Matthew Marvin Sr. (bapt. March 26, 1600
– December 20, 1678) was a founding
settler
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A settler who migrates to an area previously uninhabited or sparsely inhabited may be described as a pioneer.
Settl ...
of
Hartford
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and
Norwalk, Connecticut
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. He served as a deputy of the
General Court of the
Colony of Connecticut
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from Norwalk in the May 1654 session. He served as a magistrate in 1659.
He was the son of Edward and Margaret Mervyn of
Great Bentley
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. He is mentioned in the will of his father, receiving the mansion named ''Edons alias Dreybrockes'' and land called ''Hartles and Brocken Heddes'' with the condition that he pay his mother yearly for the rest of her life. He most likely lived with her until her death in May 1633. Matthew was "sydeman" of the parish of Great Bentley in 1621, overseer in 1627, and senior warden in 1628.
He came to Hartford with his wife and children from England in 1635 aboard the ship ''Increase.''
Marvin was one of the first twelve settlers of Hartford, who formed a company known as the Adventurers, and to whom belonged "Venturers' Field". He resided at the corner of Village and Front Streets. He was a surveyor of highways from 1639 to 1647. In 1648, he was given a cash reward for killing a wolf. He owned land at
Farmington
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