 He was the son of Matthew Marvin, Jr., one of the founding settlers of Norwalk and Mary Brush Marvin.On June 3, 1723 he was appointed by a town meeting to a committee to seat the new meeting-house, of which his brother-in-law, Joseph Platt, was chairman.From February 1732, until his death, he lived in Wilton parish, which, at the time was part of Norwalk.