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(Jean Calvin) Great Leader of the Reformation, Born at Noyon, France, July 10, 1509; Died at Geneva, Switzerland, May 27, 1564 JOHN CALVIN (Jean Calvin) Great Leader of the Reformation, Born at Noyon, France, July 10, 1509; died at Geneva, Switzerland, May 27, 1564. The Reformer himaelf had only one child who di.ed in infancy, but IlBilY · of the American Calvina are believed to be descended from his relatives and to have come from the same family stock. THE CAL VIN FAMILIES Origin and History of the American Calvins With a Partial Genealogy B:v CLAUDE W. CALVIN (Seventh Generation from John Calvin of Dartmouth, Massachusetts.) PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 1945 Copyright 1945 Claude W, Calvin Llthoprinted In U.S.A. EDWARDS BROTHERS, INC. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN 1945 INTRODUCTION. What was the origin of the American Calvins? How and when did this historic family name--made famous by John Calvin, the great French religious reformer of the 16th Century--come to be introduced into the New World? It seems strange that nothing should have found its way into print on the subject of this widespread and fairly numerous American family, particularly since there have been Calv1ns in America since the early days of the American colonies. It would appear that a family name which has now been established on the American continent for 290 years and which had so spread through the English colonies before the outbreak of the American Revolution that 58 members of the family took part in that conflict from nine of the original thirteen colonies, would ere this have found a historian to recount its deeds. Yet, so far as can be learned, not a line has heretofore been wri.tten for publication regarding the origin and history of the Calvin name in America. It is in an effort to correct this omission that the following historical nar­ rative and partial genealogy is offered. The task has been made the more difficult by the long time which has elapsed without any preliminary "spade work," and by the fact that the American Calvins had their origin, on this side of the Atlantic, not in a ~ingle early immigrant, but in at least three early sources--one in Virginia, one in Massachusetts, and a third source consisting of a group of three or four Calvin immigrants who settled in New Jersey and Pennsyl­ vania. Evidently the first of these early immigrants to arrive was one Frank Calvin who located in Virginia in i654. He was followed about 16 years later by a John Calvin who came to Plymouth, Massachusetts, about 1670, and some time after 1700 by a group which seems to have comprised Luther, Stephen, and Philip Calvin, who set­ tled in New Jersey, and possibly also another John Calvin (or Colvin) who established his home in Chester County, V vi THE CALVIN FAMILIES Pennsylvania, (near Philadelphia), shortly before 1734. Those comprising this group were probably more or less closely related but what connection they had to the other two early immigrants can only be surmised. There have also been later immigrants who bore the Calvin name, but the above named early arrivals seem undoubted­ ly to have been the ancestors of the great majority of the present-day Calvins in America. As the descendants of these different early im­ migrants migrated westward, criss-crossing and inter­ mingling, it can be understood how difficult it is, at this late day, to unravel and identify the different family lines, It has been frequently necessary to re­ sort to conjecture, although effort has been made in all such cases to make it clear by the text that conclusions reached were so based. Partly on account of such un­ avoidable uncertainties, the present compilation has been divided into two parts, i.e.: Part_ I, a narrative dealing with the origin, history and spread of the Cal­ vins in America; and Part II, comprising a partial genealogy of the family lines for which connected data has been obtained. No claim is made ~hat the story of the Calvins as presented _is a complete one, nor in all cases brought down to date. Those who bear the Calvin name have be­ come so scattered that to search them all out has not yet been possible. It is hoped, however, that this his~ torical review of the Calvins will serve to outline the different Calvin family lines and that most Calvins of middle age today who know the name and birthplace of their grandfathers may be able to identify the ancestral lines from which they descended. Due to much early confusion in spelling the Calvin name, particularly during the colonial period, it was often written as Colvin, with the result that in a number of cases the name was changed to that form, In' some instances this change was temporary, but in others the form Colvin became fixed, so that many Colvins of to­ day are really of Calvin descent. For this reason it may be suggested that the history and genealogy of the Calvins and Colvins should be combined. Since, however, the two names