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Martin Family History & Genealogy

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Martin Last Name History & Origin

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Summary

Martin is a common first and last name in European languages, and might be derived from the Roman god Mars. 

History

Martin is a common first and last name in European languages, and might be derived from the Roman god Mars. 

Name Origin

It derives from "Mars", the god of fertility and war, although it is claimed that "Mars" itself may derive ultimately from the word "mar", meaning "to gleam". The original given name has been used in every state in Europe since the 12th century crusades to free the Holy Land from the Moslems.

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Spellings & Pronunciations

There are many patronymic forms such as Martinez (Spanish) or Martenssen (Swedish), and diminutives such as Martineau (France) and Martinelli (Italian). Curiously the Polish spellings of Marcinkowski and Marciszewski are locational, originating from a town called Martin, as is the Czech Martinovsky. Examples of the surname recordings taken from authentic registers of the period include John Martin of Plymouth, England, who was navigator to Sir Francis Drake, on his first "Round the World" voyage of 1577, whilst Christopher Martin was a member of the Pilgrim Fathers in 1620. Suarez Martinez was christened at Asuncion, Mexico, on October 2md 1774, whilst Jack Martinet was registered at Berkeley, California on September 27th 1909, and Jeffrey Lynn Martineau at Los Angelos on April 10th 1948. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Walter Martin, which was dated 1166, in the charters of the county of Northampton, England, during the reign of King Henry 11, known as "The Builder of Churches", 1154 - 1189. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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Nationality & Ethnicity

Ireland & Irish In England, Martin is a variation on Marton which was given to people who settled in areas with a geographic boundary.  In France, Martin is one of the common French surnames and is attributed to Saint Martin of Tours.

Famous People named Martin

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Early Martins

These are the earliest records we have of the Martin family.

Nicholas Martin Birth 1193 in Dartington, Devonshire, England Death 22 Mar 1282 in Barnstaple, Devon, England Family Members Parents Baron William Martin1160 – 1215 ❏ ♀ Avice DeToriton1165 – 1246 ❏ Show siblings▼ Spouse & Children▼ ♀ Maud DeBryan1195 – 1279 ❏ ♂ Nicholas Martin1230 – 1290 ❏ ♂ Nicolas Martin1230 – 1260 ❏ ♀ Colinetus Martin1232 – ❏ Robert Martin1235 – 1285 ❏ ♂ John Martin1237 – ❏ ♂ David Martin1239 – ❏ ♂ William Martin1241 – ❏ ♂ Warin Martin1243 – ❏ ♀ Anne Martin1245 –
Robert Martin Birth 1235 in Dartingham, Devon, England Death 1285 in Dorset, England Family Members Parents Nicholas Martin1193 – 1282 ❏ ♀ Maud DeBryan1195 – 1279 ❏ Show siblings▼ Spouse & Children▼ ♀ Heress (Heiress)1232 – ❏ . Spouse & Children▼ ♀ Unknown wife of Robert Martin1232 – 1994 ❏ ROBERT II Martin1265 – 1307
ROBERT II Martin Birth 1265 in Dartingham, Devon, England Death 1307 Family Members Parents Robert Martin1235 – 1285 ❏ ♀ Unknown wife of Robert Martin1232 – 1994 ❏ Spouse & Children▼ ♀ Elizabeth, Unknown wife of Robert Martin1265 – 1309 ❏ Sir R I Martin, Baron Martin of Athelhamp ton1285 – 1375
Sir Robert Martin III
Sir Robert III Martin, Baron Martin of Athelhampton Birth 1285 in Oxton Hall, Devonshire, England Death 1375 in Somerset, England Family Members Parents ROBERT II Martin1265 – 1307 ❏ ♀ Elizabeth, Unknown wife of Robert Martin1265 – 1309 ❏ Spouse & Children▼ Elizabeth Yeovilton1295 – 1313 ❏ Robertus Robert Martin deYevelton1310 – 1380 ❏ ♂ Sir R I Martin, Baron Martin of Athelhamp ton1310 – 1380 ❏ . Spouse & Children▼ ♀ Elizabeth Yeovilton1295 – 1349
Robert Martin IV
Robertus Robert Martin deYevelton Birth 1310 in Athelhamson, Dorset, England Death 1380 in Staffordshire, England Family Members Parents Sir R I Martin, Baron Martin of Athelhamp ton1285 – 1375 ❏ Elizabeth Yeovilton1295 – 1313 ❏ Show siblings▼ Spouse & Children▼ Margaret Basset1322 – 1394 ❏ ♂ RICHARD Martin1339 – ❏ ♂ Nicholas Martin1340 – 1394 ❏ Sir Oliver Martin, Baron Martin of Athelhamp ton1344 – 1420 ❏ ♂ Richard Martin1350 – 1394
Sir Oliver Martin
Sir Oliver Martin, Baron Martin of Athelhampton Birth 1344 in Pale Park, Dorset, England Death 1420 in Athelhampton House, Dorset, England Family Members Parents Robertus Robert Martin deYevelton1310 – 1380 ❏ Margaret Basset1322 – 1394 ❏ Show siblings▼ Spouse & Children▼ ♀ Hannah Martin1350 – 1994 ❏ Sir R V Martin, Baron Martin of Athelhamp ton1380 – 1433
Sir Robert Martin V
Sir Robert V Martin, Baron Martin of Athelhampton Birth 1380 in Athelhampton, Dorset, England Death 1433 in Athelhampton, Dorset, England Family Members Parents Sir Oliver Martin, Baron Martin of Athelhamp ton1344 – 1420 ❏ ♀ Hannah Martin1350 – 1994 ❏ Spouse & Children▼ Lady Agnes De Loundres, Baroness Martin1383 – 1414 ❏ ♂ Robert Martyn ❏ ♂ William Martyn – 1428 ❏ John Martin1400 – ❏ ♂ SIR Richard Martin1410 – 1439 ❏ ♂ SIR RICHARD Poulehurst MARTIN1410 – 1439 ❏ ♂ Richardus Martin1419 – 1470 ❏ ♂ Sir Thomas Martin1435 –
John Martin Birth 1400 in Berkshire, England Death Family Members Parents Sir R V Martin, Baron Martin of Athelhamp ton1380 – 1433 ❏ Lady Agnes De Loundres, Baroness Martin1383 – 1414
Sir John Martin V Birth 1430 in Wokingham, Berkshire, England Death in England Family Members Parents John Martin1400 – ❏ ♀ No Mother Spouse & Children▼ Agness Elizabeth Cresswell1430 – ❏ ♂ William Martin1451 – ❏ ♂ William Martin1453 – ❏ ♀ Alice Martin1455 – ❏ ♀ Elizabeth Martin1457 – ❏ William MARTEN1500 – 1551
Sir Thomas Martin, Baron of Athelhampton
Thomas Martin was born in 1430 to Sir Richard Martin IV, and is the father of Sir William Martin, Baron of Athelhampton. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Sir Thomas Martin, Baron of Athelhampton .
Sir William Martin, Baron of Athelhampton
William Martin was born in 1446. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Sir William Martin, Baron of Athelhampton.
Sir William Martin VIII Birth 1451 in Wokingham, Berkshire, England Death Family Members Parents ♂ Sir John Martin V1430 – ❏ ♀ No Mother Spouse & Children▼ ♀ Lady Jane Bennett1495 – ❏ ♂ Thomas Martin II1510 – ❏ ♂ John Martin III1511 – ❏ ♀ Anne Martin1512 – ❏ . Spouse & Children▼ ♀ Lady Margaret Yate1500 – 1532 ❏ ♂ Sir Anthony Martin1523 – 1580 ❏ ♂ William Martin X1524 – ❏ ♂ Edward Martin II1525 – 1604 ❏ ♀ Elizabeth Martin1526 – 1588 ❏ ♀ Margaret Martin1527 – 1554

