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The marriage bond was dated 6 Oct 1824 . James Rankin and Peleg Calvin were sureties. Daniel & Jane Hickey gave consent for "their" daughter's marriage. Witnesses were John Huddleston, N.J. Anderson, Elizabeth E. Huddleston, Peleg Calvin and James Rankin.

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Dennis Colvin strongly disapproved of slavery and exchanged many heated letters on the subject withhis brother Andrew back in Kentucky shortly before the Civil War. One of his sons, William Henry Calvin, fought in the Union Army, and the two brothers thus had sons on opposing sides of the conflict.

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Andrew Calvin was a slave-owner who vehemently opposed the abolitionists.

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She was the neice of Hon. John C. Breckinridge, Vice President of the United States, 1857-1861.

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Richard Colvin served in the Revolutionary War from the State of Vermont as a Private in Ebenezer Allen's Company, Samuel Herrick's Regiment of Rangers from 15 Jul 1777 to 15 Jan 1778. He also served as a Private in Capt. William Hutchin's Company, Col. Samuel Fletcher's Rangers and as a corporal in Capt. John Stark's Company until 30 June 1871

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Family Tradition maintains that John Colvin as a teenager escaped his apprenticeship in England by sailing to America as a stowaway.

 Source: Homer T. Calvin, Salineville, OH

 Bristol County, Massachusetts.

 To all to whom these presents shall come Know you that I John Calvin of the town of Dartmouth in the County of Bristol in New England for & in Consideration of sd full sum of two hundred and two pounds of Currant money of New England to me in hand payd by Stephen Easton of the Town of Newport on Rhoad Island in New England with which sd sum I do acknowledge my self fully sattisfyed [sic] Contented & payd & for my self, my heirs Executors & Admrs. Do Hereby Aquit [sic] Exonorat [sic] and Discharge the said Stephen Easton his heirs & Executors & Administrators for Ever Have granted Bargained ... all that my full quarter of a share of Upland and Meadow Divided and undivided excepting fifty nine acres of Upland which is allready Disposed of and four acres of Meadow which was Disposed of. The Remaining part part [sic] of both upland and meadow situat [sic] lyeing [sic] and being within the Township of Dartmouth aforesaid with my Dwelling house wherein the Township of Dartmouth aforesaid with my Dwelling house wherein I now Dwell which standeth on part of my said land Together with all my Right title ... [unto Stephen Easton, etc] .. In testimony Whereof I the said John Calvin have hereunto sett [sic] my hand and seal this Thirthy first day of August in the year one thousand seven Hundred and five 1705.

 John Calvin his mark; Doroth [sic] Calvin her mark

 Signed sealed & Delivered in presence of us; Nathaniel Howland, Jamees Burrill, John Howland

 Bristol SS; John Calvin the subscriber to the above mentioned Deed personally appearing before me the Subscriber one of her Magesties [sic] Justices of the Peace for sd County this 2d of Sept 1705 and Acknowledged this Instrument to be hs free voluntary Act and Deed in sd fourth year of her Majesties [sic] Reign; Nath: Paine[?]; Entered Sept: 19th 1705 by John Cary Cler.

 Item BLY-728-2: List of Land Transactions of John Colvin

 Source: Austin, John, Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982), p. 52

 On 16 Aug 1705, John Colvin bought 300 acres upland and 7 acres meadow in Providence, Providence, RI from Andrew Harris for 110 pounds.

 On 11 Feb 1706, he bought land on the north side of the Pawtuxet River at Mashantatack from John Carder &c. for 55 pounds.

 On 23 Jun 1711, in Providence he deeded to son John, for love, &c., 30 acres.

 On 1 Mar 1715, He deeded to his son Samuel, for love, &c., 12 acres

 On 20 Feb 1723, he and his wife Dorothy deeded to their son-in-law Peter Roberts and his wife Amey "my homestead land where I dwelt and all other real and personal estate."

 On 19 Jan 1727, John Colvin deeded 50 acres with buildings in Mashantatack for "love," etc. and 150 pounds to his daughter Amey and her husband Peter Roberts.

 On 4 Apr 1729, he bought 20 acres in Mashantatack from Ezekiel Warner, for 46 pounds.

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Notes for Russell Colvin:
 Russell Colvin was a man of weak intellect who was at times believed to be insane. Sometime in May of 1812, Russell disappeared and was not seen or heard from for years. Seven years later, his hat was found in a secluded area, some human bones were dug up by somebody's dog, and Amos Boorn had a dream during which Russell Colvin appeared to him and declared he had been murdered.

 On 27 April 1819, Russell's brother-in-law, Jesse Boorn was taken into custody. During his trial, the exhumed bones were declared to be those of deceased sheep, not a human. Jesse declared that his brother Stephen got into an argument with Russell while hoeing, struck him in the head and killed him.

 Stephen was taken into custody and both brothers were indicted. They were tried in November, 1819, and sentenced to be hanged on 29 Jan 1820. This sentence was latter commuted to life imprisonment.

 In January 1820, Russell Colvin, having regained his senses, suddenly appeared in town, alive. Apparently, he had been struck, but the blow had not been fatal. The Boorn brothers were retried and their case dismissed.

 -- History of Bennington County, Town of Manchester, pp. 365-366


 McFarland, Gerald, The Counterfeit Man, the True Story of the Boorn-Colvin Murder, (: University of Massachusetts, 1993)














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