Matthew Marvin Jr. (1626 - abt. 1712)

Born 15 Sep 1626 in Great Bentley, Ramsey, Essex, England

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Died about 1712 at about age 85 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut Commonwealth

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Matthew Marvin Jr. immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Matthew Marvin: bpt 8 Nov 1626, Great Bentley; immigrated, age 8, 1635 on the Increase;(see Hotten p 65) m. about 1656 Mary ______; she was living in 1717.^[1]

Matthew Marvin was born 15 September 1626 in Great Bentley, Essex, England. He was baptized 8 November 1626 in St. Mary's Church located in Great Bentley.^[2] He was the son of Matthew Marvin and his first wife, Elizabeth _______^[2] (it is widely believed that her surname was Gregory, but to date, there is no evidence).

He married, about 1650, Mary ____. They had eight (8) children:^[2]

1. [Marvin-415|Matthew Marvin]] (1656-1691)
2. Mary (Marvin) Benedict (1658-1711)
3. Mercy (Marvin) Hayes (1660-1711)
4. Sarah (Marvin) Betts (1662-?)
5. Lieutenant Samuel Marvin (1664-1744)
6. Elizabeth (Marvin) Platt (1671-1763)
7. [Marvin-466|Hannah (Marvin) Platt]] (1675-1703)
8. Sergeant John Marvin (1678-1774)

Matthew emigrated to America aboard the Increase, Robert Lea, Master, in 1635^[2] at the age of about nine.

He represented Norwalk as a Deputy to the Connecticut Legislature in May 1694, May 1697, and October 1697. Matthew passed away in 1712, in Norwalk, Connecticut.^[2]

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Matthew married Mary Brush in 1659/60 at Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut Commonwealth.^[3]

Children of MATTHEW MARVIN and MARY are:^{[citation needed]}

1. RACHEL5 MARVIN?, b. about 1649, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; d. Abt. 1687.

1. MATTHEW MARVIN, b. Abt. 1656, Norwalk; d. 07 Oct 1691, Norwalk.MATTHEW5 He married RHODA ST JOHN Abt. 1688, daughter of MARK STJOHN and ELIZABETH? STANLEY. She was born 12 Aug 1666. They had a daughter MARY6 MARVIN, b. 07 Oct 1689.

1. MARY MARVIN, b. Abt. 1658. She married DANIEL BENEDICT, son of THOMAS BENEDICT and MARY BRIDGUM. He was born in Southold, Long Island.Children of MARY MARVIN and DANIEL BENEDICT are:
2. MARY6 BENEDICT.
3. MERCY BENEDICT.
4. FOUR CHILDREN BENEDICT.
5. DANIEL BENEDICT.
6. HANNAH BENEDICT, m. NATHAN TAYLOR.

1. MERCY MARVIN, b. Abt. 1660; d. 22 Jul 1711, Norwalk.She married WILLIAM HAYNES Abt. 1698. He was born 1648 in England, and died Apr 1712 in Norwalk. said to have sailed from London 8 January 1685 in the "Betty;--" Child of MERCY MARVIN and WILLIAM HAYNES is MARY HAYNES, b. 1699; d. 13 May 1789.

1. SARAH MARVIN, b. Abt. 1662.She married THOMAS BETTS 13 Jan 1680 in Norwalk, Connecticut, son of THOMAS BETTS and MARY RAYMOND. He was born Abt. 1648 in Guilford, Connecticut, and died 1717.Children of SARAH MARVIN and THOMAS BETTS are:
2. THOMAS6 BETTS, b. 28 Jan 1682; d. 1761.
3. JOHN BETTS, b. 07 Jul 1684; d. 07 Jun 1745.
4. SARAH BETTS, b. 21 Jan 1687; d. 12 Jan 1777.
5. MATTHEW BETTS, b. 10 Jan 1691; d. Abt. 1750.
6. MARY BETTS, b. 31 Mar 1694; m. JOHN BARTLETT, Abt. 1724; b. 05 Oct 1677; d. 05 Aug 1761.
7. ELIZABETH BETTS, b. 23 Oct 1699; d. Abt. 1747.

1. SAMUEL MARVIN, b. Abt. 1664; d. Abt. 1754.SAMUEL5 MARVIN (MATTHEW4, MATTHEW3, EDWARD2, REINOLD1) was born Abt. 1664, and died Abt. 1754. He married HANNAH PLATT Abt. 1701, daughter of JOHN PLATT and HANNAH CLARK. She was born 15 Dec 1674 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut3. Children of SAMUEL MARVIN and HANNAH PLATT are:
2. MATTHEW6 MARVIN, b. Oct 1702, Norwalk; d. 06 Dec 1744, Norwalk.
3. SAMUEL MARVIN, b. Abt. 1704, Norwalk.
4. ABIGAIL MARVIN, b. Abt. 1706.
5. JOSIAH MARVIN, b. Abt. 1710; d. Abt. 1780.
6. ISAAC MARVIN, b. 1713, Norwalk; d. 28 Sep 1783.
7. LEWIS MARVIN, b. 1716, Norwalk; d. Abt. 1784.
8. JOSEPH MARVIN, b. Abt. 1718, Norwalk.

