Deacon Zechariah MARVIN

1701 - 1792  (90 years)

• Name	Zechariah MARVIN  [1]
  	"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. [1]
  Prefix	Deacon
  Birth	27 Dec 1701	Lyme, New London County, Connecticut   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Sep 1792	Lyme, New London County, Connecticut   [1]
  Person ID	I70369	Main Tree
  Last Modified	20 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	Abigail LORD,   b. 1708
  Marriage	29 Mar 1732  [1]
  Children	1. Ensign Zechariah MARVIN,   b. 11 Aug 1735, Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut  [Birth]   2. Susannah MARVIN,   b. 12 Nov 1738, Lyme, New London County, Connecticut  [Birth]   3. Thomas MARVIN,   b. 29 May 1742, Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut  [Birth]
  Family ID	F28463	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2021

  
  

• 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).