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(IV) Captain Hezekiah, son of Captain John (3) Marsh, was born April 26, and bap- tized May 1, 1720, in Hartford. He went with his parents to Litchfield, where his boy-
hood was spent. He settled in Hartford and became a prominent man there. He succeeded to his father's business and the account book kept by them both is still in existence, and was owned at last accounts by his great-grandson, John E. Marsh, of Hartford. In his will he freed his negro slave girl, when she became twenty-six years of age. He died in 1791, aged seventy-one. He married (first) De- cember 1, 1744, Christian Edwards, born 1727, died June 16, 1770, daughter of John Edwards. He married (second) Elizabeth Jones, who died October 26, 1788, widow of Levi Jones, of Hartford. He married (third) Hannah Tiley, who died 1789, widow of Samuel Tiley. Children. all by first wife: 1. Jerusha, born August 28, 174-, married Joseph Wadsworth. 2. John, born November 6, 1749, died young. 3. Abigail, born November 29, 1750, married Theodore Skinner; died 1808. 4. John, born October 4, 1753, mentioned below. 5. Chris- tian, born August 8, 1755, married Captain Charles Merrill. 6. Son, born and died 1759. 7. Anne, born June 10, 1761, married
Bunce. 8. Hezekiah, born March 2, 1763, married Sarah Burnham.
(V) John (4), son of Captain Hezekiah Marsh, was born in Hartford, October 4, 1753, died in 1817. He served in the revolution under Colonel Swift from June 24 to Decem- ber 13, 1780, in North Hartford, and in the Third Regiment from August 27 to December 24, 1781. He married, in 1783, Susan Bunce, born 1765. died 1827, daughter of Timothy Bunce, of Hartford. Children: I. John, born April 24, 1784, died December 13, 1862; mar- ried, 1829, Chlora Mills. 2. Susan, born Au- gust 12, 1786, died 1812; married, 1810, Sam- uel Beckwith. 3. Edwards, born June 15, 1788, married Mary Ann Eggleston. 4. Michael, born March 27, 1790, mentioned below. 5. Abigail, born March 9, 1792, died 1866; mar- ried, 1817, Palmer Clark. 6. Ferderick, born January 3, 1794, married Harriet Hills. 7. Guy C., born August 4, 1796, married Lamira Way. 8. Timothy B., born October 13, 1799, married Abby Hubbard. 9. James E., born December 25, 1801, married Eliza Capen.
(VI) Michael, son of John (4) Marsh, was born in Hartford, March 27, 1790. He was a leading merchant in Hartford of the firm of Allyn & Marsh. About 1840 he removed to West Springfield, where he kept a country store and was postmaster. He also served as town clerk and treasurer there until his death, July 21, 1847. Interred in churchyard in West Springfield. He married, in 1828, Catherine
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Allyn, born July 8, 1793, died 1849, daughter of Colonel Job and Abigail ( Mather) Allyn. (See Allyn and Mather families). Children : I. Jane C., born December 11, 1829, married (first) George W. Rice; (second) Rev. C. L. Eastman. 2. Charles, born April 13, 1832, mentioned below. 3. Oliver, born February 27, 1835, married Ella C. Ricker. 4. Daniel Jay, born July 27, 1837, mentioned elsewhere.
