The following narrative was published in "Descendants of Reinold and Matthew Marvin of Hartford, CT., 1638 and 1635 Sons of Edward Marvin, of Great Bentley, England" by George Franklin Marvin & William T.R. Marvin (1904):
"Seth was actively engaged in the Revolution; in 1775 he signed the "Association Pledge" in Orange co.; in 1775-6 he was first lieutenant of the "Cornwall minute-men,"of which Thomas Moffatt was captain; later he was captain and lieut-colonel; his commission as colonel in the militia is preserved by his grand-daughter, Mrs. Moses Smith, of Chicago, 111.; he held this office until he was promoted, 29 March, 1806, to be a brigadier general. He resided in Chester, then a part of Cornwall, holding office therebetween 1765 and 1775. He was a school commissioner in 1798 and 1800. With his brother Elihu he was one of the charter members of the Farmers' Hall Academy, in Goshen. He was executor of his brother in-law's will, dated 14 May, 1780, and was frequently appointed by the Courts to settle estates and make partitions among heirs, 1797-1807. He served as a surveyor under the State Surveyor General. He was a charter member, 1796, and first Senior Warden, of Orange Lodge of Masons, Goshen. He was a member of the New York Assembly from Orange co., for ten terms between 1789 and 1812. Often intrusted with important public duties, he was a commissioner with George Clinton on the boundary line between New York and Pennsylvania. He was interred near the house which he occupied the latter part of his life, and which is still standing on the west road from Chester to Oxford. His gravestone says: "in his time a Christian philanthropist and statesman." In the summer of 1903, Mr. Nathan H. Helme (grandson of Seth) enclosed the burial-place which contains this grave and that of several of the family, with a fine iron fence, and erected a monument to his memory."
"Seth was actively engaged in the Revolution; in 1775 he signed the "Association Pledge" in Orange co.; in 1775-6 he was first lieutenant of the "Cornwall minute-men,"of which Thomas Moffatt was captain; later he was captain and lieut-colonel; his commission as colonel in the militia is preserved by his grand-daughter, Mrs. Moses Smith, of Chicago, 111.; he held this office until he was promoted, 29 March, 1806, to be a brigadier general. He resided in Chester, then a part of Cornwall, holding office therebetween 1765 and 1775. He was a school commissioner in 1798 and 1800. With his brother Elihu he was one of the charter members of the Farmers' Hall Academy, in Goshen. He was executor of his brother in-law's will, dated 14 May, 1780, and was frequently appointed by the Courts to settle estates and make partitions among heirs, 1797-1807. He served as a surveyor under the State Surveyor General. He was a charter member, 1796, and first Senior Warden, of Orange Lodge of Masons, Goshen. He was a member of the New York Assembly from Orange co., for ten terms between 1789 and 1812. Often intrusted with important public duties, he was a commissioner with George Clinton on the boundary line between New York and Pennsylvania. He was interred near the house which he occupied the latter part of his life, and which is still standing on the west road from Chester to Oxford. His gravestone says: "in his time a Christian philanthropist and statesman." In the summer of 1903, Mr. Nathan H. Helme (grandson of Seth) enclosed the burial-place which contains this grave and that of several of the family, with a fine iron fence, and erected a monument to his memory."
The following narrative was published in "Descendants of Reinold and Matthew Marvin of Hartford, CT., 1638 and 1635 Sons of Edward Marvin, of Great Bentley, England" by George Franklin Marvin & William T.R. Marvin (1904):
"Seth was actively engaged in the Revolution; in 1775 he signed the "Association Pledge" in Orange co.; in 1775-6 he was first lieutenant of the "Cornwall minute-men,"of which Thomas Moffatt was captain; later he was captain and lieut-colonel; his commission as colonel in the militia is preserved by his grand-daughter, Mrs. Moses Smith, of Chicago, 111.; he held this office until he was promoted, 29 March, 1806, to be a brigadier general. He resided in Chester, then a part of Cornwall, holding office therebetween 1765 and 1775. He was a school commissioner in 1798 and 1800. With his brother Elihu he was one of the charter members of the Farmers' Hall Academy, in Goshen. He was executor of his brother in-law's will, dated 14 May, 1780, and was frequently appointed by the Courts to settle estates and make partitions among heirs, 1797-1807. He served as a surveyor under the State Surveyor General. He was a charter member, 1796, and first Senior Warden, of Orange Lodge of Masons, Goshen. He was a member of the New York Assembly from Orange co., for ten terms between 1789 and 1812. Often intrusted with important public duties, he was a commissioner with George Clinton on the boundary line between New York and Pennsylvania. He was interred near the house which he occupied the latter part of his life, and which is still standing on the west road from Chester to Oxford. His gravestone says: "in his time a Christian philanthropist and statesman." In the summer of 1903, Mr. Nathan H. Helme (grandson of Seth) enclosed the burial-place which contains this grave and that of several of the family, with a fine iron fence, and erected a monument to his memory."
"Seth was actively engaged in the Revolution; in 1775 he signed the "Association Pledge" in Orange co.; in 1775-6 he was first lieutenant of the "Cornwall minute-men,"of which Thomas Moffatt was captain; later he was captain and lieut-colonel; his commission as colonel in the militia is preserved by his grand-daughter, Mrs. Moses Smith, of Chicago, 111.; he held this office until he was promoted, 29 March, 1806, to be a brigadier general. He resided in Chester, then a part of Cornwall, holding office therebetween 1765 and 1775. He was a school commissioner in 1798 and 1800. With his brother Elihu he was one of the charter members of the Farmers' Hall Academy, in Goshen. He was executor of his brother in-law's will, dated 14 May, 1780, and was frequently appointed by the Courts to settle estates and make partitions among heirs, 1797-1807. He served as a surveyor under the State Surveyor General. He was a charter member, 1796, and first Senior Warden, of Orange Lodge of Masons, Goshen. He was a member of the New York Assembly from Orange co., for ten terms between 1789 and 1812. Often intrusted with important public duties, he was a commissioner with George Clinton on the boundary line between New York and Pennsylvania. He was interred near the house which he occupied the latter part of his life, and which is still standing on the west road from Chester to Oxford. His gravestone says: "in his time a Christian philanthropist and statesman." In the summer of 1903, Mr. Nathan H. Helme (grandson of Seth) enclosed the burial-place which contains this grave and that of several of the family, with a fine iron fence, and erected a monument to his memory."
Inscription
In
memory of
Gen Seth Marvin
who died Aug 25th
1815
aged 70 years 6 mo.
(illegible)
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