Lieut. Reinold MARVIN

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"Descendants of Reinhold and Matthew Marvin": Lieut. Reinold became a freeman of Saybrook 20 May 1658, the same day with his father. He owned much land in Lyme, beside his inheritance there, and in Saybrook. In 1687 his estate in latter place was "Twenty acres of upland and fourteen acres of meadow," valued at L 80; he also owned two "hundred-pound rights" in the "Cow Common of Say Brook," one-half of which was conveyed by his three sons, 27 May, 1700, to John Whittlesey, Jr., of Saybrook. Savage says, on what authority we do not know, that he was a deacon; his son Reinold held that office, but we doubt if the father did, for Lyme Church was not regularly formed until 1693, although the Rev. Moses Noyes was preaching there in 1666, ten years before Lieut. Reinold died.

He represented Lyme in the General Court in the October session in 1670, and from 1672 to his death. he was on the committee appointed in 1666 to divide the town of Saybrook: the two divisions made a "loving parting", 13 February, 1666/7, and the names of Reinold Marvin and William Waller wee two of the six signed to the "parting covenant" for Lyme. The first land records after the separation are attested by Matthew Griswold and Reinold Marvin, "Town Surveyors;" in 1674 they were directed "to give notes with their names to them, for the records of all lands belonging unto this town, which shall be the Recorders security." Reinold was elected townsman February, 1672/3 and again in February, 1674/5; he was chosen, 9 Feb. 1673/4 "to review the town's accounts." 17 Dec 1674, he was chosen "constable for ye ensuing year."

2 Apil 1674, " Renald marvin's ear Marks for all sorts of Creatures onldly horses excepted: which is a Crope and a slite in the Crope one both ears. His Ear Mark for horses is a slite, upon the top off the near ear."

He was appointed "Sergeant to ye Band at Sea Brook," by the General Court at Hartford, 3 Oct. 1661, when Waller was made ensign, and succeeded him as lieutenant, which post he filled until his death. 10 May, 1677, the company being unable to agree on his successor, Matthew Griswold was appointed "to supply ye place of a Lievtenant till such choyse and approbation be made thereof by the Court." In 1678, the trouble continuing, "In order that the election of a lieutenant and ensign to be approved by the General Court....might be carried on in a solemn way... Mr. Noyes (Minister at Lyme) was desired to a sermon at the tie, which he was pleased accordingly to attend." Reinold is usually referred to on the later records as "Lieutenant," which distinguishes him from his father, who had no military title, and from his son, known as "Lyme's Captain."

The Lyme and Saybrook train-bands had some exciting experiences in the years just before Lieut. Reinold died. War had been declared against the Dutch in November, 1672, and a special assembly, convened at Hartford in August, 1673, ordered that all train-bands "should be complete in their arms." In July, 1676, Andros attempted to seize the fort at Saybrook, erected at the mouth of the river b Capt. Lyon Gardiner in 1635; on his approach it was hurriedly manned by the train-bands of the town, under command of Capt. Bull; on the morning of 12 July, Major Andros requested an interview, on the shore, with the minister and principal officers of Saybrook. On landing, he was met by Capt. Bull and the officers of the fort, but was not permitted to read his commission. No doubt the train-band of Lyme, under Lieut. Marvin, was present at that critical moment, which was only three weeks before his death.

Lieut. Reinold is often mentioned in the connecticut Colonial records. In October, 1660, Reinold and Waller had a difficulty with one William Parker, about certain "jades" (horses) which were claimed by "the country," and Matthew Griswold was concerned in it, adversely to Reinold. The latter was ordered to surrender them, but refused to obey, considering the demand unlawful; and in 1662/3, the "Marshall was ordered to distrein the sum of L50 of his estate for neglecting the order." The Colonial claim was later proved to be unjust, for Waller, as Reinold's agent, was "allowed one-quarter part of this L50, for his part of the horses, and Matthew Griswold was ordered not to trouble Reinold Marvin or William Waller for any part of the horses for which the bill is made." The elder Reinold was then dead.