(VII) Charles, eldest son of Michael and Catherine (Allyn) Marsh, was born in Hart- ford, Connecticut, April 13, 1832, and died in Springfield, Massachusetts, November 27, 1891. (The following sketch of him is taken with slight change from the "Biographical Re- view," of Hampden County, published in 1895). He began to learn business at an early age in his father's store and postoffice, where he soon mastered the routine work of the latter institution, and at fifteen years of age was vir- tually postmaster. The death of his father and mother brought early responsibilities upon his shoulders, and as a lad of seventeen he found himself face to face with the serious problems of life, and though still a boy he was the head of a family. By a diligent use of time, shared between hard work and study, he began to prepare for college. He attended the West- field Academy, and in 1851 was ready to enter Williams College. Though his preparation had been meagre his natural scholarship and his determination to succeed enabled him not only to take a creditable place in his studies, but soon to become the recognized leader of his class. He proved his scholarly ability by leav- ing college and working throughout his junior
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year and still retaining the lead in his class, graduating valedictorian of the class of 1855, with John J. Ingalls, late United States senator of Kansas, as his foremost rival for the first honor. The associations of his college life he always cherished, and William College and all its interests were ever dear to him. There was an uncommon bond between him and his
beloved president, and the death of Mark Hopkins in later years came to him with peculiar meaning. Leaving college with a rec- ord which could hardly have been more full of promise, Charles Marsh took up his residence in Springfield, and, after a short time spent in teaching, entered upon a business career. In 1857 he was chosen treasurer of the Five Cents Savings Bank, and two years later he was
given the position of secretary of the Hamp- den Fire Insurance Company. He served that organization until dissolution at the time of the great Portland fire, and then as associated
with Dr. J. C. Pynchon in a general insurance business. In 1866 he was elected cashier of the Pynchon National Bank, and continued as an officer in that institution to the time of his death. The responsibility of the bank soon fell upon him, owing to the advancing years of the president, Colonel H. N. Case ; and for twenty-five years he directed its affairs. At the death of Colonel Case, Mr. Marsh was made president of the bank. That Mr. Marsh should not have followed a profession, in which with his exceptional mental endowments and scholarly tastes he could not have failed to have won wide reputation and distinction, was a suprise and a disappointment to many of his friends, and in later years was a source of regret to himself ; but in engaging in business he never lost his love for books, and through- out his life he was a scholar in the truest sense.
Charles Marsh has been called the ideal college man in business. The same trained mind which made him prominent as a scholar he applied to the problems of the business world, and the widely diversified interests which looked to him for guidance in matters of finance, attest his success as a man of business. His usefulness in the community was proved by the almost unlimited demands made upon his time. Few men in the city in which he lived had a wider influence ; and no project, whether in the social, civic, or religious world, which looked to the betterment of the condi- tion of his fellowmen failed to enlist his sym- pathy, and no worthy cause ever appealed to him without receiving generous encourage- ment. He was a man thoroughly abreast of the times, and was quickly responsive to mod- ern thought. He had a wonderful amount of general knowledge, and in constantly adding to it he was but satisfying the demands of an intensely active mind. He belonged to a family of Democrats, but in relation to politics he was
entirely independent. He had no love for
politics as pertains to the manipulation of
offices, but in the principles underlying the
greatest parties he was keenly interested. He held a position of prominence and respect in local politics, but was seldom persuaded to be a candidate for office. He served one year in the common council, and was a candidate for mayor in 1879; and in 1882 and in 1883 his name was on the state ticket for secretary of state. Probably no man in Springfield was actively identified with so many institutions as Charles Marsh, and he stood as the repre- sentative of nearly all the charitable organiza- tions of Hampden county. The financial re-
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sponsibilities which he carried in addition to those of the Pynchon Bank were almost with- out number. He was often chided by his friends for undertaking too willingly the burdens which were so continually put upon him; but the generous impulse of his nature would not allow him to turn aside an oppor- tunity for doing good, even though it over- taxed his time and strength.
