Thomas MARVIN

1704 - 1763  (58 years)

• Name	Thomas MARVIN  [1]
  	"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. [1]
  Birth	4 Mar 1703/4	Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	abt. 1763  [1]
  Person ID	I70366	Main Tree
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	Deacon Samuel MARVIN,   b. 1671, Lyme, New London County, Connecticut d. 15 May 1743, Lyme, New London County, Connecticut (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Susannah GRAHAM,   b. Abt 1677   d. Aft 1743 (Age 67 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	5 May 1699  [1]
  Family ID	F28464	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mehitable GOODRICH,   b. 6 Mar 1716   d. abt. 1775, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1733  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Matthew MARVIN,   b. 7 Jun 1754, Simsbury, Connecticut d. 2 Sep 1846, Walton, Delaware County, New York (Age 92 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F28461	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 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).