children. 4. John, baptized in Salem. De-
cember 13. 1639; died before his father.
(Ill) Jacob (2), eldest child of Jacob (i)
and Elizabeth Harney, was born in England,
and must have been a child when he came with
his ])arents to .Massachusetts. At a meeting
of the seven men, .April 5, 1652, he was grant-
ed thirty acres of land to be laid out witli hfty
acres formerly granted to his father. It is
])robable that he had just attained his majority
at this time. .After 1673 he removed to Bristol,
and was subsequently a resident of Rehoboth,
where he died February 12. 1693, probably
about si.\ty-two years of age. His will was
made July 13 preceding his death, and was
I)n)bated eight days after his demise, his wife
.\nn being exccutri.K. He became a Baptist
clergyman, and founded churches in Charles-
town and Swansea, and is probably the one
who in 1668 was one of the founders of the
first Baptist societies in Boston. He was mar-
ried (first) Salem, by Major Hathorne. Au-
gust 18, 1637, to Hannah Johnson, who died
June 5, 1639, leaving an infant daughter Han-
nah, who died young. He was married (sec-
ond) .April 26. 1660, by Captain .Marshall, to
Ann Witt, who survived him more than eight
years, and died in Rehoboth, March 17, 1701.
She was a daughter of Jonathan and Sarah
Witt, of Lynn. The children of the second
wife were: i. Hannah, born March 2, i66i,
in Salem, probably married Joshua Boynton,
of Newbury, April 9. 1678, and died before
1 68 1. 2. Sarah, Sejitember 12. 1662, in Salem,
married Henry Hampton. 3. .Abigail. Octo-
ber 31, 1663. in Salem, married Peter Marshall,
of Newbury. 4. John, mentioned below. 3.
Jacob, born May 21. 1667, in Salem, died be-
fore 1692. 6. Ruth. September 27, 1669, was
immarricd in t68S. 7. Dorcas, .April 22, 1671,
in Salem, married Daniel Throope, .August 23,
1689, aufl died before 1697. 8. Joseph. March
9. 1673. in Salem, married in September. 1692.
Constance Davis, of Haverhill, lived in Swan-
.sea, and tlied at Rehoboth, February 3, 1 731.
9. Israel, June 17, 1673. married November
18. 1606, Elizabeth Barrett, and lived in Reho-
both. 10. Jonathan. March 29. 1677, married
Sarah Gritftn ; lived in Rehoboth. 11. Samuel,
February 10, 1679, was living in 1692. 12.
Hannah. October 6. 1681.
(1\') John, eldest son of Jacob (2) and
.\nii (Witt) Barney, was born June I, 1665,
in Salem. ;i.n(l died in May. 1728, in Taunton.
Massachusetts. He lived in ISristol. Rhode
Islaml. in Swansea and Rehoboth. Massachu-
setts, and removed to Taimton in 1710. There
he bought the house and land of John Rogers,
formerly the residence of Robert Thornton,
one of the first purchasers of Taunton. Little
is found in the records concerning him. but
it is known that he was at one time a deputy
sheriff. He married, November 4, 1686, Afary,
daughter of Deacon William Throo])e. of Bris-
tol. Rhode Island, and the following children
are enumerated in his will, dated May 25,
1728: I. Sarah, born October 28, 1703, at
Bristol, Rhode Island, married James Will-
iams, and was living in 1638. 2. Marv. mar-
ried, \\'illiam Carpenter. 3. John, died in
infancy. 4. Elizabeth, married Peter Caswell.
3. Annah. married William Leonard. 6. Jacob,
married a claughter of Samuel Dan forth. 7.
John, married Mary, daughter of Thomas
Leonard. 8. William, subject of the next
paragraph. 9. Joseph, who had wife Susanna.
10. Jonathan, married .Anna Dean.
(V ) William, fourth son of John and Mary
(Throope) Barney, was born March 26, 1701,
in Piristol. and died prior to November 26,
1763, in Taunton, Massachusetts. He was
calleil Elder William, through his connection
with the cliurch. He married .Anna Williams,
born in 1708. daughter of Emanuel Williams,
of Taunton. Children: Jonathan. William.
Syble. .Anna and Joseph. The eldest daughter
married Ephraim Pray. November 14. 1763.
