NameJohn MARCY
Birthabt 1662, Ireland [783]
Christen7 Jun 1685, Roxbury Church, Suffolk Co, MA [537]
Move5 Apr 1686, Woodstock, Windham Co, CT [Original Settler]
Death23 Dec 1724, Woodstock, Windham Co, CT [144]
Marriagebef 7 Jun 1685, Roxbury, Suffolk Co, MA
SpouseSarah HADLOCK
Birth16 Dec 1670, Roxbury, Suffolk Co, MA [214]
Christen24 Oct 1686, Roxbury Church, Suffolk Co, MA [537]
Death9 May 1743, Woodstock, Windham Co, CT [144]
FatherJames HADLOCK (~1650-?)
MotherSarah DRAPER (~1652-br. 1675)
Children
1 FAnna Marcy
Christen8 Jan 1687/8, Roxbury, Suffolk Co, MA [783]
Death30 Jun 1743, Pomfret, Windham, CT [148]
SpouseEbenezer Grosvenor
Marriagebef 1708
2 MJohn Marcy
Birth17 Dec 1689, Woodstock, Windham Co, CT [144]
Death26 Mar 1760, Woodstock, Windham Co, CT [144]
SpouseExperience Colburn
Marriage14 Jan 1712/3, Woodstock, Windham Co, CT [144]
SpouseMary Tufts
Marriage1742
SpouseSarah Miller
Marriage17 Dec 1751, Woodstock, Windham, CT [144]
Birth26 Feb 1693, Woodstock, Windham Co, CT [144]
Death28 Jan 1765, Woodstock, Windham Co, CT [144]
BurialWoodstock Cemetary
Marriage2 May 1723, Woodstock, Windham Co, CT [144]
4 MEdward Marcy
Birth28 Jun 1695, Woodstock, Windham Co, CT [144]
Death8 Jan 1774, Ashford, Windham Co, CT [146]
SpouseRebecca Haskins
Marriage22 Jan 1729/30, Ashford, Windham, CT [146]
5 MJoseph Marcy
Birth18 Sep 1697, Woodstock, Windham Co, CT [144]
Death18 Oct 1795, Woodstock, Windham Co, CT [783]
SpouseMary Throop
Marriage31 May 1728, Bristol, Bristol Co, RI [78]
6 MBenjamin Marcy
Birth1 Mar 1699/0, Woodstock, Windham Co, CT [144]
Death11 Apr 1760, Woodstock, Windham Co, CT [144]
SpouseMary Corbin
7 MCol. Moses Marcy
Birth18 Apr 1702, Woodstock, Windham Co, CT [144]
Death9 Oct 1777, Sturbridge, Worcester Co, MA [783]
SpousePrudence Morris
Marriage1723, Woodstock, Windham, CT [784]
8 MSamuel Marcy
Birth20 Oct 1704, Woodstock, Windham Co, CT [144]
Death21 Jul 1783, Union, Tolland Co, CT [783]
SpouseMary Russell
Marriage13 Feb 1724/5, Woodstock, Windham Co, CT [144]
9 FSarah Marcy
Birth18 Feb 1706/7, Woodstock, Windham Co, CT [144]
Death12 Jan 1796, Chester, Windsor, VT [783]
SpouseEdward Johnson
Marriage20 Feb 1728/9, Woodstock, Windham Co, CT [144]
Birth6 Jun 1709, Woodstock, Windham Co, CT [144]
Death5 Dec 1808, Dover, Duchess Co, NY [783]
Marriage25 Jul 1738, Woodstock, Windham Co, CT [144]
11 FElizabeth Marcy
Birth8 Nov 1711, Woodstock, Windham Co, CT [144]
Death23 Jun 1747, Woodstock, Windham Co, CT [144]
SpouseHenry Lyon
Marriage26 Jan 1731/2, Woodstock, Windham, CT [783]
Notes for John MARCY
John first appeared in Roxbury, MA. He was an original settler of Woodstock along with 13 others from Roxbury, MA in Jun 1686. The area was originally called New Roxbury. At the time, John was about 23, married, and had one daughter, Anna. He drew town lot 9 and farm lot 36.

There are three memorials to John in the Woodstock Cemetary. The oldest reads: “In memory of Mr. John Marcy, Dec’d Dec 23 1724, aged 62 years.”[ [783]]

Note in Hist of Roxbury 1st Church says “Son of the high Sheriff of Limerick, b. abt 1662, m. Sarah Hadlock. In Apr 1686, he moved to Quatosett (Woodstock), CT.” dated 7 Jun 1685. (History of 1st Church of Roxbury by Walter Eliot Thwing, Boston, 1908) (6/17/00)

There is speculation that his parents may be Jeffery and Ellen Massey who came over with the Wintrhop Fleet in 1630.[ [1054]] They had a son John born about 1631 who married Abigail Wells. That John in turn had a son John born in Salem in 1665.
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