Manuel — Marble. 53 



vi. Sarah Jane, Oct. 17, 1837. m. June 19, 1869, William Parry, 



vii. Quincv Gustus, Jan. 12, 1840. m. Oct. 12, 1862, Caroline L. Arnold, 



viii. Alonzo, July 14, 1842. m. Dec. 21, 1868, Lovisana E. Taylor. 



ix. Melissa Ann, Nov. 5, 1845. m. Apr. 5, 1863, Miles D. Anderson. 



x. George Hobart, Feb. 22, 1848. 



xi. Adelaide Amelia, Oct. 5, 1850. m. Dec. 25, 1880, David F. Stodder. 



MARBLE (Marable, Marvel). 



1. Gershom, the progenitor of all who have borne this surname by 

 birth in Hing. and vie., was in early life a mariner, and for a while 

 a resident of Charlestown, Mass., where his first w. Mary d. 30 

 Dec. 1694, being, as the rec. says, "a young woina." He afts. 

 removed to Hing. sec. pre., and m. secondly, at Scit., 1697, Waitstill 

 Ingle. She d. in Hing. 14 Nov. 1728. He d. 6 Aug. 1725, set. 60 yrs. 

 Resided on Beechwood St. In his will, dated at Hing. 27 Oct. 1724, 

 proved 14 Dec. 1725, gives to w. Waitstill " the use of my dwelling- 

 house and house lott of land and all my indoor moveables during her 

 natural life." To son John £5. To son Ephraim "\ of my Home lot 

 after my wifes decease." To dau. Mary Vinten £3. " All the rest 

 of my estate to my two sons David and Nathaniel Marble." Sons 

 David and Nathaniel executors. Calls himself " husbandman." The 

 inventory of his est. is quite lengthy, specifying among the items, 

 6 oxen, 5 cows, a bull, heifer, 2 calves, 6 swine, house, barn, etc. 

 It is dated Hing. March 30, 1726. 



Ch.,— 



2. i. John, 1700. 



3. ii. Ephraim, 1702. 



iii. Mary, 1704. m. Vinten, or Vinton. 



4. iv. David, 1706. 



5. v. Nathaniel, 1708. 



2. John 2 (Gershom 1 ), b. ab. 1700. m. in Hing. Sept. 7, 1724, 

 Esther Tower, dau. of John and Hester (Cantlebury) Tower. She 

 was b. in Hing. Sept. 22, 1700. John d. intestate, Apr. 1738, as the 

 rec. says, " suddenly at Cape Cod a whaling, leaving three small chil- 

 dren." June 26, 1740, Esther his wid. was appointed to adm. upon 

 her late husband's est. 



Ch., all b. in Hing., were — 



i. Gershom, May 15, 1725, d. July, 1751. 



ii. Mary, Nov. 19, 1726, d. 18 Aug. 1751. 



iii. Noah, Sept. 4, 1730. in. Apr. 7, 1779, Eunice Tower, 



iv. Nehemiah, Nov. 10, 1734, d. 21 Oct. 1736. 



3. Ephraim 2 (Gershom x ), b. 1702, d. perhaps unm. 7 Jan. 1736-37, 

 set. 36th year. March 1, 1736-37, Nathaniel Marble was appointed 

 to adm. upon the est. of his brother Ephraim, " husbandman," late of 

 Hing., deceased. Inventory, £203 3s. 2d., appraised by Hezekiah Lin- 

 coln, Lazarus Beal, and Daniel Tower. 



4. David 2 (Gershom J ), b. ab. 1706. m. Dec. 27, 1732, Abigail Joy, 

 dau. of Prince and Abigail (Tower) Joy. She was b. in Hing. March 

 22, 1713-14. According to Deane's History, this fam. was at Scit. 

 1748. David and David, Jr., however, were residents of Hing. sec. 

 pre. at a later period. 



