'Marsh01'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Marsh of Hendon, Marsh of London

                               
Cockayne reports that "A family of Marsh were settled at Hendon, Middlesex, as early ... as the reign of Edward IV, upon an estate, which still (1795) belongs to the family". The early generations are given in loose text indicating some uncertainty as to how the generations interconnected, starting with brothers whom we show as sons of ...
?? Marche or Marshe
1. Richard Marshe
  A. John Marsh of Hendon, Middlesex the first mentioned by Visitation
  Cockayne starts the second section of the book with this John, indicating that he was probably the John who was son of Richard and nephew of John of Chyppinge Barnett.
  m. Agnes (m2. William Littlecote)
  i. Nicholas Marshe of London (bur 25.09.1563)
  m. (17.09.1559) Margaret Walker (a 10.1563, sister of George Walker)
  a. Henry Marsh (posthumous?)
  (1) Samuel Marsh
  (A) Samuel Marsh
  (2)+ other issue
  b.+ other issue - Judith (bpt 08.12.1560, a 09.1563), Katherine (bpt 01.02.1562/3, 09.1563), Sara (bpt 13.03.1562/3, d before 09.1563?)
  ii. Robert Marshe of London (b 10.1537, d 07/17.10.1602)
  m1. (01.1563/4) Florence Greene (bur 17.07.1585, dau of John Greene of Oswestry)
  a. Samuel Marsh (bpt 23.03.1565/6, d before 24.12.1646, rector of Finchampstead (Berkshire), 2nd son)
m. (by 1597) Joane Vincent (d before 03.02.1644/5, dau of William Vincent of Acton)
  (1) Robert Marsh of London & Edmonton (b after 1603, d c05.1667, 2nd son)
  m. (by 1633) Susan Mosse (a 06.1667, dau/coheir of Clement Mosse by Susanna, dau of George Webb of London)
  (A) Susan Marsh (a 1634, 1666)
  m. (09.05.1653) Joseph Bent of Enderby (d 18.06.1666, rector of Misterton, son of William of Enderby)
  (B) Jane Marsh (b c1641, a 06.1708)
  m. (c06.1670) Hugh Pierce or Pyers of Whitefield (b c1622)
  (C)+ other issue - Robert (a 1634, d infant?), Clement (b 13.03.1636, a 1665), Robert of Hampton (b 19.03.1638, dsp before 02.12.1709), Elizabeth (a 1665), Sarah (a 1665)
  (2) Florence Marsh (a 1602, dsp 24.03.1622)
  m. Sir Edmund Sawyer of London & White Waltham (d by 1676, Auditor of the Exchequer, m2. ??)
  (3) Elizabeth Marsh (a 1602, dsp before 1663)
  m. (before 1634) Thomas Farnell of London (a 08.1657)
  (4)+ other issue(a 1610) - Samuel (b before 30.06.1598, dsp before 18.08.1657, rector of Putney), John (dsp before 1634), Anne (a 1663, d unm?)
  b. Thomas Marsh of New Inn, Middlesex (bpt 03.06.1568, dsp bur 01.06.1610)
  m. _ Beereblocke (d before 06.1610, dau of William Beereblocke)
  c. Robert Marsh of London (bpt 06.11.1569, dsp bur 17.01.1603/4)
  m. Frances Blencoe (a 04.1610, dau of Nicholas Blencoe of Southwark, m2. Peter Blower)
  d.+ other issue - John of London (bpt 29.06.1561, dsp bur 30.09.1603), Daniel of London & Finchampstead (bpt 26.12.1570, d unm before 18.06.1636), Joseph (bpt 05.01.1571/2, d young), Richard of St. Vedast & Finchampstead (bpt 24.01.1573/7, dsp 21.07.1613)
m2. (c1587) Elizabeth Anton (a 10.1602, dau of Thomas Anton of Strathfieldsay, widow of Richard Harrison of Finchampstead)
  h. Nicholas Marsh (bpt 13.06.1589, dsp 12.07.1612)
  i. William Marsh of London & Ware in Hertfordshire (bpt 12.09.1591, dsp before 11.04.1649)
  m. Anne (d before 05.1655, m2. Thomas Horler)
  j. James Marsh (bpt 24.08.1593, d before 10.03.1648/9, Archdeacon then Chancellor of Chichester))
  m1. Elizabeth Davis (d 21.11.1634, dau of Sir John Davis of Pangbourne)
  (1) Frances Marsh (b 11.1634, bur 27.01.1684/5)
  m. (19.02.1654/5) Sir William Turner (b c1604, bur 15.10.1670, judge, m1. ??)
  m2. (c1634?) Elizabeth Killingtree (bur 24.09.1680, dau of Nicholas Killingtree of Longham by Jane, dau of William Mallory)
  (2) Richard Marsh of London (dsp bur 08.03.1672/3)
  m. Jane (a 02.1678/9, m2. _ Horsmonden)
  k. Katherine Marshe (bpt 09.04.1588, d before 10.03.1648/9)
  m. (before 04.1610) John Dammes of London (d before 26.10.1626)
  B. Robert Marshe (a 1558) possibly father of ...
  i. Henry Marsh (a 1604)
  a.+ issue - Robert (bpt 11.02.1587/8), Nathaniel (bpt 11.06.1592), Judith (bpt 08.07.1586), Elizabeth (bpt 29.11.1590)
  C.+ other issue - Margaret, Jane
2. John Marche of Chyppinge Barnett (Hertfordshire) & Hendon (d before 15.02.1558/9)
  Cockayne starts his pedigree with extracts from this John's will. As his son John appears to have been a lot younger than his brother Richard's sons, it is presumed that he was younger than Richard.
  m. Joane
  A. John Marsh of Hendon (b c1534)
3. William Marshe

Main source(s): 'Some Notice of Various Families of the Name of Marsh' (G.E. Cockayne, 1900, 'Marsh of Hendon, co. Middlesex' (p1+) & 'Marsh of London (from Hendon, Middlesex)' (p2+)) with some support from Visitation (London, 1633-4, 'Marsh' (1))
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