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Sunny Brooke Martin
Sunny Brooke Martin was born on September 2, 1994 at The Ocean of Planet Earth to Ian Oliver Martin. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Sunny Brooke Martin.
Francesca Diana Martin
Francesca Diana Martin was born on November 17, 1981 in Exeter, Devon County, England United Kingdom to David John Pattison Martin and Barbara Constance Dowmunt, and has siblings Henry David T. Martin, Melissa Beatrice Martin, Charis Maryna Martin, and Naomi Claire Martin. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Francesca Diana Martin.
Christopher Martin
Christopher Martin was born on March 2, 1977 in Whitestone, Devon County, England United Kingdom to --- ---, and has a sister Rosanna Charlotte Alison Jane Martin. Christopher Martin is the father of Moses Bruce Anthony Martin. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Christopher Martin.
David Radford Martin
Marriage to Nannette Serena Walters: 12/24/1915 at father John Dalton Martin's home in Gray, Knox County, Kentucky. Recorded at Knox County Clerk, Barbourville, KY on book A-3, page 83 Death from influenza, pneumonia fever from October 17, 1918 to October 22, 1918. Death at 5PM!-Dr. James Walker Parker. David was going to be buried at the Scott Chapel Cemetery with his grandfather Valentine "Cub" George Martin who died in 1911. A change of plans resulted in David's burial the grounds on his parents John Dalton Martin & Lucy Francis Johnson homestead, in Gray, Knox County, Kentucky. Both David's parents were buried with him when they too perished as were David's brothers Samuel and James and their wives. In 2011, David's son Vernon Eugene Martin's cremains were also spread on David's burial area, and covered with a marker.

David Radford Martin was a son of John Dalton Martin & Lucy Frances Johnson who were married on February 16, 1891 in Tennessee. David was born in Gray, Knox County, Kentucky. He joined the US Army in March 7, 1912 at Middlesboro, Kentucky and was honorably discharged on March 6, 1915 as a Corporal with the 3rd US Regiment of Infantry, Madison Barrack, New York. David married Nannette Serena Walters on December 24, 1915, in Gray, Knox County, Kentucky. The were parents of Vernon Eugene Martin 1916-1985 and Theodore Roosevelt Martin 1918-1918. David is the paternal grandfather, via son Vernon Eugene Martin (aka Mike Striebel) of Ian Oliver Martin, Erika Stark Striebel, Karen Diane Striebel and Jan Patricia Striebel, and the great grand father of their children.

