Elizabeth SEYMOUR

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• Fact: Daughter of Thomas Seymour and Hannah Marvin

Elizabeth married Timothy KNAPP between 16 Mar 1698 and 1699 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Timothy (son of Joshua KNAPP and Hannah CLOSE) was born in 1668 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died in 1737 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Israel KNAPP was born on 13 Dec 1705 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 28 Aug 1783 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

Thomas married Hannah MARVIN in Jan 1653 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Hannah (daughter of Matthew MARVIN and Elizabeth ?) was born about Oct 1634; died after 1680. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As: Richard Seamer

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He died bet. July 29, when his will was made and Oct. 10, 1655, when the inventory of his estate was taken --L255, 9s.

He came to Hartford in 1639 from Chelmsford, co. Essex ? (North's Hist. of Berlin, p. 19) when his name appears on the list of those who "were Granted lotts. to haue onely at The Townes Courtesie with liery to fetch wood & keepe swine or cowes By proportion on the common." His lot was on the east side of the road to the Cow Pasture and was bounded on the north by the Cow Pasture itself; his house stood on what is now North Main Street near the Ely Place. In 1647, he was elected one of the two Chimney viewers "for the North side." He, with Roger Ludlow and others, was among those who in June, 1650 entered into an agreement "for the settlinge and plantinge of Noralke", and his name also appears in the indenture dated Feb. 15, 1651, between the planters and the Indians. Before the end of 1651, he had removed to Norwalk and in March, 1655, was elected Townsman or Selectman, but did not live to hold the office long. In his will, dated July 29, 1655, he is described as "very weak & sike," His loving wife Mercy and his faythfull friend Richard Olmsteaqd:, were designated by him as his executors. Various attempts have been made to prove him a son of Sir Edward Seymour of Berry Pomeroy, co. Devon, Eng.

Richard married Mercy RUSCOE on 18 Apr 1631 in Sawbridgeworth, co. Hertford, England. Mercy (daughter of Roger RUSCOE and Sarah ?) was born about 1610. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 26 Mar 1600, Great Bentley, co. Essex, England
• Fact: 1635, Came on the "Increase" with wife and five children
• Fact: 1635, An original settler in Hartford and of Norwalk, 1651

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"Descendants of Reinold and Matthew Marvin": Matthew, youngest son of Edward and Margaret Marvin, was baptized in St. Mary's Church, Great Bentley, Essex, England, 26 March, 1600; Rev. Robert Dernell was then its rector. His father's will gave him the "mentchon house called Edons alias Dreybrockes, and ij Croftes of land called Hartles and Brocken Heddes," on the condition that he paid his mother yearly during her life "the fulle sume of Sexe Poundes," in default of which it was to pass to his bother Reinold with a like condition. He was then about fifteen years old. He probably resided there with his mother until her death in May, 1633.

He married (1) about 1622 Elizabeth (?), born about 1604, judging from her age as given when she went to America; she died in Hartford, probably about 1640; and from the ages of his younger children, certainly not later than 1647. rebecca is thought to have been Elizabeth's youngest child, as she is named in her father's will, but not in that of his second wife, who mentions her own children then living. He married (2), about 1647, Alice, widow of John Bouton, born about 1610; in her will, 1 Dec., 1680, she calls herself "aged about seventy;" she made oath to the inventory of her husband's estate 17 Dec., 1680, and died soon after; the inventory of her own estate is dated "the last of January, 1680/1."

Matthew sailed from London in the "Increase," Robert Lea, master, having proved, 15 April, 1635, that his party had "taken the oathes of Allegeance and Supremacie: As also being conformable to the Government and discipline of the Church of England, whereof they brought testimony.. Cert. from ye Justices and ministers where there abodes have latlie been."

He had been a "sydeman" at St. mary's in 1621; "overseer" in 1627, and senior warden in 1628. He is last mentioned there 22 Aug. 1633, when "William Littleburye, the servant of Matthew Meruin, was buried."

The record of his departure calls him "husbandman, aet. 25," and names his wife and children "Elizabeth Marvynn, vor, 31; Elizabeth Marvinn 31 ( a clerical error for 13); Matthew Marvynn, 8; marie Marvynn, 6; Sara marvynn, 3; Hanna Marvynn 1/2." Some of his fellow-passengers appear as his fellow townsmen in Hartford, Farmington and Norwalk. The "Increase" sailed about the middle of April, and reached New England about the first of June. Where he spent the first few months after his arrival, is not known. His name is on the monument in honor of the first settlers of hartford, the first of whom arrived there about November, 1635, and Matthew was one of "the twelve very earliest emigrants whose names are known," and who formed the company known as Adventurers, to whom belonged "Venturers' Field." He resided on the corner of Village (now Pleasant) and Front streets, the lot fronting east.

Matthew married Elizabeth ? before 1622 in England. Elizabeth was born about 1604; died about 1642. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Elizabeth WALLER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Roger married Sarah ?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Son of Rynalde and Johan Marvin

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"Descendants of Reinhold and Matthew Marvin": Edward, son of Rynalde and Johan Marvin, was born in Ramsey or Wrabness, and from a comparison of dates about 1550, or a little earlier.....His father had six children living in 1554, of whose relative ages we know nothing. His birth-place is thought to have been the corner estate, which by his father's will he was to inherit on his mother's death, and which he bequeathed to his son Edward. He also owned several farms in Ramsey and its vicinity, some of which he disposed of to his sons before his death, confirming the arrangement in his will. "Moye House and land of Moys," which can be located on the amps cited, near the boundary of Ramsey and Great Oakley, and not far from the marshy shore line of Tendring Hundred, he gave to his son Richard. Other "landes, medowes, woodes and pasters" in the same neighborhood he gave to Reinold. Another son, Robert, took his lands in Frating, a parish west of the Bentleys; to Matthew, the youngest son, was bequeath "the mentchon howse called Edons, alles (alias)Dreybrocks ....that I now dwelle in."

This mansion is in Great Bentley, still standing in good repair and bearing its ancient name, though showing evidence of various changes inside and out, since Edward died. The large room on the main floor, with its carved beams in the ceiling, and the stair-case to the chambers above, are thought to date from the period when Edward lived there; by the kindness of the present occupants we are able to give views of the building in its present condition. With this property Matthew further received "ij Croftes of land called Hartles and Brocken Heddes," for which he was to pay to his mother every year during her life, on the Feast of the Annunciation, and on St. Michael's Day (25 march and 29 September), at the mansion, "the full sume of Sexe Powndes of good and Lawfull money of England."

Edward died 13 or 14 Nov., 1615; his will is dated on the 13th, and the Register has this entry two days later: "Edward Meruin was buried the xvth November." The will was proved 17 January following. He married Margaret----, who survived him. St. mary's Register, under date of 28 May, 1633, has: "Margaret Meruin widow of Edward Meruin decd buried." He was probably married before he went to Great Bentley, as the births of his elder children are not recorded there.

Whether Edward removed from his previous home because of the troubles in St. Michael's, Ramsey, whose Vicar, John White, according to a Presbyterian writer, was "a candalous liver," and not long before had been "indicted for a common barrater," we cannot tell; if all the charges made against him were true, there would have been good reason for a change, but no doubt allowance must be made for the troublous state of affairs and the ecclesiastical contests at that time. White died shortly before October, 1592; the following June two of Edward's children were christened at Great Bentley. These are the first of the name recorde there; the Register begins in 1558, but some years are missing.

Edward married Margaret UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]