Elizabeth (Unknown) Marvin (abt. 1604 - bef. 1647)

Born about 1604 in England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died before 1647 before about age 43 in Hartford, Connecticut [uncertain]

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Biography

Full Sequence mtDNA Haplogroup H11a Earliest Known Ancestor

She is an ancestor of President Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr.^[1]

Disputed Origns

Disputed maiden name and/or parentage: There are two issues regarding Elizabeth:

1. Was she the daughter of Henry Gregory?

Nothing in the record about Henry indicates he had a daughter Elizabeth; nothing in the record about Elizabeth _____ Marvin suggests she had a relationship to Henry Gregory. Therefore, she has been separated from Henry Gregory as a father. For a detailed discussion of this subject, see the G2G post G2G

2. Was she a Gregory?

Although the name Gregory has been associated with Elizabeth for many years, noteworthy works in print dating back to 1848^[2] consistently refer to her as just Elizabeth ______--there is no identifiable record that provides insight to her maiden name. In 1904, George Franklin Marvin and William T. R. Marvin again referred to her as Elizabeth ______.^[3][4]

Robert Charles Anderson's Great Migration report for the Matthew Marvin shows Elizabeth's last name as unknown.^[5]

Because some family historians have associated Gregory as Elizabeth's maiden name, Gregory was retained as "other current last name." For a detailed discussion of this subject, see the G2G post G2G

Biography

Before 1622, Elizabeth _____^[6][7] married Matthew Marvyn in England, probably in Great Bentley. She was born around 1604^[8][9]; her parentage is presently unproven, as are assertions that her surname was Gregory.

In 1635, she migrated from England to New England aboard the Increase with her husband and their 5 eldest children.^[10][11]

Elizabeth and Matthew settled in Hartford soon after arrival.^[12] There her husband Matthew was a original proprietor.^[13]

Her death was not recorded but she died sometime after the birth of her last child in 1640, and before 1647, by which time her husband remarried.^[14][15] Matthew Marvin removed to Norwalk in 1651.^[16]

Children: Matthew Marvin and Elizabeth had 7 children. Hannah was 6mo old when the family embarked on the Increase in 1635. The two youngest children were born in Hartford, Connecticut.^[17]

1. Elizabeth Marvin bp. September 15, 1622 in Great Bentley, England, d. 1708, m. by 1650 to Dr John Olmstead,^[18] no known children.^[19]
2. Matthew Marvin bp. November 8, 1626 in Great Bentley, England, d. 1712 in Norwalk, Connecticut, m. Mary UNKNOWN about 1650,^[20] 8 children^[21]
3. Marie Marvin bp. December 16, 1628 in Great Bentley, England d. March 29, 1713 in Norwich, Connecticut m. 1) Richard Bushnell, October 11, 1648,^[22] 5 children m. 2) Deacon Thomas Adgate in 1659,^[23] 4 children^[24]
4. Sarah Marvin bp. December 27, 1631 in Great Bentley, England d. 1701 in Stratford, Connecticut, m. 1) October 4, 1648 to Ens. William Goodrich^[25], 9 children; m. 2) Capt. William Curtis about 1680^[26][27]
5. Hannah Marvin b. about October 1634 in Great Bentley, England d. after 1680 m. Thomas Seymour January 5, 1654^[28] in Norwalk, Connecticut, 11 children^[29]
6. Abigail Marvin b. about 1637 in Hartford, Connecticut d. after December 1680, m. John Bowton (son of Alice Marvin, Abigail's step-mother) January 1657^[30] in Norwalk, Connecticut, 7 children^[31]
7. Rebecca Marvin b. about 1639 in Hartford, Connecticut d. unknown m. to a John Clark of Farmington, about 1662^[32], exact identity unknown 12 children^[33]

