Phillip Innholder Marvel (abt. 1758 - 1794)

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Died 29 Oct 1794 at about age 36 in Nanticoke Hundred, Sussex, Delaware, United States

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Biography

PHILIP INNHOLDER MARVEL was born in 1758 in Sussex County, Delaware. He was the son of Robert Marvel and Rachel Chase

He died on 29 Oct 1794 in Nanticoke Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware. He married ELIZABETH ‘BETTY’ SHORT. She died in 1805.

Marvel Genealogy from Alan Marvel's website:
The Descendants of Robert Marvel, Sr. - New
Information on Robert Marvel (Planter)

Philip Innholder Marvel and Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Short had the following children:

1. THOMAS INNHOLDER MARVEL was born in 1775. He married SARAH UNKNOWN. She died in 1841.

2. JOSIAH PHILLIPS MARVEL was born in 1780 in Sussex County, Delaware. He died on 1 Feb 1861 in Sussex County, Delaware. He married AMELIA DAFFIN. She was born in 1766 in Delaware. She died in 1819 in Delaware. He married LOVEY TINDAL. She was born in 1787 in Sussex County, Delaware. She died in 1853 in Sussex County, Delaware.

3. ELIZABETH REBECCA MARVEL was born in 1780.

4. NUTTER MARVEL was born in 1784 in Sussex County, Delaware. He died on 22 Jan 1846 in Delaware. He married Elizabeth Houston, daughter of Elijah Houston and Elizabeth Thornton on 31 Oct 1805 in Delaware. She was born in 1788 in Delaware. She died on 18 Apr 1846 in Delaware.

5. ADAM MARVEL was born in 1785 in Delaware. He married (1) ELIZABETH HEATHER on 24 Nov 1804 in Dorchester, Maryland. He married (2) JANE THOMAS on 25 Feb 1847 in Delaware.

6. ROBERT MARVEL was born in 1787 in Sussex County, Delaware. He married ESTHER UNKNOWN. She died in 1809.

7. PHILLIP A MARVEL was born on 09 Dec 1793 in Kent, Delaware. He died after June 1880 in Kent, Delaware. He married MARGARET HARRINGTON. She was born in Jan 1795. She died on 01 Mar 1859 in Mispillion, Kent, Delaware.

8. JEHU JOHN MARVEL was born in 1794 in Sussex County, Delaware. He married MARY UNKNOWN. She was born in 1804.

Sources

• The Descendants of Robert Marvel, Sr. - New(NOTE: Some of this information has been found to be incorrect or attributed to others of the same name, especially the information for this Phillip Marvel. He was NOT the one who died on 28 May 1885, as the Philip Marvel that died that day was born in 1799 to a David Marvel, not to a Philip Marvel.)

• Delaware, Wills and Probate Records, 1676-1971, Sussex, Will Abstracts, Vol 1, image 286 of 509. Database and images on Ancestry.com

27 March 1772 Will abstract of ROBERT MARVEL

Bequests to

wife, Rachel

daughter Ann, wife of Charlton Smith

son, Thomas

son, Joseph

son, Robert

daughter Chloe, widow of Jonathan Scudder

granddaughter, Rachel Scudder

daughter Betty

daughter Patience

son Phillip

daughter Rachel

• Delaware, Wills and Probate Records, , 1676-1971: Sussex: Wills, book B-D, 1751-1794, images 562, FamilySearch.org accessed 26 Sept 2019.

Will of JOSEPH MARVEL of Sussex County

Signed: 6 December 1786; Proved 28 December 1786

Heirs: wife, Rachel Marvel; step-daughter (“my wife’s child”) Mary; brothers: Thomas Marvel; Robert Marvel; Philip Marvel (tract called Spicers Purchase and tract bought by Joseph’s father from Robert Moody

Executors: wife, Rachel Marvel and brother, Thomas Marvel

Witnesses: Levin Connaway, William Marvel

• Delaware, Wills and Probate Records, 1676-1971; Sussex: Wills, Books B-D, 1751-1794; image 680. Database and images, Ancestry.com ]

Will of RACHEL MARVEL, 1791

Link at FamilySearch.org [1]

bequests to son, Philip Marvell. Enslaved man named Jacob