While there is general agreement that John Martin was born in England and immigrated to New England, there is not consensus about where he was born. What is clear is that he was in Dover, now New Hampshire, by 1645.
Although I am not certain, I think the most compelling story is that he was
the son of John Martyn and Susan Hemertin (d.1628) and was baptized 26 Feb 1618/19 in Plymouth, Devon, England. Reportedly, the elder John later married Margaret Trelawney.
According to the Trelawney Papers, Robert Trelawney of Plymouth, Devon sent John Martin to New England in 1642 with a message for his hapless uncle Francis Martin (1584-p.1642) who was living in Casco, Maine. Francis is mentioned in Gov. Winthrop's journal. Uncle Francis returned to England soon afterwards leaving his two daughters behind. Mary Martin 1624-1646, reportedly one of his daughters, was hanged for killing her newborn child.
John Martin is listed as a yeoman in Dover in 1645 and married Esther Roberts in Dover not far from Casco 7 Sep 1646. He is found in the record in Dover in 1647 (law suit), 1648 (land records), 1654 (jury), and 1666 (as a sergeant).
John Martin, his son-in-law Hopewell Hull, Charles Gilman, Hugh Dunn, and others received a Piscataway Land Grant in New Jersey in 1666 from the East Jersey Proprietors and moved there shortly afterward, living first in Woodbridge and then in Piscataway.
His children were: John, Mary Hull, Martha Langstaff, Lydia Smalley, Joseph, Benjamin, Thomas, and James (who seems to have died before his parents.)
In his 17 Mar 1687 will, John left his entire estate to his widow with sons John and Benjamin and sons-in-law Hopewell Hull and John Langstaff as overseers. Esther died shortly after him, leaving the estate to the living children in equal shares.
It is assumed that he was buried here in what was then the Piscataway Burying Ground.
Although I am not certain, I think the most compelling story is that he was
the son of John Martyn and Susan Hemertin (d.1628) and was baptized 26 Feb 1618/19 in Plymouth, Devon, England. Reportedly, the elder John later married Margaret Trelawney.
According to the Trelawney Papers, Robert Trelawney of Plymouth, Devon sent John Martin to New England in 1642 with a message for his hapless uncle Francis Martin (1584-p.1642) who was living in Casco, Maine. Francis is mentioned in Gov. Winthrop's journal. Uncle Francis returned to England soon afterwards leaving his two daughters behind. Mary Martin 1624-1646, reportedly one of his daughters, was hanged for killing her newborn child.
John Martin is listed as a yeoman in Dover in 1645 and married Esther Roberts in Dover not far from Casco 7 Sep 1646. He is found in the record in Dover in 1647 (law suit), 1648 (land records), 1654 (jury), and 1666 (as a sergeant).
John Martin, his son-in-law Hopewell Hull, Charles Gilman, Hugh Dunn, and others received a Piscataway Land Grant in New Jersey in 1666 from the East Jersey Proprietors and moved there shortly afterward, living first in Woodbridge and then in Piscataway.
His children were: John, Mary Hull, Martha Langstaff, Lydia Smalley, Joseph, Benjamin, Thomas, and James (who seems to have died before his parents.)
In his 17 Mar 1687 will, John left his entire estate to his widow with sons John and Benjamin and sons-in-law Hopewell Hull and John Langstaff as overseers. Esther died shortly after him, leaving the estate to the living children in equal shares.
It is assumed that he was buried here in what was then the Piscataway Burying Ground.
While there is general agreement that John Martin was born in England and immigrated to New England, there is not consensus about where he was born. What is clear is that he was in Dover, now New Hampshire, by 1645.
Although I am not certain, I think the most compelling story is that he was
the son of John Martyn and Susan Hemertin (d.1628) and was baptized 26 Feb 1618/19 in Plymouth, Devon, England. Reportedly, the elder John later married Margaret Trelawney.
According to the Trelawney Papers, Robert Trelawney of Plymouth, Devon sent John Martin to New England in 1642 with a message for his hapless uncle Francis Martin (1584-p.1642) who was living in Casco, Maine. Francis is mentioned in Gov. Winthrop's journal. Uncle Francis returned to England soon afterwards leaving his two daughters behind. Mary Martin 1624-1646, reportedly one of his daughters, was hanged for killing her newborn child.
John Martin is listed as a yeoman in Dover in 1645 and married Esther Roberts in Dover not far from Casco 7 Sep 1646. He is found in the record in Dover in 1647 (law suit), 1648 (land records), 1654 (jury), and 1666 (as a sergeant).
John Martin, his son-in-law Hopewell Hull, Charles Gilman, Hugh Dunn, and others received a Piscataway Land Grant in New Jersey in 1666 from the East Jersey Proprietors and moved there shortly afterward, living first in Woodbridge and then in Piscataway.
His children were: John, Mary Hull, Martha Langstaff, Lydia Smalley, Joseph, Benjamin, Thomas, and James (who seems to have died before his parents.)
In his 17 Mar 1687 will, John left his entire estate to his widow with sons John and Benjamin and sons-in-law Hopewell Hull and John Langstaff as overseers. Esther died shortly after him, leaving the estate to the living children in equal shares.
It is assumed that he was buried here in what was then the Piscataway Burying Ground.
Although I am not certain, I think the most compelling story is that he was
the son of John Martyn and Susan Hemertin (d.1628) and was baptized 26 Feb 1618/19 in Plymouth, Devon, England. Reportedly, the elder John later married Margaret Trelawney.
According to the Trelawney Papers, Robert Trelawney of Plymouth, Devon sent John Martin to New England in 1642 with a message for his hapless uncle Francis Martin (1584-p.1642) who was living in Casco, Maine. Francis is mentioned in Gov. Winthrop's journal. Uncle Francis returned to England soon afterwards leaving his two daughters behind. Mary Martin 1624-1646, reportedly one of his daughters, was hanged for killing her newborn child.
John Martin is listed as a yeoman in Dover in 1645 and married Esther Roberts in Dover not far from Casco 7 Sep 1646. He is found in the record in Dover in 1647 (law suit), 1648 (land records), 1654 (jury), and 1666 (as a sergeant).
John Martin, his son-in-law Hopewell Hull, Charles Gilman, Hugh Dunn, and others received a Piscataway Land Grant in New Jersey in 1666 from the East Jersey Proprietors and moved there shortly afterward, living first in Woodbridge and then in Piscataway.
His children were: John, Mary Hull, Martha Langstaff, Lydia Smalley, Joseph, Benjamin, Thomas, and James (who seems to have died before his parents.)
In his 17 Mar 1687 will, John left his entire estate to his widow with sons John and Benjamin and sons-in-law Hopewell Hull and John Langstaff as overseers. Esther died shortly after him, leaving the estate to the living children in equal shares.
It is assumed that he was buried here in what was then the Piscataway Burying Ground.
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