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

Remold and Matthav Marvin 105
John (48), made in 1594, for whom I am unable to find any
other place. As he is not mentioned in the Will of his uncle
John (36), he was probably born after that was made, if the
assignment to this family is correct.
40 Edward, 5 (Reinold* John? John? Roger 1
), born in
Ramsey about 1550, or probably earlier, as his father's Will
is dated in 1554/5, which it will be remembered mentioned
six children. He was evidently a man of considerable
property, owning lands and houses in various Parishes, which
he bequeathed to his sons. From his father he inherited a
house and lands in Wrabness ; by this we are enabled to
identify him as the son of Reinold (16) ; this, together with
a house and land in Wix, he left to his son Edward, 6 who
disposes of them in his Will. These two parcels in Wix
and Wrabness adjoined each other, and the son's Will enables
us to locate them very nearly, as will be seen later.
The principal Manor in Wrabness — " Wrabness Hall " —
was originally a part of the estate of Maud, Countess of
Oxford; in 141 2/3, she gave it to a sisterhood of nuns.*
Later it became the property of the Ayloffes, as has already
been mentioned ; f it is a little east of All Saints' Church.
Suckling says this ancient Church bears evidence of having
been erected in the time of the Norman kings. The northern
door is closed with masonry, but once had a circular arch
and plain mouldings. In 1845, when he described it, "the
entrance was on the south side, through a small porch which
* Newcourt, II : p. 686. t See p. 76, supra. \ Suckling, as cited, p. 106.
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