Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 02-03-2022.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: John HOVEY
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 1644 in Ipswich, Massachusetts b
  • Death: 29 Mar 1718 in Topsfield, Massachusetts d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Daniel HOVEY Birth: 9 Aug 1618 in Waltham Abby, Co Essex, England Death: 24 Apr 1692 in Ipswich, Massachusetts
    • Mother:
  • Abigail ANDREWES Birth: Abt 1623 in England Death: 24 Jun 1665

Family:
Marriage:
  • Dorcas IVORY on 3 Aug 1665 at Ipswich, Massachusetts .m1
  • Dorcas IVORY Birth: Abt 1643 in Ealing, Co Middlesex, England Death: 5 Nov 1711 in Topsfield, Massachusetts
Children:
  1. John HOVEY Birth: Dec 1666 in Ipswich, Massachusetts
  2. Dorcas HOVEY Birth: 16 Jan 1668 in Topsfield, Massachusetts
  3. (Unk) HOVEY Birth: 1671 Death: 1671
  4. Elizabeth HOVEY Birth: 18 Jan 1672 in Topsfield, Massachusetts
  5. Susanna HOVEY Birth: 1674
  6. Luke HOVEY Birth: 3 May 1676 in Topsfield, Massachusetts Death: 31 Oct 1751 in Boxford, Massachusetts
  7. Ivory HOVEY Birth: 1678 in Topsfield, Massachusetts
  8. Abigail HOVEY Birth: 28 Apr 1680 in Topsfield, Massachusetts

Marriage:
  • Mercy BOYNTON on 30 Nov 1712 at Ipswich, Massachusetts .m2
  • Mercy BOYNTON Birth: 5 Oct 1651 in Rowley, Massachusetts Death: 22 Dec 1730 in Rowley, Massachusetts

Bibliography
  1. Andrews, H Franklin, History of the Andrews Family: A Genealogy of Robert Andrews and his descendants, 1635 to 1890. Audubon, Iowa: William E Brinkerhoff, 1890. LDS Film#0874221#3. Available at http://books.google.com?id=NNg6AAAAMAAJ Information from this source tagged as [Ref: AndrewsHF ANDREWS p[0-9-]*].
  2. Cutter, William Richard, New England Families, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co, 1913. M-LH 974 Cut. NYPL APR (New England) (Cutter) (NYPL has both 1913 and 1915 editions). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/272367. Two editions of this work were published in 1913, but contents and page numbering is different; the other is available at (vol 1) http://books.google.com/?id=KvUsAAAAYAAJ, (vol 2) http://books.google.com/?id=_c4UAAAAYAAJ, (vol 3) http://books.google.com/?id=7_UsAAAAYAAJ, (vol 4) http://books.google.com/?id=NegUAAAAYAAJ Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Cutter NE p[0-9]*].
  3. French, Elizabeth, Genealogical Research in England, NEHGR v67 (Oct 1913) p330-348. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image Information from this source tagged as [Ref: French England1913 p3[34][0-9]].
  4. Hammatt, Abraham, The Hammatt Papers, Early Inhabitants of Ipswich, Massachusetts. Ipswich: Antiquarian Papers, 1880. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/253245. Also available at http://archive.org/details/earlyinhabitants13hamm. Reprinted Baltimore: Gen Pub Co, 1980. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Hammatt Ipswich p[0-9]*].
  5. Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849. Salem, Mass: The Essex Institute, 1910. M-LH #PS94. Available at http://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofip01esse Information from this source tagged as [Ref: IpswichMA vitals v[12]p[0-9]*].
  6. Perley, Sidney, The HOVEY Book, Describing the English Ancestry and American Descendants of Daniel HOVEY of Ipswich, Massachusetts, Pub. by Lewis R. Hovey, Haverhill, MA, 1913. LDS Film#1017417#8. Available at http://books.google.com/?id=-VVVAAAAMAAJ. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/133555. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Perley HOVEY p[0-9][0-9]*].
  7. Pope, Charles Henry, The Pioneers of Massachusetts, a Descriptive List, Drawn from Records of the Colonies, Towns, and Churches, and other Contemporaneous Documents. Boston, MA: author, 1900. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1400537. Reprinted Baltimore: Genealogical Pub Co, 1986. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Pope PioneersMA p[0-9][0-9a]*].
  8. Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who came before May 1692, on the basis of Farmer's Register. Boston, MA: Little Brown & Co, 1860. Available at http://archive.org/details/genealogicaldic01savarich. Reprinted Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Published Co, 1965. Scanned and corrected by Robert Kraft, 1994, and available at http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Sav-age [A-Z][A-Z]* [A-Z][a-z]*].
  9. Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who came before May 1692, on the basis of Farmer's Register. Boston, MA: Little Brown & Co, 1860. Available at http://archive.org/details/genealogicaldic01savarich. Reprinted Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Published Co, 1965. Scanned and corrected by Robert Kraft, 1994, and available at http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Savage [A-Z][A-Z]* [A-Z][a-z]*].
  10. Waite, Henry E of West Newton, MA, Early History of Brookfield, Mass, New England Historical Genealogical Register, vol 35, Oct 1881, p339. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Waite BrookfieldMA p[0-9]*].
  11. Waite, Henry E, Hovey, New England Historical Genealogical Register, vol 36, 1882, p195. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Waite HOVEY p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Perley HOVEY p15]
abt 1645 [Ref: Cutter NE p316],
place:
[Ref: Cutter NE p316, Perley HOVEY p15, Sav-age HOVEY Daniel, Waite BrookfieldMA p339],
parents:
[Ref: AndrewsHF ANDREWS p53, Cutter NE p316, Hammatt Ipswich p161, Perley HOVEY p15, Pope PioneersMA p242, Waite HOVEY p195],
father:
[Ref: Hammatt Ipswich p158, Sav-age HOVEY Daniel, Waite BrookfieldMA p339]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
date:
may have been eldest son [Ref: Savage HOVEY Daniel],
mother:
Rebecca ANDREWS [Ref: Savage HOVEY Daniel]
Rebecca ___ [Ref: Waite BrookfieldMA p339]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Perley HOVEY p22]
1718 [Ref: Hammatt Ipswich p161]
between 22 Mar and 7 Apr [Ref: French England1913 p330],
place:
[Ref: French England1913 p330, Perley HOVEY p22]
Sources with Information about marriage to Dorcas IVORY
date:
[Ref: IpswichMA vitals v2p229],
place:
[Ref: French England1913 p330, IpswichMA vitals v2p229, Perley HOVEY p22, Sav-age HOVEY John],
child:
[Ref: AndrewsHF ANDREWS p61, Cutter NE p317, Hammatt Ipswich p161, Sav-age HOVEY John]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
date:
13 Aug 1665 [Ref: AndrewsHF ANDREWS p61, Cutter NE p317, French England1913 p330, Hammatt Ipswich p161, Perley HOVEY p22, Sav-age HOVEY John]
Sources with Information about marriage to Mercy BOYNTON
date:
[Ref: Perley HOVEY p22]
1712 [Ref: Hammatt Ipswich p161],
place:
[Ref: Perley HOVEY p22],
names:
John HOVEY & Mercy GOODHUE [Ref: Hammatt Ipswich p161]
Research Notes:
lived in Ipswich until after 1667, and subsequently in Topsfield, on the farm which his father conveyed to him by deed June 13 1671. Ipswitch Registry of Deeds Book 4 page 114, quoted in [Ref: Perley HOVEY p19]

