John Marcy was born Abt. 1662 in Limerick, Ireland, and died 23 December 1724 in Woodstock, Windham, CT. Burial was in Woodstock Hill Cemetery in Woodstock, CT.
Wife Sarah Hadlock was born 16 December 1670 in Roxbury, Suffolk, MA, and died 9 May 1743 in Woodstock, Windham, CT. Burial was in Woodstock Hill Cemetery in Woodstock, CT. They were married Abt. 1686 in Roxbury, Suffolk, MA
Their children were:
1- Anna Marcy b: 7 October 1687 in Roxbury, Suffolk, MA; d: 30 July 1743 in Pomfret, Windham, CT
+Ebenezer Grosvenor b: 9 October 1684 in Roxbury, Suffolk, MA; m: 26 December 1707 in Pomfret, Windham, CT [John/Esther Clark]; d: 20 September 1730 in Pomfret, Windham, CT
2- John Marcy b: 17 November 1689 in Woodstock, Windham, CT; d: 26 March 1760 in Woodstock, Windham, CT
+Experience Colburn b: 16 March 1692 in Dedham, Norfolk, MA; m: 14 January 1713 in Woodstock, Windham, CT; d: 22 November 1741 in Woodstock, Windham, CT
*2nd Wife of John Marcy:
+Mary Tufts m: 17 December 1742 in Woodstock, Windham, CT; d: Bef. 1751
*3rd Wife of John Marcy:
+Sarah Miller m: 17 December 1751
3- James Marcy b: 26 February 1693 in Woodstock, Windham, CT; d: 29 January 1765 in Woodstock, Windham, CT
+Judith Ainsworth b: 25 January 1703 in Roxbury, Suffolk, MA; m: 2 May 1723 in Woodstock, Windham, CT [Edward/Joanna Hemmingway]
4- Edward Marcy b: 28 June 1695 in Woodstock, Windham, CT; d: 8 January 1774 in Ashford, Windham, CT
+Rebecca Haskins b: Abt. 1705; m: 22 January 1729 in Ashford, Windham, CT; d: 14 December 1748 in Ashford, Windham, CT
5- Joseph Marcy b: 18 September 1697 in Woodstock, Windham, CT; d: 18 October 1785 in Woodstock, Windham, CT; burial: Bungay Cemetery, Woodstock
+Mary Throop b: 9 September 1704 in Bristol, Bristol, RI; m: 31 May 1728 in Bristol, Bristol, RI; d: 12 February 1790 in Woodstock, Windham, CT
6- Benjamin Marcy b: 11 March 1700 in Woodstock, Windham, CT; d: 11 April 1760 in Woodstock, Windham, CT
+Mary Corbin b: 3 February 1700 in Woodstock, Windham, CT; m: 10 February 1724 in Woodstock, Windham, CT [James/Hannah Eastman]; d: 5 February 1795 in Woodstock, Windham, CT
7- Moses Marcy b: 18 April 1702 in Woodstock, Windham, CT; d: 9 October 1777 in Sturbridge, Worcester, MA
+Prudence Morris b: 31 January 1702 in Roxbury, Suffolk, MA; m: 19 August 1723 in Sturbridge, Worcester, MA [Samuel/Mehitable Mayo]; d: 28 March 1779 in Sturbridge, Worcester, MA
8- Samuel Marcy b: 28 July 1704 in Woodstock, Windham, CT; d: 31 July 1783 in Union, Tolland, CT
+Mary Russell b: Abt. 1705 in Andover, Essex, MA; m: 13 February 1724 in Ashford, Windham, CT [Benjamin/Mary Preston]
9- Sarah Marcy b: 18 February 1706 in Woodstock, Windham, CT; d: 12 January 1796 in Chester, Windsor, VT
+Edward Johnson b: 6 September 1700 in Woodstock, Windham, CT; m: 20 February 1728 in Woodstock, Windham, CT [John/Margaret Morris]; d: 30 December 1780 in Chester, Windsor, VT
10- Ebenezer Marcy b: 6 June 1709 in Woodstock, Windham, CT; d: 5 December 1808 in Dover, Dutchess, NY; burial: 10 December 1808 New York
+Mary Nicholson b: 2 February 1717 in Woodstock, Windham, CT; m: 25 July 1738 in Woodstock, Windham, CT; d: 10 January 1782 in Dover, Dutchess, NY
11- Elizabeth Marcy b: 8 November 1711 in Woodstock, Windham, CT; d: 23 June 1747 in Woodstock, Windham, CT
+Henry Lyon b: 29 August 1703 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA; m: 26 January 1731 in Woodstock, Windham, CT [Thomas/Joanna Payson]; d: 23 December 1769 in Woodstock, Windham, CT
Notes for John Marcy:
From Genealogies of Connecticut Families, Vol. II, Record of the Marcy
Family: There are two families by the name of Marcy in the United States. One family is descended from John Marcy, of whom the first written notice appears in Elliott's Church Record in Roxbury, MA as follows, "John Marcy took the Covenant March 7, 1685."
