Marie Marvin

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name
Marie Marvin
aka
[Mary Marvin, Marye Marvin]
sex
female
access
public
summary
Wife of Reinold Marvin, whom she married at Great Bentley, Essex, in 1617 or 1618, and mother of the children baptized there, among them Reinold, baptized in 1631. She came to New England with her husband about 1638 and died at Lyme, Connecticut, in the summer of 1661; her death was blamed on witchcraft, and a Saybrook couple were indicted for it. Her maiden name is not known.
died
date
1661
place
Lyme, Connecticut
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-marvin-1904-reinold-and-matthew-marvin]
note
"probably in the summer of 1661, not long before her husband, as is evident from his will"; the indictment for her death was brought on 5 Sept 1661.
residences
date
1638
place
Hartford, Connecticut
basis
inferred
confidence
probable
sources
[book-marvin-1904-reinold-and-matthew-marvin]
note
Came to New England with her husband about 1638, when he is at Hartford.

Wife of Reinold Marvin; her maiden name is not known. They married at Great Bentley, Essex, in 1617 or 1618, and St. Mary's register records the baptisms of their children as "Reonold and Marye," "Raynold and Marye" and "Renold Meruin and of Marie his wyffe": William (4 Nov 1618), Elizabeth (1621), Marye (1622), John (buried 16 March 1626), Elisabeth (29 Apr 1627, who married William Waller), Sara (22 July 1629), Reinald (20 Dec 1631), Abigail (4 May 1634) and Mary (23 Oct 1636, who married Ens. Samuel Collins of Middletown). At least three died in England. She came to New England with her husband about 1638 and died at Lyme in the summer of 1661.

"Her death was attributed to 'witchcraft.'" At a Quarter Court held at Hartford on 5 Sept 1661, Nicholas Jennings and his wife Margaret, of Saybrook, were indicted for "having enterteined familiarity with Sathan ... and by his help done works aboue ye course of nature, to ye loss of ye liues of seueral psons, and in particuler ye wife of Reynold Marvin .... with other sorceries." The jury did not agree: "a 'majority found them guilty, and the rest found strong ground for suspicion.'" There had been "Suspitions about Witchery" at Saybrook since about 1657. In March 1662/3 the Court refused to pay the Saybrook constables for their witnesses, "nor to any other upon such accounts for ye future" (source).

Her husband's will of 1662 left "my wiues waring cloaths and linnen belonging to her" to their daughter Mary.

Research: Notable connections of Patricia Hatten (1940-2009): the paternal Hatten line.

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  2. name: Marie Marvin
  3. aka: [Mary Marvin, Marye Marvin]
  4. sex: female
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Wife of Reinold Marvin, whom she married at Great Bentley, Essex, in 1617 or 1618, and mother of
  8. the children baptized there, among them Reinold, baptized in 1631. She came to New England with
  9. her husband about 1638 and died at Lyme, Connecticut, in the summer of 1661; her death was blamed
  10. on witchcraft, and a Saybrook couple were indicted for it. Her maiden name is not known.
  11. died:
  12. date: "1661"
  13. place: Lyme, Connecticut
  14. basis: compiled
  15. confidence: probable
  16. sources: [book-marvin-1904-reinold-and-matthew-marvin]
  17. note: '"probably in the summer of 1661, not long before her husband, as is evident from his will"; the indictment for her death was brought on 5 Sept 1661.'
  18. residences:
  19. - date: "1638"
  20. place: Hartford, Connecticut
  21. basis: inferred
  22. confidence: probable
  23. sources: [book-marvin-1904-reinold-and-matthew-marvin]
  24. note: "Came to New England with her husband about 1638, when he is at Hartford."
  25. ---
  27. Wife of [Reinold Marvin](/people/reinold-marvin-1594/); her maiden name is not known. They married at
  28. Great Bentley, Essex, in 1617 or 1618, and St. Mary's register records the baptisms of their children
  29. as "Reonold and Marye," "Raynold and Marye" and "Renold Meruin and of Marie his wyffe": William (4 Nov
  30. 1618), Elizabeth (1621), Marye (1622), John (buried 16 March 1626), Elisabeth (29 Apr 1627, who
  31. married William Waller), Sara (22 July 1629), Reinald (20 Dec 1631), Abigail (4 May 1634) and Mary
  32. (23 Oct 1636, who married Ens. Samuel Collins of Middletown). At least three died in England. She
  33. came to New England with her husband about 1638 and died at Lyme in the summer of 1661.
  35. "Her death was attributed to 'witchcraft.'" At a Quarter Court held at Hartford on 5 Sept 1661,
  36. Nicholas Jennings and his wife Margaret, of Saybrook, were indicted for "having enterteined
  37. familiarity with Sathan ... and by his help done works aboue ye course of nature, to ye loss of ye
  38. liues of seueral psons, and in particuler ye wife of Reynold Marvin .... with other sorceries." The
  39. jury did not agree: "a 'majority found them guilty, and the rest found strong ground for
  40. suspicion.'" There had been "Suspitions about Witchery" at Saybrook since about 1657. In March 1662/3
  41. the Court refused to pay the Saybrook constables for their witnesses, "nor to any other upon such
  42. accounts for ye future" ([source](/files/sources/book-marvin-1904-reinold-and-matthew-marvin/)).
  44. Her husband's will of 1662 left "my wiues waring cloaths and linnen belonging to her" to their
  45. daughter Mary.
  47. Research: `research/hatten/Hatten_Philbrick_Marvin.md`.
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