The son of THOMAS MARSHALL, he was brought to Boston by his widowed father as a child. He married MARY WILTON of Northampton, Mass. and they lived in Windsor, Hartford Co., Conn.
He served as a juror, deputy, and was licensed to sell liquor from his home. In 1657/8 Corp. Samuel Marshall was a trooper from Windsor.
On Dec. 19, 1675, Capt. Samuel Marshall, while serving in the First Company under Major Robert Treat was killed outright during the Great Swamp Fight at South Kingston, Washington County, Rhode Island during the Narragansett or King Philip's War. His body was taken along with many others to Smith's Castle in Wickford, Rhode Island and buried in a mass grave.
The children of Samuel & Mary (Wilton) Marshall were:
Samuel, LYDIA (MARSHALL) HAWLEY (my ancestor), David, Thomas, Eliakim, John, and Elizabeth.
Top Picture: Inscription on plaque at the mass grave at Smith's Castle: HERE/ WERE BURIED/ IN ONE GRAVE/ FORTY MEN/ WHO DIED IN THE SWAMP FIGHT/ OR ON THE RETURN MARCH/ TO RICHARD SMITH'S BLOCK HOUSE/ DECEMBER, 1675
Middle Picture: Great Swamp Fight Monument south of Kingston, Washington Co., Rhode Island.
Bottom Picture: Richard Smith's home (Smith's castle) in Wickford, Rhode Island.
The son of THOMAS MARSHALL, he was brought to Boston by his widowed father as a child. He married MARY WILTON of Northampton, Mass. and they lived in Windsor, Hartford Co., Conn.
He served as a juror, deputy, and was licensed to sell liquor from his home. In 1657/8 Corp. Samuel Marshall was a trooper from Windsor.
On Dec. 19, 1675, Capt. Samuel Marshall, while serving in the First Company under Major Robert Treat was killed outright during the Great Swamp Fight at South Kingston, Washington County, Rhode Island during the Narragansett or King Philip's War. His body was taken along with many others to Smith's Castle in Wickford, Rhode Island and buried in a mass grave.
The children of Samuel & Mary (Wilton) Marshall were:
Samuel, LYDIA (MARSHALL) HAWLEY (my ancestor), David, Thomas, Eliakim, John, and Elizabeth.
Top Picture: Inscription on plaque at the mass grave at Smith's Castle: HERE/ WERE BURIED/ IN ONE GRAVE/ FORTY MEN/ WHO DIED IN THE SWAMP FIGHT/ OR ON THE RETURN MARCH/ TO RICHARD SMITH'S BLOCK HOUSE/ DECEMBER, 1675
Middle Picture: Great Swamp Fight Monument south of Kingston, Washington Co., Rhode Island.
Bottom Picture: Richard Smith's home (Smith's castle) in Wickford, Rhode Island.