Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Matthew Marvin
1600 - 1680 (~ 77 years)-
Name Matthew Marvin [1] Birth of Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut [2] Alternate birth Bef 26 Mar 1600 [3, 4] Baptism 26 Mar 1600 Great Bentley, Essex, England [3, 4] Gender Male Death Between 22 Jan 1678 and 13 Jul 1680 Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut [3, 4] Siblings 1 sibling Person ID I14486 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of LD, Ancestor of TSW Last Modified 7 Jan 2024
Father Edward Mervyn, b. of Ramsey, Essex, England d. 13 Nov 1615, Great Bentley, Essex, England Mother Margaret d. Bef 28 May 1633 Family ID F9033 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Elizabeth, b. Abt 1604 d. Abt 1642 (Age ~ 38 years) Children + 1. Mary Marvin, b. Bef 16 Dec 1628 d. 26 Mar 1713, Norwich, New London, Connecticut (Age > 84 years) + 2. Sarah Marvin, b. Bef 27 Dec 1631 d. Bef 16 Jan 1702, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut (Age < 70 years) Family ID F9032 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 7 Dec 2018
Family 2 Alice d. Between 1 Dec 1680 and 31 Jan 1681, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Marriage Bef 1647 [3] Family ID F23376 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 7 Jan 2024
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Notes - Came in 1635 with his wife and family on the Increase. Described variously as a husbandman, yeoman, and wheelwright. He was a "sydeman" of the parish of Great Bentley in 1621, overseer in 1627, and senior warden in 1628.
He was among the "Adventurers Party" of twenty-five men led by John Steele who scouted area that would become Hartford in October 1635, before the Rev. Hooker's party departed Cambridge in May 1636, and he was one of sixteen founders living in Hartford in 1635 prior to the arrival of Hooker's party. His name is on the Founders Monument in downtown Hartford. He removed to Norwalk in 1651, where he was deputy to the general court in 1654.
- Came in 1635 with his wife and family on the Increase. Described variously as a husbandman, yeoman, and wheelwright. He was a "sydeman" of the parish of Great Bentley in 1621, overseer in 1627, and senior warden in 1628.
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Sources - [S468] A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England by James Savage. Boston: Little, Brown, 1860-64.
- [S1993] The Benjamin Families from Columbia County, New York by R. M. Benjamin. Bloomington, Illinois: Pantagraph, 1911.
- [S101] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3 and The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-7, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2011.
- [S1994] John Insley Coddington, "Notes on the Ancestry of Reinold and Matthew Marvin." The American Genealogist 18:1, July 1941.
- [S468] A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England by James Savage. Boston: Little, Brown, 1860-64.