(VI) William (2), second son of \\'illiam
( i) and .Anna (Williams) Barney, was prob-
ably born in Taunton, and was a blacksmith
in that town. The records of that town were
destroyed by fire in 1838. and it is impossible
to determine the time or place of his birth. He
married ( first ~l .August 10. 1760. in Taunton,
Margaret Sand ford, who probably lived but
a short time thereafter. The date of bis sec-
(Mid marriage is unknown, but his wife,
Wealtha Staples, was born March 22, 1739.
He died before December 27. 1826. on which
date his wiflnw Wealtha married Captain Seth
Keith, of Middleboro. Massachusetts. She
died Jidv 23. 1834. in Berkley. Massachusetts.
The children of \\'illiam Barney by the first
wife are noted as follows: i. Benjamin, born
(^'"' ^JT^.
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<m
about i7(>o; married, Ucccmbcr ii. 171^3. Deb-
orah Crapo, at Taunton. 2. William, born
about 1762: married Mercy Crapo, in Taun-
ton, February 10, 1784, and died in Jotter-
son county. New York. 3. George, born May
24, 176^1; married, January i, 1792, in Taun-
ton, Waitstiil Crapo, and died January 14.
1853, at Collins, Erie county, New ^'ork. 4.
Anna, married Consider Crapo, April 23, 1795,
at Taunton, and died in \'ictt)ry. Cayuga
county, Xew York. 5. Joshua, born March 2,
[778: married, Septeml)er 6, 1804, in Taunton.
Chloe Caswell, and died April 29, 1861, in
Sjjringtielil. Massachusetts. lie is buried near
the I'ine street entrance of I'eabody cemetery
in that town. Following is a brief account of
their children: i. Chloe, born May 6, 1805,
in Savoy, Massachusetts, married Ebenezer
Dawes. May 15, 1833, and died October 17.
1863; had Rosalie C, Chloe K. and Vesta, ii.
Sarah A.. October 25, 1809; married Francis
Bates, and died January 20, 1877, in Spring-
field, surviving by seventeen years her hus-
band, wlio died January 21, i860; both are
buried in Springfield cemetery, iii. Wealthy,
August 9, 1812, married William Dunham, in
1845, ^"fl <^J'^'^' August 13, 1876, leaving no
issue. The children of \\ illiain (2) Harney,
by his second wife were roily. Jairus .Sidney
and \\>althy. The elder daughter, born Feb-
ruar)- 17, 1798, married, February 29, 1818,
Phillip, son of Ephraim and Phoebe Caswell,
and died December 5, 1859. Phillip Caswell
was born December 15, 1790, and survived his
wife a little more than a month, dying January
10, iSfxD. The younger daughter married Will-
iam I'aull. of Lakeville, Massachusetts.
(VII) Jairus .Sidney, fifth son of William
(2) P)arney, and only son by his second wife,
was born February 4, 1799, in Taunton, and
died in Saxonville-Framingham, Massachu-
setts, December 27, 1859. He resided in Saxon-
ville, a village of Framingham, Massachusetts,
where he was a manufacturer of machinery foi-
woolen mills, and made several important im-
provements in looms and spinning machinery
that are still used in some of the largest mills
in the country. He married, October 14, 1827,
in .Saxonville-Framingham, Harriet, daughter
of Joel Hosmer. She was born February 5,
1805, in .Xcton, Massachusetts, and died in
Saxonville-Framingham, Massachusetts, ,\u-
gust 16, 1847. Her family was long resident
in that place, and some of its members fought
in the battle of Lexington. Their children are
noted as fellows: i. Edward IT., died in
infancy. 2. Susan, born May 14, 1830; mar-
ried I). 11. lj\ rne.^, and died December 3, 1800.
3. William H., December 28, 1631, was drown-
ed .\pril 4, 1857. 4. Edward .\., was drowned
he fine two years and six montlis old. 5.
ICverett llosmcr is the subject of the next
paragraph. (). George Washington, January
jh. 1838. in .Sa.\onville-l"ramingham. 7. Eu-
gene II.. .\ugust II, 1840, in Saxonville-Fram-
ingliani ; died before twenty-one years old. 8.
Helen Cordelia, October 30, 1842; died before
nineteen. 9. Adel Viola, May 7, 1845.
