In 1635, George Marsh, with his wife and his four children, came to America from Hingham, England, in company with twenty other families led by Rev. Peter Hobart. They landed in Charlestown, MA, on 8 June and then settled in Hingham, MA, where on 18 September 1635, George drew a house lot on Town (North) Street, bounded as described in the town's first book of grants: "Given to George Marsh for a house lot, five acres of land bounded by Richard Osborn, eastward; with the highway leading to Squirril Hill, westward; with the Town Street, southward." George was made a "freeman: on 3 March 1636 and was a selectman in 1645.

George and his wife Elizabeth Marsh had four children, all born in England:

• Thomas, b. 1618; m. Sarah Beal.
• Mary, b. ca. 1622; m. John Page.
• Onesiphorus, b. 1630; m. Hannah Cutler.
• Elizabeth, year of birth unknown; m. John Turner.