John Marcy

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      Sex: M

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Individual Information

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     Birth Date: Abt 1662 - Limerick, Limerick, Munster, Ireland
    Christening: 
          Death: 23 Dec 1724 - Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, USA ( about age 62)
         Burial: in Woodstock Hill Cemetery, Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, USA
 Cause of Death: 

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Spouses and Children

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1. *Sarah Hadlock
       Marriage: Abt 1686 - Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
       Children:
                1. Anna Marcy
                2. John Marcy
                3. James Marcy
                4. Edward Marcy
                5. Joseph Marcy
                6. Benjamin Marcy
                7. Moses Marcy
                8. Samuel Marcy
                9. Sarah Marcy
                10. Ebenezer Marcy
                11. Elizabeth Marcy

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Notes

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General:

Notes for John Marcy:

From Genealogies of Connecticut Families, Vol. II, Record of the Marcy Family: There are two families by the name of Marcy in the United States. One family is descended from John Marcy, of whom the first written notice appears in Elliott's Church Record in Roxbury, MA as follows, "John Marcy took the Covenant March 7, 1685." John Marcy was the son of the high sheriff of Limerick, Ireland (the authority for this statement is a memorandum made by the Rev. Laban Amsworth, of Jaffrey, NH, about the year 1785).

From The Cheney Genealogy: "...John Marcy an early member of the Roxbury church and colony, one of the 13 men who founded Woodstock, Conn."

From Historical Collections, Vol. I, Holmes Ammidown, 1874, pp. 257-8 (section on Woodstock): "The first meeting of the people of Roxbury (as their records show) to consult upon the subject of a grant of land for a town in this country, was on the 6th of October, 1683. Their object as stated, was to increase the pasturage for their cattle, and to improve their condition and usefulness to the colony. Their second meeting was on the 10th following, and the third on the 17th instant when the form of a petition was agreed upon, offered for signatures, and signed by the following names: [one of which was] John Marcy." (Pg. 263): "The records of the new Roxbury settlers, afterward Woodstock, show the following: April 5, 1686. These are the thirteen who were sent out to spy out Woodstock as planters, and to take actual possession: Jonathan Smithers, John Frissell, Nathaniel Gary, John Marcy, Benjamin Griggs, John Lord, Benjamin Sabin, Henry Bowen, Matthew Davis, Thomas Bacon, Peter Aspinwall, George Griggs, and Edward Morris. This was the beginning of the actual settlement of Woodstock." (Pg. 278-279): "The lots were drawn by each of the proprietors according to the number set against their names, as follows: Lot 36 John Marcy." (Pg. 350): (Woodstock - Meeting Houses) "The estimate of character and dignity of the principal men of Woodstock was shown in 1722, by the propriety of right each had in the location of their pews in this new house. Their right of choice for location stands recorded as follows: No. 1, John Chandler, Esq., supposed to stand highest in point of character in the town at this time...6, John Marcy..." (Pg. 354): (Woodstock) The Second Congregational Society, Woodstock: "These inhabitants now had the right to form a religious society, and to raise money for its support, as the first religious society, to the extent of their geographical limits. It appears that they soon availed themselves of this privilege. A meeting, prepatory for this object, was held on the 27th of September, 1743, in the school-house, in the village of the parish. This meeting was organized by calling John Marcy to preside with Isaac Johnson for their clerk. A committee was then selected for building a meeting-house, providing a location, and also to engage a minister. This committee consisted of James Chaffee, James Marcy [John's son], and Ebenezer Lyon." (Pg. 392): (Woodstock - Biographical) "JOHN MARCY. This Mr. Marcy was one of the first planters and founders of Woodstock, and is the great ancestor of the Hon. William Learned Marcy, late Governor of New York. This family will be more particularly referred to in connection with the historical sketch of Southbridge."

Biographical Record of Tolland & Windham Counties Connecticut: "The Marcy family trace their ancestry to John Marcy, who was born about 1662, a son of the high sheriff of Limerick. He joined Elliott's Church in Roxbury, March 7, 1685. In April, 1686, he with Benjamin Griggs and eleven others took possession of Quotasset, Woodstock, Conn. (Granted 1663 by the Colony of Massachusetts to the town of Roxbury). These thirteen men and their families were the first settlers of Windham county. John Marcy married Sarah Hadlock, of Roxbury, who bore him the following children: Anna, John, James, Edward, Joseph, Benjamin, Moses, Samuel, Sarah, Ebenezer and Elizabeth. John Marcy died Dec. 23, 1724."