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     Thomas T. Marler married Corrie (Carrie) Burrell, daughter of Thomas Butler Burrell.¹ Thomas T. Marler was born on 23 Sep 1879.¹ He died on 15 Oct 1947 at age 68.¹

     Rella Marlin was born on 23 Jun 1889 at Rutledge, Oregon.¹ She married Frank Olds, son of Emmitt Olds and Elizabeth Ann Messinger, on 19 Nov 1908 at Moro, Oregon.¹ Rella Marlin died in 1987.² She was buried at Milton-Freewater IOOF Cemetery, Milton-Freewater, Umatilla County, Oregon.³

     Miss (?) Marsh was born c 1590.¹ She was the daughter of Mr. (?) Marsh.¹

     Mr. (?) Marsh was born s 1560 at England.

     Bethia Marsh married Joseph Old, son of Ezekiel Old and Elizabeth (?), on 2 Jan 1783 at Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts.²

     Betty Marsh married Jeremiah Olds, son of Daniel Olds and Lois Stanley, c 1810.² Betty Marsh died on 8 Jul 1854.¹

     Danel Marsh married Hannah Lewis.^1,2 Danel Marsh was born c 1653.¹ He was the son of John Marsh and Anne Webster.¹ Danel Marsh died in 1725.³

     Frances Marsh married Joseph Waslyn.¹ Frances Marsh was born c 1588.¹ She was the daughter of Mr. (?) Marsh.¹
     She was named in the will of her brother John Marsh in 1627 in which he gave her twenty shillings a year for life.²

     Grace Marsh was born c 1657.¹ She was the daughter of John Marsh and Anne Webster.¹ Grace Marsh died on 31 May 1676.²

     Grace Marsh was born c 1622.¹ She was the daughter of John Marsh and Grace Baldwin.¹ Grace Marsh died on 15 Mar 1696.²

     Hannah Marsh was born c 1655.^3,4 She was the daughter of John Marsh and Anne Webster.^1,2 Hannah Marsh married Joseph Loomis, son of Deacon John Loomis and Elizabeth Scott, on 28 Jan 1675.^5,6 Hannah Marsh died in 1703.
     Although several authors have, without expressing doubt, stated that the Hannah Marsh who married Joseph Loomis was the daughter of John Marsh and Hepzibah (Ford) Lyman Marsh, the chronology can not work. The 1655 birth date used for Hannah is probably estimated from her marriage date. It is not available in the Northampton records but could not have been much later. Richard Lyman, born in 1617, married Hepzibah Ford about 1641and did not die until 1662. (They did have a daughter Hannah Lyman, born 1660, but she married Joseph Pomeroy in 1677.) Hepzibah next married John Marsh in 1664. She died in 1683 and he died in 1688; she was still the wife of Richard Lyman when Hannah Marsh was born. The Hannah Marsh who married Joseph Loomis was not a daughter of Hepzibah but of John's first wife, Anne Webster. For further evidence, see John Marsh (b. 1618) and Hannah Lyman (b. 1660).

     Isaac (Joseph) Marsh was baptized on 15 Jul 1649.^1,2 He was the son of John Marsh and Anne Webster.¹

     John Marsh was born c 1618 at England.^2,3 He was the son of John Marsh and Grace Baldwin.² John Marsh married (1) Anne Webster, daughter of John Webster and Agnes Smith, c 1642.^2,4 John Marsh married (2) Hepzibah Ford, daughter of Thomas Ford and Elizabeth Charde, on 7 Oct 1664 at Northampton, Massachusetts.^5,6 John Marsh died on 28 Sep 1688 at Windsor, Connecticut,^2,1,7 and was buried at Palisado Cemetery, Windsor, Connecticut.⁸
     John Marsh, of Hartford in 1639, was one of the first settlers of Hadley but then moved to Northampton and he died in Hartford in 1688.⁹ He left a will at Northampton, Massachusetts. Although he died at Windsor, he was a resident of Hadley and the will was presented to the court of Northampton, the 4th of December, 1688, saying:
"I, John Marsh, of Hadley, in the county of Hampshire, in New England, being very sensible of mine own frailty and mortality, yet through the mercy of God, of sound mind and memory at present, doe make this my last will and Testament as follows: I commit my selfe soule and body into the hands of the Almighty and Eternal God whose I am, and into the arms of my Dear Redeemer the Lord Jesus Christ, in whom I desire steadfastly to belong, and on whom do repose and rest alone for righteousness, life and salvation, leaving my body to be interred with a comely burial.
"And for the outward estate the Lord hath blessed me with withal, my will is, that after my just debts are paid, and funeral expenses discharged, that then
"I give to my son, John Marsh, ffive pounds.
"I give to my son, Jonathan Marsh, all my Gold.
"I give to my son, Daniel Marsh, my two Cob Irons.
"I give to my daughter, Hannah Loomis, alias Marsh, thirty pounds, unless I pay a part of it before my decease, n'th if so then so much shall be discounted from the Legacy.
"I give to my son, Samuel Marsh all my lands within the township of Hadley.
"I give to my daughter, Lydia Marsh, my green Rug.
"I give to my grandson Baker, of Northampton, ffive pounds when he shall attayne to the age of one and twenty years.
"I give and bequeath to my daughter, Lydia Marsh, twenty pounds.
"And all said Legacies, my will is, that my Executors see faithfully discharged. And I do constitute and appoint my loving sons, John Marsh and Samuel Marsh, to be Executors to this my will annulling and making voide all former wills at any time by me willed or bequeathed.
John Marsh
Signed and subscribed to in the presence of
Thomas Hovey
Thomas Head"

