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

120 The English Ancestry of
proved at Ipswich " by the relict "12 October following, thus
showing very nearly the date of his death. He was buried
in Copdocke Churchyard. His children named in his Will
were :
63 i. Thomas, 6 b. . He
mar. 26 Oct., 1577,
is thought to be the Thomas who
in Washbrook, Mary Skotte, and had
(1) Isaacke? bap. there 16 Feb., 1578/9 ; (2) Robert, bap.
17 April, 1581 ; (3) Mary, bap. 24 Oct., 1585 (Washbrook
Register).
64 ii. Elizabeth, b. ; mar. Bloboll.
65 iii. Richard, b. ; if the children recorded at Washbrook
were those of his brother Thomas, we should infer that the
granddaughter ll Katterin," 1 named in the Will below, was
Richard's daughter, as she is not found on that Register.
WILL OF THOMAS MORVIN OF COBDOCKE.*
3ftl tlje name of ~v'm, when first written in the Will, while the printed Calendar
has it Morwin. Similar variations of spelling are not unusual on those records,
e.g., John Marvin, Sr., was indexed John Merwin ; these have been carefully noted
by my correspondent ; but similar " orthographic eccentricities " were common to the
period.
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