John Henry Martin
John Henry Martin was born in 1753, and was the father of Henry Owen Martin. John Martin died at age 69 years old on May 10, 1823, and was buried at St Elidyrs Church, Ludchurch, Narberth SA67 8JE, Wales, United Kingdom. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John Henry Martin.
Henry Martin was born in 1805 to John Henry Martin. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Henry Owen Martin.
Mary Jane (Martin) Richey was born in 1857 in Kyneton, Macedon Ranges Shire County, VIC Australia. She married George Vowles Penny, and they were married until George's death on October 14, 1889. They had children Mary Ann (Penny) Kent, Joseph Penny, Emma May (Penny) Sherlock, Thomas Penny, and Caroline Frances (Penny) Cornish. She also married Adam Richey, and they were married until death separated them. They had children Herbert Richey, Walter Percy William Richey, Ruby Violet (Richey) Keay, and Ethel May (Richey) Jones. Mary Richey died at age 63 years old on March 17, 1921, and was buried at Brighton General Cemetery, in Caulfield South, City of Glen Eira County. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary Jane (Martin) Penny Richey.
Rosanna Charlotte Alison Jane Martin
Rosanna Charlotte Alison Jane Martin was born circa April 1982 in Exeter, Devon County, England United Kingdom to --- ---, and has a brother Christopher Martin. Rosanna Martin married James C.S. Houston in August 2004 in Devon County. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Rosanna Charlotte Alison Jane Martin.
Vernon Eugene Martin
Travelled with wife Louise Stark to Naples, Italy,,,leaving New York, New York on 28 July 1956. just after retirement from the Navy, aboard the USNS PVT ELDEN H. JOHNSON T-AP 184. In US Navy 30 July 1935 to 30 June 1956 Service No. 356005 68.5" Height. 175 lbs Weight Medals: WWII Victory Amer. Theater Asiatic Pacific Theater Good Conduct National Defense Service Navy Occupation Service (Europe)

Moses Bruce Anthony Martin
Moses Martin was born to Christopher Martin. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Moses Bruce Anthony Martin.
Anthony John Martin was born to John Besley Martin and Muriel Pattison, and has a brother David John Pattison Martin. Anthony Martin is the father of Christopher Martin. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Anthony John Martin.
David John Pattison Martin was born on February 5, 1945 at Exeter, Devon, England, UK to John Besley Martin and Muriel Pattison, and has a brother Anthony John Martin. David Martin was in a relationship with Barbara Constance Dowmunt, and has children Melissa Beatrice Martin, Francesca Diana Martin, Charis Maryna Martin, Henry David T. Martin, and Naomi Claire Martin. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember David John Pattison Martin .
John Besley Martin
John Besley Martin was born on April 11, 1906 at Rewe, Devon, England, United Kingdom to John Martin and Mary Catherine Besley, and had siblings Francis Gilbert Martin, Eva May Martin, Catherine Martin, and Christopher Martin. He was in a relationship with Muriel Pattison, and had children David John Pattison Martin and Anthony John Martin. John Martin died at age 75 years old on March 10, 1982, and was buried at St Luke's Church 1 Countess Wear Road City of Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom EX2 6LG. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John Besley Martin.
Lorraine Martin
Lorraine Martin was in a relationship with Winston Coffey, and has children Betty Ann Boldin and David coffey. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Lorraine Martin .
John Wellborn Martin
Born in 1884 at Plainfield (Marion County, Florida), John Wellborn Martin became Florida's 24th governor in 1925. Largely self-educated, he was admitted to the bar in 1914 and began practicing law in Jacksonville. From 1917 to 1924, he served as mayor of that city. While governor, Martin presided over a land boom that attracted national attention. During this period, he built highways on a statewide basis, financed public schools by direct state appropriations, and furnished free textbooks to students in the first six grades. Martin was defeated in 1928 for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate and in 1932 for nomination for Governor. Beginning in the 1940s he was co-receiver and subsequently trustee of the Florida East Coast Railroad. He died in Jacksonville in 1958. From the description of Correspondence, 1935-1937. (Florida State Archive). WorldCat record id: 32413150
Elisabeth Jane Martin was born in January 1943 in Exeter, Devon County, England United Kingdom. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Elisabeth Jane Martin.
Kellie Noelle Martin
Kellie Noelle Martin was born on October 16, 1975 in Riverside, Riverside County, California United States to Douglas J. Martin and Deborah June Jett, and has a sister Heather Christine Martin. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Kellie Noelle Martin.
Naomi Claire Martin was born circa September 1989 in Exeter, Devon County, England United Kingdom to David John Pattison Martin and Barbara Constance Dowmunt, and has siblings Henry David T. Martin, Melissa Beatrice Martin, Francesca Diana Martin, and Charis Maryna Martin. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Naomi Claire Martin.
Charis Maryna Martin was born circa December 1982 in Yeovil, Somerset County, England United Kingdom to David John Pattison Martin and Barbara Constance Dowmunt, and has siblings Henry David T. Martin, Melissa Beatrice Martin, Francesca Diana Martin, and Naomi Claire Martin. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Charis Maryna Martin.