His first marked benevolent work was in establishing the Soldiers' Rest Fund, at the close of the war of the rebellion, and from that time on he never ceased to work for the suffering. He was for many years, up to the time of his death, treasurer of the Springfield Hospital, and was untiring in his devotion to the work of building up that institution to the highest degree of usefulness. He was treasurer of the School for Christian Workers from its organization in 1885, and to this work he gave most generously of his time. He was also treasurer of Hampden County Benevolent Association, as well as of the Hampden Con- ference of Congregational Churches. He was a member of the finance committee of the American Missionary Association and his re- port for that committee, delivered at North- ampton, the year before he died, was one of the inspiring features of the meeting. He had served as treasurer of the Connecticut Valley Congregational Club, and one year as its presi- dent. He was a corporator in the Clark Insti- tution for Deaf Mutes at Northampton ; and was one of the most active members of the board, never failing to be in attendance at the annual meetings. He was secretary and treas- urer of the Springfield Cemetery Association, and auditor for the Springfield Home for the Friendless. He was also vice-president of the Springfield Institution for Savings, presi- dent of the Springfield clearing-house, trustee and member of the finance committee of the Five Cents Savings Bank, treasurer of the old Springfield & New London Road, commis- sioner of the city sinking fund, and auditor of the old Springfield Fire Assurance Company. Aside from these business and philanthropic associations Mr. Marsh had been the direct- ing hand in the settlement of some of the largest estates in the city. He joined the church while a student at the Westfield Academy, and during his course at Williamstown he was an active worker in the religious life of the col- lege. Immediately after graduation he be- came a member of the South Congregational Church, where he grew to be a pillar of strength; and it was in his church associations
that the richest side of his character was shown. He had held almost every office in the church and parish, and in him the pastors had found a true and helpful friend. He was always deeply interested in the work of the Sunday school, partly out of his love of studying the Bible; and he is remembered by many who had not the privilege of an intimate acquaint- ance by his work in his famous Sunday school class. Here the personality and character of the man found ample play. His love of the truth was his inspiration, and nothing gave him more genuine delight than in studying his Greek Testament to find for himself an inter- pretation which seemed to throw new light on a passage in question. In this way he turned his scholarly research to practical use, and his Sunday school expositions to a class of a hun- dred or more, were full of originality. He was a careful student of modern theology, and he met the progressive thought of the day with a frankness that won deep respect even among those whose narrower views were at variance with his. Charles Marsh was married in Spring- field, October 22, 1857, to Helen Penniman, who was born December 31, 1836, and died in Springfield, November 20, 1894. Her parents were Henry Harding and Lucy Ann ( Bond) Penniman, of Springfield, Massachusetts. Four children were born of this marriage: I. Lucy Penniman, born July 8, 1858. 2. William Charles, mentioned at length below. 3. Anna Bond, November 26, 1865. 4. Edward Hard- ing, December 9, 1869.
VIII) William Charles, elder of the two sons of Charles and Helen ( Penniman ) Marsh, was born in Springfield, February 13, 1862. He graduated from the high school in the class of 1881. and before a clerk in the Chico- pee Bank at Springfield. After two years in that institution he was bookkeeper and teller successively for ten years in the Pynchon Na- tional Bank, his experience there affording him valuable training for the position of county treasurer, to which he was elected in the fall of 1891. As a matter of fact his candidacy was suggested by his successful career in the bank- ing. He filled the office of treasurer three years, successfully, and was especially service- able in negotiating economically the county loans during the panicky times of that period -1892-95. While the nominee of the Demo- cratic party, Mr. Marsh had hundreds of sup- portors in th Republican ranks; and in 1895 the strongest speech was by a leading politician of that political faith, urging his nomination by that convention. In 1892 Mr. Marsh's first
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election was aided by the general dissatisfac- tion with previous official record. His own management was not only eminently satisfac- tory, but he instituted certain long needed re- forms. As a candidate for re-election he had the enthusiastic support of his party, the cordial approval of the press, the principal bankers in the county, and the leading mem- bers of the bar. The time was unfavorable, however : and, owing to the strong Republican sentiment prevailing, Mr. Marsh was defeated by a small majority at the polls. During Cleve- land's first administration he was disbursing agent for the United States government for the new postoffice building in Springfield. After his service as county treasurer Mr. Marsh held an important position in the United States customs department from 1895 to 1899, being deputy surveyor. In 1901 he was in New York City, cashier for Vernam & Company, brokers, and in 1902 he was ap- pointed city auditor of Springfield, Massa- chusetts, and has since held that position. Following the death of his father he was made clerk and treasurer of the Springfield Ceme- tery Association, and trustee of the Soldiers' Rest Association. He has also been treasurer of the South Church, the Springfield Canoe Club, and the Springfield Bicycle Club. The only social club of which he is now a member is the Nayasset. May 4, 1898, he was elected auditor of the Springfield Institution for Sav- ings. This office was abolished by a law enacted in 1908; the duties of the above office are now transacted by the trustees.
