My Descent from John Marrian

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John Marrian-Sarah -----
Elizabeth Marrian-Henry Dearborn
Samuel Dearborn-Mercy Batchelder
Nathaniel Dearborn-Mary Batchelder
Mary Dearborn-Moses French
Molly French-Edward True
Edward True, Jr.-Olive King Payson
Eugene Payson True-Annie Elizabeth Milnes
Edward Payson True-Laura Keene Darling
Edward Keene True-Mildred Louise Richenburg
James Duncan True
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John Marrian

Husband:
John Marrian		Born: Place and date unknown.
Died: in Hampton, NH, date unknown.
Parents: Uncertain. There was a John Marian, shoemaker, of Watertown, MA, who was the son of Isaac Marian of Stebbin, Essex, England, but whether that John Marian is the same as our ancestor John Marrian is not known.
First Wife:
Sarah -----		Born: Place and date unknown.
Died: in Hampton, NH 26 January 1670/1.
Parents: Unknown.
Second Wife:
Margery (-----) Godfrey		Born: Place and date unknown.
Died: in Hampton, NH, 2 May 1686 or 1687, either aged about 78 years (according to the Dover Historical Collection, or between 80 and 90 years, according to History of Hampton, NH by Joseph Dow, p. 834.
Widow of: Deacon William Godfrey.
Married: in Hampton, NH 14 September 1671.

John lived in Watertown, MA, first and was early of Hampton, NH, where he was a proprietor and where on 23 May 1645, he "purchased a house and 5 acres of upland" from a widow, Judith Parker, of Charlestown, MA. In 1646, he received 2 acres of the commons from the town. On 1 January 1671, he deeded land and housing "to Henry Dearborn and my daughter Elizabeth, his wife," and to their two eldest male children; and to Isaac Godfrey, husband of his daughter, Hannah. On 3 June 1681, he deeded other lands to his sons-in-law, in consideration of their agreement to provide for himself and his wife for the rest of their lives. John was called "Senior" at the time of his second marriage.

John and his first wife Sarah Marrian had at least four children:

  • Elizabeth, b. probably in Watertown, MA, ca. 1644; m. Henry Dearborn.
  • Hannah, place and date of birth unknown; m. Isaac Godfrey.
  • Abigail (probably), died 25 Sept. 1668.
  • John (probably), no other information.
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Elizabeth Marrian

Wife:
Elizabeth Marrian		Born: probably in Watertown, MA, circa 1644.
Died: Hampton, NH, 6 July 1716.
Parents: John and Sarah Marrian.
Husband:
Henry Dearborn		Baptized: in in Hannay, Lincolnshire, England, 22 March 1633/4.
Died: in Hampton, NH, 18 January 1724/5.
Father: Godfrey Dearborn.
Mother: Name Unknown.
Married: in Hampton, NH, "10: 11 mo: 1665." (Under the calendar in use at the time, that might be 10 February 1665/6.)

See the entry on Henry Dearborn for details of this family.

Henry Dearborn Prior Page Line of Descent Pedigree Chart Index of surnames The Marrian Bibliography Other sites of interest Home Page

The Marrian Family Bibliography

Dow, Joseph, History of Hampton, NH.

Pope, Charles Henry, The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire 1623-1660, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1973.

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