Amos Marsh Jr. (Amos, Rev. Thomas, William) was born 2 August 1767, at Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut, and died 22 August 1842 in Hermon, St. Lawrence, New York. He married (1) Abigail Wales 15 February 1796 in Weybridge, Addison, Vermont, daughter of Roger Wales and Esther Brewster. She was born c. 1779 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut, and died c. 1797 in Weybridge, Addison, Vermont. He married (2) Abigail Olin c. 1798 in prob. Leicester Junction, Addison, Vermont, daughter of Justin Olin and Sarah Dwinnell. She was born 1 April 1772 in East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island and died 10 January 1830 in DeKalb (now Hermon), St. Lawrence, New York. He married (3) Cynthia Gillet c. 1836, in probably Hermon, St. Lawrence, New York. She was born 1769 in Connecticut and may have died 26 August 1845.

In 1769, when Amos Jr. was two years of age, his parents left Connecticut to settle in the Clarendon, Vermont area. Amos was just 11 years old when his father died, and he would have spent his entire boyhood years during...[the] troubled times [of the land disputes in Clarendon and the Revolutionary War]. (See notes for his father Amos, or notes for Daniel, the nephew). After the death of his father, young Amos and his brother, William, were assigned a guardian, Amos Robinson. About in 1881, Amos Marsh’s mother, Abigail, married Ebenezer Howard.

In 1788, Amos turned 21 and moved to Weybridge, Vermont. He was there as early as December 5, 1888, when he purchased land for 45 pounds. The acreage of this property is not known. He also purchased 44 ½ acres at Weybridge on the west bank of Otter Creek (NE corner of lot 38) from Joseph McKee on October 31, 1889, for 14 pounds. Weybridge became organized in 1789, and in 1791, 175 people lived there.

Amos had extensive business dealings with Samuel Meeker, the first settler of Weybridge, who arrived in 1787. Samuel had built a dam across Otter Creek at the lower falls and also built a saw mill there. Later, Samuel’s daughter married Walter Marsh, a nephew of Amos’.

In addition to farming, it is possible that Amos was involved with his brother, Israel Marsh, in the grist-mill business at Weybridge. Israel erected a new grist mill in 1811.

All of Amos and Abigail (Olin) Marsh’s nine children were born at Weybridge, Vermont. They were: Daniel, Horatio, Hannah, Abigail, Henry (Harry), Asa, Lydia, Laura, and Sarah. All of the children were mentioned by name as heirs in deeds when they sold their father’s property after his death in 1842.

The Amos Marsh family was still living at Weybridge,Vermont, during the 1820 Federal Census, but probably moved that same year to DeKalb, St. Lawrence, New York. The town of DeKalb changed its name to Depeau on April 17, 1830 and again on February 28, 1834, the name was changed to Hermon. The Marshes probably lived about one mile south of the town in the hamlet of “Marshville”, named after Amos Marsh. In an old deed, there is reference made to a stone that was placed at:

“Four corners near the mill, engraved with “A.M. 1837".

There are several deeds indicating that Amos Marsh purchased various pieces of property in the Hermon, N.Y. area. He bought property from Abram Fisk who had built the second saw mill about in 1826 in Marshville, which was situated on Elm Creek. On this same property, Amos built and ran a grist mill with his sons. Son, Horatio, later became a proprietor of the mill. It is unclear whether the Marshes also ran the sawmill that had belonged to Frisk. It is said that these mills subsequently burned.

Some of Amos’ children had left Hermon, New York, before his death. Daniel’s family had gone to Rochester, New York, Harry’s family had settled in Michigan, and Asa had moved to Jeffersonville, Indiana, probably as a single man. After their father’s death in 1842, the rest of the children also left the area. Lydia’s family went to Ohio. By 1850, sisters Hannah, Laura, and Abigail and their families were living next door to one another at Hartland, Niagra, New York; and in the late 1850's, the last of the children, Horatio, and his sister, Sarah, and their families moved from Hermon, New York, to the Austin, Minnesota area. By this time, their brother, Asa and family, was also living in Austin where Asa was a Baptist minister. In 1860, Asa and family moved to the next county south, to Riceville, Mitchell, Iowa, where he pastored the First Baptist Church for eleven years until his health failed him.

