Moses Marsh

Brief Life History of Moses

When Moses Marsh was born in 1782, in Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, his father, Roger Marsh, was 50 and his mother, Lucy Kilbourne, was 49. He married Dorcas Gillett Marsh on 25 May 1818, in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died on 29 July 1824, in Connecticut, United States, at the age of 42, and was buried in Northfield Cemetery, Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States.

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Family Time Line

Moses Marsh
1782–1824
Dorcas Gillett Marsh
1781–1867
Marriage: 25 May 1818
Linus Marsh
1819–1892
Lewis Marsh
1822–1894

Sources (6)

  • Moses Marsh, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"
  • Moses Marsh, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
  • Moses Marsh, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"

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World Events (8)

1783 · A Free America

The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.

1785

Oldest Grave in the Cemetery

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

Name Meaning

English: topographic name for someone who lived by or in a marsh or fen, Middle English mersch (Old English mersc), or a habitational name from any of various minor places called with this word, for example in Yorkshire, Shropshire and Buckinghamshire.

Americanized form of German Marsch .

Americanized form of Slovenian Marš: unexplained. Compare Mars 7.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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