John Martin


Born:~1620Ottery, St. Mary, Devonshire, England
Died:Bef. 1665Ipswitch, Essex Co., Massachusetts
Married:RebeccaBy 1639
Charlestown, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts
Married:Sarah Lyfordby 1643
Charlestown, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts
Father:Robert Martin
Mother:Joane Upham
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Children by: Rebecca

1.Sarah MartinCharlestown, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts
Bap. September 09, 1639
2.Mary MartinCharlestown, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts
March 14, 1640/41
3.John MartinCharlestown, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts
Bap. May 01, 1642

Children by: Sarah Lyford

1.Mehitable MartinCharlestown, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts
October 01, 1643


NEHGR Vol 3 Page 187 lists John Martin as a Freeman of the Plymouth Colony on May 13, 1640.
A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, Before 1692
Volume #3 Page 162
By James Savage

JOHN, Charlestown 1638, freem. 13 May 1640, by w. Rebecca had Sarah, bapt. 9 Sept. 1639; Mary, 14 Mar. 1641; John, 1 May 1642; and by w. Sarah had Mehitable, b. 1 Oct. 1643
New England Marriages Prior to 1700
By Clarence Almon Torrey

MARTIN, John & Rebecca _____; by 1639; Charlestown {Charlestown 658}

MARTIN, John & Sarah [LARRIFORD], m/2 Reginald FOSTER 1665, m/3 William WHITE 1682; by 1643; Charlestown {Reg. 98:361; Charlestown 658; Goodhue Anc. 116; Foster 115; GDMNH 463; Snow-Estes 1:108; NH Prob.}

Record Book of the First Church in Charleston
NEHGR Vol. 23 Page 279 (1639)
7 : mo : day : 2 : John Martin : Rebeckah Martin : Hannah Carter: And Sarah Lary were Admitted.
NEHGR Vol. 25 Page 150 (1639)
7th : mo : day : 9 : Sarah Martin the daughter of John Martin and of Rebecka his wife was babtised.
NEHGR Vol. 25 Page 340 (1642)
3d : mo : day : 1st : John Martin the son of John Martin and of Rebeckah his wife : was Baptized.
Vital Records of Charleston Massachusetts to the Year 1850
Compiled and Edited by: Roger D. Joslyn, Fellow, American Society of Genealogists
(New England Historic Genealogical Society Boston)

Page 5
Mehetabel, dau. of John Martin & Sarah his wife, b. 1 (8) 1643.

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