(\II) ICverett Hosmer (3), son of Jairus
and Harriet (Hosmer) Ijarney, was born De-
cember 7, 1835, in Saxonville-l'raniingliam,
.Massachusetts. He was educated at the public
schools and at the academy of his native town,
after which he engaged in business with his
father until 1857, when he became a con-
tractor on locomotive work for Hinkley &
Drury, of Boston, Alassachusetts. While en-
gaged in this work Mr. Barney conceived the
idea of fastening skates by a metal clasp, en-
tirely dispensing with the old method of straps
and buckles. He took out his first patent on
this <lesign in 1864, and this was followed by a
series of patents. In 1864 Mr. Barney was
engaged by James C. Warner, of Springfield,
Massachusetts, who had a large government
contract for the manufacture of gtnis, to assist
in completing the contract. .At the close of
the civil war Mr. Barney turned his attention
to the manufacture of his own inventions, and
formed a i)artnership with Mr. John Berry,
an old friend, who had been his coworker for
several years. They rented the premises
vacated by Mr. Warner after the completion
'if his contract, and after two years Mr. Barney
bought out his jjartner's interest, retaining,
however, the old firm name of Barney &
Berry. The business grew rapidly, and Mr.
Barney erected the present factory on Broad
street, in Springfield, in 1872. This is equipped
with every modern improvement, and the
Barney & Berry skates have a world-wide
reiiutation. Mr. Piarney invented a perforat-
ing machine for stamping out the amount pay-
able on bank checks, and took out a patent
for it. This machine stamps out any amount
from one dollar to one million dollars, and also
such words as "cancelled," "i)aid," etc. By his
industry and shrewd management Mr. P)arney
ac(|uired a large fortune, and in 1882 he pur-
chased one hundred and ten acres of land in
the southern part of Springfield, adjoining
what is now known as Forest Park. On this
he erected a hanrlsome residence on the side
commanding a superb view of the Connecticut
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rivt-r valley. 1 he giound.'i have been laid out
with great care, and contain many rare and
valual)le tree.s and shruljs inijjroved from
Iuiro])e, I'-gyi't, China, Japan and India. Hi.';
lotus and lily ijond.^ contain many choice and
beautiful specimens. .Mr. Barney intended his
beautiful home to pass to his only child. ( leorge
Murray, ijorn in 1863, but his death in i88y
decided .Mr. liarney to present the ])lace to the
city of Springfield as a memorial of his son,
reserving the right to occnjjy it as a home dur-
ing his life and that of his wife, i'y this gift
Springfield ac(|uires one of the most beamiful
parks in the country, with a magnificent view
of the CoiHiecticut river, extending from the
Longmeadow line to the South Knd Hridge,
491 1 feet along the river front, including all
rights and jjrivileges of the harbor line, un-
sur])assed for ru,stic scenery, rare trees, shrubs
and a<|uatic jjlants, numerous ponds, brooks,
rivulets, and drives, and which is being con-
tinuallv imjiroved and beautified by its gener-
ous donor, to whom it will be a living nionn-
nient. .Mr. Harney was inslrnmental in secur-
ing the |)assage of a bill through the legislature,
entitled ".An Act to annex a i)art of the Town
of Uongmeadow to tlie City of Sjjringfield."
The benefits secured by this bill were in the
interest of i-'orest I'ark improvements. Mr.
liarney has a winter home in (Jsprey, Manatee
comity, {'"lorida.
lie married Mliza J. Knowles, born June 30,
1830, in ISelfast, Maine, died April 29, 1905,
at Osprey, Morida. She was a daughter of
Lafayette Knowles, who was born 1799, in
\'orth|)ort. Maine, was a farmer by occupation,
and flied May 18, 1865. Mis wife, Mliza
Crockett, was born in 1804, in Canterbury,
New Ilampshirc. and died December 28, 187(1
The only child of Mr. and Mrs. Harney.
( ieorge Murray, was b(jrn .March 2-j , 18^13,
and <li('d May 29, 1889.
The llosmers are an old F.ng-
ll( )S.MI'.1\ lish family, and first appeared
in New I'.ngland in i^>33'
when Thomas llosnier was one of the jiro-
prietors of Cambridge, .Massachusetts, was
made freeman in i')35, but afterward removed
to Connecticut and fomuled the Hartford
family of that surname whose representatives
are now scattered throughout the coiuitrv.
Thomas llosnier was a brother of the immi-
grant ancestor of the family here treated, and
)>receded him to .\nierica about two years.