William C. Marsh married, June 24, 1902, Clara Louise ( Hall) Hicks, born in Brooklyn, New York, December 14, 1871, widow of Francis Allen Hicks, and daughter of Dr. Charles William and Emma Potter ( Redfield) Hall, of New London, Connecticut. They have one child, Charles Hall, born February 9, 1907.
The Allen or Allyn families were ALLEN very numerous in New England, even in the first years of the settlement of the colonies. They were of English blood for the most part, and the name has always been numerous in England from the beginning of the use of surnames.
There came to ancient Windsor, Connecti- cut, 10 less than three Allen families, one of Scotch ancestry and two of English, both spellings being in use. Thomas, Samnel and Matthew Allyn, all immigrants, were brothers. Their parents appear to have come also, but
little is known of them. "Ould Mr. Allyn" died at Windsor, September 12, 1675; "Old Mrs. Allyn" died there August 5, 1649. One or both of these records doubtless pertain to the parents of the Allyns. Samuel Allen, as most of his descendants spell the name, re- moved to Windsor before 1644; held offices there ; was buried April 28, 1646, aged sixty ; widow removed to Northampton and married (second ) William Hurlburt ; she died Novem- ber 13, 1687. Deacon Thomas Allyn, bap- tized, it is believed, at Chelmsford, England, November 22, 1604, came to Cambridge, Mass- achusetts, in 1632; removed to Hartford in 1635 ; married ( first) Isabella ---; (sec- ond ) Martha Gibson, widow of Roger ; he re- moved to Middletown where he was deacon in 1670; deputy to the general court; select- man ; adopted his nephew Obadiah, son of Samuel; died October 16, 1688. Matthew, the third brother, mentioned below.
(I) Hon. Matthew Allyn, brother of Sam- uel and Thomas, son of Samuel Allyn, of Bramton, county Devon, England, was bap- tized at Chelmsford, county Essex, April 16, 1604. He came to New England with the original Braintree company in 1632 to Charles- town, Massachusetts, where in 1633 he re- ceived a forty-five acre allotment of land, the largest of any of the settlers. From time to time he had grants of other lands at Charles- town and in 1635 he owned five houses on Trinity plot of Cambridge. He lived in Cam- bridge near the meeting house and was the largest landholder of that town. He was ad- mitted a freeman March 4, 1635; was deputy to the general court in 1636. In 1637 he went to Hartford, Connecticut, of which he was one of the original proprietors, having a house- lot on the road to the Neck, now Windsor street. He had a hundred and ten acres in that and adjoining lots. He owned the first mill at Hartford at the foot of what is now West Pearl street. In May, 1638, he was lodging with Roger Williams, a proprietor of Windsor, and in 1640 was a large land-owner in Killingworth and Simsbury, Connecticut. He was a member of Rev. Mr. Hooker's church, but for some doctrinal difference was excommunicated June 3. 1644. This differ- ence doubtless was the cause of his removal to Windsor where as early as 1638 he had bought all the lands, houses, servants, goods and chattels of the New Plymouth Company, thus extinguishing the last vestige of the Plymouth right and title on the Connecticut river. His Windsor homestead stood close to
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the old trading house. He as deputy to the general court from 1648 to 1658, except 1653; magistrate 1657 to 1667, and was much em- ployed in the public service ; committee for the United Colonies of New England, 1660-64, and was associated with his son on a commis- sion to deal with the Indians; moderator ; on the committee to petition Charles I. for the new charter : chairman of the committee to treat with New Haven for a union of the colonies, 1662-63 ; chairman of the committee to treat with the Dutch envoys from New Amsterdam; on a committee with Mr. Welles to settle the government of the English towns on the west end of Long Island in 1663-64; on the committee to settle the boundary with Massachusetts, Rhode Island and the South. He and his son John were assistants under the union of Connecticut and New Haven colonies in 1665-67, and was a patentee and custodian with Wyllis and Talcott of the Con- necticut charter. He was active and public- spirited, energetic, useful, just, persistent, and was rightly called one of the props of the colony. He died February I, 1670-71. His will was dated January 30, 1670-I. His wife Margaret was sole executrix. Children : I. Hon. John, magistrate, lieutenant colonel, one of the foremost men in both civil and military life in his day; married, November 19, 1651, Ann Smith; (second) 1675, Hannah Welles, widow of Samuel Welles. 2. Captain Thomas, mentioned below. 3. Mary, married, June II, 1646, Captain Benjamin Newberry; she died December 14, 1703.
