John Marvin (abt. 1678 - abt. 1774)

Born about 2 Sep 1678 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Colony of Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Beers) Marvin — married 22 Mar 1704 in Norwalk, Connecticut

Descendants

Died about 24 Feb 1774 at about age 95 in Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut

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Biography

John was the son of Matthew Marvin born September 2, 1678 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Colony of Connecticut.^[1][2][3] In 1704 he married Mary Beers in Norwalk.^[4][5] He died in 1776 and is buried in Hillside Cemetery in Sharon, Connecticut.^[6]

The following narrative was published in "Descendants of Reinold and Matthew Marvin of Hartford, CT., 1638 and 1635 Sons of Edward Marvin, of Great Bentley, England" by George Franklin Marvin & William T.R. Marvin (1904):

"26 February, 1701, twenty-eight acres of land were "layd out by the Town's Committe" to John Marvin; this land was on "the Danberry Roads," and eight acres of it was "on his father Marvin's account" 16 December, 1708, he was appointed town collector. When the meetinghouse was seated in 1710, John was assigned "ye seat before ye hinde pillar." 14 December, 1711, he was chosen surveyor of highways, and 18 December, 1712, he was on a committee to obtain a teacher for the school. He was chosen selectman 1706, '13 and '19, in which year he is called "sergeant," and he, or possibly his son John, called "sergeant," in 1738 and '40; he was a constable in 1717; fence viewer, 1721 and '29; "lyster," 1724. In 1734 and '38 he represented Norwalk in the Legislature. In 1718 he with others was chosen to lay before "a wise and judicious committee" the "surcomstances of ye town in their present differences respecting the meeting-house." 1734, with Joseph Platt, he was appointed to lay out the land granted by the town "in ye plain before Lt. Lee's door," for St. Paul's Church.

18 Nov., 1737, he gave a lot of land eight rods square to the "Presbiterian or Congregational church of Wilton, on which to erect a meetinghouse." He confirmed this by deed of 6 May, 1738, in which he said "among the congregation are some of my children," naming John as one.

21 Jan'y, 1752, he bought for £2400 the farm previously owned by his son John in Sharon, and not long after settled there; he is called of Norwalk 1 Nov., 1754, and of Sharon 17 March, 1756, where he owned several other parcels of land, and soon after his purchase (11 May, 1752) he deeded to his "loveing son Joseph Marvine of Norwark," a lot, for "love, good-will, and affection." ^[7]

John Marvin died in 1774. A previous version of this profile claimed, without source, that he died 24 Feb 1774; his Find-a-Grave memorial, also without source, reports a death date of 2 Feb 1774.^[8]

Joseph was appointed administrator of his father's will 7 May, 1774.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP32-VYSS : 15 April 2022), John Marven, ; citing Birth, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272240.
2. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F745-9ZJ : 7 January 2020), John Marven, 1678.
3. ↑ Ruttenber, Edward Manning, 1825-1907, History of Orange County, New York, 1881 Everts & Peck Philadelphia (Pennsylvania); Pg 1096.
4. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP32-VYSQ : 15 April 2022), John Marven, ; citing Marriage, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272240.
5. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP72-KJXD : 15 April 2022), John Marven in entry for Mary Beers, ; citing Marriage, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272220.
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #133991551
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} George Franklin Marvin & William T.R. Marvin, "Descendants of Reinold and Matthew Marvin of Hartford, CT., 1638 and 1635 Sons of Edward Marvin, of Great Bentley, England" (1904)
8. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #77745102 for Sgt John Marvin (NB- This memorial-only profile does not include a burial site)

See also:

• No. 30, viii, pg 32 - The St. John genealogy; descendants of Matthias St. John, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1634, of Windsor, Connecticut, 1640, of Wethersfield, Connecticut, 1643-1645, and Norwalk, Connecticut, 1650, by Orline St. John Alexander. Published 1907 https://archive.org/details/stjohngenealogyd00alex

• Connecticut, Town Marriage Records (Barbour Collection) Record for Mary Beers m. John Marven, s. Matthew.

• Marvin, George & Marvin, William. Descendants of Reinold and Matthew Marvin (T.R. Marvin & Son, Boston, 1904) Page 323