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HISTORY OF CAMBRIDGESHIRE:

http://www.cambridgeshirehistory.com/cambridgeshire/timeline/timeline8.html

DISTRIBUTION OF THIS MARSH FAMILY ASSOCIATED WITH PAMPISFORD:

This family was associated with Waresley Huntingdonshire in the 1500s, and also with Mims & Darkes & Hackney, Middlesex.  Possibly they were associated with Essex, and based on coats of arms, it is possible they are connected to a Marsh family in Surrey.  They were described as Lords of the Manor at Pampisford, Cambridgeshire, and seemed to own many estates in various parts of Cambridgeshire, but the family seems rather mobile, and individuals moved about between different parts of the family territory in the different counties.  I don't find any Marshes baptized at Pampisford until 1784.

SEE ALSO THE FOLLOWING LINKS:

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CAM/Pampisford/   (reference to Marsh family Manor, Pampisford, prior to 1600)
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=22696#n17   (Marsh family, landowners In Cambridgeshire.. "A few other seats were set back from the street front: Spurstowe's house to the west, (Footnote 4) Robert Perwich's, unidentified but largest of all in 1664, (Footnote 5) and that of the Marsh family, Cambridgeshire landowners who also held Darkes in South Mimms. (Footnote 6) Sir Thomas Marsh (d. 1677), who was said to have owned the White House perhaps at the north-east end of Baxter's Court, (Footnote 7) was in 1678 admitted in remainder to a chief house on the west side of Church Street, which had been held by Thomas Marsh (d. 1657). (Footnote 8) Sir Thomas's chief house, with land stretching south behind Mare Street to Shoreditch Place, passed to his son Edward (d. 1701), who left it to his wife Grace and her son by an earlier marriage, William Parker. (Footnote 9) From: British History OnlineSource: Hackney: Hackney Village. A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume X, T.F.T. Baker (Editor) (1995).URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=22696#n17Date: 10/10/2004© Copyright 2003 University of London & History of Parliament Trust"  Possibly this Marsh family is the one connected to Pampisford, where the estates passed to a Parker family?  Note: it seems this family may have had a coat of arms, see heraldry page ##7.  Note: there was a Thomas Marsh of Pampisford in 1572.   Note: re Bottisham Mannor... "by 1640 that manor belonged to Thomas Marsh (Footnote 93) of Hackney (Middx.), lord of Pampisford. (Footnote 94) Dying in 1657 he settled his estates on his deceased son Thomas's son Thomas, (Footnote 95) supposedly later knighted, (Footnote 96) who died in 1677. (Footnote 97) From: British History OnlineSource: Bottisham: Manors and other estates. A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume X, Andrew Wareham (Editor) (2002).URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=18848Date: 10/10/2004© Copyright 2003 University of London & History of Parliament Trust")
http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/foxe/apparatus/person_glossaryW.html   Famous Martyr George Marsh, died about 1570, was according to some sources born in Cambridgeshire, but other sources are not so clear on where he was born.  (As he also lived in London, perhaps he related to the Pampisford Marshes??) 

COATS OF ARMS:

It appears that possibly 2 (or 3) coats of arms relate to this family. 

RELATIONSHIPS OF SOUTH CAMBRIDGESHIRE MARSHES:

There are speculated relationships to other South Cambridgeshire Marsh families, but to date I have no definite evidence of relationships. 

The Musick family (Possibly derived from de Mersc, and old spelling of Marsh?) of Soham in the 1500s had a connection to Gamlingay (1 mile from Waresley where the Pampisford Marshes held estates) in about 1700.

The Y-DNA of West Wratting Marsh families is a little similar to a Seeley family tracing to Great Gransden (1 mile from Waresley) in the 1400s.   This Marsh family is also a little similar in Y-DNA to a Musick family (possibly from Soham, but no proof yet), and a Powell family which traces to Mildenhall in the 1400s, which is 6 miles from Soham. 

