Abigail (Marsh) Chase (1718)

Born 29 Sep 1718 in Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Jonathan Gould — married 17 Apr 1744 in Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Wife of Thomas Harbach — married 8 Jul 1777 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Wife of Benjamin Marsh — married 26 Nov 1783 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Wife of Seth Chase — married 17 Mar 1788 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Abigail Marsh was born at Sutton, Massachusetts, on 28 Sep 1718 (supposedly the first white child born there), the daughter of Benjamin Marsh and Hannah (King) Marsh.^[1][2]

Mrs. Abigail (Marsh) Gould-Harback, widow of Jonathan Gould and Thomas Harback married Benjamin Marsh, the widower of Mehitable King. ^[3] Children of Benjamin and Hannah are:

• Hannah Marsh (9 Oct 1729-8 Jan 1791)
• Mehitable Marsh (8 May 1731-13 Mar 1809)

Marriages

1. Abigail Marsh married Jonathan Gould at Sutton, Massachusetts, on 17 Apr 1744.^[4]
2. Abigail (Marsh) Gould married Thomas Harbach at Sutton, Massachusetts, on 8 Jul 1777.^[5]
3. Abigail (Marsh) (Gould) Harbach married Benjamin Marsh at Sutton. Massachusetts, on 26 Nov 1783.^[6]
4. Abigail (Marsh) (Gould) (Harbach) Marsh married Seth Chase at Sutton, Massachusetts, on 17 Mar 1788.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Gould, William Edward, “The Chase Migration from Newbury, Mass. to Sutton, Mass.” (Brookline, Mass., 1913, unpublished typescript in the NEHGS manuscript collection), 111
2. ↑ Vital Records of Sutton, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Worcester, 1907), 115, http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Worcester/Sutton/Images/Sutton_B115.shtml
3. ↑ https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr08/rr08_416.html#P116787
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} >Vital Records of Sutton, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Worcester, 1907), 310, http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Worcester/Sutton/Images/Sutton_M310.shtml
5. ↑ Vital Records of Sutton, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Worcester, 1907), 275, http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Worcester/Sutton/Images/Sutton_M275.shtml
6. ↑ Vital Records of Sutton, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Worcester, 1907), 311, http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Worcester/Sutton/Images/Sutton_M311.shtml

• Centennial History of the Town of Millbury, Massachusetts (Millbury, 1915); p. 33

• Marsh, Lucius Bolles The Genealogy of John Marsh of Salem (J.E.Williams, Amherst,MA, 1888), p. 27

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Bennett Rockney for creating WikiTree profile Marsh-1822 through the import of Rockney GEDCOM.ged on Feb 16, 2013.