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

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Harwich and Dovercourt," the former place being regarded
as in some sense a dependency of the latter, in which the
" mother Church " of the Parish was located.
He married Anne , who survived him. He owned a
house and garden in Harwich, where his widow resided until
her death, and in her Will, made 30 March, 1558, and proved
30 December following, she mentions some of its rooms and
furnishings. From allusions in this Will it may be inferred
that her husband was a shop-keeper in Harwich, and both
Wills show that he owned other estates there beside his
residence, to which the widow refers, while the list of her
debtors proves that she had money to lend. Both husband
and wife were buried, if the directions given in their Wills
were observed, the former in the old Church of St. Nich-
olas, Harwich, and the latter in the Church-yard which
adjoins it.
Harwich was the principal port and market-town for the
Parishes in the north-eastern part of Essex ; it is seventy-
two miles from London, and stands on a cliff of peculiar
formation, which juts into the sea at the mouth of the Stour,
having that river (which separates Essex from Suffolk) on
the north and Orwell Haven on the south, making a good
harbor. Two centuries ago there were but three principal
streets in the place, called High, Church, and West streets,
with numerous lanes or alleys. Its chief trade was from the
fisheries carried on by its people, who supplied London with
cod from the North Sea, and lobsters from the coast of Nor-
way. Henry VIII made a royal visit to Harwich, 8 June,
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