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

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The English Ancestry of
was probably born about 1587. The same uncertainty as
to his birthplace exists that has been mentioned above ;
he doubtless came to Great Bentley as a child with his
father, and made his home there, for the Parish Register
of St. Mary's has the following entry : " Robert Marvin and
Susan Core [name not clear on the record] single-folk " were
married 8 November, 1616, and had
85 Robert, 7 bap. 14 Jan., 1618, at St. Mary's.
In 1616 he inherited his father's free lands in Frating,
which were then leased to Richard Barnes, but he evidently
resided in Great Bentley for some years afterwards. It may
be that his son Robert (85) settled on Long Island. [See
Appendix.]
58 Reinold, 6 {Edward? Reinold? John? John? Roger?) son
of Edward and Margaret Marvin, was baptized in St. Mary's
Church, Great Bentley, 7 June, 1593, on the same day
with his brother John. Of the latter son nothing more is
known, and as he is not mentioned in his father's Will, it
is supposed he died young. Reinold resided in his native
Parish until shortly before he sailed for New England, for
we find his estate charged with the " Ship Money tax " in
1637,* and he appears in Hartford in 1638, whither he fol-
* In the printed volume entitled "Calendar of State Papers, Domestic, Charles I,
1637," pp. 177-8, is an account of a manuscript volume (CCCLVIII) in the Public
Record Office, of 164 pages, entitled " Essex Ship Money," of which it is said: " The
money raised in Essex was for fitting out a ship of 800 tons, appointed by his Majesty
to be ready at Portsmouth, 1 March, 1636/7. The account states the name of every
inhabitant in every Parish in the County assesssed to the tax, and the amount with