Ensign Zechariah MARVIN

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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"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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Daughter of Thomas Lord and Mary Lee