Joane Upham


Born:1591Bicton, Co. Devonshire, England
Died:1669Swansea, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts
Married:Robert MartinNovember 16, 1618
Ottery, St. Mary, Co. Devonshire, England
Father:Richard Upham
Mother:Maria
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Children by: Robert Martin

1.John MartinOttery, St. Mary, Co. Devonshire, England
Abt. 1620


NEHGR Vol 3 Page 187 lists Rob't Marten as a Freeman of the Plymouth Colony on May 13, 1640.
NEHGR Vol 6 Page 93 Abstracts of the Earliest Wills

Robert MARTIN. (Reboth.)

Will dated 6 3mo 1660. Names his wife Joan, and his brother Richd Martin in Old England, and his children. Gives also to his Elder brother Abraham "if his need calleth for it." Appoints Tho Cooper sen, Wm Sabin of Rehoboth and "cozen" Robt Clapp of Dorchester overseers; and Rev Saml Newman and Nathl Paine, Executors, Witnessed by Stephen Paine Senr and George Robinson.

Inventory, "19 5mo, June 1660." Am't, £193 1s. 6d.
New England Marriages Prior to 1700
By Clarence Almon Torrey

MARTIN, Robert (1591-1660) (called Robert/Roger CLAPP "cousin") & Joane UPHAM (1591-1669?) (sis John); prob bef 1620, bef 1635, 16 Nov 1618; Weymouth/Rehoboth/Swansea {MD 17:111-12, 160; Reg. 6:93, 7:178, 23:33; Pope's Pioneers 503; Weymouth 3:414-5; Upham 30, 34; Snow-Estes 2:267, 279}

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