A biosketch reports [1]:
John Marsh was one of the original proprietors of Hartford ; his home-lot in the distribution of 1639 was on what is now Front St., then the road from the Little River to the North Meadow. Chosen chimney -viewer, 1658; removed the next year to Hadley with the " withdrawers," under the lead of his father-in-law, Gov. Webster. He went from there to Northampton, and united with the church there, June 18, 1661. He m. in Hartford, ab. 1640, Anne, dau. of Gov. John Webster; she d. in Northampton, June 9, 1662 ; and he m. (2) Oct. 7, 1664, Hepzibah, widow of Richard Lyman, and dau. of Thomas Ford, of Windsor; she d. April 11, 1683, and he d. in 1688, in Hartford. He had a brother Joseph, who was a clothier, in Braintree, Co. Essex, England, where he made his will, May 22, 1676, in which he mentions several of the children of John Marsh. — Ch. : i. John. b. ab. 1643 ; m. in Northampton, Nov. 28, 1666, Sarah, dau. of Richard and Hepzibah Lyman ; he returned to Hartford; freeman, 1669 ; lived upon the old homestead ; d. 1727. His eldest son, John, was much concerned in the settlement of the " western lands," and explored Litchfield, where he was one of the first settlers. Descendants of this family are still living in Hartford, ii. Samuel, b. ab. 1645; Hatfield, where he was made freeman, 1690; m. May 6, 1667, Mary Allison; d. Sept. 7, 1728, se. 83. iii. Joseph, bapt. Jan. 24, 1647-8; d. young, iv. Joseph, bapt. July 15, 1649; d. young. v. Jonathan, b. ab. 1650, Hadley; freeman, 1690; m. 1676, Dorcas, dau. of Azariah Dickinson; d. July 3, 1730, a. 80; vi. Daniel, b. ab. 1653; Hadley; freeman, 1690; m. Nov. 5, 1676, Hannah, widow of Samuel Crow, of Hadley, and dau. of William Lewis, of Farmington ; d. Feb. 24, 1725, se. 72. vii. Hannah, m. Jan. 28, 1675, Joseph Loomis, of Windsor, viii. Grace, m. Jan. 26, 1672-3, Timothy Baker, of Northampton; d. May 31, 1676. ix. Lydia, b. Oct. 9, 1667; m. Dec. 8, 1692, David Loomis, of Windsor.
[1] J. Hammond Trumbull, ed., The Memorial History of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884, Vol. 1 (Boston: Edward L. Osgood, 1886), 250-251, [HathiTrust].