Aaron Marvin, 1778-1868

     A year and a half after the Declaration of Independence was signed, Aaron Marvin was born to Ichabod Marvin, and Martha Kellogg.  Aaron Marvin was the second great grandson of Matthew Marvin, who was Lucinda Johnston’s fourth great grandfather.  So, Aaron was two generations older than Lucinda.

Aaron was the fifth child, and the third son, born to Ichabod and Martha.  There were twenty years between their oldest and youngest child.

     Aaron married Eliza Brown Prior. She was the daughter of Elizabeth and David Prior.  Eliza was from South Carolina. Together they conceived five daughters and three girls between 1811 and 1827.  On April 3, 1828, Eliza died leaving Aaron to raise eight children between the ages of one to 17.  Experience with the family he was born into may have helped Aaron to handle the tremendous responsibility left to him.

     In 1816, the South Carolina legislature established a branch of the Bank of South Carolina at Georgetown, South Carolina.   Aaron was appointed to serve as a director of the state bank branch.  By 1830, Aaron had been replaced on the board.  In 1833, the branch was closed, and bank business was transferred to other Bank of South Carolina branches.

     In October 1841, Aaron Marvin served as one of three trustees of the first Baptist Church in Monticello, Florida to whom the first church building was deeded.   He lived in Monticello until his death.

     On July 15, 1868, Aaron Marvin died in Monticello at the age of 89.  He died several weeks before the 15th Amendment to the Constitution granting citizenship to ex-slaves.

Questions remain regarding Aaron Marvin. 

What drew him and his family to South Carolina?  Most of the Marvin family lived in Connecticut, and New York.  Subsequently, what drew Aaron to Monticello? 

What credentials did Aaron have, which deemed him worthy of serving as a director of the Bank of South Carolina’s Georgetown branch?  What line of business did Aaron pursue?  What drew Aaron to Monticello?