Gen. Elihu MARVIN

1719 - 1803  (83 years)

• Name	Elihu MARVIN  [1]
  	"Descendants of Reinold and Matthew Marvin": he resided in Oxford village, in the township of Cornwall, Orange Co., where he was fence viewer and one of the overseers of the poor in 1765; he signed the "Association Pledge" there, dated 29 April 1775, opposing arbitrary acts of Great Britain. In 1775, he was chairman of the Committee of Safety and Observation of Cornwall; in 1777, one of the "Committee men" under whose charge town meetings were held; in 1778, Judge of the Orange county Court of Common Pleas; in 1779, one of the Commissioners who tried and convicted the notorious Claudious B. Smith and others, who had robbed and murdered patriots in Orange Co. He was active in the Revolution, serving as lieut.-colonel of Col. Jesse Woodhull's reg't from Orange co. (commissioned 21 Feb., 1778) and in other capacities. When the people of New York were called on in May, 1780, to loan money to the State, to aid in putting the army in proper condition to co-operate with the French, who were then about to arrive, Elihu and his son Elihu Jr., were among the subscribers. 1 July 1780, he was one of the Orange Co. committee appointed by the Legislature to collect clothing for the troops. He was also one of the Commissioners of Sequestration, to sell the property of "disaffected person" in Orange Co. 25 Dec., 1793, Elihu and John Marvin (perhaps sons of Gen. Elihu), both of Oxford, in the "town of New Cornwall, for the advantage and accommodation of the inhabitants of the people of Oxford, and for the purpose of building a school-house" thereon, deed to the free-holders a piece of land. An obituary published soon after his decease said, that "few have been ore useful to society than he....He served as judge of the court, was a colonel and general in the militia, and deacon in the church. His funeral sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Crane from Job xix:25". His tombstone bears the following lines: "Once I was young and well my health was found But now my limbs lie mouldering under ground. Be wife prepare for death and follow me. My bleft Redeemer lives and with his watchfull eyes Takes conflant care of all my duft, till he shall bid it rife: As I am now you likely foon will be [1]
  Prefix	Gen.
  Birth	10 Oct 1719	Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Aug 1803	Blooming Grove, Orange Co., New York   [1]
  Person ID	I70354	Main Tree
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	John MARVIN,   b. 02 Sep 1678, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 09 Feb 1774, Sharon, Connecticut (Age 95 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mary BEERS,   b. Abt 1685, Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut d. 17 Apr 1720, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 35 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	22 Mar 1704	Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Family ID	F22680	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Abigail YELVERTON,   b. 1723, Goshen, Orange Co., New York d. 10 May 1803 (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1744  [4]
  Children	+ 1. Gen. Seth MARVIN,   b. 15 Feb 1745/46, Oxford, Orange Co., New York d. 25 Aug 1815 (Age 69 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F28454	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2012

  
  

• Sources

  [S5154] George Franklin Marvin of New York, and William T.R. Marvin of Boston, "Descendants of Reinold and Matthew Marvin" of Hartford, CT., 1638 and 1635; Sons of Edward Marvin, of Great Bentley, England, (T.R. Marvin & Sons, Publishers - 1904). [S03421] The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Norwalk and Norwich. [S01785] Donald Lines Jacobus, Ancestry.com: History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, (Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.;;). [S5153] Ausburn Towner, "Our County and Its People - A History of the Valley and County of Chemung", (Syracuse, NY - D. Mason & Co., Publishers 1892).