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

32 The English Ancestry of
thought to be the eldest son. The date of his death is not
known. For reasons given above it seems probable that he
was the father of
10 Thomas, 3 of Harwich, Essex, b. about 1490 or earlier; mar.
Anne ; d. in Harwich, November or December, 1550.
5 John 2 {Robert), of Washbrook, Suffolk, was probably
born about 1468 ; he married Elizabeth , who
survived
him. He died in June, 1500, or more probably 15 12 (see
pp. 25, 26), in Washbrook, where his father owned an estate
which his Will directed should be sold ; whether this passed
into the hands of John, or whether he had a home of his own
there before his father removed to Ipswich, we cannot tell.
As will be seen by his Will below, John also had a "tene-
ment with appertenaunces " in Great Belstead, "lately called
Smythys " [ ? Smyth's], very likely the name of its previous
owner, and from the manner in which it is mentioned, re-
cently acquired ; and we note that the Will of Rose, the
widow of his son John, makes her "brother, John Smythe,"
her supervisor. The old Church in Great Belstead was
dedicated to St. Mary. In the return of Church property
in 1547, this Church had a bell, "which was broke v years
past," and was " solde for xxx s . . . which
is and shalbe
Imployed to y e reperacs of y e chvrch roffe and y e palyng of
y e chvrch-yerd." It was replaced in 1553.
The location of the " Copy-lands " which are mentioned
does not certainly appear, but it seems to have been in Great
Belstead. This was a class of property subject to the pay-