John Marshe, of Chipping Barnet

Biography

From “Two Generations of the Marshe Family” by Jared L. Olar (February 2019) https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~fesschequy/genealogy/Marshe.html

1. JOHN MARSHE, parentage and ancestry unknown, a yeoman and brewer of Chipping Barnet, Hertfordshire, England, died between 2 Dec. 1558 and 15 Feb. 1559 at Chipping Barnet. It was probably circa 1530-35 in Chipping Barnet that John married his wife JOAN (NN), who appears to have been the mother of the son and four daughters of John who are listed in John's will. On 13 June 1553, "John Marshe senior and Joan his wife and John Marshe junior" of Chipping Barnet bought two messuages there with garden and orchard. John Marshe made his will on 2 Dec. 1558, and the will was proved 15 Feb. 1559 on the oath of "Johanne Rel[i]c[t]e et executrics" (Joan, widow and executrix).

Eugene C. Zubrinsky's above cited 2011 paper, pages 13-15, summarises John Marshe's will as follows (my bold emphasis added):

The will first states his surname as Marche and is therefore catalogued under that spelling; Marshe, however, predominates in the document thereafter. It mentions wife Jone (executrix), children John Marche (under 24), Rose Marshe, Margarett Marshe, Elizabeth [surname omitted], and Jone Marshe (all unmarried); brothers William Marshe, Richard Marshe/Marche (overseer), and Allyn [surname omitted]; "ev[er]y one of my servannts dwellinge w[i]t[h] me at the date of my deathe"; brother Richard's children John, Robert, Margarett, and Jane; Agnes Norrys, daughter to Valentyne Norrys; Christopher Browke; John Shadle; witnesses were Valentyne Norrys, Richard Marche, William Rolfe, Christopher Browke, and others unnamed.

While Marshe's will fails to state his occupation or social position, his bequests (and multiple servants) indicate a man of substance. He bestowed houses and lands in the parish of Hendon (nearby, in Middlesex); the house in which his brother William then dwelt' "pett feldes" [i.e., peat fields]; a parcel of land and appurtenances called Myllys Crofte; and "my house that I dwell in w[i]t[h] the lands belonginge and all my Freholde lands and houses w[ith]in the lordship of Barnett." Specified monetary legacies totaled over 90 pounds, and bequests of other personal estate included ten cows (total); a "salte and silver and gilte w[i]t[h] the cov[er]inge belonging to ytt"; a "greate brasse panne whiche my father gave me"; twelve silver spoons, of which "six of my beste . . . [have] maydes heads gilted in the endes"; a silver goblet; a mazer; two coats (with the implications of others); a jacket "bounde about" with lace; two gowns; a camlet [goat's hair and silk] jacket; and a satin doublet. From the will's reference to "all maner of Brwenge vessels withall the kilderkyns [i.e., casks] and all other ymplements belonging to the brewhouse," it is apparent that Marshe was a brewer.

After John's death, on 3 Nov. 1561 in Chipping Barnet, Joan Marshe married ROGER MARSHE, presumably a kinsman of her late husband John. Zubrinsky notes that Roger and Joan's grantor deed of lands at East Barnet on 28 Feb. 1562 describes Joan as the wife of Roger Marshe and executrix of the will of John Marshe of Chipping Barnet.

The known children of John and Joan Marshe were:

1. -- JOHN MARSHE JR., born after 1534 in Chipping Barnet, England, died between 8 June 1610 and 11 Feb. 1611 in Chipping Barnet, married Katherine Andrew.
2. 2. ROSE MARSHE, born circa 1538 in Chipping Barnet, Hertfordshire, England.
3. -- MARGARET MARSHE, married Edward Crawley.
4. -- ELIZABETH MARSHE, buried 12 Jan. 1605 in South Mimms, Middlesex, England, married Arthur Cockett.
5. -- JOAN MARSHE, probably buried 8 May 1600 in Chipping Barnet, Hertfordshire, England, probably married Michael Underwood.

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References

1. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:GG8Q-YV5
2. Zubrinsky, Eugene Cole. A Fresh Look at the Parentage of Mayflower Passenger Joan (Hurst) (Rogers) Tilley. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (Jan 2011) Volume 85, page 1-8. < AmericanAncestors >; (document attached)
3. Olar, Jared L. “The Marshe Genealogy” (February 2019) cites
   1. Fleming Family History: Henry Hurst -- excerpts from Joy Forster, Gail Ann Adams, and Caleb H. Johnson. < link >
   2. William Hurst and Rose (Hurst) Rushe (dead link)
   3. Rose (Marshe) (Hurst) Rushe Find-A-Grave Memorial, with erroneous parentage and sibling. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/174935129/rose-rushe
   4. We Relate: Rose Marshe https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Rose_Marshe_%283%29 cites
      1. Zubrinsky, Eugene Cole. A Fresh Look at the Parentage of Mayflower Passenger Joan (Hurst) (Rogers) Tilley. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (Jan 2011) 85:7. “Rose Marshe, b. say 1538 or later (last recorded child bp. 1582), bur. Henlow Beds., 23 July 1601.” (document attached)
      2. Stratton, Eugene Aubrey. Plymouth Colony, Its History & People 1620 - 1691. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry Publishing, 1986).
   5. Visit East Anglia: Henlow Village < link >
   6. St. Mary the Virgin Church, Henlow (dead link)
   7. Parishes: Henlow < British History Online - Parishes: Henlow >
   8. GEN-UK-I: Henlow < link >
   9. County of Hertfordshire: Chipping Barnet < British History Online >
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_John_the_Baptist_Church,_Chipping_...
   1. “ Welcome to St. John the Baptist Church, Barnet”
   2. St. John the Baptist, Chipping Barnet.