Brief Life History of Gen Seth
When Gen Seth Marvin was born on 15 February 1745, in Oxford, Orange, New York Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Gen Elihu Marvin, was 25 and his mother, Abigail Yelverton, was 23. He married Mary Julia Polly Little about 1764, in Oxford, Blooming Grove, Orange, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 25 August 1815, in Blooming Grove, Orange, New York, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Chester, Chester, Orange, New York, United States.
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Sources (7)
- Seth Marvin, "Find A Grave Index"
- Miss Lelia B. White in Daughters of the American Revolution "Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 071", Record #70530
- A. Gates White in Past and Present of Dekalb County, Illinois, Volume 2
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World Events (6)
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New York is the 11th state.
1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
Name Meaning
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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