The emigrant ancestor of this family was John Coutance (Cotanch), who had come to America sometime prior to 1735 from Southampton, England. He was a sailor and had two sons, John and William. He died in 1802 in Knowlton, Sussex County, New Jersey. Descendants live in New Jersey, Wisconsin, New York and elsewhere. Includes Cotanch/Cotanche and related families of Kell, Marsh, Hooper, Baker, Bischoff, Green, etc.

History of the Marsh family from Gideon Marsh (1790-1859) and his wife Ellenor Curtis (1797-ca. 1869) through Gideon's descendants living in the late 1900's. Gideon Marsh's family came out of Ireland. Other early allied families also came from Canada, England, Germany, Holland, and Scotland. The early ancestors first settled in New Jersey, Connecticut, and New York. Both Gideon and Ellenor came from Connecticut, and lived in Lockport, New York. In...

William Hayden Marsh was born 30 March 1926 in Kansas City, Missouri. His parents were George Sherman Marsh (1895-1925) and Helen Hannah Hayden (1892-1981). His grandparents were Frank Everett Marsh (1869-1945), Anna Elizabeth Cotanch 1867-1928), William Horace Hayden (1860-1914) and Emma Louise R. Regensdorf (1865-1949). Ancestors and relatives lived mainly in Wisconsin, Vermont, New York, Germany and Holland.