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

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The English Ancestry of
that he had some interest with him in the fisheries of the
North Sea, whose waters wash the shores of the Parishes
east of Ramsey, and of which the adjoining borough of Har-
wich and Dovercourt was then the chief port.
He makes no allusion to his wife, from which it is inferred
that she was no longer living.
His children were
48 i. John, 6 b. about 1558. As he bears his father's name and
perhaps takes a larger share of the estate than his brother,
[certainly in money], he may have been the elder. He mar.
, dau. of Hieron Guylberd, by whom he had issue ; from
the terms of his Will which is dated 14 July, 1594, and
from the names of his children, as will be seen on a sub-
sequent page, he may have been married a second time.
49 ii. Robert, b. about ; he is given ^40, the " Rynge with
letters," the house and lands at " the Bridge foot," Ramsey,
and two acres of woodland in the same Parish, with other
property. It will be observed that the house in Ramsey was
the homestead, while his brother is given lands in another
Parish. Robert also is to receive " the best " of some of
the household furnishings, with sheep and cattle, while John
has " the worste," and no share in the live stock is men-
tioned as given him. The larger bequest of money to John
may compensate for the preference in other matters which
seems to be shown to Robert ; but as the comparative value
of the lands and houses is unknown, and except the order in
which the two are named there is nothing in the Will to in-
dicate which was the elder son, and by his " birthright,"
entitled to the larger share in his father's estate, it may be
thought that Robert was the elder. We learn nothing more
of him.