An inventory of his estate had already been entered at Windsor on 27 Nov 1688.¹⁰
     The Marsh Genealogy says that the eight children of John Marsh and Anne Webster were all born at Hartford, Connecticut.⁴
     This will is not dated but note that Hepzibah is not mentioned (d. 1683), daughter Hannah Loomis is married (1675), daughter Lydia is not married (1692), and grandson Baker exists (b. 1675).

     John Marsh married Grace Baldwin.³ John Marsh was born c 1586 at England.² He was the son of Mr. (?) Marsh.² John Marsh died a 15 Apr 1627.¹
     More information on the family of John Marsh is gleaned from a document held by the Secretary of State of Connecticut. Dated 25 May 1705 it presents a case for the New England nieces and nephews of Joseph Marsh, of Braintree, Essex, England, deceased.
"John Marsh heirs: Letters of attorney to Joseph Merrian and Mr. Allyn Buckham in England. To all to whom these presents shall come: We, John Marsh, Samuel Marsh, Jonathan Marsh, Daniel Marsh, Hannah Marsh, Lydia Marsh and Grace Phelps, seven of the nephews and nieces of Joseph Marsh the older of late of Braintree in the county of Essex, clothier, deceased, residing in New England, Send greeting in our Lord Everlasting.
"Whereas the said Joseph Marsh the older, the Testator, in and by his last will and Testament, in writing bearing date on or about the two and twentieth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand six hundred seventy and six, did (amongst other things) give, bequeath, demise and appoint in those words or in words to the effect following (viz.) Item: I give and bequeath my freehold lands and tenements lying in Braintree, called by the name of Clay Hills, or by any other name or names whatsoever, now in the occupation of John Harris, unto my sister Grace Tyres during the term of her natural life, and after [her] decease my will is that my said Freehold Lands be sold by my executors and trustees within one year after her decease and the money arising thereof be equally divided amongst my sister Shorey's two sons and my brother John Marsh's children, and my sister Martin's children, excepting sixty pounds to the Executors and Possessors in trust for funeral expenses and other charges, and as for my personal estate I give and bequeath to my Executors and Executrix only my wearing apparel to John Shorey and forty shillings to the poor in Braintree to be paid within three months after my decease at the discretion of mine Executor or Executrix hereinafter named, and I do hereby nominate [and] appoint my well beloved sister Grace Tyres Executrix and my kinsman Joseph Marsh Executor of this my last will and testament and I do request my loving friends Richard Thurlow of Cambridge, Folmonger, and Nathaniel Tyres, my brother-in-law, and William Ward of Tawling, Possessors in trust and overseers, to see this my last will and testament performed as by the said will, relation being thereunto had, may appear.
"And whereas Grace Tyres died about the fifteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred ninety and six, the said Richard Thurlow, Nathaniel Tyres and Wm. Ward being also dead, and whereas by a decretal order made in the court of Exchequer Chamber at Westminster on Thursday the seven and twentieth day of June in the twelfth year of the King, our late sovereighn Lord the King William the third, in a cause therein impending wherein John Shorey the older of Braintree in the County of Essex [husband] of Mary Shorey who was sister of Joseph Marsh the older of the same place, Clothier, John Shorey the younger and Joseph Shorey, children of the said John Shorey the older, Robert Exton of London, carmonger, and Mary his wife, one of the daughters of Lydia Martin who was one of the other sisters of the said Joseph Marsh the older, Lydia Kemphouse, widow, Sarah Conner, widow, Elizabeth, widow, now the wife of Butcher, and Anna Porter, widow, daughters of the said Lydia Martin, John Marsh, Samuel Marsh, Jonathan Marsh, Daniel Marsh, Hannah Marsh, and Lydia Marsh and Grace Phelps, all sons and daughters of John Marsh who was brother of said Joseph Marsh the older, Plaintiffs and the said Joseph Marsh Executor party to these presents Defendants:"⁴
The Marsh Genealogy transcribes the whole document and also provides the following synopsis:
"By the above document we learn that Joseph Marsh's will was made May 22, 1676; that under it Grace (Marsh) Tyres held the Clay Hills property until her death, March 15, 1696; that June 7, 1700 a decretal order was made in the Court at Westminster for the sale of this property to the highest bidder; that Dec. 5, 1700 the same court decreed that Jonathan Boulder be the purchaser for £71, and that the seven heirs in England having received about $30.75 apiece, release was given to him June 23, 1701, and the seven shares in America were now, May 15, 1705, seeking their sharre that would cost them more than their English cousins and if equal would only be £6, 2s. 11d. and one farthing apiece or some $215 in all. The lawyers and courts up to 1705, seem to have been nine years about it and to have taken over 20 per cent, of what they have divided."⁵
The document was signed by John Marsh, Samuel Marsh, Jonathan Marsh, Daniel Marsh, the mark [x] of Hannah Loomis, David Loomis in behalf of Lydia his wife, Nathaniel Phelps in behalf of Grace, his wife.⁶
     John Marsh left a will on 15 Apr 1627. This will, by John Marsh of Branktry, county Essex, England, clothier, was probated in the PCC on 29 May 1627. It mentions many legatees, including several relatives such as "Francis [sic] Wasly my Sister now wife of Joseph Waslyn. ... Richard Outng, Mary Outing and Thomasin Outing, one of the Sonnes and two daughters of Richard Outing my brother in law.. my daughters Mary Grace and Lydya one hundred pounds apiece at theire severall ages of ninteene yeares; Grace my wife one hundred pounds for and towards the bringing up of my children; unto the said Grace my wife all such lands houses and buildings w'ch herein I doe give to Joseph Marsh my sonne untill he come to his age of one and twentie yeares for and towards the bringing up of my children; unto my said Sonne Joseph Marsh All that messuag or tenement w'th the two Orchards and other the app'-tenances whatsoever thereto belonging Scituate in Branktry now or late in the occupac'con of Thomas Hudson and all those coppiehold land feilds or closes Scituate in the p'ish of Branktry occupac'on Richard Bedwell And all those three feilds or closes comonly called the broomefeilde in Branktry my owne occupac'on ... when twenty one; All the rest of the messuages Lands and Tenem'ts my wife shall have until my sonne John Marsh is twenty one for and towards the bringing up of all my children, then to John; Sarah Baldwin ten shillings; Samuell Marsh my sonne fower hundred pounds, into the hands of my good friends Adrian Mott and John Merryon of Branktry Clothiers ... upon special trust that they purchase and buy land or houses to the value of fower hundred pounds ... to the use of Grace my wife untill Samuell my Sonne is twenty one; residue unto Grace my wife (executrix) and to my Children equallie betweene them. Witneses Adrian Mott, Will'm Barnerd, Johm Maryon, Richard Outing, James Sparhawke."⁷
     Myrtle Hyde says, of these children, "probably all born at Braintree [Essex], for which early parish registers do not survive".³

