John Marston (1740 - bef. 1797)

Born 5 Dec 1740 in New York

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Died before 6 Apr 1797 before age 56 in New York, USA

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Biography

He was born on 05 Dec 1740 in New York and was the son of Mary (Crooke) and Nathaniel Marston.

In 1760 graduated from Kings College.

He participated in the American Revolutionary War.

John Marston married Rachel Lawrence.

He died on 06 Apr 1797 in New York, USA.

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John Marston was born New York, December 5, 1740. He was admitted at the first examination in 1754, when only 13, but did not remain. He graduated with the class of 1760; this and the taking of his second degree is all the catalogue tells us of him.

He was son of Nathaniel Marston, a governor of the College named in the charter, a wealthy merchant, and Mary Cook or Crook, his wife.

His father, Nathaniel, born New York March 27, 1704, was a vestryman of Trinity Church 1731; warden 1770. He owned the privateer Peggy in the French War, 1756; and bought a farm in Harlem, which he left to his sons, Thomas and John. The latter was the graduate.

He married Rachel Laurence of Philadelphia, June 7, 1768.

Thomas married 1759 Cornelia, sister of Anthony and Leonard Lispenard, in the next succeeding class.

Their eldest sister, Margaret, had married the Hon. Philip Philips; and an older brother, Nathaniel, had a daughter, who married Captain Fred Philipse of the British army.

The brothers, Thomas, who was the 3rd child, and John, who was the 6th, are in some doubt as to their position on the question of loyalty to England. They were both, however, members of the committee of 100 in New York city, May 1775.

John and Rachel had 5 children ...

1. Mary, born November 8, 1768, married Thomas White
2. Nathaniel, born May 21, 1770; he went to England
3. Rachel, born October 3, 1771
4. Thomas, born October 2, 1773 (never married)
5. John, born September 3, 1775, m: Mrs. Margaret Yates (nee Winthrop), the only family which left descendants of the name in this country, the other brother, who married, having gone abroad.

This family traces back to Nathaniel of Leicester, England, born about 1600, emigrated to Long Island 1639, bringing a son, John, who married about 1657 Anna Legg.

Their son Nathaniel, born at Flushing or New York 1665, was an original vestryman of Trinity Church, named in the charter 1697, and active till 1731. His wife was Margaret Hardenbrook. He died in 1737. His son Nathaniel was the grandfather of John, as shown above. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ New York Genealogical and Biographical Record v24-25 on GoogleBooks

• Pennsylvania, Compiled Marriage Records 1700-1821 on ancestry.com