Litchfield enquirer., 1846-09-10

BUELS AND MARSHES!

Tor the Meeting OF the Descendants OF
JOHN BUEL and JOHN MARSH, original set
tiers of this town-and as a very large
proportion Of our readers in the county
are more or less interested in the meet
ing, (either as direct descendants OF those
pRtriarchs, or connected with them as
friends or relatives,) we occupy con
siderable space in our paper to-day win
the proceedings.
The spot selected for the meeting was
in F. A. Marsh's beautiful grove, on the
eastern shore of Bantam Lake-a more
enchanting spot than which cannot be
found in the Stale. AT an early hour in
the morning, vehicles of all descriptions
might be seen vending their way thither.
At about 12 o'clock, the order of exercises
commenced-FREDER1cK A. MARSH, Esq,
being President of the Day, and Gen.
FREDERICK BUEL, Chairman of the Com
mittee of Arrangements.
The opening prayer was made by tho
Rev. d. L. ParmeIee, of South Farms.
The Rev. DR.. Fuller read the 9Th chap
ter of Deuteronomy. The venerable and
Rev. Truman Marsh next followed, with
some appropriate and very interesting re-
marks. o. s. Seymour, Esq, then made
an address, having particular reference
to the history and gcnealagy of the Marsh
family. We are indebted TO Mr.. Sey-
mour for copy Of the notes of his
discourse, which we here publish
1t is now 13l years since John Marsh journi-
ed from Hartford, to survey and examine this
township and ascertain the character of its soil
and its adaptation to the purposes of planta-
ton and settlement. He was then in the me.
ridian of life, and his courage YVES not daunted
by the many difficulties and dangers attending
the journey. The cultivated fields which we
now see around US were then one waste of thick
woods an unbroken forest stretched from
Pennington to New Milford, and from Water
bury and Woodbury. on the south to the State Of
Massachusetts, on the north.
1AASl So'SiuA CAduIludtIDIl TIC carried DaCk
to chose who Gent him favorable report of the
land, and after six years Of preparation, in 1921,
Mr.. Marsh and his companions removed from
Hartford and took up their abode in Litchfeld
This John Marsh, the common ancestor Of
those presen: who bear the name Of Marsh, and
Of all OF US in whose veins was the Marsh
blood, was descended from former John Marsh
who was among the first settlers Of Hartford,
and whose name appears on noble column
erected in the old Hartford burylng ground, ad-
joining the centre church, to the memory of tn e
founders of that city.
Since Mr.. Marsh came here in 1921, two
successive generations of his descendants have
mingled with the dust Of this the new home
which he provided for his posterity. None Of
his children, of whom he had eight, and nohe
of his grandchildren now survive but of his
great grandchildren we have ascertained the
names Of thirty nine who are now living. a.
bout half of whom have honored this occasion
with their presence.
The names Of the SURVIVING great grandchil-
dren of John Marsh the first, SO far as ascertain
ed, are as follows:
[1ss,l EJeneser .MarsNs Grand Children.
Mrs. Samuel Waugh,
Mrs. Lydia Lovcland,
Erasus Goodwin,
Mrs. David Pierpont,
Rev. Truman Marsh,
Mrs Lucy Bloodsood.
Solomon Marsh,
David Marsh,
Mrs. Deborah Everitt,
Mrs. Abigail Vessels
Mrs Jesse Stoddard,
Mrs. Horace Baldwin,
Mrs. Joseph Adams.
Mrs. Timothy Barber,
John Marsh,
Mrs Clarissa Marsh,
Ozias Seymour,
Horatio Seymour.
Epaphro Seymour.
[2.] Grandchildren Of ItIl1iam Marsh.
Mrs. Asa Sanford.
l3.J GTdnHc0H0Ffn % GeOSe "H0~.
Mrs. Isaac Ensign,
James Marsh I'd.
Appleton Marsh,
Aaron Marsh,
Daniel Garritt.
Mrs. Asahel Peck.
Mrs. Rhoda Scovill.
Mrs. Rebecca Mansfield,
Mrs. Susannah Little,
Lydia Northrop.
AL Grandchildren Of Isaac Marsh.
Mrs. Eliada Osborn.
Mrs Curtiss.
ISL Grandchildren Of John Marsh I'd.
Mrs. Sanford, Of Greenwich,
Daniel Marsh,
James Beebe,
Vim Beebe,
Mrs. Rockwell,
Norman Stone,
Harmon Stone.
Many Of these persons have vivid and dis.
tlnct recollections of past events, and especial.
honor nd