Lieut. Reinold and his brother-in-law were among the champions of Lyme in the famous contests with New London, concerning the boundary line between the two towns. At the County Court in Hartford, 12 March, 1671, John Prentice complained of "Reynald marvin and others, for riotous practices and assaults on New London people." The Lyme men indicted their adversaries in similar terms, "for violence to drive them off their lands." The disputed territory, a strip about two miles wide between Bride Brook and Niantic River, contained about twenty-five acres of the "ministry farm;" it was finally included in the township of Lyme. Miss Caulkins has an amusing account of the conflict, which was "more comic than fearful or sublime. The encounter terminated without any serious injury on either side; the leaders drank a draft of seeming friendship together and all retired quietly from the field."

Reinold married Sarah CLARK about 1662. Sarah was born about 1642; was christened on 18 Feb 1643/4 in Milford, Connecticut; died on 1 Feb 1715/16. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Sarah GRAHAM on 7 May 1691. Sarah was born about 1670 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut; died on 14 Dec 1760. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Richard ELY, Jr. about 1685. Richard was born in Dec 1656 in Plymouth, co. Devon, England; was christened on 19 Jun 1657 in Plymouth, co. Devon, England; died in 1698. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Daniel STERLING on 6 Jun 1699. Daniel (son of William STERLING and Elizabeth ?) was born on 19 Sep 1673 in Haverhill, Massachsetts; died on 30 Jun 1749. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Reinold was chosen one of the first two deacons in the First Congregational Church, Lyme, when it was formed, 27 March, 1693, but he is more frequently referred to, on the later town records, by his military title. He was "Sargent" of the Lyme train-band as early as 1702, and probably held that position until 1712, when he was appointed ensign; 8 May, 1718, the Legislature "established and confirmed Mr. Reinold Marvin to be Captain of the First Train-band or Company" in Lyme. He was chosen townsman in 1697, 1702, '03, '05, '06; first townsman in 170, '22-25, '28, '31 and '32. hempstead, in his Diary mentions meeting him with the other selectmen of Lyme, of 25 April, 1728, to "Renew the Town Bounds" between Lyme and new London. he was constable, 1694; collector of rates, 1713, '14; grand juryman, 1714 and 1735; sealer of weights and measures, 1715; lister, 1729; moderator, 121, '23 and '24, and was on numerous important committees.

Reinold married Phebe LEE about 1696. Phebe (daughter of Thomas LEE and Mary DE WOLF) was born on 14 Aug 1677 in Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut; died on 27 Oct 1707. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Reinold married Martha WATERMAN on 30 Jun 1709 in Lyme, Connecticut. Martha (daughter of Lieut. Thomas WATERMAN and Miriam TRACY) was born on 6 Dec 1680 in Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut; died on 18 Nov 1753 in Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Descendants of Reinhold and Matthew Marvin": Samuel was elected townsman of Lyme in 1699, 1708-12, and 1718-20 inclusive; 21 Dec., 1725, he was chosen town clerk, and "Capt. marvin and Capt. Coult appointed to deliver the books of Records belonging to the town to Sam marvin, the new town Clerk." He held the office for many years; he was town treasurer most of the time from 1725 to 1738; constable, 1695 and 1718; surveyor, 1701; lister, 1706 and 1715; tything-man, 1723; in 1700 he was on a committee to "proportion the inhabitants in four parts, and appoint where schools shall be kept and who to go to them;" and in 1707, to "order schools to be established;" he frequently served on other committees. He represented Lyme in the General Court in 1711 and 1722, and was for many years a deacon in the Congregational Church. In 1726 he was appointed to "Make the town and county rates for the ensuing year;" in 1729, with Capt. Reinold, he was

To examine the collectors of (the clergyman) Mr. Noyes' rate and fully empowered to prosecute them according to law if they refuse to pay over the dues that ought to have been collected by them.

He was one of the "prizors" of the estate of Lieut. Richard Lord, whose will he witnessed in 1726, and in all matters, civil and ecclesiastical, was highly esteemed for his excellent judgement. His will, drawn 19 Aug. 1741, proved 8 June 1743, mentions his wife Susannah, who is to have certain property "so long as she remains a widow;" names sons Nehemiah, Samuel, Zechariah, daughters Mary, Abigail and Elizabeth, and says "as for my son thomas Marvin, and my son Matthew Marvin, and my son Nathan Marvin, I have given them their portions already."

