Person:Benjamin Marsh (15)

Source:History of Westminster, Massachusetts : first named Narragansett, no. 2, from the date of the original grant of the township to the present time, 1728-1893, with, p. 124 and thereabouts, says Rev. Elisha Marsh graduated from Harvard in 1738 and settled at Narragansett No. 2 (Westminster, MA). Opposition to his ministry started about 1747, followed by dismissal and legal wrangling through 1761. He moved to Walpole, NH about 1770. Source:Vital records of Westminster, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 does not have a record of the birth of Benjamin, but does show the birth of a son Elisha in 1750 (p. 57) and the death of his wife Deborah in 1756(p. 235). Given all this, it appears Benjamin was born in Westminster.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Rich, Irma A. Kendall genealogy: the descendants of Thomas and Francis Kendall of Charlestown and Woburn, Massachusetts; set forth in rhyme by Anstis Kendall Miles in 1855; now reprinted and rendered in prose with many additions. (Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States: C. E. Goodspeed & Co., 1920)
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   Hannah Kendall m. (2) 1788 Benjamin Marsh, b. 7 Jun 1754, s/o Rev. Elisha Marsh of Chesterfield and Walpole, NH, he d. 7 Apr 1811.

2. ↑ Child, Hamilton. Gazetteer of Cheshire County, N.H., 1736-1885. (Syracuse, N.Y.: H. Child, 1885)
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   Benjamin Marsh, s/o Rev. Elisha Marsh came to Chesterfield from Walpole about 1785, m. 1788 Mrs. Hannah Graves, d. 7 Apr 1811.