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Family of John + MARCEY and Sarah + HADLOCK

Husband: John + MARCEY (1631-1724)
Wife: Sarah + HADLOCK (1670-1743)
Children: Anna MARCY (1687- )
John MARCY (1689- )
James MARCY (1693- )
Edward MARCY (1696- )
Moses MARCY (1702- )
Sarah + MARCY (1706-1793)
Elizabeth MARCY (1711- )
Marriage 1687

Husband: John + MARCEY

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John + MARCEY

Name: John + MARCEY
Sex: Male
Father: -
Mother: -
Birth 1631 Limerick, Ireland
Death 23 Dec 1724 (age 92-93) Woodstock, Windham, CT, US1
Burial Hale Cemetary2
Woodstock, Windham, CT, US
Inscription:
John has three markers in the cemetery.
The newest marker is the circle one and reads:
John Marcy
1662 - 1724
This memorial is dedicated to John Marcy
who emigrated from the British Isles to
Roxbury, Mass. in 1683. He was one of 13
original pioneers who settled in New Roxbury
(later known as) Woodstock, in 1686.
Erected in the bi-centennial year 1975 by
Charles E. Marcy - California
Henry C. Marcy - Illinois
8th Generation

The next marker is old, but replaced an older one and reads:
In Memory of
Mr. John Marcy
Decd December
ye 23d 1724
Aged 62 Years

The oldest marker reads:
Here Lies Buried
Body of John Mercy
Aged 62 Deceast
December Ye 23d
1724

Wife: Sarah + HADLOCK

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Sarah + HADLOCK

Name: Sarah + HADLOCK
Sex: Female
Father: James + HADLOCK (1654-1716)
Mother: Sarah + DRAPER (1652-1675)
Birth 16 Dec 1670 Roxbury, Suffolk, MA, US
Death 9 May 1743 (age 72) Woodstock, Windham, CT, US3
Burial Woodstock Hill Cemetary2
Woodstock, Windham, CT, US
Inscription:
In Memory of
Mrs. Sarah Marcy
Widow & Relict of
Mr. John Marcy
Dec'd May ye 9th
1743 in ye 73d
Year of Her Age.

Child 1: Anna MARCY

Name: Anna MARCY
Sex: Female
Birth 1687

Child 2: John MARCY

Name: John MARCY
Sex: Male
Birth 1689

Child 3: James MARCY

Name: James MARCY
Sex: Male
Birth 1693

Child 4: Edward MARCY

Name: Edward MARCY
Sex: Male
Birth 1696

Child 5: Moses MARCY

Name: Moses MARCY
Sex: Male
Birth 1702

Child 6: Sarah + MARCY

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Sarah + MARCY

Name: Sarah + MARCY
Sex: Female
Spouse: Edward + JOHNSON (1700-1779)
Birth 18 Feb 1706 Woodstock, Windham, CT, US
Death 12 Jan 1793 (age 86) Chester, Windsor, VT, US4
Burial Brookside Cemetary
Chester, Windsor County, VT, US

Child 7: Elizabeth MARCY

Name: Elizabeth MARCY
Sex: Female
Birth 1711

Note on Husband: John + MARCEY

He came to America in 1683 at about age 24 and settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts. In 1686, he removed to what was later Woodstock, Connecticut as one of the original founders. He married Sarah Hadlock about 1687/1688. He was a deacon in his chuch as well as a husbandman and proprietor.

 

From the book: "Genealogy: Jeannette Grosvenor, Descendants of Nathan E. Grosvenor and Laura Fuller 1794-1973 (with his Ancestry)" (Chesterland, OH: Baker Printing Co., 1973), p. 9. "John Marcy was the son of the high sheriff of Limerick, Ireland. . . . as an adult, he joined Elliot's Church in Quatosett (Woodstock), Conn. In April, 1686, he, with others, took possession of Quatosett (Woodstock), Connecticut."

Sources

1"Connecticut Headstone Inscriptions". p 148.
2"Find a Grave".
3"Connecticut Headstone Inscriptions".
4"VT Vital Records, 1720-1908 Record".