really represent two entirely distinct INTRODUCTION vii families, one of French and one of British origin, the writer has thought it best to recognize that fact. Furthermore, those of Calvin ancestry whose names by long usage have become fixed as Colvin now generally seem to consider themselves as definitely forming a part of the Colvin family, and to avoid confusion and controversy they have not been followed nor included herein, even though logically they belong to the Calvin genealogy. As to the numerous and widespread Calvin fami­ lies who have adhered to the original spelling of the name, it is hoped that the present compilation will re­ sult in the preservation of much data concerning them which might otherwise become lost, and that this infor­ mation may be helpful in the later preparation of a more complete genealogy of the American Calvins. c. w. c. 1549 Poppy Peak Drive, Pasadena, California 1945 CONTENTS Page Introduction - - - - - - V PART I Origin and History of the American Calvina 1. Origin of the Calvin name- - 3 2. The French Chauvins, Cauvins and Calvins - - 4 3. The French Huguenots, their Persecution and Flight- - - - - - - - - - - - - 14 4. French Calvins to the British Isles- - 18 5. The name Colvin and its Confusion with Calvin- - 21 6. Calvins in Great Britain and Ireland 23 7, Early Calvin Immigrants to America - 27 8. John Calvin of Dartmouth and the New England 28 Calvins and Colvins - - 9, The New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania Calvins of the Delaware River Valley- - - - - - - 47 10. Delaware Indiana who Adopted the Calvin Name - - 54 11. Luther Calvin of Hunterdon County, New Jersey, and his Descendants - - - - - - - - - - - - 57 12. Stephen Calvin of Hunterdon County, New Jersey, and his Probable Son, Captain Luther Calvin - 72 13. The Chester County, Pennsylvania, Calvins or Golvina and their Descendants - - - - - - 87 14. Frank Calvin and the Virginia Calvina and Col vina - - - - - - - - - - - - - 91 ix X THE CALVIN FAMILIES Page 15, Calvins in Western Pennsylvania- - - - - - 102 16. Kentucky--a Calvin Crossroads- - - - - - - - 111 17. Calvins in the Carolinas and Georgia - 117 18. Calvins in Alabama - - - - - - 119 19. Calvins from Alabama in Peru, South America- 120 20. Calvins and Colvins in the American Revolution - 122 21. Calvins and Colvins in the First United States Census of 1790- - - - - - - - 131 22. Later Calvin Immigrants Ir.to America - - 139 23. Calvin Coat of Arms; Seal of John Calvin 142 24. Conclusion - - - - - - ------ 147 PART II Calvin Genealogy Genealogy- - - - - - - - - - - - 153 Family Lines Included; Method of Arrangement - 153 I. John Calvin of Dartmouth, Mass. - - - - 157 (a) Sanford Jenks Calvin, his Ancestry and Descendants- - - - - - - - - - - 161 (b) Peleg Calvin, his Ancestry and Descendants- - - - - - - - - 175 II. Luther Calvin of New Jersey and his Descendants Intermarriage of Calvin and Roller Families- 205 III. Stephen Calvin of New Jersey and his Descendants- - - - - - - - - 263 IV. John Calvin (Colvin) of Chester Co., Pa., and his Probable Descendants- - - 309 V. Detached Calvin Family Lines- - - - - - 319 (a) James Calvin of Crawford Co., Pa., and his Descendants- 321 CONTENTS xi Page (b) John C. Calvin of Jefferson and Crawford Counties, Pa., and his Descendants - - - 337 (c) James CA.lvin and Robert Calvin of Beaver Co., Pa., and their Descendants- - - - - 341 (d) William Calvin (Colvin) of Lunenburg Co., Va., and his Descendants - - - - - - - - 353 (e) James Calvin of Christian Co., Ky., and his Descendants- - Authorities Consulted- - - - - - - - - ILLUSTRATIONS Page 1. John Calvin, the Reformer- - Frontispiece 2. Calvin Coat of Arms- 144 3. Seal of John Calvin, the Reformer- 149 xiii P A R T I Origin and History of the American Calvins. THE AMERICAN CALVINS 1. Origin of the Calvin name. Although the name Calvin exists today as a fami­ ly nB.!lle principally in English-speaking countries and notably in the United States, it appears to be well es­ tablished that the name did not have its source in Eng­ land, .and no authority on English surnames gives Calvin as of English origin. Nor is there any claim or evidence that the name originated in Scotland or Ireland, despite the impression on the part of some members of the family that they are of Scotch or Scotch-Irish descent. On the other hand, all authorities on surnames who have investi­ gated the name agree that the family name Calvin was of French origin, and Paul Chapuy, an authority on French family names, in his Origine des Nome Patronomiques Francais, classifies Calvin, with its principal alter­ nate forms of Gauvin and Chauvin, as French surnames of Gallo-Roman origin, derived from the Roman cognomen Calvinus, which latter word, it might be added, was also used in medieval latin as an adjective meaning "bald." Calvin was very probably, almost obviously, derived from Calvinus, but it seems less certain that it was derived from Calvinus as a Roman cognomen.
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