Popular Martin Biographies

John Martin
John Felix Martin was born in 1883. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John Martin.
Creed Daulton Martin
Creed Daulton Martin was born on May 26, 1901 in Knox County, Kentucky United States, and died at age 39 years old on May 5, 1941. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Creed Daulton Martin.
Vernon Eugene Martin
Travelled with wife Louise Stark to Naples, Italy,,,leaving New York, New York on 28 July 1956. just after retirement from the Navy, aboard the USNS PVT ELDEN H. JOHNSON T-AP 184. In US Navy 30 July 1935 to 30 June 1956 Service No. 356005 68.5" Height. 175 lbs Weight Medals: WWII Victory Amer. Theater Asiatic Pacific Theater Good Conduct National Defense Service Navy Occupation Service (Europe)

William Luther  Martin
William Luther Martin was born on January 2, 1905. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember William Luther Martin.
James (Jim) Martin
James Frederick Martin was born on August 19, 1885. James Martin was in a relationship with Eliza Jane Cutler, and has a child Nannie (Martin) Routh. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James (Jim) Martin.
David Radford Martin
Marriage to Nannette Serena Walters: 12/24/1915 at father John Dalton Martin's home in Gray, Knox County, Kentucky. Recorded at Knox County Clerk, Barbourville, KY on book A-3, page 83 Death from influenza, pneumonia fever from October 17, 1918 to October 22, 1918. Death at 5PM!-Dr. James Walker Parker. David was going to be buried at the Scott Chapel Cemetery with his grandfather Valentine "Cub" George Martin who died in 1911. A change of plans resulted in David's burial the grounds on his parents John Dalton Martin & Lucy Francis Johnson homestead, in Gray, Knox County, Kentucky. Both David's parents were buried with him when they too perished as were David's brothers Samuel and James and their wives. In 2011, David's son Vernon Eugene Martin's cremains were also spread on David's burial area, and covered with a marker.

David Radford Martin was a son of John Dalton Martin & Lucy Frances Johnson who were married on February 16, 1891 in Tennessee. David was born in Gray, Knox County, Kentucky. He joined the US Army in March 7, 1912 at Middlesboro, Kentucky and was honorably discharged on March 6, 1915 as a Corporal with the 3rd US Regiment of Infantry, Madison Barrack, New York. David married Nannette Serena Walters on December 24, 1915, in Gray, Knox County, Kentucky. The were parents of Vernon Eugene Martin 1916-1985 and Theodore Roosevelt Martin 1918-1918. David is the paternal grandfather, via son Vernon Eugene Martin (aka Mike Striebel) of Ian Oliver Martin, Erika Stark Striebel, Karen Diane Striebel and Jan Patricia Striebel, and the great grand father of their children.