The Marshes were Baptists. Two of their sons, Horatio and Asa, were Baptist ministers.

Amos and Abigail Marsh both died at Hermon, New York and are buried in the Marshville Cemetery. His tombstone is barely legible, and no stone can be found for Abigail. The cemetery does not have many stones, and because of the age of the cemetery, the existing tombstones are in poor condition.

Note: Anne Cady has walked many cemeteries in St. Lawrence County recording information on tombstones and taking photos.. A headstone photo and death information from the Marshville Cemetery south of Hermon, New York, for Amos Marsh can be found on the internet.

Some history was taken from the following source over the internet: History of Hermon, New York, Our County and It’s People: A Memorial Record of St. Lawrence County, edited by Gates Curtis, The Boston History Co., Publishers 1894.

Amos took the time to record the births of the first three in Weybridge; the others were found as “the heirs of Amos Marsh late deceased” in deed records of St. Lawrence County, New York.

1. Daniel Marsh born 16 September 1800 at Weybridge, Addison, Vermont died 17 May 1873 at Rochester, Monroe, New York, aged 72 years. He married Eliza M. Mason at Brandon, Rutland, Vermont. She was born 12 January 1810 Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island died 10 July 1885 in Rochester. Both are buried in the Rochester Mount Hope Cemetery, section 3. Daniel was a Civil Engineer. In the 1850 census of Rochester, a Charlotte Mason from Rhode Island is living with the Daniel Marsh family. She appears to have been Eliza’s sister. Charlotte was buried near the Marshes in Mount Hope Cemetery 2 September 1807 - 14 November 1880.


Children of Daniel Marsh and Eliza Mason

1. Mary Bowles Marsh c. October 1841 died 27 June 1842 Rochester, Monroe, New York aged 9 months buried Mount Hope Cemetery section 3.
2. Henry Daniel Marsh c. May 1843 New York died 23 March 1855 Rochester, Monroe, New York aged 11 years 10 months Mount Hope Cemetery section 3.
3. Lucy/Lucia Mason Marsh (1850 census says Lydia M.) born 3 June 1846 New York died 3 December 1887 in Los Angeles, California aged 41 years. Burial in Los Angeles according to Mount Hope Cemetery records.
4. Abby Stuart Marsh c. 1848 Rochester, Monroe, New York died after 1920. Abby likely died unmarried as a letter she sent to Edna Babbitt re: Amos Marsh Sr., was signed by “Abigail Stewart Marsh” around 1920. Edna spelled Abby’s middle name “Stewart”. It appears that Abby was named for her Aunt Abigail Stewart. In 1880 Abby was a teacher living in a dormitory for teachers and students at Milwaukee College.
2. Horatio “Ratio” Marsh (Rev.) born 24 April 1802 Weybridge, Addison, Vermont died 18 February 1888 at Beloit, Rock, Wisconsin. He married Cynthia A. Rose, prob. St. Lawrence County, New York born 1804 died c. 1890 Gouverneur, St. Lawrence, New York. She may have been the sister or daughter of the John Rose that purchased property from the heirs of Amos Marsh’s estate.

   In some histories of Hermon, the Deacon Horatio Marsh is given credit as the founder of Marshville rather than his father, Amos. Horatio grew up in Weybridge with Silas Wright Jr., an early Governor of New York. The two were not only boyhood friends, but adult friends in St. Lawrence, New York. Horatio and his family left Hermon around 1858 and went to Austin, Brooklyn, Minnesota where he continued to be a deacon.



Children of Horatio Marsh and Cynthia Rose

1. Daughter Marsh c. 1826 DeKalb, St. Lawrence, New York
2. Horatio Marsh Jr. c. 1827, New York There were two witnesses named Horatio Marsh found on Laura Marsh Cleveland’s wedding record, so it is thought that Horatio must have had a son named after him.
3. Forest A. Marsh (Rev.) c. 1844 Hermon, St. Lawrence, New York d. after 1890


3. Hannah Marsh born 4 September 1803 Weybridge, Rutland, Vermont. She married Walter Shed or Shead. They were in DeKalb, St. Lawrence, New York in the 1830 census, Genesee County, New York in the 1840 census, and by 1850, they were in Hartland, Niagra, New York, living next door to Hannah’s sisters, Laura and Abigail, and their families. Walter was a clothier. Hannah was in the same place in the 1860 census, but Walter was dead by that time.