Samuel married Susannah GRAHAM on 5 May 1699. Susannah was born about 1677; died after 1743. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married James BECKWITH on 18 Feb 1693/4. James (son of Matthew BECKWITH and Elizabeth ?) was born on 1 Jun 1671 in New London, New London Co., Connecticut; was christened on 10 Sep 1671; died about 1756 in Farmington, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married John LAY about 1717/8. John was born on 21 Sep 1670; died before 1725. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Deacon Reinold MARVIN on 23 Dec 1725. Reinold (son of Capt. Reinold MARVIN and Phebe LEE) was born in Jan 1698/9 in Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut; died on 24 Feb 1761 in Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Son of Richard and Mary Ely of Lyme, Connecticut

Richard married Phebe HUBBARD on 23 Oct 1732 in Lyme, New London County, Connecticut. Phebe (daughter of Robert HUBBARD and Abigail Adkins WARD) was born between 24 Jan 1704 and 1705 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Son of Richard Ely and Mary Marvin

Family/Spouse: Jane LORD. Jane (daughter of Lieut Richard LORD and Elizabeth HYDE) was born about 1678 in Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Reinold married Sarah MARVIN on 23 Dec 1725. Sarah (daughter of John MARVIN and Sarah GRAHAM) was born on 28 Feb 1693/4 in Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut; died after Nov. 1735. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Reinold married Mary NILES on 7 Jul 1746. Mary was born on 20 Jun 1716 in Colchester, New London Co, Connecticut; died on 9 Mar 1812. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Martha married Reinold BECKWITH on 4 Apr 1732 in Lyme, Connecticut. Reinold (son of James BECKWITH and Sarah MARVIN) was born on 15 Feb 1706/7 in Lyme, Connecticut; died on 27 Dec 1796 in Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Descendants of Reinhold and Matthew Marvin": He was admitted a freeman 14 Sept. 1731; elected lister in 1729, and again 27 June 1743; grand-juryman, 24 Dec. 1733, 10 Dec 1739, 30 Dec 1748; fence-viewer, 29 Dec 1736, 18 Dec 1746; treasurer, Dec. 1742, and annually for many years after, with hardly an exception; his last election was 11 Dec. 1777; the following year John Lay, 2d, was "appointed" to that position. Zachariah and his wife united with the Lyme church in August, 1731; he was chosen deacon in January, 1741, at the same time with his cousin, Dea. Reinold. In October, 1772, he presented a petition to the Legislature, claiming "that for twenty years he had had a fishery in a brook leading to Black Hall Pond," but his rights had been obstructed by weirs, etc., and asking for redress. In response, the Legislature passed a law by which he was allowed to fish "in said brook on his own land (!) from Monday morning until sun-rising on Friday, every week." Matthew Marvin might fish on his own land from Thursday morning until sun=rising Friday, every week; one other person was given a similar privilege from Wednesday morning to Thursday morning, and all others forbidden to fish there.

Zechariah married Abigail LORD on 29 Mar 1732. Abigail was born in 1708. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Descendants of Reinold and Matthew Marvin": How long Thomas remained in Lyme in uncertain; he witnessed a deed there 5 Oct., 1724; he joined with his brother Samuel in a conveyance to Edmund Dorr, in 1727 (Lyme rec., IV: 153, 281), and was admitted a freeman 24 April, 1733, and then disappears from Lyme; a Thomas marvin is found in the records of Goshen, Ct., 27 Dec., 1738, as one of the original proprietors, but has not been identified as this son of Samuel; when the town ands there were divided, he drew lot 50, and was appointed town collector at a meeting held in Litchfield. He was also on several other committees when the town of Goshen was organized. When his father's will was made, 19 Aug., 1741, Thomas had "already received his portion." We judge that he moved away fromLyme about the time of his marriage.