Theodore Roosevelt Martin
Theodore Roosevelt Martin of Gray, Knox County, Kentucky United States was born on November 11, 1918 in Gray, and died on November 24, 1918 in Gray.
Lewis Martin
Lewis Martin, sometimes spelled Louis Martin, was an enslaved man who was born in Independence County, Arkansas. He, his mother, and his two brothers were the property of slave owners William and Nancy Martin. Later, as a free black man, he moved to Springfield, Illinois, and joined a black regiment in the Union Army during the Civil War. Lewis listed his occupation as a "farmer" on his enlistment papers. At the Battle of the Crater near Petersburg, Virginia, he was badly injured and his right arm and left leg were amputated. Understandably, Lewis struggled with both alcoholism after the War and the discrimination which followed the Civil War. His photo, which was taken to support his service disability claim, shows the powerful effect on his body and his psyche. He returned to Springfield after his service and lived there the rest of his life, which ended in 1892. He had collapsed after the funeral for Capt. John G. Mack, who was the mustering officer for Illinois, in 1887, and the papers said at the time that "Louis Martin, the brave fragment of a veteran of Bross post, fainted yesterday afternoon at the cemetery while in attendance upon the funeral of Capt. Mack. The walk was too much for him. He is minus a leg and an arm and has several marks of affection received from the boys who pointed their muskets north. " It was later thought that his death was due to a stroke, but many now think he died from alcoholism. His will left everything to Maria Brill, a white woman with whom he lived. It's not known if she was a caretaker or a lover. See Find A Grave Memorial. He was buried in an unmarked grave in the Oak Ridge Cemetery but his grave was identified in 2012 and he was finally given a headstone - after 121 years - in 2013. See Private Lewis Martin Gravesite.
John C Martin
John (Johnny) C Martin was born on October 22, 1965 at Virginia to Alice L (Lipscomb) Martin Widener-Haney and Robert L. Martin Sr, and had siblings Robert Martin Jr, Zelda E Akers, Virginia L. (Martin) Wilson, Scottie J Martin, and Wilbur T Martin. John (Johnny) Martin died at age 41 years old on October 23, 2006 in Kilmarnock, Lancaster County, Virginia United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John C Martin.
Shirley Ann Taylor Martin
Shirley Ann (Taylor) Martin was born on October 23, 1940 in Ville Platte, Evangeline Parish County, Louisiana United States to Porter Alan Taylor and Mava Kidder Taylor. She married Eugene Harvey Martin, and had children Karen E. Martin Chalfant, Natalie Lynn Martin Natal, and Heather Cherie Martin Crain. Shirley Martin died at age 79 years old on April 4, 2020 in Houston, Harris County, TX. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Shirley Ann Taylor Martin.
Alice M Artman
Alice M (Martin) Artman of Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut USA was born on November 27, 1921, and died at age 84 years old on February 11, 2006. Alice Artman was buried circa Feb at King's Highway Cemetery in Milford.
Wesley Martin
Wesley Clyde Martin Jr. was born on January 8, 1946. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Wesley Martin.
Jobe Henry Martin
ID: I260891 Name: Jobe Henry Martin Given Name: Jobe Henry Surname: Martin Sex: M Birth: 1743 in New Kent, Goochland Co., Virginia Death: 1803 in North Carolina Event: Revolutionary War, Enlisted Private Military 1775 Event: Revolutionary War, Drum and Fife Military 1776 Residence: 1790 Stokes Co., North Carolina Residence: 1800 Surry Co., Norh Carolina _UID: 609B40E17F9B42B88A5DEAA8C4BF9C18E0E7 Change Date: 14 Feb 2015 at 17:56 Note: Family Bible Job Martin & Mary Clarkson a son named John born March 18, 1766. Baptized May 25, 1766. p. 74 Job Martin & Mary Clarkson a son named Valentine-Clarkson born December 1, 1767. Baptized March 2, 1768. p. 80 Job Martin & Mary Clarkson a Daughter named Nancy-Butts born May 14, 1769. Baptized July 22, 1769. p. 85 Job Martin & Mary Clarkson a Daughter named Patsy Robinson born April 25, 1771. Baptized 1772. p. 91 Died as 45 years of age For more complete research on this family see Father: Valentine Martin b: 18 Jun 1710 in New Kent, Virginia Mother: Bridgewater Jane b: 1715 in Henrico Co., Virginia Marriage to Martha Mary Clarkson b: 1746 in James Parish, Goochland Co., Virginia Married: 24 Sep 1765 in Goochland Co., Virginia Children John Potter Martin b: 25 May 1766 in St. James N Parish, Goochland, Virginia Valentine Clarkson Martin b: 1 Dec 1767 in Goochland, Goochland Co., Virginia Job Martin b: 1 Dec 1767 in Goochland Co., Virginia Nancy Butts Martin b: 14 May 1769 in Virginia Patsy Robinson Martin b: 25 May 1771 in Goochland Co., Virginia Henry Martin b: 1773 Robert Martin b: 1775 Samuel Martin b: 1780 in New Kent, Virginia
Heather Cherie Martin Crain
Heather Cherie (Martin) Crain was born on April 13, 1971 at Spring Branch Hospital in Houston, Harris County, Texas United States, and died at age 43 years old on December 27, 2014 in Houston. Heather Crain was buried on January 2, 2015. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Heather Cherie Martin Crain.
Natalie Lynn Martin Natal
Nataley Lynn (Martin) Natal was born on February 28, 1967 in Shreveport, Caddo Parish County, Louisiana United States to Shirley Ann Taylor Martin and Eugene Harvey Martin, and had siblings Karen E. Martin Chalfant and Heather Cherie Martin Crain. Nataley Natal died at age 24 years old on September 23, 1991 in Georgetown, Williamson County, TX. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Natalie Lynn Martin Natal.
Jerry W Martin Jr.
Jerry W Martin Jr. of Independence, Kenton County, KY was born on June 4, 1968, and died at age 30 years old on February 15, 1999.
George Harold Martin
George Harold Martin was born on January 1, 1911, and died at age 13 years old on January 12, 1897. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember George Harold Martin.
Eugene Harvey Martin of Houston, Harris County, Texas United States was born on February 21, 1939 in Shreveport, Caddo Parish County, LA to Elwood Harvey Martin. Eugene Martin married Shirley Ann Taylor Martin, and has children Karen E. Martin Chalfant, Natalie Lynn Martin Natal, and Heather Cherie Martin Crain. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Eugene Harvey Martin.
Mildred  Martin
Mildred Martin was born in 1891. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mildred Martin.

Martin Death Records & Life Expectancy

The average age of a Martin family member is 72.0 years old according to our database of 242,374 people with the last name Martin that have a birth and death date listed.

Life Expectancy

72.0 years

Oldest Martins

These are the longest-lived members of the Martin family on AncientFaces.