Children of Walter Shedd and Hannah Marsh

1. Phebe A. Shedd c. 1830
2. Son Shedd c. 1835
3. Son Shedd c. 1837
4. Abigail Marsh born 4 December 1804 Weybridge, Rutland, Vermont died 29 August 1858 at Hartland, Niagra, New York aged 53 years, 8 months, 22 days, buried in the Stewart Cemetery in Hartland, New York. She married Zadoc Stewart. Rootsweb shows that Zadoc was born 23 February 1805 in Venice, Cayuga, New York, to Benjamin Stewart and Thankful Luce. In the 1850 census of Hartland, Niagra, New York, there is a Joseph Stewart living quite close to the Zadoc Stewart family; they are likely brothers. It is probable that Zadoc married January 1860 (2) Charlotte Maria Loud in Middleport, Niagra, New York. Rootsweb also shows that Zadoc died 18 March 1873 in Middleport.
Children of Zadoc Stewart and Abigail Marsh

1. Gertrude Stewart c. 1837 New York. She may be the daughter of Zadoc and a second wife, however.
2. Emily Stewart c. 1839 Johnson Creek, Hartland, New York died 1920
3. Laura Ellen Stewart c. 1841 New York died 12 November 1878
4. Sarah Octavia Elisa Stewart c. 1844 Niagra County, New York died April 1901 Stuart, Holt, Nebraska. She married Timothy F. Herrington c. 1836 in Erie, Pennsylvania.
5. Roseline Stewart c. 1846 Johnson Creek, Hartland, New York died 1920
5. Henry (Harry) B. Marsh born 30 April 1806 Weybridge, Addison, Vermont died 3 January 1880 buried Fox Cemetery in Burnside, Lapeer, Michigan. He married 2 September 1829 Roena Sheldon born 2 December 1810 in Shoreham, Addison, Vermont, daughter of Theodore Sheldon and Rachel Healy. She died 19 January 1895 in Burnside, Lapeer. Michigan.

   Henry was likely named for his uncle, Judge Henry Olin, who became a Lt. Governor of Vermont (1827-1830). Henry and his family moved from DeKalb, New York, to Ontario, Canada, to Oakland County, Michigan, to New Canandaigua, (presently Lake Orion) Michigan.



Children of Henry Marsh and Roena Sheldon

1. Abigail Elenora “Abbie” Marsh born 19 August 1830 in DeKalb, died 11 May1910 Huntsville, Alabama. She married 21 February 1853 Charles Mortimer Hemingway.
2. Theodore Sheldon Marsh born 9 October 1835 Hermon, St. Lawrence, New York died 23 August 1852 Burnside, Lapeer, Michigan, buried Fox Farm Cemetery in Burnside.
3. Amos F. Marsh born 15 October 1837 Ontario, Canada died 10 April 1911 Lima, Allen, Ohio. He married 3 April 1861 in North Branch, Lapeer, Michigan, Harriet Swailes, daughter of Robert and Hannah Hugill Swailes born 2 May 1839 in Woodstock, Oxford, Ontario, and died April 17, 1910 in Burnside, Lapeer, Michigan.
4. Henry Marsh Jr. born 9 October 1852 Lake Orion, Oakland, Michigan died 1868 Burnside, Lapeer, Michigan buried in Fox Farm Cemetery. The cause of death was consumption - tuberculosis.
6. Asa Marsh (Rev.) Asa Marsh was born 13 September 1807 Weybridge, Addison, Vermont died 13 July 1888, aged 81 years 10 months. He married Fidelia E. Millard. She was born 13 November 1820 in Pennsylvania. The family was in Robinson, Posey, Indiana in 1850, and in Jenkins, Mitchell, Iowa after that.

