Thomas
Martin
Born in Dorset, England
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Day) Martin
— married
1663 (to 1676) in Maryland
Descendants 
Father of
Mary Martin, Thomas C. Martin, Mary (Martin) Lyon, William Martin Sr., Henry Martin and Elizabeth Martin
Died
at about age 72
in Talbot, Maryland
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Biography
Caution: Thomas Martin is a relatively common name. There is a strong likelihood that data for more than one person named Thomas Martin has been mixed in this profile.Day-1904 21:51, 11 April 2018 (UTC)
To begin deconflating the Thomas Martins separate biographies will be tentatively established on this page.
The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Volume 27 1919 Philip Alexander Bruce, William Glover Stanard
Immigration of many Thomas Martins
A number of persons named Thomas Martin immigrated to Virginia and Maryland, but it is uncertain whether any are this Thomas Martin.
Note that Thomas Martin of Dorset was a "gentleman", a landowner of a rank just below the nobility. Most or all of the immigrants below were "transported", i.e. their way was paid by someone else in exchange for seven years of indentured labor, virtual slavery, for seven years. Generally, being "transported" to the colonies is not consistent with being the child of a "gentleman."
Virginia
- 17 OCT 1636. A Thomas Martin was transported with 20 other persons. [1]
- 4 SEP 1661 . A Thomas Martin was transported by Capt. Giles Brent: [2]
- 24 MAR 1664. A Thomas Martin was transported by Robert Griggs [3]
- 18 MAR 1663. A Thomas Martin was transported by Luke Billington [4]
Maryland
- Thomas Martin, transported 1650, servant
- Thomas Martin, transported 1656,
- Thomas Martin, service 1662
- Thomas Martin, transported 1663
- Thomas Martin, transported 1665
- Thomas Martin, Transported 1669.
Maryland State Archives [5]has seven listings for the name Thomas Martin:
- Martin, Thomas: Transported 1650 (AB&H:273 Film No: MSA SC 4341-)
- Martin, Thomas: Transported 1656 (Q:197 Film No: MSA SC 4341-)
- Martin, Thomas: Of Cecil County, husband of Mary Martin, service by 1662 (AA:186 Film No: Transcript: 5:529; 15:435) Original: LL:619 MSA SC 4341-)
- Martin, Thomas: Transported 1663 (5:268 Film No:, MSA SC 4341-)
- Martin, Thomas: Transported by 1665 (DD:306 Film No: Transcript: 9:305; 8:266 Original: EE:291MSA SC 4341-)
- Martin, Thomas: Transported by 1669 (HH:265-66,488 Film No: Transcript: 12:217,401 MSA SC 4341-)
- Martin, Thomas [John?]: Of Somerset County, by 1681 transported himself, Hannah, his wife, & William, his son (MSA SC 4341-8399 WC4:279,283 Film No:SR 8264)
"Transported by" can mean on or before that date. "Transported himself" means he paid his own way. Some of those seven records may refer to the same man, but there are at least a couple of different people in the colony with the same name.
Thomas Martin of Park Pale, Dorsetshire
Parents
It is claimed that this Thomas Martin of Park Pale, Dorsetshire, was the father of Thomas Martin of Talbot county, Maryland, as it was a well knwon fact in the family that his father was named Thomas, and the name of his brother John, who came to the Province of Maryland with him in 1663, as well as the names of four of his own sons, were the same as those borne by the latter generations of the Martins of Athelhampston House and Park Pale, Dorsetshire. [6]
Thomas Martin is often shown as the son of Thomas Martin of Park Pale Manor, Tolpuddle Parish, Dorset, who was born 1604 as shown in the Visitation of Dorset. No documentation has been found for this assertion.
The Geni site shows him as the son of Thomas Martin and his wife Jane. The Geni site shows him with a brother, John Martin.