In 1756, and probably earlier, he was living in Simsbury, CT.; in May of that year the Legislature gave him "liberty for a ferry" over the Farmington river, for ten years, after the bridge there had been destroyed; this bridge, which had been built about 1750, crossed the river from that part of Simsbury known as "Hopmeadow," the business centre. When this ferry was established he was authorized to charge "for man, horse, and load, one penny: single man or single horse, one half-penny: sheep and swine per head, one farthing." Two years later he concluded that a ferry across the Connecticut river, where he could get better prices, was more desirable, and in October, 1758, he carried on that business between Suffield and Enfield, on the route known for more than half a century as "Gillis's ferry." He found the boat and wharf there in bad condition, and in a memorial to the Legislature agreed to repair them at his own expense, if he could have a monopoly of all ferry privileges north of what was known as "the falls." In May, 1759, he was permitted to raise the fares.

Thomas married Mehitable GOODRICH about 1733. Mehitable (daughter of Joseph GOODRICH and Mehitable GOODWIN) was born on 6 Mar 1716; died in abt. 1775 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Reinold married Martha MARVIN on 4 Apr 1732 in Lyme, Connecticut. Martha (daughter of Capt. Reinold MARVIN and Martha WATERMAN) was born on 3 Apr 1710; died on 26 Jul 1742 in Bolton, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Reinold married Dorothy POST on 3 Mar 1742 in Bolton, Connecticut. Dorothy (daughter of Stephen POST and Hannah HOSMER) was born on 29 Jan 1707/8 in Saybrook, Connecticut; died in Poss. 26 Jun 1790. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lydia married Josiah GATES on 19 Apr 1753 in Colchester, New London, Connecticut, USA. Josiah (son of Josiah GATES and Grace RATHBONE) was born on 15 Jan 1722/23 in Colchester, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 22 Sep 1807 in Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Josiah married Phebe DENISON on 01 Aug 1765. Phebe (daughter of John DENISON and Patience GRISWOLD) was born in Nov 1746; died on 24 Apr 1802; was buried in Ely Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Zechariah married Anna LEE on 23 Jul 1761. Anna was born on 1 Aug 1739; died on 1 Mar 1777. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Zechariah married Hannah LAY on 15 Apr 1779 in Lyme, Connecticut. Hannah (daughter of John LAY, Esq. and Hannah LEE) was born on 18 Feb 1740 in Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Daughter of Zechariah and Abigail (Lord) Marvin of Lyme, Connecticut

Susannah married Nathaniel ROGERS on 23 Apr 1778. Nathaniel (son of William ROGERS and Elizabeth HARRIS) was born in 1725 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA; died in 1801 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Sarah LAY on 23 May 1784 in Lyme, Connecticut. Sarah was born on 16 Mar 1755 in Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut; died about 1793. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Sarah LAY on 25 May 1794. Sarah (daughter of William LAY and Phebe SILL) was born on 2 Mar 1766 in Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Descendants of Reinhold and Matthew Marvin": After his father's death he lived in Sharon, Ct., with his sister Mehitable; when the Revolution began he enlisted under his brother-in-law, Capt. Benjamin Marvin, serving for a time on Long Island; 16 Aug. 1777, he enlisted as a corporal in Capt. Comstock's company, 8th Ct. Line, Col. John Chandler, and was made sergeant 2 April, 1780, in the same company; 1 Jan. 1781, he was first sergeant in Capt. Douglass' company, 5th reg't, made up from the 8th and 1st, under col. Isaac Sherman, and served a year in that command. He fought in many battles, among them those of Brandywine, Princeton, Trenton, Monmouth, Red Bank, and Mud Fort, and passed the terrible winter at Valley Forge, with Washington. He served under Lafayette in Virginia, and was one of the sixty-eight men selected by that officer from the light infantry, to storm the works of Cornwallis at Yorktown, October, 1781. In 178, when the 5th was consolidated with the 2d Ct. Line, he was a sergeant in Capt. Chapman's company, and was stationed at West Point when the army was disbanded; his discharge, signed by Gen. Washington, is till preserved by a descendant. About 1787 he went to Hoosick, Rensselaer co., NY, where his sister Elizabeth was living; later he resided in Cambridge, Argyle, and Rome, New York, but in 1799 settled in Walton, where he built a house at the base of "Mount Holley."

Matthew married Mary WEED on 6 Jun 1784. Mary (daughter of Josiah WEED and Abigail BOUTON) was born on 21 Nov 1758 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 25 Feb 1846 in Walton, Delaware County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]