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Surname: MARSH
Source: Walpole As It Was and As It Is by George Aldrich, 
        The Claremont Manufacturing Co., Claremont, N.H., 1880, pages 319-321

MARSH, DANIEL, son of Ebenezer and Sarah (Farnham) Marsh, was born in Haverhill, Mass., June 
3, 1765. At the age of sixteen he enlisted in the Revolutionary army, but, being below the regulation size 
and weight, he was rejected as a soldier; but the spirit of patriotism or adventure was stronger than 
parental authority or army regulations, and he was finally admitted into the ranks as officer’s assistant, in 
which capacity he served during the remainder of the war, under Gen’l McDougal. One winter he was 
steward in Gen’l Washington’s family, where he delighted to assist Mrs. Washington in her domestic 
affairs in the kitchen. One anecdote related by him was, that when Martha was baking flapjacks it was 
stipulated that every one that broke in turning should be his, and he sometimes thought the good woman 
broke them purposely. After the war was over his parents removed to Derry, N.H., whence, he, with 
others, came to Maypole, in 1781, and pitched his future home on Derry Hill, purchasing the wild land 
of Theodore Atkinson. Three y ears later, after making a clearing and building a habitation, he returned 
to Derry, and married Jane, daughter of Dea. Edmund and Hannah (Thurston) Adams, of 
Newburyport, Mass., who was born Feb. 13, 1773. Her father was cousin of President John Quincy 
Adams and it is said that there was a striking family resemblance between them. His family were known 
for their scholarly attainments. Jacob, a son accumulated $20,000, as a teacher, which he left, at his 
death, at the age of thirty-six, to found the "Adams Academy" in Derry, N.H., which still bears his 
name. Daniel Marsh had a family of eleven children and died at the age of 86; his wife at the age of 92. 
Ch.
I. Edmund A., b. May 19,1779; m. Isabella, dau. of Dea. Jonas Hosmer, Oct. 9. 1823. Ch. 1st, 
Hiram H., b. July 22, 1824: and, at his majority, went to Chicago, Ill., established himself in the 
mercantile business and retired from active life at the age of fifty--a rich man. He now lives in 
California. 2d, Isabella Eliza, b. Sep. 11, 1826; m. Caleb Foster. (See Foster.) 3d, Harriet M., 
b. Sep. 4, 1828, m. Willard Albee, of Charlestown, N.H.--issue 3 ch. 4th, Sarah J., b. June 
22, 1831; m. Chas. C. Fuller, and lives in Terre Haute, Ind. Two ch., 5th, and 6th died in 
infancy. 7th, Emily A., b. Feb. 25, 1837; m. Fenelon Arnold, of Westminster, Vt. one ch. 8th, 
9th, and 10th, died young.
II. Hannah, b. Feb. 10, 1799; d. June 13, 1831
III. Eliza, b. July 5th, 1801, m. Henry P. Foster, Nov. 11, 1840. (See Foster.)
IV. Sarah, b. Oct. 6th, 1803; d. June 4, 1868.
V. Jane, b. Dec. 4, 1805, m. Edmund Adams, Oct. 16, 1828, and had three children, 1st, Lucien 
Harper, m. first, a Miss Adams; m. second, Miss Dora Francis, of Hartford, Conn., and is a 
missionary in Turkey--they have 3 ch. The third child, Daniel, b. in Derry, N.H., Jan. 22, 1833; 
m. Olive Thomas of Topeka, Kansas. Daniel Adams went to Kansas in 1847 and grew up with 
the state and accumulated a handsome fortune. He was one of the most active and enterprising 
men in the state, and, besides holding many public offices under the General Government, 
Leavenworth and Topeka are indebted to him for many of the finest public buildings in those 
cities. He died June 13, 1879, leaving three children.
VI. Daniel, b. Aug 26,1808, d. July 21, 1872.
VII. Amos, d. young.
VIII. Benj. also d. young.
IX. Farnham, b. May 21, 1816; m. Judith B. Moultrop and has four children. (See Ap.)
X. Katherine, b. Sep. 9, 1817; in. George Joslin, Oct. 15, 1848. Ch. 1st, William Thayer, b, July 
11, 1849; d. Dec. 22, 1863. 2d, Katie Isabel, b. July 29,1851; m. Geo. W. Field, of Surry, 
N.H., Sep. 1871. 3 ch.. 3d, Frank M. 4th, Lizzie C., 5th, Jessie Fremont. (See Ap.)
XI. Amos d. young.