     John Marsh was born c 1643 at Hartford, Connecticut.¹ He was the son of John Marsh and Anne Webster.¹

     Jonathan Marsh was born in Sep 1649 at Hartford, Connecticut.² He was the son of John Marsh and Anne Webster.¹

     Joseph Marsh was baptized on 24 Jan 1646.^2,3,4 He was the son of John Marsh and Anne Webster.¹

     Joseph Marsh was born c 1614.¹ He was the son of John Marsh and Grace Baldwin.¹ Joseph Marsh died in 1681.²

     Lydia Marsh was born on 9 Oct 1667.² She was the daughter of John Marsh and Hepzibah Ford.¹

     Lydia Marsh was born c 1624.¹ She was the daughter of John Marsh and Grace Baldwin.¹

     Mary Marsh was born c 1616.² She was the daughter of John Marsh and Grace Baldwin.¹

     Samuel Marsh was born c 1645 at Hartford, Connecticut.¹ He was the son of John Marsh and Anne Webster.¹ Samuel Marsh died in 1728.²

     Samuel Marsh was born c 1620.¹ He was the son of John Marsh and Grace Baldwin.¹ Samuel Marsh died b 22 Mar 1644/45.¹
     He left a will on 23 Jan 1643/44 at Braintree, Essex, England. This will was probated 22 Mar 1644/5 at the Commissary Court of London. He was a Clerke of Braintree, Essex. Besides his tutor and his pastor, he named his cousin John Shory and his mother Grace Marsh who was executor and given all his copyhold lands and tenements at Ingerston.²

     Sarah Marsh was born c 1612.² She was the daughter of John Marsh and Grace Baldwin.¹