We don't know if Thomas of Park Pale b 1604 even had a wife nor any children's names. The Tolpuddle registers don't exist from that date . The few pieces of information I have been able to find for Thomas b 1604 are on his profile. As you can see, he was a recusant as were many members of his extended family which is why I asked if he was likely to be Catholic. (there are an awful lot of trees with muddled dates from this family on the internet) [7]
Thomas Martin from Hertfordshire
Arrival 1650
Thomas Martin, grandfather of Dr. Ennals Martin (born August 23, 1778) , was one of three brothers who immigrated from Hertfordshire "about the middle of the seventeenth century.. [8]
1663 Hampden
His land was Hampden in Island Creek Neck, Talbot County. [8]
Thomas Martin the settler was born in 1629, and arrived in the Province of Maryland with his brother John in 1663 John Martin. He acquired several large tracts of land in Talbot County, his residence being at "Hampden," on Dividing Creek, near the Choptank River. He named his residence in honor of the famous John Hampden, who had been the leader in opposition to the abuses which had caused so much injury to his family in England by sequestration in 1645. [6]
He emigrated to America with his brother, John Martin and founded the town of Hampden in Talbott Co., MD.
Thomas Martin was born in Dorcetshire, England, in 1629, and arrived in the Province of Maryland in 1663. He acquired 200 acres from Edward Lloyd, part of the "Hir Dir Lloyd" grant, and on it built this house which he named "Hampden," in honor of his friend John Hampden of England. [9]
This may have been John Hampden, 1595-1643, a very prominent Parliamentarian who challenged the power of King Charles I.
In addition to this place Thomas Martin owned several large tracts of land in Talbot County.[9]
Large tracts of land along the Choptank River were granted by the British Crown in the 1660s to those brave enough to tackle the challenges of settling where no white man had ever lived. One such tract, Hir Dir Lloyd (later spelled Hyer Dyer Lloyd) encompassed more than three thousand acres, including all of the Oxford Neck and Trappe. [10]
From that grant, Thomas Martin, a gentleman born in Dorsetshire, England, acquired 200 acres and in 1663 built a one room house on La Trappe Creek. [10]
Between 1663 and 1705 when he died, Martin built what remains unchallenged as the first brick house in Talbot County—Hampden. The general shape of the original house is a “saltbox,” a square building with a steeply pitched roof and a fireplace. That one room, occupied by the whole family, served as kitchen, living room and bedroom. [10]
That original house is still used today, as the den off the dining room, and the front door remains where it was originally. In 1750 the house was enlarged to include a living room, central hallway and a dining room. In the 1840s a kitchen was attached to one end of the house. [10]
"Hampden", the ancestral home of the Martins of Talbot County, was built, it is said, in 1663 by Thomas Martin, the emigrant. The house stands on a branch of Dividing Creek amid a grove of giant trees and, while it is unpretentious, it embodies the substantial lines of the English farmhouse of that day. it is claimed that "Hampden" was the first brick house in Talbot. See also: [9]
1665 Legal Suit by Thomas Goodridge
In Feb 1665/6, Enoch COMBS (of Calvert by implication) is subpoenaed as a witness to a suit between Timothy GOODRIDGE and Thomas MARTIN:
- 26 Feb 1665/6 MD Provincial Court Proceedings, 1665—66. Timothy GOODDRIDGE demds writt agst Tho: MARTIN in an accon of the Case to the uallue of flue thowsand pounds of tob Warrt to sherr Talbott County to arrest &c Ret. 3d Apr next prouinall Court. Ditto GOODDRIDGE dds writt of summons for Enoch COMBES Roger WILLIAMS & Sarah servt to Arthur LUDFORD to testifie in ditto Causo. warrt to Caluert County (Archives of Maryland, 57:5) [11]