lived in Topsfield [Ref: Hammatt Ipswich p161]

The house was probably built before 1663, and was gone in 1709. He built a new house near the old site before the latter date, and lived in it [Ref: Perley HOVEY p19]

yeoman, and attained the rank of sergeant in the militia [Ref: Perley HOVEY p19]

prominent in town affairs. tithing man in 1682, pounder 1694, assessor 1694, constable 1672, treasurer 1672, selectman 1678, 1680, 1684, 1686, 1689, and 1692, grandjuror 1690, representative to general court 1704. Mar 2 1676-7 he was one of two chosed by the town to see to the mending of fences. Jan 1680 he was one of a committee chosen to treat with a new minister. Mar 2 1680-1 he was chosen to view some land. Mar 10 1680-1 he was chosen to erect a gallery in the meeting house. Jul 15 1681 he was chosen one of two to inform Rev. Mr. Danforth of the invitation of the town to settle in the ministry in Topsfield. Sep 1 1681 he was hosen to view some land for the town. Mar 4 1683-4 he was chosen one of a committee to lay out a highway from Rowley to Topsfield. Apr 22 1684 he was chosen one of a committee to settle the town line with Ipswich. May 16 1684 he was one of a committee to provide for the ordination of Rev. Joseph Capen. Mar 3 1684-5 he was chosen with others to run the Salem line. Mar 2 1685-6 he was chosen to lay out some land to Mr. Capen, and to renew the parsonage bounds. Apr 16 1686 he was chosen to perambulate the Salem line. Jan 25 1686-7 he was chosen to repair the gallery in the meeting house. Apr 6 1687 and Jan 14 1689-90 he was chosen to "seat" the meeting house. Mar 4 1689-90 he was chosen one of a committee to settle the town line with Boxford. Mar 7 1692-3 he was chosen to view a highway and to lay out a highway. [Ref: Perley HOVEY p19-20]

man of property, being the sixth on the list of those assessed for the minister's rate in 1681, that is, there were only five men that paid a larger tax [Ref: Perley HOVEY p20]

Will dated Mar 22 1718, recorded in the probate records of Essex Co, MA, book 312, page 267, original not found. Will proved Apr 7 1718 [Ref: Perley HOVEY p22]



Pedigree of John HOVEY
          /-----Richard HOVEY
 /-----Daniel HOVEY
|         \-----(Unk) (HOVEY)
John HOVEY
|         /-----Robert ANDREWES
 \-----Abigail ANDREWES
          \-----Elizabeth FRANKLIN



Descendants of John HOVEY
1. John HOVEY m1. Dorcas IVORY m2. Mercy BOYNTON
m. Dorcas IVORY father: Luke IVORY mother: Elizabeth HANBURY
m. Mercy BOYNTON father: John BOYNTON mother: Eleanor PELL

2nd generation

7. Luke HOVEY m. Susanna PILLSBURY
m. Susanna PILLSBURY father: Moses PILLSBURY mother: Susanna WORTH

3rd generation

17. Abijah HOVEY m. Lydia GRAVES
m. Lydia GRAVES

4th generation

19. Solomon HOVEY m. Jerusha WYMAN
m. Jerusha WYMAN

5th generation

24. Solomon HOVEY m. Sarah JOHNSON
m. Sarah JOHNSON