Family Group Sheet
NameMatthew MARVIN
Christen26 Mar 1600, Great Bentley, Essex, England [639]
Move1636, Hartford, Hartford Co, CT [Original settler]
Will20 Dec 1678, Norwalk, Fairfield Co, CT [639]
Death1687, Norwalk, Fairfield Co, CT [677]
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OccupationHighway surveyor
FatherEdward MARVIN (1545-1616)
MotherMargaret (Marvin) (1550-1633)
Other spousesElizabeth (Marvin)
Marriage1647, Hartford, Hartford Co, CT [639]
SpouseAlice [Bouton]
Will1 Dec 1680, Norwalk, Fairfield Co, CT [677, Printed at 51:330]
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Other spousesJohn Bouton
Children
1 MSamuel Marvin
Christen6 Feb 1647/8, Hartford, Hartford Co, CT [157]
Deathbef 1680
Death MemoNot mentioned in mother’s will
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2 FRachel Marvin
Christen30 Dec 1649, Hartford, Hartford Co, CT [157]
Deathaft 1680, Norwalk, Fairfield, CT
Death Memomother’s will
SpouseSamuel Smith
Notes for Matthew MARVIN
Came to New England 1635 on the "Increase.” Listed on the passenger list as husbandman Matthew Marvyn, 35, wife Elizabeth 31, Mathew 8, Marie 6, Sara 3, Hanna 1-2.[ [641]] Original proprietor at Hartford. Surveyor of highways. Name on founders monument.[ [589]]
He lived at the corner of Village and front streets until the early 1650s. Matthew was also among the original settlers of Norwalk, which town he represented in 1654 in the General Court. (NEHGR 16:36)
Savage’s: MATTHEW, Hartford 1638, an orig. propr. came in the Increase, 1635, from London, aged 35, a husbandman, with w. Elizabeth 31, and ch. Elizabeth in the custom-ho. rec. call. 31, prob. by error for 11; Matthew, 8; Mary, 6; Sarah, 3; and Hannah, 6 mos. He was one of the orig. grantees of Norwalk, and sett. there 1653, rep. next yr. At Hartford he had Abigail, b. bef. 1641; Samuel, bapt. 16 Feb. 1648; and Rachel, 30 Dec. 1649; and d. 1687. Elizabeth m. John Olmstead, surv. him and made her will 15 Oct. 1689; Mary m. 11 Oct. 1648, Richard Bushnell of Saybrook, and in 1680, deac. Thomas Adgate as sec. h. had ch. by ea. and d. 29 Mar. 1713, aged 84; Sarah m. Oct. 1648, William Goodrich of Wethersfield; Hannah m. Jan. 1654, Thomas Seymour; Abigail m. 1 Jan. 1657, John Bouton; and Rachel [[vol. 3, p. 165]] m. Samuel Smith.
He lived at the corner of Village and front streets until the early 1650s. Matthew was also among the original settlers of Norwalk, which town he represented in 1654 in the General Court. (NEHGR 16:36)
Savage’s: MATTHEW, Hartford 1638, an orig. propr. came in the Increase, 1635, from London, aged 35, a husbandman, with w. Elizabeth 31, and ch. Elizabeth in the custom-ho. rec. call. 31, prob. by error for 11; Matthew, 8; Mary, 6; Sarah, 3; and Hannah, 6 mos. He was one of the orig. grantees of Norwalk, and sett. there 1653, rep. next yr. At Hartford he had Abigail, b. bef. 1641; Samuel, bapt. 16 Feb. 1648; and Rachel, 30 Dec. 1649; and d. 1687. Elizabeth m. John Olmstead, surv. him and made her will 15 Oct. 1689; Mary m. 11 Oct. 1648, Richard Bushnell of Saybrook, and in 1680, deac. Thomas Adgate as sec. h. had ch. by ea. and d. 29 Mar. 1713, aged 84; Sarah m. Oct. 1648, William Goodrich of Wethersfield; Hannah m. Jan. 1654, Thomas Seymour; Abigail m. 1 Jan. 1657, John Bouton; and Rachel [[vol. 3, p. 165]] m. Samuel Smith.