John Marcy was the son of the high sheriff of Limerick, Ireland (the authority for this statement is a memorandum made by the Rev. Laban Amsworth, of Jaffrey, NH, about the year 1785).
From The Cheney Genealogy: "...John Marcy an early member of the Roxbury church and colony, one of the 13 men who founded Woodstock, Conn."
From Historical Collections, Vol. I, Holmes Ammidown, 1874, pp. 257-8 (section on Woodstock): "The first meeting of the people of Roxbury (as their records show) to consult upon the subject of a grant of land for a town in this country, was on the 6th of October, 1683. Their object as stated, was to increase the pasturage for their cattle, and to improve their condition and usefulness to the colony. Their second meeting was on the 10th following, and the third on the 17th instant when the form of a petition was agreed upon, offered for signatures, and signed by the following names:
[one of which was] John Marcy." (Pg. 263): "The records of the new Roxbury settlers, afterward Woodstock, show the following: April 5, 1686. These are the
thirteen who were sent out to spy out Woodstock as planters, and to take actual
possession: Jonathan Smithers, John Frissell, Nathaniel Gary, John Marcy, Benjamin Griggs, John Lord, Benjamin Sabin, Henry Bowen, Matthew Davis, Thomas Bacon, Peter Aspinwall, George Griggs, and Edward Morris. This was the beginning of the actual settlement of Woodstock." (Pg. 278-279): "The lots were drawn by each of the proprietors according to the number set against their names, as follows: Lot 36 John Marcy." (Pg. 350): (Woodstock - Meeting Houses) "The estimate of character and dignity of the principal men of Woodstock was shown in 1722, by the propriety of right each had in the location of their pews in this new house. Their right of choice for location stands recorded as follows: No. 1, John Chandler, Esq., supposed to stand highest in point of character in the town at this time...6, John Marcy..." (Pg. 354): (Woodstock) The Second Congregational Society, Woodstock: "These inhabitants now had the right to form a religious society, and to raise money for its support, as the first religious society, to the extent of their geographical limits. It appears that they soon availed themselves of this privilege. A meeting, prepatory for this object, was held on the 27th of September, 1743, in the school-house, in the village of the parish. This meeting was organized by calling John Marcy to preside with Isaac Johnson for their clerk. A committee was then selected for building a meeting-house, providing a location, and also to engage a minister. This committee consisted of James Chaffee, James Marcy [John's son], and Ebenezer Lyon." (Pg. 392): (Woodstock - Biographical) "JOHN MARCY. This Mr. Marcy was one of the first planters and founders of Woodstock, and is the great ancestor of the Hon. William Learned Marcy, late Governor of New York. This family will be more particularly referred to in connection with the historical sketch of Southbridge."
Biographical Record of Tolland & Windham Counties Connecticut: "The Marcy family trace their ancestry to John Marcy, who was born about 1662, a son of the high sheriff of Limerick. He joined Elliott's Church in Roxbury, March 7, 1685. In April, 1686, he with Benjamin Griggs and eleven others took possession of Quotasset, Woodstock, Conn. (Granted 1663 by the Colony of Massachusetts to the town of Roxbury). These thirteen men and their families were the first settlers of Windham county. John Marcy married Sarah Hadlock, of Roxbury, who bore him the following children: Anna, John, James, Edward, Joseph, Benjamin, Moses, Samuel, Sarah, Ebenezer and Elizabeth. John Marcy died Dec. 23, 1724."
Parents of John Marcy - unknown
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