(I) James llosnier. immigrant, brother of
Thomas llosnier, was born in luigkind in
i')07. and is said to have come from Hock-
hur.st, Kent, in 1635, in the ship "Elizabeth,"
with his wife Ann. aged twenty-seven, and chil-
dren Marie and Ann, and two serving women.
He was a clothier by trade, and settled in Cam-
bridge, Massachusetts, where lie was admitted
freeman in 1637, and owned land before 1638.
This he soon sold and removed to Concord,
where he died February 7, 1685. His first wife
.Ann was born in 1608, and after her death
he married Mary , who died in May,
iC)4i. He married (third) Elinne (Ellen, also
mentioned as .-Mice) , who died March
3, i(i()4-5. His children: i. Mary, born 1633,
died young. 2. .\nn, 1635. died young. 3.
James. 1637; slain in engagement with the
Indians at Sudbury, .\pril 21. 1676, in King
FMiilip's war. 4. Mary, born January 10. 1639;
died .August 18, 1642. 5. Stephen (_by wife
-Mice), born November 27, 1642 (.see post).
(). Hannah, born 1644; died December 15,
1675: married Joseph Hayward. 7. Mary,
born .A]>ril 14, 1646; married Thomas Sniitli.
(H) Ste])lien, son of James Hosmcr, was
born in Concord, Massachusetts, November
27. 1C42. He settled in Concord, and was
admitted freeman of the colony in 1690. He
died there December 15, 1714. He married,
.March 24, 1667, .Abigail \\'ood, of Concord,
daughter of Michael \\'ood, granddaughter of
William Wood, the immigrant of Concord.
Childnti of .Stejihen and .Abigail Hosmer: i.
Mary, born May 2, i()Ci8; married (first) Sam-
uel; (second) John I'ellows. 2. Abigail, born
November 6, i(')69; died December 27, 1717;
married (jeorge Wheeler. 3. John, born Au-
gust 31, i'')7i ; died 1751 : married Mary liill-
ings. 4. Ruth, born .\ugust 28, 1675. 5.
Dorothy, born December 10, 1677: married
John Wheeler. 6. Stephen, born June 27,
1680 (see post). 7. Hannah, born December
9. 1682. 8. James, born June 2~, 1685: died
Se])tember 28, 1685.
(Ill) Stephen (2), son of Stephen (i)
Hosmer. was born in Concord, Massachusetts,
June 2~. i()8o. I le removed to .Acton, or rather
he lived in that jiart of Concord that became
the town of .Acton. He married, February
2(), 1707. Prudence Billings, died 1770. daugh-
ter of Nathaniel and Jane ( Bannister) Billings.
Children: i. rruilcncc, born about 1709: mar-
ried Thomas I losnicr. 2. Captain Ste])hcn,
Jr., married (first) Millicent \\'ood ; (second)
I'.lizabeth I'arrar. 3. Jonathan, born March
29. 1712. 4. Josiah. 5. Jane. 6. Ephraini.
(I\') I'.phraim. son of Stephen (2) and
I'milence (Billings) Hosmer, was born in
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Acton. Xoveinber 22, 1722, and died there
March 16, 181 1. He married (intentions
April 28, 1753) Sarali, horn in Acton. Janu-
ary 5. 1733, died October 2, 1823. daughter of
Samuel Jones, of Acton. Children : Sarah,
born November i. 1754: Ephraim, June 22,
1756: Prudence. September 6, 1758; Samuel,
September 11. 17^)1; Silas. September 30,
1763; James. January 14. 1766: Amos. De-
cember 27, 1767; Joel. May 27, 1770; Charles,
April 23, 1772: Artemas. December 27. 1773.
(V) Joel, son of Ephraim and Sarah (Jones)
Hosmer. was born May 27, 1770. and died
April 14. 1830. Me married Esther Wheeler,
of Acton, born June 27. 1767. died Novem-
ber 8. 1844. Children: i. Rebecca, born
March 27, 1797. died August 14. 1844. 2.
Nancy, born .September 7. 1799. (lied June i.
1884. 3. James. lx)rn March 30, 1802. died
October 30. 1861. 4. Harriet, born in Acton.
