When Silas Marvin was born on 4 February 1741, in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Capt Mathew Marvin, was 38 and his mother, Elizabeth Clark, was 30. He married Sarah Smith after 1770, in Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died after 22 June 1813, in Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 8258.
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1741–1813 Male
1747– Female
1769– Male
1702–1744 Male
1710–1766 Female
1732–1806 Female
1734–1791 Male
1737–1807 Male
1739–1810 Male
1741–1813 Male
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English (mainly Leicestershire and Lincolnshire): from the Middle English personal name Merefin, Merevin, Old English Merefin. This is probably formed with Old English mere ‘sea’ + Finn (a personal name derived from the ethnic name). Alternatively, it may be a borrowing of an unrecorded Old Norse name Møra-Finnr.
Slovenian: nickname from marvin, the name of a tart light red wine.
French: unexplained.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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