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

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The English Ancestry of
preceding century, but this bequest was about equivalent to
twelve times the corresponding amount in our day, or not
far from $400. A pleasant bit of sentiment shines out in
the legacy to the daughter bearing her mother's name, who
was to have "her mother's gyrdell." This, in the olden
time, was the wedding-gift of a newly married wife to her
husband ; evidently he had treasured it carefully.
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THIRD GENERATION.
8 son, name unknown, but possibly John ( ?John?
Roger 1
), born about 1480. The "Widow Marvin," mention-
ed in " Exchequer Lay Subsidy, Essex 108/237, 32 Henry
VIII," as taxed in Ramsey in 1540 "on her movables xv^.,"
may have been his relict. His children were certainly four,
and possibly six or seven ; three of them lived in Ramsey,
and their names are learned from the Wills of two of the
sons, printed below. While only one of these mentions a
sister, a later Will seems to show there were other daugh-
ters. The dates of birth are unknown, but some of them
may be learned approximately from the same sources.
In the following list of the children of (?) John, we first
give those certainly known to be brothers, and their sister,
and next those thought to be sisters from the allusions in the
Will of John 5 Marvin, who died in 1571, with the reasons for
the conclusions reached.
15 i. John 4 believed to be the eldest son; and b. possibly
about 1510. He married and had issue, as appears by the
Will of his brother Thomas, who does not mention their