The English ancestry of Reinold and Matthew Marvin of Hartford, Ct ...

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The English Ancestry of
bears the name of St. Mary ; the population at the present
time is very small, and the living is now united with that of
St. Peter's, Copdock. The children of John and Elizabeth,
given in the order in which they are named in his Will,
were : —
ii i. Robert, 3 b. certainly as early as 1489, as he is one of the
executors of his father's Will ; as first mentioned therein he
is presumed to have been the eldest son : yet he survived
his brother, who bequeathed him a certain interest in his
lands, as will be seen by his Will, below, the conditions of
which may he thought to indicate that John was the elder.
Although, by his age, this might be Robert of Ramsay, yet
as that Robert mentions a sister Ann, but no other sisters,
while the Robert under notice had two sisters, neither of
whom was an Ann, it seems very improbable that the two
Roberts are identical. Nothing further has been found*.
12 ii. John, of Chattisham, Suffolk; b. as early as 1491 ; mar.
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Rose (Smythe ?) ; d. in Chattisham ; his Will is dated 27
March, 1535 ; his widow d. in Little Belstead ; her Will is
dated 25 April, 1557.
iii. Alyce, b. .
14 iv. Elizabeth, b. ; mar. Snape, and was living in
1535-
From the expression in his father's Will — " yff yt happen
the seyd Robert " and his brother and sisters " to deye w' owt
yssue," — it is inferred that none of the children were mar-
ried when their father died.
* The question has presented itself whether this Robert could have been the father
of Reinold of Ramsey (16), but after a very careful study of the Wills I have reached
the conclusion in the text.