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

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the County." It crossed a tidal creek south of the "Ray,"
and united Ramsey, on the east side, with "Ramsey Street,"
on the west. It is evident from a Will to be cited later,
that one branch of the family lived very near it, and from
various allusions it would appear that there were other Mar-
vin homes between this bridge and Dovercourt, which even
at this distance of time could be located without great diffi-
culty.
17 Thomas 4 ( ?John? John? Roger 1
), of Ramsey, b. ? 15 18 ;
he must have been younger than either John or Reinold, as
he left but one child, while Reinold, who died earlier,* had
six, and John four if not five. Though of Ramsey when
he died, his name is not found among those taxed in the
"Exchequer Lay Subsidy" in 1540, so that if living there
at that time, as his brothers were, he was then probably
under age. He married Mrs. Barbara Brett, who had had
three children, Joan, Margaret, and Mary, by a previous
husband, and these receive legacies from their step-father.
Thomas owned houses and lands, both free and copy-hold,
in Ramsey ; estates in Little Oakley called " Brandon " and
" Clay pittes," and he also had property in Suffolk County,
which is not named, but the fact may have some bearing on
the Ipswich relationship of the Ramsey Marvins, suggested
on a previous page. He, like his brothers, was evidently
* Thomas, in his Will (1561), speaks of him as " lat of Ramsey, deceased." Rei-
nold's Will, as we have seen, was dated December, ; 1554 as the date of probate is
not given we have been unable to fix the year of his death more nearly. Very likely
Thomas was younger than Christian also, the date of birth given being conjectural, as
stated.