Sources

1. ↑ Roberts, Gary Boyd; Ancestors of American Presidents
2. ↑ T. R. Marvin, Genealogical sketch of the descendants of Reinold and Mathew Marvin, who came to New England in 1635 (1848), 4; digital images, Hathi Trust (accessed 2014).
3. ↑ George Franklin Marvin and William T. R. Marvin, Descendants of Reinold and Matthew Marvin of Hartford, Ct., 1638 and 1635 (Boston: T. R. Marvin & Son, 1904 [reprinted c199?]), 287 (in particular part); digital images, Hathi Trust (accessed 2014).
4. ↑ Marvin, George Franklin and William T. R. Marvin, 1904, Descendants of Reinhold and Matthew Marvin (T R Marvin & Sons, Boston, Massachusetts), 287.
5. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume V, M-P (2007), 63-71, “Matthew Marvin.”
6. ↑ Reporting eldest known child, Elizabeth Marvin, baptized Great Bentley, Essex, 15 September 1622, citing "Parish Register of St. Mary's, Great Bentley," George Franklin Marvin and William T. R. Marvin, Descendants of Reinold and Matthew Marvin of Hartford, Ct., 1638 and 1635 (Boston: T. R. Marvin & Son, 1904 [reprinted c199?]), 297 (in particular part); digital images, Hathi Trust (accessed 2014).
7. ↑ Descendants of Reinhold and Matthew Marvin
8. ↑ She was reported age 31 on 15 April 1635, see John Camden Hotten, The original lists of persons of quality; emigrants; religious exiles; political rebels; serving men sold for a term of years; apprentices; children stolen; maidens pressed; and others who went from Great Britain to the American plantations 1600-1700 … (1874), 65; digital images, Hathi Trust (accessed 2014).
9. ↑ Descendants of Reinhold and Matthew Marvin
10. ↑ Based on 15 April 1635 list of passengers scheduled to depart London for New England in John Camden Hotten, The original lists of persons of quality; emigrants; religious exiles; political rebels; serving men sold for a term of years; apprentices; children stolen; maidens pressed; and others who went from Great Britain to the American plantations 1600-1700 … (1874), 65; digital images, Hathi Trust (accessed 2014).
11. ↑ Descendants of Reinhold and Matthew Marvin
12. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume V, M-P (2007), 63 (in particular part).
13. ↑ Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut
14. ↑ George Franklin Marvin and William T. R. Marvin, Descendants of Reinold and Matthew Marvin of Hartford, Ct., 1638 and 1635 (Boston: T. R. Marvin & Son, 1904 [reprinted c199?]), 287 (in particular part); digital images, Hathi Trust (accessed 2014).
15. ↑ Descendants of Reinhold and Matthew Marvin
16. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, _The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume V, M-P_ (2007), 63-71, “Matthew Marvin.”
17. ↑ Descendants of Reinhold and Matthew Marvin
18. ↑ New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Page 544,
19. ↑ Descendants of Reinhold and Matthew Marvin
20. ↑ New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Page 493,
21. ↑ Descendants of Reinhold and Matthew Marvin
22. ↑ New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Page 126
23. ↑ New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Page 6
24. ↑ Descendants of Reinhold and Matthew Marvin
25. ↑ New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Page 311
26. ↑ New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Page 199,
27. ↑ Descendants of Reinhold and Matthew Marvin
28. ↑ New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Page 663
29. ↑ Descendants of Reinhold and Matthew Marvin
30. ↑ New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Page 85
31. ↑ Descendants of Reinhold and Matthew Marvin
32. ↑ New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Page 156
33. ↑ 'Descendants of Reinhold and Matthew Marvin

• Roberts, Gary Boyd; Ancestors of American Presidents. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.

• #S1 Barbour, Lucius Barnes, 1982, Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., Baltimore, Maryland and Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Inc., Glastonbury, Connecticut pp.387

• #S3 Hoppin, C. Arthur, 1932, The Washington ancestry, and records of the McClain, Johnson, and forty other colonial American families. Volume III, Greenfield, Ohio, Private printing

• #S4 Marvin, William T. R., 1900, The English Ancestry of Reinold and Matthew Marvin of Hartford, Privately published, Boston, Massachusetts.

• #S5 Marvin, George Franklin and William T. R. Marvin, 1904, Descendants of Reinhold and Matthew Marvin, T R Marvin & Sons, Boston, Massachusetts

• #S6 Torrey, Clarence A., 2004, New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., Baltimore, Maryland

• John Camden Hotten, The original lists of persons of quality ... (1874), 64-65; [ http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015003632877?urlappend=%3Bseq=68 digital images, Hathi Trust (accessed 2014)]

• Robert Charles Anderson, _The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume V, M-P_ (2007), 63-71, “Matthew Marvin”; digital images, AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 2014).

• George Franklin Marvin and William T. R. Margin, _Descendants of Reinold and Matthew Marvin of Hartford, Ct., 1638 and 1635_ (Boston: T. R. Marvin & Son, 1904 [reprinted c199?]), 287; digital images, Hathi Trust (accessed 2014).

• Hall, Edwin. The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut (James Mallory & Co., Norwalk, 1847) Page 181
• Source: S2 The Goodrich Family in America. A Genealogy of the Descendants of John and William Goodrich of Wethersfield, Conn., Richard Goodrich of Guilford, Conn., and William Goodridge of Watertown, Mass. Lafayette Wallace Case M.D., Author Role: Editor Publication: Fergus Printing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1889, Second Date, 1984

• Northwestern Historical Association. Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (Northwest Historical Association., Madison, Wisconsin, 1904, Vol. 1, p. 370)