NameMatthew MARVIN
Christen26 Mar 1600, Great Bentley, Essex, England [639]
ImmigrationSpring 1635, Massachusetts Bay aboard the Increase [from London] [3], [1053]
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 spousesAlice [Bouton]
MarriageJan 1622, Great Bentley, Essex, England
SpouseElizabeth (Marvin)
Birth1603/1604, Great Bentley, Essex, England
Deathabt 1645, Hartford, Hartford Co, CT [639]
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Children
1 FElizabeth Marvin
Christen15 Sep 1622, Great Bentley, Essex, England [1001]
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SpouseJohn Olmstead
Marriagebef 1650, Great Bentley, Essex, England
2 MMatthew Marvin
Birth15 Sep 1622, Great Bentley, Essex, England [1001]
Christen8 Nov 1626, Great Bentley, Essex, England [1001]
Death1712, Norwalk, Fairfield, CT [639]
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Christen16 Dec 1628, Great Bentley, Essex, England [662]
Death29 Mar 1713, Norwich, New London Co, CT [359], [4]
BurialOld Burying Grnd, Norwich, CT
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Marriage11 Oct 1648, Hartford, Hartford Co, CT [157]
Marriageabt 1660
4 FSarah Marvin
Christen27 Dec 1631, Great Bentley, Essex, England [639]
Deathbef 7 Jan 1702/3, (will prob) Stratford, Fairfield, CT [1003]
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SpouseWilliam Goodrich
Marriage4 Oct 1648, Hartford, Hartford Co, CT [157]
SpouseWilliam Curtis
Marriageaft 1676, Connecticut
5 FHannah Marvin
ChristenOct 1634, Great Bentley, Essex, England [639]
Deathaft 1680, Norwalk, Fairfield, CT?
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SpouseThomas Seymour
MarriageJan 1653/4, Norwalk, Fairfield, CT [639]
Birth1637, Hartford, Hartford Co, CT [639]
Deathaft 1680, Stamford, Fairfield, CT?
Death Memostep-mother’s will
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Marriage1 Jan 1656, Norwalk, Fairfield, CT [639]
7 FRebecca Marvin
Birth1639, Hartford, Hartford Co, CT [639]
Death23 Jan 1712, Prob. Farmington, Hartford Co, CT [1001]
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SpouseJohn Clark
Marriage1664, Hartford, Hartford Co, CT [1001]
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.
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