- On 25 Mar 1666/67, Enoch COMBES aged 28 yeares or thereabouts testified that one Thomas MARTIN had sold to Timothy GOODRIDGE one man servant by the name of Roger WILLIAMS. It is not yet known when and where this sale took place (other than that Enoch was apparently present, and if in Maryland, then Enoch may have been in Maryland, possibly Talbot County, as early as 1661). [11]
1671 Sale of Neighboring Land
In 1671 Lovelace Gorsuh bought from William Stevens a trat ofr land adjoining Thomas Martin (Talbot Deeds 1:158). The land was later sold in 1691. [12]
1682 Appraiser, George Reade Estate
1 Dec 1682 - 23 Mar 1683/84 (Prerogative Court of the Province of MD, 4.10) Will of George READE of Talbot County. To wife Mary, execx., 1/3 estate during life. To dau. Eliza: at age, 100 A. (unnamed). To son Thomas at 18 yrs. of age, residue of plantation. Overseer: Wm. BELFORD. Test: Thos. CAMM, Jacob FRANCIS, Henry NEWMAN. (Maryland Calendar of Wills: Volume 1)[11]
On 23 Mar 1682/3 [sic], Samuel ABBOT and Thomas MARTIN appraised the estate of one George READE. See George REID of Calvert County, son of Capt. George READ and Joan (who was also married to unknown MOUNTEN (MONTAINE?), Robert TYLER and John BEALL,, Sr., who named a goddaughter, Elizabeth COMBS, in her will. George READE, Jr. had removed to Talbot by 1680, old enough to "choose" a guardian (14-20), whereupon he chose Hugh JOHNSON of Talbot (Could Thomas CAMM have been COMM instead?). George READ'S former guardians were John and Joan MACKALL Waughop of St. Mary's County, where William COMBS, Sr. (thought to have been son of Enoch I) married Elizabeth HATTON, granddaughter of John and Joan MACKALL Waughop.[11]
1692 Vestry
In 1692 when the parishes were laid out he was selected by the freeholders living in St. Peter's Parish as one of the vestrymen and to the credit of his descendants it is said one or more of them have been members of the vestry for over 200 years of Old Whitemarsh Church, now in crumbling ruins. [9]
In 1693, he was appointed by the court, one of the vestrymen of St. Peter's Parish, Talbot County. [13]
Children
His son Thomas Martin married Miss Ennals of Dorchester County.[8]
Thomas Martin, Husband of Elizabeth Day
1666 First Marriage to Elizabeth Day
Thomas Martin, the elder, married in 1666, not long after his arrival in Maryland, Elisabeth Day, a native of Hertfordshire, England, and died in 1701, leaving five sons and one daughter. [6]
He married (1), Elizabeth Day of Herfordshire . By her he had five children.
Elizabeth Day, wife of Thomas Martin (1629-1701), was born 1636 in Hertfordshire, England and died 1676. [14]
Thomas married Elizabeth. She was born in Hertfordshire, England in 1636 [15]
Her gravestone was removed from Hampden, Talbot County, Maryland to Spring Hill Cemetery, Talbot County, Maryland. [14]
In 1873 her cemetery marker was moved from its original location to Spring Hill Cemetery, Easton, Maryland. It was inscribed: Here lyeth ye body of Elizabeth Martin borne in Hertfordshire, late wife of Thomas Martin, who departed this life in the year 1676, aged 40 years.
- A dame of virtue, and esteemed to be,
- Who seldom was from home or family.
- O Lord of Mercy, since it is our fate,
- Prepare us for the immortal state.
Elizabeth Day, b. Hertfordshire, Eng. 1636, d. in Talbot County 1676 aged 40.
Married Thomas Martin of Hampden, b. in Dorsetshire, England, 1629, d. Talbot Co, Md. 1701, aged 72.
Lived and buried at Hampden, Talbot, Co. Graves removed to Easton, Md. Cemetery after 1873.
Her husband, Thomas Martin, of "Hampden," born, it is claimed, in Dorsetshire, Eng., in 1629, died in Talbot county, Md., in 1701, aged 72 years.
