'Marsh03'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Marsh of Brandred, Marsh of East Langdon, Marsh of Hackney, Marsh of Kingston, Marsh of Marton, Marsh of Snave Manor

                               
Cockayne reports that "It is stated in Hasted's Kent, that a family of Marsh were seated at East Langdon (near Dover), Kent, in 1326, during the reign of Edward III. Their position, however, till the 17th century, appears to have been that of yeomen". BLG1886 reports that "This ancient family, styled "De Marisco" in ancient Latin design, was seated at East Langdon, near Dover, Kent, in the reign of Edward III, A.D. 1326."
William Marsh of Marton in East Langdon, Kent
1. Robert Marsh of Marton
  A. Robert Marsh of Marton
  i. Richard Marsh of Marton
  a. John Marsh of Marton
  (1) Thomas Marsh of Marton & Brandred, Kent
The following is partly supported by Visitation (Kent, Armytage (1906), 1663-1668, 'Marsh' (1)).
  m. Nicholin Gibbon (dau of Thomas Gibbon of Westcliffe)
  (A) Thomas Marsh of Brandred & Denton (d 1663-4)
  m. (by 1614) Anne Nethersole (b 1591, dau of John Nethersole of Nethersole, sister/heir of Sir Francis)
  (i) John Marsh of Kingston (bpt 09.10.1614)
m. (by 1642) Anne Sanders (dau/heir of Henry Sanders of Canterbury)
  (a) Henry Marsh of Kingston (b c1642, bur 08.06.1718)
  m1 . (27.06.1665) Leah Adye of Barham (b c1640)
  ((1)) Thomas Marsh 'of Coulfoot' of Kingston & Womenswold (b c1667, dsp 1739, Deputy Governor of Dover Castle, Lt. Colonel, Captain of Sandown Castle)
  m. Martha Cropley (dau of Sir Edward Cropley, 2nd Bart)
  ((2)) Henry Marsh of St. Dintans in London (bpt 30.06.1680, d before 03.01.1722, 3rd son)
  m1. (sp) ?? (d before 1713)
  m2. Mary (a 1722, widow of _ Sandford)
  ((A)) Henry Marsh (b 08.07.1713, d before 25.06.1772, Captain RN)
  m1. Mary Tyler of Dorking (bur 28.09.1759?)
  m2. Susan Atwick of Gosport
  Not clear which wife was mother of ...
  ((i)) John Marsh of Nethersole House, Snave Manor & Ivy Church (b 1752, d 1828)
  m. Elizabeth Browne (d 1819, dau of Henry Browne of Sarum)
  ((a)) John Marsh of Snave Manor & Ivy Church (b 1775, d 1833) had issue
  m. Sophia Pakenham (d 1824, dau of John Henry Pakenham)
  ((b)) Henry Egerton Marsh (b 1776, d 1811, Major)
  ((c)) Edward Gerard Marsh (b 1783, vicar of Aylesford) had issue
  m. Lydia Williams (dau of Thomas Williams of Nottingham)
  ((ii)) Mary Marsh
  m. Thomas Williams of Portsmouth
  ((iii))+ other issue - Henry of Sandwich (b 1753, d 1821, RN), Edward (dsp 1786, RN), William (b 1757, d 1818, RN)
  ((B)) John Marsh of Barnes, Surrey (d before 17.12.1751?)
