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Robert Martin

Also Known As: "John Martin I"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Ottery St. Mary, Devon, England
Death: 1660 (72-73)
Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony
Immediate Family:

Son of Richard Martin and Katherine Martin
Husband of Christina Martin and Joane Martin
Father of John Martin, of Charlestown & Ipswich
Brother of Abraham Martin; Isaac Martin; Elizabeth Upham; Katherine Martin and Richard Martin
Half brother of John Martin; Capt John Martin; John Martin; Jane Martin and Agnes Martin

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About Robert Martin

  • Encyclopedia of Massachusetts, biographical--genealogical by Cutter, William Richard
  • https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofma02cutt
  • https://archive.org/stream/encyclopediaofma02cutt#page/360/mode/1up
  • Robert Martin, of Badcombe, England, aged forty-four years, with wife Joane, same age, embarked from Weymouth, England, before March 20, 1635, and settled in Weymouth, Massachusetts. He was admitted a freeman, May 13, 1640. In 1645 he was in Plymouth Colony, where he was selectman in 1643, and later removed to Rehoboth. His will was dated May 6, 1660, bequeathing to wife Joane and children ; to brother, Richard Martin, and his children in England ; brother Abraham and cousin Roger Clap, of Dorchester. The widow Joane's will, in 1668, mentions "sister Smith, cousin Clap and the children he had by my kinswoman, Jane Clap ;" kinsman, John Ormsby ; cousins Grace, Thomas and Jacob Ormsby ; brother Upham's children at Malden, and others.
  • (I) Richard Martin, brother of Robert Martin and of Abraham Martin, was born in England, and came to New England about 1663. He also settled in Rehoboth, coming thither from England to accept the bequest of his brother, Robert. He made his will when very aged. It was proved May 7, 1695. He bequeathed to sons Richard and Francis, and Richard's eldest son, John, "who are in old England ; to son John, now with me ;" to John Ormsby, the eldest son of his daughter Grace, and to daughters, Grace Ormsby and Annis Chaffee. Abraham Martin also bequeathed to the children of brother Richard and of John Ormsby. Richard Martin was surveyor of highways in Rehoboth in 1669.
  • (II) John, son of Richard Martin, was born in England, and came to this country with his father about 1663, settling in Rehoboth, in that part afterward Swansea, and was one of the founders of the Baptist church at Swansea. He was a weaver by trade and a farmer, was appointed constable, June 6, 1671, surveyor .... etc. _________________________
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Robert Martin's Timeline

1587
1587
Ottery St. Mary, Devon, England
1617
1617
England
1660
1660
Age 73
Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony
1949
November 14, 1949
Age 73
1950
June 15, 1950
Age 73
1952
December 16, 1952
Age 73