(II) Captain Thomas, son of Hon. Matthew Allyn, was born in England, died February 14, 1695-96. He resided in Windsor; was ad- mitted a freeman in 1658; was listed as a trooper. In 1651 he was the accidental cause of the death of Henry Stiles. He married, October 21, 1658, Abigail Warham, daugliter of Rev. John Warham. Children, born at Windsor : I. John, born August 17, 1659, died October 4, 1659. 2. Hon. Matthew, born June 5. 1660. 3. Thomas, born March II, 1662-63. mentioned below. 4. John, born June 23, 1665. 5. Samuel, born November 3, 1667. 6. Jane, born July 22, 1670, married Wolcott. 7. Abigail, born October 17, 1672, married Bissell. 8. Sarah, born July 13, 1674. 9. Hester, born October 29, 1679.
(III) Lieutenant Thomas (2), son of Cap- tain Thomas (1) Allyn, was born in Windsor, March II, 1662-63, died there April 6, 1709. He married (first) January 6, 1686, Martha Wolcott, daughter of Simon Wolcott. She
was born in 1664 and died September 8, 1687. He married (second) Joanna Chil- dren of first wife, born at Windsor: I. Ben- jamin, born October 14, 1686, mentioned below. 2. Martha, born September 1, 1687, died September 3, 1687. Child of second wife : 3. Joanna, born November 22, 1703.
(IV) Benjamin, son of Lieutenant Thomas (2) Allyn, was born in Windsor, October 14, 1686, died there December 14, 1713. He mar- ried there, December 18, 1707, Ann Watson. Children, born at Windsor: I. Ann, born December 13, 1708, died September 10, 1717. 2. Benjamin, born April 8, 1711, mentioned below. 3. John, born July 4, 1713.
(V) Captain Benjamin (2), son of Benja- min (I) Allyn, was born in Windsor, April 8, 17II. He married there, August 9, 1733, Abi- gail Loomis, who died May 29, 1795, aged seventy-four years. He died March 18, 1776. Children, born at Windsor: I. Abigail, born October 30, 1734, died September 12, 1737. 2. Benjamin, born September 13, 1736, died August 9, 1789; married Sarah -; (sec- ond) Abigail who died May 29, 1795, 3. Abigail, born October 26, 1738. 4. John, born May 26, 1740, married, May 2, 1761, Elizabeth Mather. 5. Samuel, born April 17, 1742, married, January 5, 1764, Lucy Gillett. 6. Eunice, born July 30, 1743. 7. Ann, born July 21, 1745. 8. Job, born September 15, 1747 ; died young. 9. Dorothy, born February 12, 1749-50. 10. Job, mentioned below.
(VI) Colonel Job, son of Benjamin (2) Allyn, was born in Windsor, November 24, 1753. He was a soldier in the revolution, sergeant of the Third Windsor Company, Captain Roger Enos, Second Regiment, under General Joseph Spencer in 1775. Afterward he was colonel of his regiment. He married, May 16, 1777, Abigail Mather, daughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Allyn) Mather. Children, born at Windsor : I. Benjamin, born January 29, 1778. 2. Anna, born October 2, 1779, died April 7, 1849; married Edward Moore. 3. Bille (William), born January 20, 1781, died January 16, 1826. 4. Norman, born October 12, 1782, died August 21, 1796. 5. Abigail, born September 1, 1784, married, June I, 1809, Henry Halsey. 6. Elizabeth, born August 18, 1786, married Wilson. 7. Allyn, baptized March I, 1788. 8. Richard, born January 5, 1789, died October 1, 18II. 9. Roxana, born November 3, 1790, died August 18, 1796. 10. Catherine, born July 8, 1793, married Michael Marsh. (See Marsh family). II. Job, born June 10, 1796, married Elizabeth
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Cornish. 12. Timothy Mather, born Septem- ber 7, 1800, married Susan Pratt ; a wealthy merchant of Hartford; erected the Allyn House and Allyn Hall; was mayor of the city.