Ana Martin of Hialeah, Miami-Dade County, FL was born on April 11, 1883, and died at age 124 years old on September 28, 2007.
124 years
Willie Martin of Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee was born on October 1, 1852, and died at age 119 years old in June 1972.
119 years
Joseph Martin of Chicago, Cook County, IL was born on December 25, 1874, and died at age 117 years old on April 1, 1992.
117 years
Ula L Martin of Deer Park, Suffolk County, NY was born on February 1, 1875, and died at age 116 years old on April 12, 1991.
116 years
Darrell Martin was born on January 6, 1865, and died at age 113 years old in November 1978. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Darrell Martin.
113 years
Bruce Martin was born on December 18, 1864, and died at age 112 years old in July 1977. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Bruce Martin.
112 years
Lucille Martin of Spirit Lake, Dickinson County, IA was born on October 11, 1891, and died at age 109 years old on April 19, 2001.
109 years
Richard Martin of North Adams, Berkshire County, MA was born on March 2, 1866, and died at age 110 years old in June 1976.
110 years
Ella Martin of Jenkinsville, Fairfield County, South Carolina was born on December 19, 1866, and died at age 110 years old in December 1976.
109 years
Lula Martin of Belleville, Wayne County, MI was born on October 15, 1886, and died at age 109 years old on July 15, 1996.
109 years
Walter Martin of Bridgeton, Cumberland County, NJ was born on October 2, 1897, and died at age 109 years old on December 17, 2006.
109 years
Roxie N Martin of Milan, Gibson County, TN was born on March 21, 1884, and died at age 109 years old on November 8, 1993.
109 years
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My name is Mandy (Martin) Wenzler, my grandparents were Henry Powell Martin, Jr., and Bernice Lee (Raines) (Wilson) Martin. 1970's they moved to Walls, MS in Desoto County, MS. My grandfather had been married to Vera Burchett prior to my grandparents marriage and had five children (Marilyn, Sharon, Henry, Bobby, and Mickey). My grandmother was married to Jewel Wilson and had three children (Conley, Carol, and Diane). My grandparents had two children (Freddie and Lynn). My grandfather worked for Illinois Central Railroad and my grandmother was retired. My grandmothers mom's name was Ida Mae (O'Neil, Raines) Youngblood, at the time of her death and she had three siblings Ernistine Embry Baker, Bill Young blood, and Jimmy Young blood. My grandfather had a brother David and a sister Ellen. He also had a older brother or uncle named Rufus all from Memphis, TN. Any info. Would be greatly appreciated.
My great-great grandmother was Mary Martin, daughter of John H. Martin and Elisabeth Bishop, of Middlesex and Morris Counties in New Jersey. I know some of the children went west, but there was a large family in these counties and in Wantage Township, Sussex County, NJ. There is a very old book on Martin Ancestry at "The Open Library" website: . Good Hunting!
My Grandmother, Birdie Etta Martin(Peer), on her family side settled in a small town called Woodburn, Iowa from Missouri. I been trying to find current
Martin family relatives that are connected somehow to this Martin family I'm
referring to. These are the names of her father's parents, Marion Thompson Martin and Hannah Josephine Stout. My grandmother father's name is Russia Ferguson Martin. I believe her brothers settled in Colorado and Montana. Though there was one other relative who had came to settle in
the state of Wyoming sometime around, I believe, the 1900's? Apparently a well known cowboy in his time. I know all of my Grandmother's family and relatives are no longer around. But I thought I see if there might be maybe just a few who might be around. Would love to connect with actual Martin relatives if all possible. Thank you. Anyone needing more information or have some questions, please let me know. Thank you for reading.
Joseph John Martin (21 November 1833 – 18 December 1900) was a Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina, United States between 1879 and 1881.

Born in Williamston in Martin County, North Carolina, Martin attended Williamston Academy and then studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1859 and became the prosecuting attorney of Martin County. He was elected solicitor for North Carolina's second judicial district in 1868 and was re-elected to that post in 1874. Martin was a member of the Republican party and a delegate to the 1876 Republican National Convention.

In 1878, Martin was elected to the U.S. House, defeating incumbent Democrat Jesse Johnson Yeates. Although Martin served most of his two-year term, Yeates successfully contested the election and unseated Martin on January 29, 1881, two months before the expiration of Martin's term.

After leaving Congress, Martin returned to the practice of law in Tarboro, North Carolina; he was that town's postmaster from 1897 until his death in 1900. Martin is buried in Williamston Cemetery in his hometown.

~Why weren't his children mentioned~Especially, my grandmother, Cleretta Martin?


