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Mathew MARVIN II.288. Mathew I MARVIN
was born on 26 Mar 1600 in Titchfield, Hampshire, Eng. He died in 1680.
He came from England in 1635 and was among the original settlers of Hartford,
Con Descendants of Reinold and Matthew Marvin
Genealogical Sketch of the descendants of Reinold and Matthew Marvin, who came
to New England in 1635. (Compiled from authentic sources, by T.T.Marvin, Boston)
The following sketch is necessarily imperfect, from the fact that the records
to make it complete are not within the reach of the compiler. It was originally
commenced by him with the hope of tracing the direct line of his ancestry to
the first emigrant to this country; in this he has been entirely successful.
If those of the name will communicate to the compiler correct lists of their
families, he will hereafter make use of them.
In some of the following records there are apparent discrepancies in regard to
ages of persons, arising from the fact that their birth was recorded for old
style, and their death for new style.
The first family by the name of Mar vin, who came to New England, consisted of
two brothers, Rein old and Matthew, and one sister, Hannah, who probably came
over from England with her brother, Rein old. I have not been able to ascertain
in what year Rein old came to New England. Matthew, and his family, came in
1635, as will be seen by the following statement:
During the summer months of 1842, Hon. James Savage of Boston, Mass who was on
a visit to England, was chiefly occupied with searching for materials to illustrate
the early annals of New England. He was richly compensated for his toil. The
result of his investigations was published in the 8th vol. Mass. his. Coll.,
3d series, under the title of 'Gleanings for New England History From this article
I extract the following:
Perhaps the acquisition most valuable, in the opinion of our local antiquaries,
is my copious extracts from a MS. volume in folio, at the Augmentation Office
(so Called), where the rev. Joseph Hunter, one of the record commissioners, presides,
in rolls court, West-Minster Hall. it contains the names of persons, permitted,
to embark at the port of London, after Christmas, 1634, to the same period in
the following year, kept generally in regular succession. this was found a few
months since, and may not have been seen by more than two or three persons for
two hundreds years.
Under date of 15th April, 1635, is the following entry in the above named volume:
this parties hereafter expressed, are to be transported to New England, inbarqued
in the Increase, Robert Lea, master, have taken the oath of allegiance and supremacy,
as also being conformable, & as whereof they brought testimony per certif.
from the Justice and ministers where there abodes have lately been.
The following names are included in the list above referred to:Husbandman-Matthew
Marvyn, 35 yrs of age, Elizabetth 31 years of age, Elizabeth 11 yrs of age, Matthew
8 yearsof age, Marie 6 years of age, Sara 3 years of age and Hanna 6 months
of age.
The brothers Matthew and Reinold were among the original settlers of Hartford,
Conn., and both were proprietors of land in that ancient town.
Mathew resided on the corner of Village and Front streets, Hartford, for some
years. He was among the pioneers in the settlement of Norwalk, which town he
represented in the General Court in 1654. Matthew, his son represented that town
in 1594 and 1697; Samuel his grandson, 1718 and John, his grandson, in 1734
and 1788. He died at Norwalk, in 1678.
Reinold (This name is spelled in different ways--Reginold, Reinold, Renold, Reynolds.
I have used Reinold, in these records.) sold his land in Hartford and removed
to Farminton, and was probably among the first settlers of that town. about
1648, hi sold his property in Farminton to John Warner. The property sold to
Warner consisted of a homelot of five acres, a new house, and other lands, which
are recorded at Farmington. this was a prominent homelot, having Mr. Willis
of Hartford, on one side, and Mr. Hopkins on the other; it was on the west side
of the main street. From Farmington he removed to that part of Saybrook, which
is now Lyme, where he died in 1662. He had two children, Reinold and Mary.
His daughter Mary married William Waller of Saybrook; they had sons William,
John, Samuel, and Matthew. The early town records of Saybrook have been unfortunately
destroyed by fire, --and the Farminton town records do not extend back farther
than 1646;so that it is only by collateral evidence that some of the foregoing
dates and conclusions have been arrived at. His will is recorded on the Colony
Records at Hartford, in which he directs that to each of his grandchildren,"there
be provided and given a Bible as soon as they are capable of using them."
the inventory of his estate amounted to over 800 pounds..
