Seth Marvin (1745 - 1815)

Born 15 Feb 1745 in Oxford, Cornwall Township, Orange County, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Julia Polly (Little) Marvin — married about 1764 in Oxford, Cornwall Township, Orange, New York

Descendants

Died 25 Aug 1815 at age 70 in Chester, Orange, New York, United States

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Biography

Seth Marvin was born 15 February 1745 – and passed 25 August 1815, aged 70 years 6 months.^[1]

Gen. Seth, son of Gen. Elihu and Abigail (Yelverton) Marvin, born 15 Feb., 1745/6, in Oxford, Cornwall township. Orange co., N. Y. ; died 25 Aug., 1815 ; his will is dated 3 Jan'y, 1815, and with a codicil, dated 24 Aug., 1815, was proved 9 Sept., 1815 married Mary [Polly], daughter of Archibald and Sarah Little, of Oxford.

Siblings: Abigail Marvin, Elihu Marvin Jr., John Yelverton Marvin, Elizabeth Marvin, Hannah Marvin, John Marvin, John Floyd Marvin, James Marvin, Keziah Marvin and Anthony Marvin

Captain Seth Marvin served with Orange County New York Militia during the American Revolution.

Seth was 1st Lieut, then Captain and ... He attained the rank of Lt. Col. during the American Revolution: New York in the Revolution, pages 57,146,157,161,289.

Findagrave note from "Descendants of Reinold and Matthew Marvin of Hartford, CT., 1638 and 1635 Sons of Edward Marvin, of Great Bentley, England" --- "Seth was actively engaged in the Revolution; in 1775 he signed the "Association Pledge" in Orange co.; in 1775-6 he was first lieutenant of the "Cornwall minute-men,"of which Thomas Moffatt was captain; later he was Captain and Lieut-colonel; his commission as colonel in the militia is preserved by his grand-daughter, Mrs. Moses Smith, of Chicago, 111.; he held this office until he was promoted, 29 March, 1806, to be a brigadier general. He resided in Chester, then a part of Cornwall, holding office therebetween 1765 and 1775. He was a school commissioner in 1798 and 1800. With his brother Elihu he was one of the charter members of the Farmers' Hall Academy, in Goshen. He was executor of his brother in-law's will, dated 14 May, 1780, and was frequently appointed by the Courts to settle estates and make partitions among heirs, 1797-1807. He served as a surveyor under the State Surveyor General. He was a charter member, 1796, and first Senior Warden, of Orange Lodge of Masons, Goshen. He was a member of the New York Assembly from Orange co., for ten terms between 1789 and 1812. Often intrusted with important public duties, he was a commissioner with George Clinton on the boundary line between New York and Pennsylvania. He was interred near the house which he occupied the latter part of his life, and which is still standing on the west road from Chester to Oxford. His gravestone says: "in his time a Christian philanthropist and statesman." In the summer of 1903, Mr. Nathan H. Helme (grandson of Seth) enclosed the burial-place which contains this grave and that of several of the family, with a fine iron fence, and erected a monument to his memory."

Children, order of birth uncertain :

• Seth, b. 14 Feb 1773-12 Nov 1823
• Julianna, b. ; m. (i), Young; m. (2), Elnathan Satterly ; he was one of the ex'rs of her father's will ; both were living in 18 15.
• Sarah, b. 1782-1858; m. 6 June, 1807, Stephen, son of Samuel Jayne, of Florida, N. Y. ; he was also one of the ex'rs of Gen. Seth's will. Children (Jayne): i. Amelia, b. 21 Feb., 1809, in Florida; d. 22 Dec, 1857; m. 20 Oct., 1831, her cousin, John Floyd Marvin: 2. Lewis M.: 3. Charles M.: 4. Emily: 5. De Witt Clinton, b. 6 Feb., 1817 ; d. ; m. 20 Dec, 1849, Mary Augusta, dau. of Edwin Polydore Seward (a bro. of Hon. Wm. H. Seward), of Florida ; he received M. D. at Yale, 1839, and was a leading homoeopathic physician in Orange co. ; he was ex'r of the will of John F., his brother-in-law: 6. Maria: 7. Seth Marvin: 8. Harriet.
• Abigail, b. 23 April 1778; d. 30 July 1816, in Seely Creek, N. Y. ; m. 2 Feb., 1798 (Fam. rec ; 1799 by Goshen Pres. Church rec). in Blooming Grove, N. Y., Dr. Amos Gates White, b. 1769; d. 5 Feb., 1833, aet. 64, in Southport, N. Y. ; they had several chil., one of whom (White) was Levina Hydei ; res. near Elmira, N. Y.
• Jeffry, b. 5 May 1780-30 Mar 1825; m. Mary Little, who survived him, and 18 Oct., 1825, was appointed adm'x; res., Minisink, N. Y.
• Archibald, b. 1775-26 Aug 1825; m. Betsey, dau. of Judge Hathorne, of Warwick, N. Y.
• Anthony, b. ; d. y.

Burial Citation: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2P-B65L : 13 December 2015), Seth Marvin, 1815; Burial, Chester, Orange, New York, United States of America, Marvin Farm Cemetery; citing record ID 77715292, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #77715292 image of gravestone showing vital data

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed March 8, 2021), "Record of MARVIN, SETH", Ancestor # A074700. rank= Captain
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• Descendants of Reinold and Matthew Marvin of Hartford CT., 1638 and 1635 by George Franklin Marvin of New York and William T.R. Marvin of Boston Copyright 1904 T.R. Marvin and Son, Boston, Mass.] Page 371
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