Individual Details
Reverend Edward Garrard MARSH
(8 Feb 1783 - 20 Sep 1862)
Events
| Birth | 8 Feb 1783 | Salisbury, Wiltshire, England |  | ||
| Marriage | 7 Jul 1813 | Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England - Lydia (2) WILLIAMS | | ||
| Occupation | From 1850 | Minister of Religion - Alyesford, Kent, England | | ||
| Death | 20 Sep 1862 | Alyesford, Kent, England |
Families
| Spouse | Lydia (2) WILLIAMS (1788 - 1859) |
| Father | John MARSH (1752 - 1828) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Catherine BROWNE (1753 - 1819) |
| Sibling | John (2) MARSH (1775 - 1833) |
| Sibling | Henry Egerton MARSH (1776 - 1811) |
Notes
Birth
He was the son of John MARSH (1752-1828), the most prolific English music composer of that time.Marriage
Edward MARSH was a first cousin to his wife Lydia. Edwards' auntie (Mary WILLIAMS - nee MARSH) was Lydia's mother.A quote from JOHN MARSH (his father) from extract of his journals on this page.
'My Son Edward, having in May 1809 (as before mentioned) acquainted me with his attachment to his cousin Lydia WILLIAMS, and having towards the beginning of this year hinted his intention of making her his wife at the beginning of the following long vacation, ....he on Monday the 5th. set off for my Sister's at Southwell, which he reached on the next day, and on the morning after (the 7th) was there married to his cousin, in presence of my Sister and 2 brothers, who were staying there, and whom Henry acted as Father of the Bride.'
Occupation
Was the Vicar at AlyesfordEdward was an Anglican clergyman and a poet.