He served as a deputy of the General Court of the Colony of Connecticut from Norwalk in the May 1654 session.
He is mentioned in the will of his father, receiving the mansion named Edons alias Dreybrockes and land called Hartles and Brocken Heddes with the condition that he pay his mother yearly for the rest of her life.
Matthew was "sydeman" of the parish of Great Bentley in 1621, overseer in 1627, and senior warden in 1628.
[1][3] Marvin was one of the first twelve settlers of Hartford, who formed a company known as the Adventurers, and to whom belonged "Venturers' Field".
He has many prominent American descendants including: Samuel Huntington, Gerald Ford, Bill Gates, and Florence Harding.