Children
Thomas Martin, the elder, married in 1666, not long after his arrival in Maryland, Elisabeth Day, a native of Hertfordshire, England, and died in 1701, leaving five sons and one daughter. [6]
The Geni site, however, states that he had five children by his first wife Elizabeth and two by his second wife, Jane. Assuming that it was the same man who married both women, then since Elizabeth did not die until 1676, Jane was probably born c. 1650 or later to be of child-bearing age.
- Mary Martin,born 1670 Talbot County, Maryland. Mary Lyon
- Samuel Martin; Samuel. Named in 1705 Will of Thomas Martin, Sr. of Talbot Colunty. [16]
- Thomas C Martin, born Sept 1, 1672, Maryland. Thomas C Martin, Jr.; [16]
- William Martin, born 1674, Talbot County, Maryland. William Martin; William . Named in 1705 Will of Thomas Martin, Sr. of Talbot Colunty. [16]
- Henry Martin, born 1675, Talbot County, Maryland. Henry T. Martin Henry. Named in 1705 Will of Thomas Martin, Sr. of Talbot Colunty. [16]
- Elizabeth Martin, born and died 1676 Talbot County, Maryland. Elizabeth. Here lyeth the body of Elizabeth Martin, borne in Maryland, ye daughter of Thomas Martin. She departed this life in the yeare Anno Dom. 1676. (Not named in will, but predeceased her father)
- Robert. Named in 1705 Will of Thomas Martin, Sr. of Talbot Colunty. [16]
- Hannah. (Source needed). not Named in 1705 Will of Thomas Martin, Sr. of Talbot Colunty. [16]
Thomas Dorsey of Spring Hill Cemetery
1701 Death
Thomas Martin, the elder, ... died in 1701. [6]
Thomas Martin died in 1701 in Talbot County, Maryland. [17].
The Geni site shows Thomas Martin, Sr, dying in 1701 in Hampden, Talbot County, Maryland.
He is buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Talbot County, Maryland.[17] [18]
There is no mention of a grave for Thomas Martin in the records copied from the family cemetery by a Martin desc. in 1860. Information from a pamphlet at the MDHS. Tombstone Inscriptions of Talbot County.
Thomas Martin, Died 1705
1705 Will
The MD Records include a will by Thomas Martin with a probate date of 2 Aug 1705 and a death year of 1705. Clearly, one does not write a will 4 years after one's death. It is therefore possible that one Thomas died in 1701 and another wrote a will in 1705. Either this will should be assigned to a different Thomas Martin or the death year of 1701 is incorrect.
The will refers to a wife named Jane (instead of Elizabeth), and lists five sons (Samuel, Thomas, William, Henry, and Robert) but no daughters.
Thomas Martin Sr. Will Date: 27 Aug 1690 Will Place: Talbot, Maryland, British America Probate Date: 2 Aug 1705 Death Year: Abt 1705 Martin, Thomas, Sr.,Talbot Co.,27th Aug., 1690; 2nd Aug., 1705.
- To son Samuell and hrs., part of 100 A., “Shore Ditch.”
- To son Thomas and hrs., 200 A., “Hyerdyer Leye” and 50 A., “Armstrong's Delight.”
- To son William , 100 A., “Swamptike” and residue of “Shore Ditch.”
- To son Henry and hrs., 200 A., “Weeping Spring.”
- To wife Jane , 300 A., “Rich Neck” during life; at her decease to pass to son Robert .
Ex.: Son Thomas, afsd. Test. John Lyon, John Mullikin, Rowland Robinson. 3. 667. --- Original Source Name: Land Office in Annapolis, Maryland, USA, Will books Original Source Book: 3, page 667.
The 1705 will of Thomas Martin, Sr. of Talbot County can be seen in the Maryland State Archives. [16]
Thomas Martin of Anne Arundel County 1668 Death
A Thomas Martin died in 1668 in AA Co. This seems to be another Thomas Martin besides the one in Talbot Co. He had 2 daughters as heirs and no sons.
