William Runnels Marston

William Runnels was born on April 8th, 1788 in Metheun,Essex,Massachusetts.  William Runnels' father was Samuel Marston and his mother was Eunice Runnels.  His paternal grandparents were John Marston and Mary Poor; his maternal grandparents were Stephen Reynolds and Hannah Pearl. He had a brother and seven sisters, named Samuel, Hannah, Deborah, Sarah, Polly, Anna, Charlotte and Eliza.  He was the fourth oldest of the nine children.  He died at the age of 16 in 1804 in Andover,Oxford,Maine.