My
3rd gt-grandfather, Elias Marsh, was born 7 Sep 1788 in Woodbridge,
Middlesex County, New Jersey, the son of Elias and Martha
(FitzRandolph) Marsh. From the post I made on 21 Jun 2017 about the
children of his parents, I concluded that Elias was the 2nd child of
7.
Their
family moved to Ohio in 1806 as indicated in the Quaker records of
Salem Monthly Meeting in Columbiana County. It was in 1810 that Elias
married his 1st wife, Edith Townsend, who was the mother of all his
known children. Since there are not census records for 1790 or 1800
for most of New Jersey nor for 1810 for most of Ohio, the first
census record for Elias is in 1820. I believe he is listed in
Columbiana County in Hanover Township as Elias Marsh, age 26-45, with
1 female age 26-45, 2 females under 10 and 3 males under 10. These
children correspond well with his known children: Robert b.1811,
Martha b.1812, William b.1817, Lydia b.1818 and Jesse b.1820.
Apparently
Elias was considered a member of the New Garden Monthly Meeting in
Columbiana County, when it was formed in 1808. Then in 1822 Elias,
Edith and their 5 children transferred to Sandy Spring Monthly
Meeting, still in Columbiana County. While there 3 more children
were born: Sabina b.1823 (my 2nd gt-grandmother), Fanny b.1827, and
Joseph b.1830.
In
1834 the family moved to Indiana. Elias received 80 acres from cash
entry in Brandywine Township in Hancock County Indiana in 1835.
Apparently he moved to Blue River Township in the same county in 1837
as the U.S. records show he purchased 280 acres there. A local
history for that township stated that Elias erected a tile factory on
his land.
Elias
became a widower when his wife Edith died 5 Aug 1837, as recorded in
the minutes of the Walnut Ridge Monthly Meeting. It also recorded
Elias' 2nd marriage 24 Apr 1839 to widow Elizabeth (Hawkins) Boyd.
She died about 1844 or 45 and Elias married for a 3rd time to another
widow, Margaret (Reynard) Osborn. His son, Jesse, married
Margaret's daughter Catherine, and the 1850 census shows Elias, now
age 63, and Margaret living in the household of Jesse and Catherine
and their children. Elias again became a widower in 1866 when
Margaret died. He and Margaret were living alone on the 1860 census
and he was by himself on the 1870 census.
Elias
died 9 Feb 1871 and was buried at Westland Friends Church Cemetery,
in Hancock County, Indiana.
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