Elizabeth Marshall

was the daughter of Obadiah and Martha (Cotton) Marshall. Records show she was christened in Portsmouth, New Hampshire August 1, 1742. According to the Will of Obadiah Marshall dated September 6, 1746, he had three children with wife Martha… Elizabeth, Obadiah, and Martha. Each are given “Ten Pounds Meaning old Tenor”. The Will was proved October 29,1746. Elizabeth joined her father in the afterlife just 2 years later.

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Elizabeth Marshall and Father Obadiah… taken March 26, 2016. The bottom line of Elizabeth’s inscription is currently below ground.

HERE LIES BURIED THE
BODY OF M r OBADIAH
MARSHALL WHO DIED SEP 12
1746 AGED 37 YEARS
ELIZABETH MARSHALL DIED
SEP 22 1748 AGED SIX YEARS

The New Hampshire Genealogical Record

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Obadiah Marshall foot stone night photo May 14, 2016

 

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Lineage of Elizabeth Marshall

[Father] Obadiah Marshall
b. September 24, 1710 Portsmouth, New Hampshire
d. September 12, 1746 Portsmouth, New Hampshire

(Parents)

George A Marshall
b. 1680
d. May 7, 1718 Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Elizabeth Hill
b. 1683
d. March 20, 1724 Stratham, New Hampshire

[Mother] Martha Cotton (married Edward Cate Jan. 9, 1755) Portsmouth NH
b. 1708-9
d. after 1755

(Parents)

William Cotton
b. 1679 Porstmouth, New Hampshire
d. February 28, 1717/18 Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Elizabeth Clark
b. November 12, 1686 Boston, Massachusetts
d. March 10, 1746 Portsmouth, New Hampshire

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Obadiah Marshall’s Will

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