The English ancestry of Reinold and Matthew Marvin of Hartford, Ct ...

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The English Ancestry of
8 Robert 3 (John, 2 Roger 1
), of Ramsey, born about 1490,
or earlier, as he mentions five or more grandchildren in
his Will, made 10 December, 1556. His father's name
has not been certainly found, but the reasons for the conjec-
tural assignment given have been stated on a previous page.
He married Isabell , who survived him. As his Will
was proved 19 January, 1556/7, he evidently deceased not
far from 1 January, 1557.* His widow's Will is dated 2 Jan-
uary, 1559/60, and was proved 6 June following, which fixes
the date of her death within a few months. Robert was
buried in St. Michael's Church, Ramsey.
He owned houses and lands, both free and copy-hold, in
Ramsey, which he gave to his widow in life tenure ; estates
called "Boseman's" and "Bodies" he conveys under condi-
tions, for £60, to James Hewit or Hughitt, believed to have
been his grandson ; he also owned land called " Puttyte's,"
in Great Oakley, which he bequeathed to Francis Borflete,
eldesjt son of his sister Ann. He had been a resident
of Ramsey for many years before his death, as he was
taxed ten shillings on his " movables " in that Parish in
1540.
He names "godsons" Reynold and John Marvin: as
neither his Will nor his wife's mentions any son, these can-
not have been his grandchildren, as were the godsons of
* This Will is dated, as will be seen, " in the third and fourth year of Philip and
Mary." The latter was proclaimed Queen 19 July, 1553, and married Philip in July,
1554 ; December, 1556, was therefore in the fourth year of her reign, and fixes the date
above given,