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

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It may be observed that the approximate dates of birth of
Robert and John are based on the belief that their father's
Will was made in 15 12 and not in 1500; if the latter be the
true date, they are of course too late by as many years ; the
expression " seke yn my boody hoell yn mynde," indicates
that the Will was made in view of approaching death, so that
whichever date be accepted, we cannot doubt that the sons
were of age at that time ; the earlier date would imply that
his son John married Rose quite late, for in her Will, made
in 1557, she provides for the payment of a marriage portion
to an unmarried daughter, — a daughter named in the Will
of Rose's husband, John. He had then been dead twenty-
two years, and if born in 1479 (twelve years before the con-
jectural date assigned to him) he would seem to have been
at least forty years old when his first child was born, while
on the theory proposed he would have been only about
twenty-eight. Finally, the date of probate, 15 15, corrobo-
rates our theory, as we can hardly believe his estate re-
mained unsettled for fifteen years.
WILL OF JOHN MARVYN, SR.
3Tn tlje name of (55otJ Slmen yn the yere of our Lorde God
M'CCCCC and XIJ daye of June I John Marvyn the elder of
Waschbrooke seke yn my boody hoell yn mynde make my testa-
ment and laste wyll in maner foluynge ffyrst I bequeth my sowle
to god Allmyghty to our lady seynt Mary and to all seyntes my
body to be buryed in the cherch yerde of Waschebrook Item I
bequeth to the heygh awter xx d Item I bequeth to Robert Marvyn
and John Marvyn my sonys and to ther heyres of ther bodys law-