   “Asa was the first pastor of the Baptist Church at Riceville, Iowa. He came in 1860. He found a fair field for his labors. The society had existed in an organic state but a few months, and he was settled pastor June 23, 1860. Mr. Marsh was born in Weybridge, Addison, Vermont September 18, 1807. His parents, Amos and Abigail Marsh, went to St. Lawrence County, New York, when he was thirteen years of age. He was educated at Madison University, Hamilton, New York, where he studied theology. In 1836, he went to Jeffersonville, Indiana, and in 1839, he was ordained a minister. He pursued his calling in Indiana until 1857 when he removed to Austin, Minnesota. He preached there three years. His ministerial connection with the Baptist Church at Riceville continued eleven years , when failing health compelled the cessation of his labors.” Source: History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa, 1883, p. 327, Courtesy of Mitchell, Iowa Genweb.



Known children of Asa and Fidelia E. Millard Marsh

1. Frances Weyland Marsh c. 1848 Indiana, wife Anna _____.
2. Elnathan J. Marsh c. 1850 Indiana, wife Hattie M._______
3. Isaac N. Marsh c. 1856 Indiana, wife Flora ______
4. Mary Marsh c. 1859 Minnesota. She married an M.O. Tuttle.
7. Lydia Marsh c. 1809 Weybridge, Addison, Vermont. She married Albert H. Corey. He was born c. 1809 Vermont. The family was in Ohio in the 1860 census with two other Corey families on the same page, a Henry Corey and an A. Corey who are likely family, and in the 1880 census, Albert and Lydia were living in Jamestown, Steuben, Indiana in the 1880 census with a married son, Alfred, living next door.


Children of Albert H. Corey and Lydia Marsh
1. Alfred Corey c. 1837 New York
2. Amos Corey c. 1839 New York
3. Asa Corey c. 1842 New York
4. Polly Corey c. 1845 New York
5. May Corey c. 1852? 1860 Census says 18 years; likely a mistake; born in Ohio.
8. Laura Marsh born 24 September 1810 Weybridge, Addison, Vermont died 6 November 1880 Keya Paha, Holt, Nebraska. She married Erin Cleveland 24 March 1844 Richville, St. Lawrence, New York, by Rev. Gorham Cross of Richville. Erin was born 23 December 1818 at Canton, St. Lawrence, New York to Frederick Cleveland and Cynthia Nash. Erin died 29 August 1905 in Kane County, Illinois.

   Erin and Laura were in the 1850 Census at Hartland, Niagra, New York beside the Shedd and Stewart families. There were two Cleveland girls living with them, a Mary and a Lucinda that may have been Erin’s sisters. In 1860, Erin and Laura were at Richmond, Macomb, Michigan, in 1870 at Ridgeway, Orleans, New York, and in 1880, at Keya Paha, Nebraska. Erin was a farmer.



Children of Erin and Laura Cleveland

1. Cynthia Eloise Cleveland born 13 August 1845 Canton, St. Lawrence, New York. She was living with her brother, Luman, and his family in the 1900, 1910, and 1920 censuses, and it appears she died unmarried.
2. Gilbert Marsh Cleveland born 7 March 1847 Canton, St. Lawrence, New York died 1910. He married Jessie Lenore Haden 19 November 1883. He was living with his family in South Dakota in the 1900 census. He was a lawyer.
3. Luther Eric Cleveland born 19 January 1850 Johnson Creek, Niagra, New York died 4 January 1881. He was a commercial agent living with his parents in the 1880 census.
4. Luman Moody Cleveland born 21 July 1853 Johnson Creek, Niagra, New York. He married Emma A. Ormsby 30 June 1886 in Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan. Luman and his family were living in Washington D.C. in the 1900 and 1910 censuses where he was working as a clerk for the government. In 1920, the family was listed in Maryland.
9. Sarah Marsh c.1812 Weybridge, Addison, Vermont. She married Alfred Richardson c. 1838 Hermon, St. Lawrence, New York. They were in Hermon in 1840 and 1850, and in 1860, they were living in Mower, Brooklyn, Minnesota, just a few doors from Sarah’s brother, Horatio.


Children of Alfred Richardson and Sarah Marsh

1. Delina c. 1839, shown as a female in two census’. The 1850 census gives the name as DeLane, a male.
2. Mehitable Richardson c. 1842
3. John Richardson c. 1846. He was missed in the 1850 census, enumerated in the 1860. It is possible he belonged to another Richardson family, but likely he was Alfred and Sarah’s.

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