     Chester Coulton Marshall was born on 15 Sep 1883.³ He married Mary Ellen Michael, daughter of Albert Michael and Hannah Reed Ridgely, on 4 Jun 1920.¹ Chester Coulton Marshall died on 20 Jul 1964 at Richland County, Illinois, at age 80.^3,4 He was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Parkersburg, Richland County, Illinois.^4,5
     He registered with the World War I Selective Service System on 12 Sep 1918. He described himself as living on Route 3, West Salem, Illinois, age 34, born 15 Sep 1883, and his occupation was farming for himself. He was medium in height, medium in build, with brown eyes and had brown hair. His closest relative was Venus Ruth Marshall, also of Route 3, West Salem.⁶
Chester Coulton Marshall appeared on the census of 1920 at Shelby, Edwards County, Illinois, as follows:
     Marshall, Charley H., head, age 71, widowed
Chester, son, age 36, widowed
Venus, granddaughter, age 7.⁷
Chester Coulton Marshall and Mary Ellen Marshall appeared on the census of 22 Apr 1930 at Shelby, Edwards County, Illinois, as follows:
     Marshall, Chet C., head, age 46, first married at age 28
Mary E., wife 42, first married at age 32
Venus R., dau., age 17
Robert C., son, age 6
They were all born in Illinois. The family had a radio.⁸
     His obituary states:
     "Chester Marshall, 80, of West Salem passed away Monday evening at the Richland Memorial Hospital.
"He is survived by his wife Mary, one son Robert of West Salem and one daughter Mrs. Zenia Hoskinson of Cincinnati, Ohio. He was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers.
"Funeral services will be held at the Parkersburg Christian Church at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Brother Esco Robinson officiating. Interment will be in the Parkersburg Cemetery.
"Friends may call at the King Funeral Home in West Salem after 6 p.m. today."⁹

     Delmar Marshall was born on 28 Aug 1902 at Andarko, Indian Territory.¹ He married Pearl Tracy, daughter of John Tracy and Bertha Albertine Hedrick, on 7 Jan 1928 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.¹ Delmar Marshall appears in the Social Security Death Index as having died Oct 1975 with the last place of residence listed as Seattle, King County, Washington. Delmar's SSN was issued in Oklahoma. Also, his birth date is given as 28 Aug 1902.²

     Donald Rex Marshall was born on 13 Apr 1930 at Sentinel, Oklahoma.¹ He was the son of Delmar Marshall and Pearl Tracy.¹ Donald Rex Marshall died on 2 Dec 1998 at age 68.²
     As of 2 Dec 1998, Donald Rex Marshall lived at Bothell, Snohomish County, Washington; Washington.²

     Josephine Marshall was born on 12 Jul 1848.¹ She married Marshall John Olds, son of John Preston Olds and Mary Porter Burr, on 6 Oct 1869.¹

     Robert Chester Marshall was born on 15 Jun 1923 at West Salem, Edwards County, Illinois.^3,4 He was the son of Chester Coulton Marshall and Mary Ellen Michael.² Robert Chester Marshall married Marjorie Elizabeth Dunn Hook in Nov 1990.⁵ Robert Chester Marshall died on 25 Jun 2009 at Banner Gateway Hospital, Gilbert, Maricopa County, Arizona, at age 86.⁴
     His obituary states: Robert Chester Marshall, 86, of Mesa, Ariz., and formerly of West Salem, died Thursday, June 25, 2009, at Banner Gateway Hospital in Gilbert, Ariz.

A memorial service was held June 29 at Central Christian Church in Mesa, Ariz.

Bob was born June 15, 1923, in West Salem, the son of Mary and Chester Marshall.

He owned and operated an appliance store (Television Equipment Co.) in West Salem for many years before moving to Arizona and marrying Marjorie Elizabeth Hook. Bob and Marge were married for 12 years and lived most of that time in Gilbert, Ariz. Marge died in 2002 and Bob eventually moved to Fellowship Square in Mesa, Ariz., where he maintained an independent senior apartment prior to becoming ill. Bob had been a member of West Salem Christian Church in Illinois and attended Central Christian Church in Mesa, Ariz., for many years. He was also a member of the Rotary Club.

Bob will be remembered for his quiet, thoughtful, kind ways. He was reticent, but when he spoke, people would listen.

Bob is survived by and sadly missed by two stepsons, William D. Hook (Sally), of Sun Lakes, Ariz., and Michael D. Hook (Jill), of Louisville, Ky; his four grandchildren, Julieann, David, John and Selina; and many cousins, particularly Verlyn Michael Higgins, of Johnson City, Tenn., Margaret Ann King (Richard), of Pasadena, Texas, Glenda Lane (Larry), of Champaign, Ill. and a host of friends from Illinois and Arizona.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Mary and Chester Marshall; his wife, Marjorie; and a sister, Venus Hoskinson.⁴
     

     Venus R. Marshall was born on 23 Oct 1912 at Illinois.³ She was the daughter of Chester Coulton Marshall.¹ Venus R. Marshall died on 1 Mar 2003 at age 90.³ She was buried.⁴