predecessor death_date death_place birth_place religion children office spouse residence article_title name restingplace occupation
richard olmsted 20 december 1678 norwalk , connecticut colony great bentley , essex , england puritan matthew marvin , hannah marvin seymour , rachel marvin smith marvin , jr. , mary marvin , sarah deputy of the elizabeth 's , great bentley -rrb- , alice kellogg bouton gregory -lrb- m. january 1622 , st. mary hartford , connecticut colony , norwalk , connecticut colony matthew marvin , sr. .
 matthew marvin , sr. east norwalk historical cemetery , east norwalk , connecticut surveyor , husbandman , wheelwright
matthew marvin , sr. .

matthew marvin , sr. -lrb- march 26 , 1600 -- december 20 , 1678 -rrb- was a founding settler of hartford and norwalk , connecticut .
he served as a deputy of the general court of the colony of connecticut 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 .
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 and may have lived there a short time .
marvin went to norwalk as one of its original settlers in 1650 .
his home in norwalk was next to the meeting house .
he was a wheelwright .
marvin served as deputy for norwalk to the connecticut general court in 1654 .
he died in norwalk on december 20 , 1678 .
in 1902 , the east norwalk school district named marvin elementary school after him .
he is listed on the founders stone bearing the names of the founders of hartford in the ancient burying ground in hartford , and he is also listed on the founders stone bearing the names of the founders of norwalk in the east norwalk historical cemetery .
