In his will he names his widow Bethiah and Sons Benjamin and Joseph at the start of the will. Here is a partial transcript of:

Item: I give to my daughter Elizabeth wife of David Burnam Jr, Forty Shillings old tenor: besides what I have already done from her.

Item: I give to my daughter Bethiah wife of John Burnam (late of Rebaus(?)) Forty Shillings old tenor: besides what I have already done from her.

Item: I give to my daughter Susanna wife of Abner Day of Gloucester Forty Shillings old tenor: besides what I have already done from her. This I give her.

Item: (crossed out) I give and bequeath to my son William and his heirs (end of cross out)

I give to my Daughter Anna the other third Part of my Household Goods, …

Item: I give and bequeath to my son William and his heirs and Abigail forever, the whole of my land and interest in Amesbury – Peak so called within the Province of New Hampshire. …(mentions Benjamin and Joseph again).

Item: I give to my son Moses and I bequeath to him and his heirs and Abigail forever,

(note there was also a daughter Hannah who died before his will was written.

Harriette E. Noyes, A memorial of the town of Hampstead, New Hamjpshire, Volume 2 (1899), page 781; digital images, Google Books

Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850 1 citation provides evidence for Name, Marriage

Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 6 citations provide evidence for Name, Birth, Marriage

Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 2 citations provide evidence for Name, Death, Probate

The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011 1 citation provides evidence for Name, Birth

U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current 1 citation provides evidence for Name, Death, Birth, Burial Find A Grave Memorial# 64075654 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=64075654

Antiquarian Papers, Volumes 1-4 edited by Augustine Caldwell link

History and genealogy of the Goodhue family link

VR of Ipswitch: link

http://minerdescent.com/2010/07/26/edmund-marshall/

Note about his daughter Bethiah. From VR: Bethiah, and John Burnum [4th. CR4; Jonathan. int.], both of Chebacco, May 10, 1736.* Was Note he is called John Burnham IV. There was a John Burnham IV who married Ann Choate. Her father called him John Burnam (*late* of Rebaus(?)) in 1747 in his will. There are claims that he fought in the revolutionary war in Vermont. If that was the case he could not have been *late of* in 1747. So I suspect he has been mixed up with the wrong John Burnham in someone's DAR application.