The republication of rare and out-of-print books provides an excellent way for the general researcher of Irish genealogical history to obtain the reference books needed to delve into otherwise unobtainable scholarly works on Irish history.
I have republished books on two of the main ruling classes in Ireland during the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries - namely, the O'Brien and the MacNamara clans.
These three books, out of print for over a century, provide a veritable cornucopia of information on two major Irish surnames, the bearers of which have contributed to the vast majority of Irish and Celtic written history.
The MacNamaras were at one time powerful overlords of the later mediaeval period, ruling swathes of Counties Clare, Limerick and Tipperary for several centuries in succession

Regards from Ireland,
Martin Breen
The following story was written by Estelle Martin while living in a nursing home in Amarillo, Texas. She was born in Mississippi. It is her life story.
"My parents were Henry and Nancy Lou Ellen Montgomery. I had two brothers and one sister older and four sisters and five brothers younger. When I was nine, we moved to Quanah, Texas and in the spring of 1908 we moved to a farm north of Quanah in the Marshall community. The fall of 1910, we moved back to Mississippi. Our father was a sharecropper and we seldom got to go to school before February or March. That was in a one-room school with one teacher that taught through the eighth grade. In September 1912 we moved back to Texas to the Hoolyann community near Kirkland. There we traded with Furr Mercantile, the original Furr Store. In 1914 we moved seven miles west of Goodlett, Texas and our school was Curryville. In 1920 our father bought a farm two and one half miles southwest of Goodlett. My oldest living brother had gone in the service and was killed in World War I on October 27, 1918. On December 11, 1921 I boarded a train for Abilene, Texas where I entered Draughn’s Business College. I was 21 years old. June, 1922 I went back home to help lay by the crop. In August I got a call from Quanah asking if I would help the county agent close that office. I worked six weeks there and on September 27, 1922 Tom Harman and I were married. We moved to Goodlett the following year and on September 5, 1923 our son, Lyle was born. We moved back to Quanah in 1924 and our daughter, June, was born June 4, 1925. In the year of 1928 we moved to Lubbock and the country was in the depression and jobs were scarce. Tom began work in the harvest the summer of 1929. He ended up in a small town of Gruver just 13 miles west of Spearman. He got a job as a cook in the only cafe. The children and I went back to Goodlett and stayed with my parents until Tom could send for us. On August 1, 1929 we boarded the train, spent the night in Amarillo and the next morning we got on the Rock Island train for Gruver. When we got to Gruver that evening there was no vacancy in the one and only hotel. We spent the night at Uncle Sam Gruver’s home. The next day Tom put up an 8x10 foot tent at the water tower. The 6th of August I was asked to help and learn to operate the telephone office. It turned into a blessing and in February of 1930 the job was mine." for more go to
James Ausband Martin served in the Civil War. His war records show the following information: At the time of his enlistment he had been residing in Stokes Co., NC as a farmer. He enlisted at Danbury, NC 20 Mar 1862 as Private with Company G., NC 53rd Regiment. The men in Co. G of the 53rd Regiment were known as "The Mountain Grays." His description was given as dark complexion, dark hair and eyes, and his height was 5'7". Roll of Honor gives same data showing his status of enlistment as volunteer with age of 27. National Archives in Washington, DC show his enlistment age at 22/27. This could explain why his military grave marker shows his birth date as 1835 instead of l838. His prisoner of war records show he was captured at Gettysburg on 3 Jul 1863, confined at Fort McHenry, MD for a brief time; transferred to Fort Delaware, DE 9 Jul 1863, arriving there on or about 12 Jul 1863. According to Civil War historians, Fort Delaware was one of the worst prisons for a confederate soldier to find himself in. One of every four prisoners died and all the prisoners suffered from the severe cold weather, the dampness, dysentery, fevers, lice and a host of other ailments. James must have been a very strong man to have endured his imprisonment. He was released 19 Jun 1865. His name appears as signature (his mark) to Oath of Allegiance, subscribed to at Fort Delaware, DE.

