Benjamin Marsh was the youngest son of Joseph & Abigail (Simons/Simmons/Symonds) Marsh. Although born in Massachusetts, Benjamin moved to the Finger Lakes Region of New York sometime prior to 1790 and was living there in time to be recorded on the First United States Census (1790) living near the village of Chemung in what was then Montgomery County, NY. At the time of that census, Benjamin had just been married to Martha Sarah Bates (also buried at Hill Cemetery) and the couple had yet to have any children. Ten years later, Benjamin & "Sarah" appear on the 1800 Federal Census living near the Finger Lakes town of Ulysses in what was then Cayuga County, NY. By that time, three of Benjamin & Sarah's eventual ten children had been born: Josiah H. Marsh, Joel Marsh (also buried at Hill Cemetery), & Esther Marsh (also buried at Hill Cemetery). The subsequent seven children were: Benjamin Marsh Jr. (also buried at Hill Cemetery), Clarinda Marsh, John Marsh, Lucinda Marsh, Martha Marsh, Sarah Marsh, & William Marsh. At some point after 1800, Benjamin Marsh moved his family to Concord Township, Delaware County, OH, and he appears there on the 1840 Federal Census living "next door" to son, Josiah. The ancestry of Benjamin Marsh can be traced back to early colonial Connecticut and Massachusetts. Benjamin's ggg-grandfather was the John Webster who was the 5th Governor of the Royal Colony of Connecticut and Benjamin was a cousin to Noah Webster, the noted lexicographer credited with writing the first "American" dictionary. Some evidence exists that Benjamin served in the American Revolution while he was still a New York resident. Page 52 of James A. Roberts' "New York in the Revolution" lists one Benjamin Marsh as a private on a roster for the 4th New York Regiment under the command of Colonel James Holmes. National Archives, however, has not confirmed this enlistment as late as September of 2019.