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

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The English Ancestry of
names a John Hawkyn, of Tendring Hundred, Harwich
and Dovercourt, as taxed "on his movables in 1540, xxxiiii -
mid." and we note that Roger's eldest son was John :
Thomas, the fourth child above, may be the Thomas of
Harwich, whose dau. Elizabeth mar. 20 July, 1619, Roger,
son of Roger Cooper, and had Thomas, bap. 21 May, 1620 ;
she died a few days after, for the record says " Thomas, son
of Roger Cooper, mariner, and Elizabeth his late wife, was
buried 31 May, 1620." (St. Nicholas Parish Registers,*
Harwich.)
26 ii. Daughter, b. ; mar. Causston. He was a farmer,
but his residence does not appear. They had three chil-
dren living in 1558, whose names are not given, who evi-
dently were not of marriageable age when their grandmother
died. The name of Causston often appears on the Ipswich
records, from 1444 to 1618, when a prominent member of
the family died there.
27 iii. Thomas, b. ; mar. Elizabeth , and had issue.
I suppose him to be the Thomas recorded on the Harwich
Register as buried in St. Nicholas Church, 8 October, 1577.
28 iv. Daughter, b. ; mar. John Barker, a clothier, of Byl-
ston, Suffolk : they had several children, not named, but
their grandmother leaves " xxs. a piece to every won of
them," which implies three or more as living in 1558. She
may have been the second daughter. Bylston was once
flourishing because of its woolen industry. I find it stated
that at the time when the Barkers were living there it had
a Chapel dedicated to St. Leonard — which has long since
* Names of members of the Cooper family (frequently spelled Cowper) appear with
great frequency on these Registers. The identity of Christian names in numerous
cases at the same period, renders it impossible to establish beyond doubt the con-
clusions given in the text and under No. 21, but it is proper to say these have been
given only after careful search and comparison of the various entries.
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