Alexander MARSH, LIEUT
Birth:
Abt 1628
Scotland
Death:
7 Mar 1697/98
Braintree (Quincy), Ma
Burial:
Hancock Cemetery, Quincy, Ma
Marriage:
19 Dec 1655
Braintree (Quincy), Ma
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
possibly age about 70 years See notes Will - See notes In 1670 he bought with his father in law Gregory Belcher 200 acres of the Iron Works land in West Quincy where the furnace stood (S.D. 9:141) and in 1671 they bought about 40 acres adjoining to the north on Cranes Plain from Henry Crane, formerly part of the Wm. Hutchinson grant (S.D. 7:1Will of Alexander Marsh of Braintree, yeoman. To wife Bathsheba 100 pounds with all her own movables, nothing thereof to be witholden from her, she there upon quitting my estate from any claim for dower. She to have liberty to abide with my children as a mother upon the farm now occupy, and if she sees not cause to abide there then to have liberty of one chamber & garret at my house in Boston for the space of two years, and if upon the farm to have liberty for her things that are in my house at Boston to abide there two years. To daus. Rachel & Phoebe Marsh equally my house and land in Boston reserving the liberty to my wife. To son in law Samuel French & Anna his wife my dau. what given already & all my upland in Salter's Farm & my Pine Swamp which I bought of Capt. White of Weymouth reserving 10 a. for my son John. To son in law Dependence French what given already, viz; 36 pounds, and now 5 shillings more as a token of love. To son in law Samuel Bass 40 shillings as a token of love. To the poor of Braintree 40 shillings at the discretion of my executors. To Mary French my grand dau. now with me, 15 a. adjoining the Furnace land so called which was Barnabas Derrifield's lot & 15 a. of the Furnace land next to Moses Belcher deceased, his lot, reserving liberty to my son John to buy it if it shall be set to sale, and liberty of a cartway through it if ocasion be to use it, from the Furnace land on either side, and if she die before marriage to return to my son John; To daus. Rachel Morse, PHoebe Marsh & Ann French & to son John all household stuffe. While wife and daus. continue together & till John is of age. [3247] My stock to be maintained & then divided to last three mentioned children. To son John all remaining lands in Braintree with all husbandry utensils & if he die to go equally to the rest of my children Ann French, Phebe & Rachel Marsh & Mary French. My friends Mr. John Wilson, Mr. Roger Billings executors until John is of age, then to be executor. Witness: Daniel Preston Jr., William Rawson, John Wilson, Nathaniel Glover, Sr., Thomas Ferman. 8:129, Inventory of Lt. Alexander Marsh who deceased 7th March 1697/8 taken Mar. 22, 1697/8 by Joseph Penniman, Nathaniel Wales, Benjamin Savell includes 1 musquet & 3 swords 1 pound 10 shillings; Sever small parcels in Salter's Farm 54 pounds; 6 a. salt marsh at Rock Island 50 pounds; 4 a. salt marsh in Salter's Farm 40 pounds; 3/4 a. fresh meadow at ye 80 a. lot in Salter's Farm; Land in ye Stony Field & that piece where his house stands now 45 pounds; To Derrifield's lot 24 pounds; To the furnace land & at Crane's Plain containing 215 acres 430 pounds; To a house & land at Boston 200 pounds; To 50 a. swamp near Moore's Farm 40 pounds; To an Indian man's time, 2 years 3 pounds; To an Indian boy 5 pounds, Total 1,290 pounds, 18 shillings four pence.
Mary BELCHER
Birth:
8 Jul 1639
Braintree, Ma
Death:
Aft Sep 1678
Father:
Mother:
Sources:
Genealogies of the Families of Braintree, MA, 1640-1850
Children
Marriage
1
Birth:
Mar 1660/61
Braintree (Quincy), Ma
Death:
4 Feb 1711/12
Braintree, Ma
Notes:
2 GIVN Anna Marsh age about 50 [89.FTW] FAMILY RECORDS AND INFORMATION BRAINTREE, MA VITAL RECORDS (FHL #974.47/B3 N2b) DORCHESTER, MA VITAL RECORDS (FHL #974.461 H2b) WALDO C. SPRAGUE, GENEALOGIES OF THE FAMILIES OF BRAINTREE... (FHL #1405272) NEHGR, VOL 36 (FHL #974 B2ne)
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Alexander Marsh, Lieut - Mary Belcher
Alexander Marsh, Lieut
was born at Scotland Abt 1628.
He married Mary Belcher 19 Dec 1655 at Braintree (Quincy), Ma . Mary Belcher was born at Braintree, Ma 8 Jul 1639 daughter of Gregory Belcher and Catherine Buckley .
They were the parents of 1
child:
Hannah Marsh
born Mar 1660/61.
Alexander Marsh, Lieut died 7 Mar 1697/98 at Braintree (Quincy), Ma .
Mary Belcher died Aft Sep 1678 .