After the war, James returned to Stokes Co., NC and married Mary Rebecca Moorefield Boaz on 5 Mar 1866. She was the widow of Robert Boaz, who was killed during the Civil War. The 1880 Federal Census of Stokes Co., NC shows James, his wife Rebecca and their five children living in the Peters Creek Township. This area is near the VA/NC state line. The 1900 Federal Census of Stokes Co., NC shows James as a widower, living with his son, William R. and his sister, Susie Martin Frye. Susie was a widow and she and two of her children, Agnes and Robert L. Frye lived with James at this time. They were living in the west division of the Sauratown Township of Stokes Co., NC. In his later years, James lived with his son, William R. Martin, in Tobaccoville, NC. When he died, he was carried by horse and wagon approximately thirty miles back to Walnut Cove, NC to be buried beside his beloved Rebecca.
Richard Martin married Nancy Massingill on March 20, 1804 in Tennessee. By 1810 the family, along with their several children, including son William Zebulon Martin, had once again uprooted, and they left Stewart County, Tennessee. Historically the Martin family elders had migrated from Maryland to Virginia and eventually pushed westward across Tennessee, finally to the banks of the Mississippi River. By 1850 William Zebulon settled there, in remote westward Lauderdale County, Tennessee to log timber and operate saw mills, the long-running traditional family occupation. That same year Zebulon married 19 year-old Lucinda Shoemake, daughter of William and Martha Shoemake. Within the year Lucinda gave birth to a son, Eli Zebulon Martin in 1851, followed by another son named John T., and a daughter she named Martha Elizabeth for her mother. Determined that his children not be loggers and woodsmen, he schooled his children in business, math and music. By 1860, Zebulon had died, and Lucinda remarried to W. A. Mahan, and relocated across the river to Mississippi County, Arkansas. Eli, who for a while used his step-father's surname, eventually became a salesman in the merchantile business. Later he became a haberdasher and dry good merchant, and operated several stores throughout the western Tennessee area. Through long-time family connections, he met the lovely Ellen Louise Williams, a granddaughter of the prominent Absalom Williams, and daughter of David Williams, of the Williams Lumber Mills in Lauderdale County, Tennessee. A lavish May Day wedding was soon held in 1878.
The Williams family, who had migrated from Virginia soon after the American Revolution, were among the earliest pioneers to settle Lauderdale County, and had a long tradition in the wood and lumber business there. Eli's brother, John T. Martin, also married into the Williams family, marrying Ellen's sister Eliza V. Williams. Another Williams daughter, Mary Jane Williams, married William C. Brown, a son of John Brown, another of the first founders of Lauderdale County. The Brown, Martin and Williams families were among the first founders of the Methodist community in the area, donating land, wood, and time to the venture. Also large landowners, Absalom Williams, and sons David and Edwin W. and grandson, Thomas, along with cousin Reason "Reek" Wood, the first Sheriff, began development of the area, constructing a general store, a jail, and a circuit court. The Martins built Alston and Martin General Merchantile, and several dry goods stores. By mid-century there was a post office, and several thriving establishments operated by Reek Wood, Seaton Burks, J. T. Burks, Bill Wood, and assorted Martins and Williams. Absalon's son, David Williams married the lovely Elvyann "Van" Mannery Walker in 1842, and they would eventually have nine children and a great number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren who remained in the area. They settled along Williams Switch Road, in what was originally called Williamstown, and became philanthropists, building several schools, churches, a medical clinic and the Williams Opera House, site of the first Public School Commencement 6/8/1894, in which Miss Daisy Williams was Valdictorian.
Richard H. McGaughey, M. D., was Ripley's town physician and ran the medical clinic beginning in 1844. His brother John R. McGaughey would marry Martha Harriett Williams, another of David Williams's daughters, in 1870. Ellen, the seventh of David and Van Williams nine surviving children was very close to her siblings, especially to brother Robert A., born in 1858, who married the beautiful Emily Pitts in 1876, and went on to become a member of the firm Palmer and Williams, publishers and owners of the Lauderdale County Enterprise Newspaper, but resigned to run for Mayor of Ripley, a post to which he was elected three times. He resigned as Mayor to become a member of the Tennessee Legislature. He was also Clerk and Master of the Chancery Count, and eventually established the Lauderdale County Bank, and was its chief cashier. Later he became Chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee, a state delegate to the district elections, and an alternate delegate to the Chicago National Convention the same year. Then he was appointed as President of the Board of Education. He and Emily had three sons and four daughters who were much adored by their Aunt Ellen and Uncle Eli Martin. Suddenly in 1908, at the age of 51, Ellen's beloved brother Robert died of complications of Bright's Disease, complicated by a bout of typhoid.
Ellen and Eli, who also took up breeding fine Plantation Ponies at their Henning, Tennessee farm in their spare time, had five children. Beulah Zebulon who married John Wesley Blythe of the historically important Blythes of Blytheville, Arkansas, Lillias Gertrude who married Charles Carson Ford and relocated to Chicago, Albertha Williams who married Albert Carroll Cheatham of Blytheville who owned a Tobacco Shop and Billiards Parlour there, Eli Van Louis who graduated from Nelson business College in Memphis, then fought in the Army in the trenches of France of WWI, never married, changed his name, became a writer and moved to Hollywood and died mysteriously there at the age of 44. Stories abounded concerning alleged inflamatory articles that Eli Van Louis had written had led to his demise. Juanita, the youngest child, never married and retired from the FBI after a long career with them in Washington, D. C.
Albertha Martin and Albert Carroll Cheatham moved to Shreveport, Louisiana, where he became an executive with the gas company, President of the Chamber of Commerce, and a prominent member of the Methodist Church. They had three children: Albert, Jr., Gordon Martin, and Verlie Louise Cheatham. Albert, Jr. married Lucy Rosemary Robertson, who was a member of one of the first Women's Basketball League, sponsored by Meadows Draughn College. Albert was employed in refrigeration engineering sales. A former Captain in the U. S. Army during WWII who was a gunnery photographer in the Pacific Theater in Japan, and took arial photographs of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, he was also a Mason, a Commander of his VFW Post, and a Shriener in the Clown Unit. Lucy worked until retirement for the U. S. D. A. and was voted Secretary of the Year in 1970. They had two children, Pamela Jean, and Cheryll Anne. Gordon Martin Cheatham served in the Army in Korea, married a woman named Barbara, and had a daughter named Ann. Gordon sadly died in his thirties of cancer. He had adopted two more children while stationed in Germany. Verlie Louise married career Air Force Captain Richard Francis, they never had children, and she worked for the government until her death at age 63.

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