POSSIBLE ORIGINS OF MARSH FAMILIES IN CAMBRIDGESHIRE:

See comments on http://marshdna.arrrg.org/TreesWestWrattingMarshes

TREE- MARSH FAMILY OF PAMPISFORD:

1) Thomas Marsh: b.1528 Waresley, Huntingdonshire d.1587 Stanmore Middlesex.
    He was described as "of Mims Middlesex", and in 1572 as "Thomas Marsh of
    Pampisford" when he purchased a Willingham Manor. Note: Waresley is about 3
    miles from Croxton, where Adolf de Merc/ de Marisco held lands before 1100.
    (Note: In about 1700, the Musick family of Soham had descendants who had moved
     to live at Gamlingay, about 1 mile from Waresley.  Musick may derive from the
     old spelling of Marsh which was de Mersc.  A Musick family possibly from Soham, and
     a Marsh family from West Wratting have a slightly similar Y-DNA, making a common
    ancestor about 1066 just possible.)
   2) Ellinor Marsh: b.1556 d.1594
       (Ellinor is not common in Marsh families, but Henry and Alyce Marsh had a daughter
       Ellenor b.1583 in West Wratting, which is 6 miles from Pampisford.)
   2) SON: b.1558, died young
   2) Dennis Marsh (female): b.1560, "of Mims" m. Richard Catelyne.
   2) SON: b.1564 "of Mims"
   2) Thomas Marsh: b.1566 Mims, Middlesex d.1624 Waresley, Huntingdonshire
       m.1589  Elizabeth Kempton
       (by 1604, there was someone known as Thomas Marsh, "clerk to the Court of Star
       Chamber", it is possible that this is Thomas born 1566)
     (Note found on web site... http://www.prattens.co.uk/FAMILIES/MARSH/text.txt
      1610 Richard Atkyns bur Hempstead Gloucester husb of Eleanor dau of Thomas Marsh
      of Waresley Hunts..... Could this be this Thomas?)
      3) Thomas Marsh: b.1590 d.1657 "of South Mims" m. Mary (Margaret) Abbott
          "by 1640 that (Bottisham?) manor belonged to Thomas Marsh of Hackney, Lord of
          Pampisford."
          4) Thomas Marsh: b.1624 Hackney d.1649 m. Dorothy Horsey of Huntingdon
               Warwickshire
            5) Thomas Marsh (Sir): b.1748 Hackney d. 1677 South Mims m. Anne Brent
                Sir Thomas, described as a Cambridgeshire land owner "held Darkes in
                South Mims" 
               6) Margaret Marsh: b.1666 Hackney d.1668/9
               6) Thomas Marsh: b.1667 Hackney
               6) William Marsh: b.1669 Hackney
               6) Nathaniel Marsh: b.1671 Hackney d.1701 m. Grace Bird
                   Nathaniel left the estates (Pampisford?) to Edward Parker, a son of his wife by
                   an earlier marriage.
               6) Anne Marsh: b.1675 d. unmarried
               6) Morrice Marsh: b.1676 Hackney.
      3) CHILD: b.1592
      3) Nathaniel Marsh: b.1594 d.1624
      3) Katherine Marsh: b.1596
      3) CHILD; b.1598
      3) CHILD: b.1599
      3) CHILD: b.1601
      3) CHILD: b.1602
      3) CHILD: b.1603
   2) SON: b.1568 "of Mims"
   2) Katherine Marsh: b.1570, d. unmarried.

FROM PAMPISFORD PARISH REGISTERS:

1) Robert Marsh: m.1781 at Pampisford Mary Thurnal
   2) James Marsh: b1782 Pampisford
   2) Robin Marsh: b.1783
   2) Issac Marsh: b.1787
       In 1809 an Isaac Marsh married a Mary Coleman at Sawston, 1 mile from Pampisford
    ?3) Thomas Marsh: b.1809 Sawston d.1813
    ?3) Isaac Marsh: b.1813, d.1814
    ?3) Eliza Marsh: b.1825 Linton 3 miles from Pampisford
   2) Thomas Marsh: b.1789
   2) Sarah Marsh: b.1792

1881 CENSUS:  

On the 1881 census is the following....

1) John Marsh: b. Pampisford 1810? m. Anne b.1815? Hackney Middlesex
    Living 144 Wick Rd, London, Middlesex 1881.  Based on his wife being born at Hackney
    it is tempting to think John might be one of the above "Pampisford" Marsh family.
      

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