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member of the Past Masters' Association
of the Twelfth Masonic District; and is
past high priest of Anmour Chapter, No.
292, Royal Arch Masons, of Port Chester,
which he helped to organize. He is also
a member of the New York Consistory
and the Mecca Shrine; the Azim Grotto;
and the Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks, of Port Chester; he was organ-
izer and served as treasurer of the latter
organization for several years. Other
social activities of Mr. Marshall's include
membership in the Greenwich Country
Club, which he serves as treasurer; is a
member and secretary of the Indian Harbor
Yacht Club ; and the New York Athletic
Club. His chief recreation is found
in hunting and fishing, and he is a mem-
ber of several rod and gun clubs, including
the Red Spot Fishing Club, of Upton,
Maine; and River Hill Fishing Club, of
Greenwich, Connecticut.
Mr. Marshall married Edith B. Walsh,
daughter of Hon. Robert Jay Walsh.
They were the parents of a son, Robert
Jay Walsh Marshall, born August 20,
1906. Mrs. Marshall died February 4,
1910.
(The Mead Line).
(I) William Mead, of Fairfield, Con-
necticut, was born about 1600, and died
in 1663. In 1625 he married, and was the
father of John Mead, of whom further.
(II) John Mead, son of William Mead,
was born in 1634, and died February 5,
1609. He married Hannah Potter, daugh-
ter of William Potter, and they were the
parents of John (2) Mead, of whom fur-
ther.
(III) John (2) Mead, son of John
Mead, was born about 1658, and died May
12. 1693. He married, in 1681, Ruth Har-
dey, daughter of Richard Hardey, of
Stamford, Connecticut, and they were the
parents of John (3) Mead, of whom fur-
ther.
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(IV) John (3) Mead, son of John (2)
Mead, was born October 7, 1682. He
married, in 1724, Elizabeth Lockwood,
and died in 1759. They were the parents
of Captain Matthew Mead, of whom fur-
ther.
(V) Captain Matthew Mead, son of
John (3) Mead, was born about 1734, and
died in 1812. He married, about 1759,
Mary Bush, a descendant of an old fam-
ily (see Bush V), and they were the par-
ents of Pamelia Bush Mead, born January
21, 1784, died February 8, 1857, who
married Stephen Marshall (see Marshall
II).
(The Bush (Bosch) Line).
(I) Hendrick Bosch, ancestor of the
Bush family, was a native of Leyden,
Holland. He was married three times,
his first wife being Anna Maria (Rem-
bach) Bosch.
(II) Albert Bosch, son of Hendrick
Bosch, was born in Holland, in 1645, and
came to America with his father and stepmother.
Like his father, he was a sword
cutler. In 1689 he was sergeant and then
leader of Captain Peyster's company in
Leister's Rebellion. He married. May i,
1668, Elsie Blanch, baptized February 22,
1643, daughter of Jeurian Blanch, a gold-
smith.
(HI) Justus Bosch, son of Albert Bosch,
was born in 1674, and died in 1739; he
was a merchant. In 1726 he bought proprietary
rights in land in the Peningo
Neck Purchase, Rye, New York. At one
time he was a resident of Greenwich, Con-
necticut, where he also purchased land.
Probably he lived in Greenwich before
settling in Rye, for on June 15, 1716, the
town of Greenwich voted to "Justice Bush
of New York" mill privileges on Horseneck
brook. Earlier than this he is recorded
in Newtown, Connecticut, where
on July 25, 1705, he and two other men
purchased from the Indians a tract of