February 5. 1805. died in Saxonville-Framing-
ham. August 16. 1847; married Jairus Barney,
October 14. 1827 (q. v.). 5. Edmund, born
.September 8. 1807, died May 5. 1843. ^â–
Ephraim, born November 26, 1812, died Alarch
5. 1871- â–
The surname Marsh has been
MARSH common in England ever since
the use of surnames. It is un-
doubtedly a place name. Families of the name
of Marsh were numerous in counties Norfolk,
Suffolk, York. Kent. Essex, and in Wiltshire
and Ireland. Sir Thomas Marsh, who lived
in 1660. bore these arms, which, with slight
variations, were borne by many different fami-
lies of the same name : Gules, a horse's head
couped between three crosses bottonee fitchee
argent. At least six immigrants of the name
of Marsh came to New England before 1650.
John Marsh, of Braintrec. comity Essex,
England, father of the American immigrant,
was a clothier. His will was dated .\pril 13.
1627, and proved May 29. 1627. He bequeath-
ed to the poor of the parish three pounds. To
.Samuel CoUyn, minister, etc., fifty shillings.
To William Waslin, which was my late ser-
vant and kinsman, forty shillings, and to
Joseph Waslin his father, one suite of apparel,
vix. one doublet, one pair of breeches, one pair
of stockings and one hat. To Francis Waslin,
my sister, now the wife of Joseph Waslin.
twenty shillings a year for life. To my servant
Jeremy Mannyng ten shillings. To Richard,
Mary and Thomasin Outing, one of the sons
and two of the daughters of Richard Outing,
my brother-in-law, twenty shillings apiece. To
every one of my daughters Sarah. Mary, (irace
and Lydia. one hundred pounds apiece at their
several ages of nineteen years. To (irace my
wife all such lands, houses and buildings which
herein 1 do give to Joseph Marsh, my son, until
he come to his age of one and twenty years,
for and towards the bringing up of my chil-
dren. To my said Joseph the messuage or tene-
ment with the two orchards is:c. in llranktrey,
now or late in the occupation of Thomas Hud-
son, and all those copyhold lands, fields or
closes in the said parish now or late in the
occupation of Richard Bedwell, and the three
fields or closes commonly called the broom-
fields, in said parish, now or late in my own
occupation, when he shall come to his age of
twenty and one years. All the rest of my
messuages, lands etc. for and towards the
bringing up of all my children, and I wholly
give them to the said John Marsh. To Sarah
Bawldwin. widow, ten shillings. To my son,
Samuel Marsh, four hundred pounds to be
paid unto the hands of my good friends Adrian
Mott and John Marryon, of Branktrey,
clothiers, upon trust &c. to purchase land or
houses (to that value) to the use of my wife
tirace until Samuel shall come to his age of
one and twenty and then to my said son. The
residue of all my goods I give to my wife and
children (equally). My said wife to be exe-
cutrix.
Tlic will of Ills wife (Irace was dated Janu-
ar}- 2>). 11)57. and ])roved May 22. 1607, and
sliows conclusively the relationship with the
immigrant. "To my son Joseph Marsh all
that co])yhoi(l messuage or tenement in In-
gateston, F.ssex, with all the houses &c. and
all the lands belonging, containing fifty acres,
more or less, provided he i)ay the several
legacies mentioned in the will. To my son-in-
law, .Nathaniel Txers. ami (Irace, now his
wife, my daughter, seven ])oun(ls yearly during
their lives and the longer liver of them both,
and after that to the heirs of the body of the
said (irace, lawfully begotten, three score
jjounds. And for want of such heirs of the
said (jrace the said Joseph shall pay or cause
to be paid unto so many of the children of my
son. John Marsh, now in New England, as
shall be living at the time of my decease the
sum of three score pounds at their several
ages of one and twenty. And he shall pay to
my daughter I.idia. the wife of William Mar-
tin, seven (Kjunds yearly, for her life, and after
that to .so many of her children as shall be liv-
ing at the time of my decease the sum of three
score pounds (at their ages etc). And my
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son Joseph shall keep my brother, William
i^alclwin, during his natural life, at his own
jirojier cost and charges or else pay unto him
yearly the sum of six pounds, during his life.
And after the decease of the said William
P>aldwin, my brother, the said Joseph shall
pay unto my grandchild. John Marsh, the son
of my said son John, thirty pounds, when he
sliall attain unto the age of one and twenty
years, and shall likewise pay to my grand-
child. William Martin, the son of my son-in-
law, William Martin, and Lidia my daughter,
thirty pounds (when of age) and shall pay to
the said John Marsh, my son, thirty pounds.