1. ELIZABETH MARVIN, b. 02 Dec 1671; d. 09 Apr 1703, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut.She married JOSEPH PLATT 06 Nov 1700 in Norwalk4, son of JOHN PLATT and HANNAH CLARK. He was born 14 Feb 1673 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut5, and died 12 Jun 1748 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut.Child of ELIZABETH MARVIN and JOSEPH PLATT is: ELIZABETH PLATT, b. 02 Dec 1701, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut; d. 16 May 1732, Stratfield.

1. HANNAH MARVIN, b. about 1675 at Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut Commonwealth d. Abt. 1703, Huntington, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York.^[4] She married EPENETUS PLATT, son of EPENETUS PLATT and PHEBE WOOD. He was born 04 Apr 1674 in Huntington, and died 1744.--son of Epenetus and Phebe (Wood) Platt or Epenetus and Sarah (Scudder) Platt;--[there very well could be two Epenetus' who married two Hannah Marvins];--

Children of HANNAH MARVIN and EPENETUS PLATT are: 1 EPENETUS6 PLATT, b. Abt. 1699; d. Abt. 1771. 2 HANNAH PLATT, b. Abt. 1702.-unmarried;

1. JOHN MARVIN, b. 02 Sep 1678, Norwalk; d. 09 Feb 1774, Sharon, Connecticut.He married (1) MARY BEERS 22 Mar 1704, daughter of JAMES BEERS. She was born Abt. 1685 in Fairfield, Connecticut, and died 17 Apr 1720 in Norwalk. He married (2) RACHEL STJOHN 27 Apr 1721, daughter of MATTHIAS STJOHN and RACHEL BOUTON. She was born Abt. 1700, and died 1774.

Children of JOHN MARVIN and MARY BEERS are: 133. i. JOHN6 MARVIN, b. 22 Jul 1705, Norwalk; d. 25 Aug 1775, Brookhaven, Long Island. 134. ii. NATHAN MARVIN, b. 04 Mar 1707, Norwalk. 135. iii. SETH MARVIN, b. 13 Jul 1709; d. Sep 1784. 136. iv. ELIZABETH MARVIN, b. 23 Oct 1713. 137. v. MARY MARVIN, b. 29 Dec 1716. 138. vi. ELIHU MARVIN, b. 10 Oct 1719; d. 17 Aug 1803, Blooming Grove, New York. 139. vii. DAVID MARVIN, b. 24 Aug 1711; d. 1779, Wilkes Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania.

Children of JOHN MARVIN and RACHEL STJOHN are: 140. viii. HANNAH6 MARVIN, b. 04 Dec 1722, Norwalk, Connecticut. 141. ix. JOSEPH MARVIN, b. 20 May 1724. x. RACHEL MARVIN, b. 24 Dec 1725; d. 26 Dec 1725, died young. xi. BENJAMIN MARVIN, b. 14 Mar 1727; d. 17 Mar 1727, died young. 142. xii. RACHEL MARVIN, b. 27 Mar 1729. xiii. SARAH MARVIN, b. 18 May 1733; d. 21 May 1733, died young. xiv. ANN MARVIN, b. 07 Sep 1741; m. (1) JOSEPH SWAIN; m. (2) GODFREY GRAY, 03 May 1769.

Sources

1. ↑ Great Migration 1634-1635, M-P. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume V, M-P, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007. Matthew Marvin Sr. article, p. 68. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB401/i/12155/68/23908600
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, for the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (New Haven, CT; Tuttle, Morehouse, & Taylor Co., 1930-1932)
3. ↑ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Ancestral File Record ID Number: 5148, Salt Lake City: June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998
4. ↑ Lee, Richard Matthew Marvin (b. 15 Sep 1627, d. 1712) accessed online April 25, 2014

• Hall, Edwin. The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut (James Mallory & Co., Norwalk, 1847)

• Page 181: "... a record of the names of persons permitted to embark at the port of London after Christmas, 1634, contained in a MS. folio, at the Augemntation office (so called). Under the date of 15th April, 1634, ... to be transported to New England, imbarked in the Increase, Robert Lea, Master, ...)

• Betts, Charles Wyllys. Thomas Betts, of Guilford and Norwalk, and His Descendants (1888) Page 22.