Marsh
Family Genealogy 
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The
name Marsh is English: a topographic name for someone who lived by or in a marsh
or fen, from the Middle English term mershe (or Old English mersc),
or a habitational name from any of various minor places named with this word,
for example in Shropshire and Sussex. Spelling variations include: Marsh, Marsch,
Marshe and others. The family was first found in Kent, where they were seated
from very early times and were granted lands by Duke William of Normandy, their
liege Lord, for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066
A.D.
The Coat of Arms is a shield divided quarterly red
and silver with a silver horse's head in the first quarter. The crest is a horse's
head emerging from a crown. The family motto, "Nolo servile capistrum,"
translates as: "I am unwilling (to bear) the slavish halter."
Some
of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Alexander Marsh,
who settled in Virginia in 1698; Arthur Marsh, who settled in Virginia in 1663;
Hugh Marsha, who settled in Virginia in 1650; John Marsh, who settled in Virginia
with Joseph in 1635.
We are related to this family through
MARY MARSH, who was born about 1750 in Douglas, Worcester, Massachusetts, and
died after 1820 in Ravenna, Portage, Ohio.
The book "Women
in the Western Reserve before 1850" lists Mary, wife of Joseph Munyon, in
Ravenna, OH, coming to OH from CT. CHILDREN
OF JOSEPH MUNYAN, JR., AND MARY MARSH | | EZRA
MUNYAN b: 3 Jul 1770 in Thompson, Windham, Connecticut. Married Sarah KNAPP ABT
1802 in Thompson, Windham, Connecticut. Death: 1 May 1856 in Thompson, Windham,
Connecticut. Burial: Old East Cemetery, Thompson, Windham, Connecticut. |
| JONATHAN
MUNYAN b: 1771 in Thompson, Windham, Connecticut. Married Olive STOCKWELL on 11
May 1797 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Death: 27 Dec 1846 in Northampton,
Hampshire, Massachusetts. | | HANNAH
MUNYAN b: ABT 1773/1774 in Thompson, Windham, Connecticut. Married Lemuel KNAPP
in ABT 1792 in Thompson, Windham, Connecticut. Death: 6 May 1818 in Charlestown,
Portage, Ohio. | | POLLY
MUNYAN b: 16 Dec 1776 in Thompson, Windham, Connecticut. Married Willard Henry
HOWLAND on ABT 1798 in Of Thompson, Windham, Connecticut. Death: 16 Apr 1817 in
Thompson, Windham, Connecticut. Burial: Old East Cemetery, Thompson, Windham,
Connecticut. | | OLIVE
MUNYAN b: ABT 1778/1779 in Thompson, Windham, Connecticut. Married Jacob CUTLER
in ABT 1802 in prob. Thompson, Windham, Connecticut. Death: Sep 1834 in Berlin,
Rensselaer, New York. | | EBENEZER
MUNYAN b: 1780 in Thompson, Windham, Connecticut. Married Matilda MUZZY on 11
Oct 1804 in Auburn, Worcester, Massachusetts. Death: Sep 1813 in Thompson, Windham,
Connecticut. | | REBECCA
MUNYAN b: 1783/1784 in Thompson, Windham, Connecticut. Married Zadock SHERMAN
in ABT 1800 in Thompson, Windham, Connecticut. Death: 16 Apr 1850 in Burrillville,
Providence, Rhode Island. Burial: Thompson, Windham, Connecticut. |
| JOSEPH
MUNYAN Jr. b: ABT 1786 in Thompson, Windham, Connecticut. Married Elizabeth BARTLETT
on 5 Nov 1811 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Death: 16 Oct 1861 in
Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. | | EUNICE
MUNYAN b: 16 Feb 1789 in Thompson, Windham, Connecticut. Married Oliver BARTLETT
on Nov 1812 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Death: 5 Apr 1854 in Northampton,
Hampshire, Massachusetts. | | ORIN
MUNYAN b: 1795 in Thompson, Windham, Connecticut. Married (1) Electa BARTLETT
on 1 Jun 1815 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts; (2) Susannah BARDWELL
on 22 Aug 1825 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Death: 9 Aug 1842 in
Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. | | AMASA
J. MUNYAN b: 1800 in Thompson, Windham, Connecticut. Married Susanna HENNING on
6 Jan 1821 in Portage, Ohio. |
GENEALOGY
MARY
MARSH (b: ABT 1750) married JOSEPH MUNYAN, JR. and begat... AMASA
J. MUNYAN (b. 1800), who married SUSANNA HENNING (b:
ABT 1802) and begat... MARY
ANN MUNYON (1823 - 1899) married WILLIAM POTTER (1819
- 1894) and begat... LOUISA
EDITH POTTER (1856 - 1891) who married ABRAHAM CANE WINTERS
(1829 - 1893) and begat... NELLE
WINTERS (1885 - 1974) who married WILLIAM PRITCHARD
(1880 - 1958) and begat... DOROTHY
PRITCHARD (b. 1918) who married ERWIN
WENK (1910 - 1982) and begat...
MARTHA WENK (b. 1940) who married CARLETON
MARCHANT HAUSE, JR. (b. 1939) and begat... JEFF (who married LORI ANN DOTSON), KATHY (who married HAL
LARSEN), ERIC (who married MARY
MOONSAMMY), and MICHELE HAUSE (who married JOHN SCOTT HOUSTON). |