  ((i)) John Marsh (d 1769)
  m. Anne Tyler of Dorking
  ((a))+ issue - John, Anne, Charlotte, Elizabeth, Mary
  ((ii)) Elizabeth Marsh
  m. _ Cosby (Colonel)
  ((3))+ other issue - John (d by 1718?), Lucy (a 1718)
  m2. Anne (a 06.1718)
  (b) Richard Marsh of Faversham (d 1726, Captain, 3rd son)
  m. _ Sabine
  ((1)) John Marsh of Nethersole, Kent (dsp 1752)
  m. ?? (d by 1752)
  ((2)) Richard Marsh, Mayor of Faversham
  ((A))+ issue - Silvester (b 1719, d unm 1742), Anne
  ((3)) Henry Marsh of Faversham
  ((A))+ issue - Josephe, William, Elizabeth
  (c) Thomas Marsh of Canterbury (5th son) not mentioned by the Visitation
  m. (20.08.1667) Frances (Mrs Buck of Waltham)
  (d) Silvester Marsh
  m. (1666) Richard Cooke of Dover
  (e)+ other issue (a 1663) - John, Sanders, Jane, Elizabeth, Anne
  (ii)+ other issue - Elizabeth (bpt 30.11.1623, bur 03.11.1629), Mary (bpt 11.11.1625?, bur 18.05.1626)
  (2) John Marsh of East Langdon
  (A) Thomas Marsh of Marton (d before 13.03.1633/4)
  m. Margaret Gokin (a 03.1633/4, dau of John Gokin of Ripple)
  (i) John Marsh of Marton
  m. (before 1634) Cicely Turner (bpt 03.03.1612, dau of Christopher Turner of Milton Ernest)
  (a) Elizabeth Marsh (a 1633) possibly the Elizabeth who married ...
  m. _ Finch of Sandwich
  (b)+ other issue (a 09.1651) - Thomas, John, Christopher, Philip, Edmund, Mary, Cecily, Judith
  (ii) Margaret Marsh (a 09.1651)
  m. James Burvil (a 02.1658/9)
  (iii)+ other issue (a 1633) - Thomas (a 09.1651), Stephen (a 09.1651, m. ??), Vincent (dsp before 23.02.1658/9, surgeon), Mary, Janme, Katherine, Elizabeth (a 09.1651)
  b. Thomas Marsh of East Langdon
  The following is supported by Visitation (Kent, Armytage (1906), 1663-1668, 'Marsh' (2)).
  m. Jane Gorham of Waltham
  (1) Richard Marsh of East Langdon
m. Mary Gooking (dau of John Gooking of Ripple)
  (A) Thomas Marsh of East Langdon (a 1663)
  m. Anne Knight (dau of Thomas Knight of Canterbury)
  (i) Thomas Marsh of East Langdon (a 1663)
  m. Silvester Marsh (dau of Thomas Marsh of Denton)
  (a)+ issue (a 1663) - Thomas (b c1647), John, Richard, Robert, William, James, Henry, Silvester
  c. Henry Marsh
  m. Silvester Heringe (dau of Robert Heringe of Barham by Alice Marsh) @@ below
  (1) Richard Marsh of Marton (d 20.10.1625, Clerk of Dover Castle and of the Cinque Ports)
  m. Anne Gaunt (dau of Richard Gaunt of Canterbury)
  (A) Richard Marsh (a 1675)
  m. _ Cooper (dau of F. Cooper)
  (B) Silvester Marsh
  m. (1617) Joseph Colfe of Canterbury
  (C) Judith Marsh
  m. Henry Foach of Deal
  (D) Elizabeth Marsh (d by 1670)
  m1. Paul Lakyn
  m2. William Polhill of Maidstone (b c1605)
2. Thomas Marsh
A. Robert Marsh
  i. James Marsh of Canterbury (a 1618)
  a. Alice Marsh
  m. Robert Heringe of Barham
  (1) Silvester Heringe
  m. Henry Marsh @@ above
  B. William Marsh of Marton
  i. John Marsh of Marton
  a. Robert Marsh of Marton
  (1) Francis Marsh of Marton (a 1633)
  m. Elizabeth Stockton (sister/coheir of Thomas Stockton)

Main source(s): 'Some Notice of Various Families of the Name of Marsh' (G.E. Cockayne, 1900, 'Marsh of Kent', p13+), BLG1886 ('Marsh of Snave Manor and Ivy Church') with support as reported above
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