To Joseph all my freehold meadow or parcel
of land in liranctree containing two acres,
more or less, with remainder to my son John
&c. Certain household goods to son John.
To grandchild, Grace Marsli, the daughter of
son John, a stitched white cupboard cloth and
a green Kersey cupboard cloth. To Samuel,
son of my son John, a feather bed and bolster
that my son John lieth on. To Grace my
daughter a pair of Virginalls (and certain
household stuff) during her life and after her
decease if not leaving issue, to the children of
my daughter Lidia &c. To John .Sharp, my
grandchild, ten ]M:)unds to be paid in three
years. To Mr. .\lgar, now minister of Rranc-
tree, twenty shillings and I desire him to
preach at my funeral. To the poor of Branc-
tree forty shillings. Son Joseph to be execu-
tor.
To summarize the family, showing the connec-
tion : John Marsh, of Braintree, England,
married Grace Baldwin, sister of William
Baldwin. Children: i. .Sarah. 2. Mary. 3.
( irace. married Nathaniel Tyers. 4. Lidia,
married William Martin. 3. Joseph, remained
in England. 6. John, the immigrant, mention-,
ed below. 7. .Samuel.
fl) John Marsh, immigrant ancestor of
this branch of the family, was born in Eng-
land in 1618, an<I is said to have come to New
luigland in 1633, going first to Cambridge. He
is supposed to have gone with Hooker's com-
pany the next year to Hartford, where he
became one of the first settlers. He had
grants of land for himself and for others in
1639-40. His home lot was No. 16, on the
iforth side of the stream that now runs through
Biishnell I'ark, where Temple and Eront
strc-ets now cross. He had other grants later,
one tract, "LTp Neck," on Windsor avenue,
Hartford, is now in possession of one of his
direct descendants. He was a proprietor of
the colnnion lands. He was a leadin<r citizen
of Hartford, one of the five higher magistrates
in 1639, holiling office until 1655, when
he became deputy governor. After serv-
ing as governor in 1656, he resinned the
office of magistrate, which he held until
1639. He removed at this time to Had
ley, Massachusetts. He was dismissed from
the I-Iartford church, July 11, 1656, his re-
moval being caused by church differences. He
had lot No. 34 in Hadley, and was one of the
selectmen in 1675. He was one of the original
members of the Northampton church, June
18, 1661. His will was dated March 3, 1687-
88, and proved December 4, 1688. He mar-
ried (first) in Hartford, 1640. .•Xnne Webster,
daughter of Governor John Webster. She
died June 9, 1662. He married second, Octo-
ber 7, 1664, Hepzibah (Ford) Lyman, widow
of Richard Lyman, and daughter of Thomas
Ford, of Hartford. John Marsh died Septem-
ber 28, 1688. at Windsor, Connecticut, prob-
abh' while on a visit to his daughter, Haimah
Loomis, and is buried in the old churchyard.
Children of first wife: i. John, born about
1643, mentioned below. 2. Samuel, born about
1643, married Mary Allison. 3. Joseph, bap-
tized January 24, 1647. 4. Isaac, baptized
July 15, i'''49, died young. 3. Jonathan, born
-September, i(')49. married Dorcas Dickinson,
widow. 6. Daniel, married Hannah Lewis.
7. Hannah, married Joseph Loomis. 8. Grace,
married Timothy Baker. Children of second
wife : 9. Lydia, born October 9, 1667, married
David Loomis. An adopted daughter. Grace
Martin, daughter of his sister Lidia (Marsh)
.Martin. i
(II) John (2), .son of John (i") Marsh,
was born about 1643 in Hartford, died in 1727.
lie lived in Hartford and Hadley. He mar-
ried (first) November 28, 1666. Sarah Lyman,
of Northampton, daughter of Richard and
Hepsibah (Ford) Lyman. After his marriage
he returned to Llartford and lived on the
Marsh Iiomestead. He was .selectman in 1677-
81-87-88-04 and 1701. In 17CX) he was on a
committee to build a bridge over the Hocka-
num river in East Hartford. His will was
dated 1726 and proved .August i, 1727. He
was called sergeant. He married (second)
January i, 1707-8, Susannah Butler, who died
December 24, 1714. Children by first wife:
I. J.ohn, born iCi68, mentioned below. 2. Na-