Hannah married Francis Barnard, at Hartford, in 1644 and removed from thence
to Hadley, Mass. She died in 1676. Farmer says, that Francis Barnard is the
ancestor of all the divines of the name of Barnard, who have graduated at Harvard,
excepting John of Marblehead, and Jeremiah of Manchester, N.H.
Reinold Marvin (son of Reinold, preceding), born about 1634 married, about 1663,
Sarah Clarke, daughter of George Clarke Jr., of Milford, Conn., husbandman.
She was baptized Feb. 18, 1644. He is known on the town records as Lieutenant
Reinold Marvin. He was one of a committee appointed to divide the town of Saybrook
in the year 1665. that part of the town lying east of Connecticut river, was
named Lyme, from Lyme Regis, in the south-west of England. Lieut. Marvin was
a large landholder, and a prominent man in the town. He represented Lyme in
the General Court in 1670, and from 1672 to 1676. He had three sons, John, born
1664/5. Reinold, born 1669; and Samuel born 1671: and two daughters, Mary and
Sarah. Mary married Richard Ely of Saybrook. He died in 1676, aged 42 years.
His widow, Sarah Marvin, married Capt. Joseph Sill, Feb 12, 1677/8. She was
his second wife, and had children--Joseph, born Jan 6,1678/9; and Zechariah,
born June 1, 1682. Capt. Sill had formerly lived in Cambridge--his first wife
was Jemima Belcher, daughter of Andrew Belcher, by whom he had several children.
He had distinguished himself in Philip's Indian war. He died Aug 6,1696, age
60.
Reinold Marvin, second son of Lieutenant Reinold, was born in 1669. He was famous
as Lyme's Captain. He was a deacon in the Congregational Church. He represented
Lyme in the General Court form 1701 to 1728. He was first married in 1695, to
Phebe ?; she died Oct 21, 1707; married the second time in 1708, to Martha Waterman,
daughter of Thomas Waterman of Norwich; she died Nov. 1753, aged 73. He died
Oct 18, 1737, aged 68 years. The following is inscribed on his tombstone: "This
Deacon, aged sixty-eight, Is freed on earth from serving; May for a crown no
longer wait, Lyme's Captain, Reinold Marvin." The inscription, as also
that on the gravestone of his first wife, was executed by an illiterate artist,
and with bad spelling, and the effects of time, is now rather obscure. The following
is the inscription on the gravestone of his first wife: "Here lies the
body of Phebe Marvin wife of Reinold Marvin who died Oct 21, 1707, in the 31
year of her age. Her body only resting here, Her soul is fled to a higher sphere.
Samuel Marvin, thirs son of Lieutent Reinold, represented Lyme in the General
Court, in 1711 and 1722.
Reinold Marvin, first son of Captain Reinold, was know and spoken of as Deacon
Marvin. A great many anecdotes are related concerning This Deacon Marvin--which
have generally been attributed to Captain Reinold. I am fully convinced, however,
that they all belong to his son Reinold; both being Deacons, and both having
the same christian name, the mistake could easily be made. This son Reinold
was unquestionably the poet who composed the epitaphs on his father's and mother's
tombstones, and the odd genius of whom a multitude of anecdotes and queer sayings
and rhymes, are still related; the most of them are positively known to apply
only to the son of Captain Reinold.
Reinold Marvin, first son of Deacon Reinold, graduated at Yale College, 1748;
studied law; resided in Litchfield. He left a daughter who married Ephraim Kirby,
who prepared the first volume of Law Reports published in the United States.
Major Reinold Marvin Kirby of the U.S.Army, son of Ephraim Kirby, was twice
breveted for gallantry in the war of 1812, and died in the services in 1842.
Richard Pratt Marvin, a great-grandson of Deacon Reinold, was a Member of the
25th and 26th Congresses of the United States. Is at this time one of the Judges
of the Supreme Court of the State of New York.
William Marvin, brother of Richardd P., is a District judge in the U.S. court
for the district of Florida, and resides at Dey West.
Dudley Marvin, a great-grandson of Lyme's captain, was twice elected a Member
of Congress from Ontario county, N. Y., and 1846, a Member from Chautauque County,
N.Y.
William Marvin, another great-grandson of Lyme's Captain, was for several years
a Judge of Probate, for the District of Lyme, Conn.
Copied from book The Founders of New England.
289. Elizabeth E Gregory
was born in 1603/4. Children were:
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