George Martin, Jr.

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George MARTIN was born on 21 OCT 1648 in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. (SOURCE: Early Vital Records of Essex County, Massachusetts to 1850 for Salisbury.) He died young.

Parents: George MARTIN and Susanna NORTH.

Until recently, this George, of Ipswich, has been confused with another George Martin who resided contemporarily in Salisbury and Amesbury. This George was long believed to have been the son of George and Susanna (North) Martin, one of the "witches" of Salem who was executed. It is actually George of Salisbury who was their son. Previously published genealogies reporting the connection between this George and that family were erroneous.

Likely the son of Joseph and Mary Martin of Preshute, Wiltshire, England, christened in 1648. This was a clan of Flemish weavers who had immigrated there from Belgium.

As for this George, his records are also a bit hazy. Unfortunately, the Ipswich Vital Records do not mention the mother of George Martin's children, and there is no recorded deed in which she relinquishes her dower rights, so the name of his first wife and mother of all his children is unknown. George married secondly, at Ipswich on February 21, 1712/3, Elizabeth Durkee, and she signed a deed with him dated March 10, 1717/8 when he sold property to Moses Kimball of Ipswich. George Martin lived in that section of Ipswich called Chebacco (now the town of Essex).

George Martin of Ipswich and his first wife may well have been immigrants. In that case, a connection between the Salisbury-Amesbury Martins and the Ipswich Martins if there were any between those of a very common surname must be sought in England. A 1679 court case produce an intriguing passenger list. In November 1679 before Salem Quarterly Court, Mr. John Barton, "chirurgion," sued Nicholas Manning for payment of 2s. 6d. a passenger for all who came in the ship Hannah and Elizabeth, Mr. Lott Gourding, commander. The ship had sailed from Dartmouth and had arrived in Salem apparently that September. The passenger list was submitted in evidence, and it includes "George Martine and his wife." Barton's list of "Medicines expended" mentions "July 12, Goodwif Martin, Naturall Obstructions & very faint, syrup of saffron, gascons power, 3s. 6d." The passenger list includes children, usually by name but once by the statement that the passenger had a child with him. The listing fits well with George Martin and his first wife, who appear in Ipswich by the time their first known child was born in 1680. It should be emphasized, however, that no evidence has been seen that the 1679 passenger was indeed the Ipswich George Martin." The article ends with an editor's note which says, "On the other hand, it seems highly improbable that the passenger on the Hannah and Elizabeth could have been the Salisbury-Amesbury George, since he had been in America for about forty years in 1679. Dr. Greene calls the passenger list intriguing, and one of the evidences for that word lies in the medicines administered to the Goodwife Martin. One wonders whether these suggest that they were administered to a pregnant woman."

He lived in the part later called Chebacco Parish in the town of Ipswich, Mass. The principal street in Chebacco is Martin Street, evidently named for this family. Ipswich was settled by John Winthrop, Jr. and 12 others in 1633, incorporated 5 Aug. 1634, and named from a town in Suffolk, England. The Indian name was Agawam, meaning a fishing station. Topsfield was set off in 1648. Chebacco Parish was set off and established as the town of Essex, Feb. 15, 1819.

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