(The Mather Line-See John Mather 1).
(VII) Nathaniel Mather, son of Dr. Sam- uel Mather, was born August 8, 1716, died August 31, 1770. He lived in Windsor, Con- necticut, and married Elizabeth Allyn. Chil- dren : I. Nathaniel, born March 10, 1741, mar- ried, November 15, 1762, Hannah Filley. 2. Dr. Charles, born September 26, 1742, mar- ried, February 26, 1764, Rhoda Moseley ; died June 3. 1822. 3. Elijah, born December I, 1743. died December II, 1796; married Mary Strong. 4. Elizabeth, born October 1, 1745, died November 4. 1745. 5. Rev. Allyn, born March 21, 1747, died November 4, 1784 ; mar- ried Thankful Barnard. 6. Colonel Oliver, born March 21, 1749. married, March 21, 1778, Jemima Ellsworth. 7. John. born Octo- ber 9, 1750, married Abigail Russell: died 1782. 8. Increase, born July 4, 1752, married Martha Wolcott. 9. Elizabeth, born May 18, 1754, married Hezekiah Hayden. IO. Dr. Timothy, born November 5, 1755, died April 7, 1788 ; married Roxana Phelps. II. Abigail, born September 20, 1757, married Colonel Job Allyn, May 16, 1777, (see Allyn family) ; died June 17, 1843. 12. Elihu, born 1760, died 1787. 13. Hannah, born January, 1762, mar- ried, March 9. 1783. James Goodwin ; died November 22, 1805. 14. Roxana, born 1764, died December, 1781.
(For ancestry see John Marsh 1).
(\'11 ) Daniel Jay, son of Michael MARSH Marsh, was born in Hartford, Connecticut, July 27, 1837. He was educated in the public schools and at Wilbraham Academy, and in 1850 went to Springfield as a druggist's clerk and then bookkeeper in a dry goods store. In 1856 he went to St. Louis and was for three years clerk and assistant paymaster for the builders of the Ohio & Missouri railroad, and also worked on the Northern Missouri rail- road, running the first passenger train as con- ductor from St. Charles to St. Louis. After the completion of these two roads he returned to Springfield in 1857, taking a position in the Five Cent Savings Bank. He practically filled the office as treasurer, though he was not form- ally elected until 1859. When the civil war broke out, he united with others in forming a drill club which sent many officers into the
field. In 1862 this club voted to enlist for nine months as Company A in the Forty-sixth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers. Mr. Marsh was appointed orderly sergeant and later lieutenant on staff duty. The regiment was sent to Newburn, North Carolina, where he was aide-de-camp on the staff of General Horace C. Lee and a bearer of dispatches to and from Washington. For a time he was also with Generals John A. Dix and John G. Foster. On the breaking up of the brigade he was ordered to North Carolina with orders to take all the men from the different hospitals, in all fifteen hundred, to their northern homes. After eleven months' service he returned to his place in the bank, where he has since remained. He was formerly a director in the Second National Bank, but resigned in 1891. He served on the city council for one term and since 1885 has been president of the park commission. The development of Forest Park was due largely to his influence. He was treasurer of the Hampden Park Association from 1870 to 1875. He was one of the organ- izers of the Springfield Club, of which he was a member twenty-five years. He belongs to the Nayasset Club, Massachusetts Command- ery, Military Order Loyal Legion, and the Wilcox Post of the Grand Army. He mar- ried, May 27, 1864, Harriet Mary Gay, born October 15, 1840, daughter of N. Denslow and Mary (Pomeroy) Gay. Her mother is a lineal descendant of Sir Ralph Pomeroy, owner of the castle at Berry Pomeroy, the best pre- served example of ancient Norman architec- ture in England. Children : 1. Henry Daniel, born March 15, 1865, mentioned below. 2. Oliver Allyn, born October 15, 1866, married, November 16, 1893, Anna Rumrill Dwight. Children: i. Elsie Dwight, born October 3, 1894; ii. Allyn Jay, June 30, 1896; iii. Caro- line.
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