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Elizabeth's nephew John Day
Elizabeth had a nephew named John Day. Date estimation would have Elizabeth's unnamed brother born, say, 1638, and married, say, 1663, with John born, say, 1664. [15]
- Here lyeth the body of John Day borne in Maryland, who departed this life in the yeare Anno Dom. 1676.
- He was the nephew of Elizabeth Day, wife of Thomas Martin.
Descendants
- Here lies the body of Thomas Martin, who departed this life April 29th, 1782, Aged sixty-two years, ten months & thirteen days. (born 1720)
- Honesty, sobriety and industry constituted him a useful and good citizen; affection and tenderness endeared him to his family, while a sincere benevolence secured him the esteem and respect of his neighbors.
- Here lies the body of Mary Ennalls Martin, wife of Thomas Martin, who departed this life December 4th, 1771, Aged forty-seven years, three months and thirteen days.
- The mother who instils useful instruction into the tender minds sows the seed of Virtue, and Her children arise up and call her blessed.
- Here lies the body of Mary Martin, the second wife of Thomas Martin, who departed this life Dcember 1st. 1796, Aged 65 years, 4 months and 15 days.
- As a tribute of affection and grateful remembrance, this stone is erected by one of her affectionate stepsons, Joseph Martin.
Sources
- ↑ Va Patents Liber 1/396
- ↑ Va Patents Liber 4/307
- ↑ Va Patents Liber 5/137
- ↑ Va Patents Liber 5/217
- ↑ http://earlysettlers.msa.maryland.gov
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Richard Henry Spencer. Thomas Family of Talbot County, Maryland, and Allied Families Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins Company, 1914. page 103-106. Accessed April 11, 2018 jhd
- ↑ Comment of Helen Coleman Ford
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Oswald Tilghman. History of Talbot County, 1661-1861. Baltimore: Wilkins and Wiliams. 1915. Volume I Dr. Ennals Martin page 257-258. Accessed 14 October 2023 jhd
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Swepson Earle, ed, Percy G. Skirven. ass't ed. Maryland's Colonial Eastern Shore: Historical Sketches of Counties and Some Notable Structures Baltimore, Maryland, 1916. Reprinted, Heritage Books, 1996. Talbot County, John H. Shanahan. Page 44. Accessed April 11, 2018 jhd
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Maryland House and Garden Pilgrimage. Web link no longere operative. Accessed April 11, 2018 Day-1904
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Combs Families Organization. Combs Families of Talbot County Maryland (1600s) Accessed 14 October 2023 jhd
- ↑ Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. Page 22 Accessed 14 October 2023 jhd
- ↑ Colonial Families of the United States, p. 499
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Find A Grave Memorial# 73775002 Elizabeth Martin Created by: Wanda White. Record added: Jul 22, 2011. Accessed April 11, 2018 jhd
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Helen W. Ridgley, Historic Graves of Maryland and the District of Columbia. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1967. Originally published NY: The Grifton Press, 1908., p. 218
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.6 Will of Thomas Martin. Maryland State Archives. First Page and Second Page Cited by Geni. Thomas Martin, Sr Added by: Nathan Aaron Boggs on August 1, 2008. Managed by: Claud Gillespie and 8 others. Accessed April 11, 2018 jhd
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Find A Grave Memorial# 73775311 Thomas Martin Created by: Wanda White. Record added: Jul 22, 2011. Accessed April 11, 2018. jhd
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 April 2018), memorial page for Thomas Martin (1629–1701), Find A Grave Memorial no. 73775311, citing Spring Hill Cemetery, Easton, Talbot County, Maryland, USA ; Maintained by Wanda White (contributor 47184571) . Accessed April 11, 2018. jhd
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This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import created by Seely Foley through the import of Kenny 2014.ged on Jan 2, 2015.
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Categories: Talbot County, Province of Maryland
http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/monongalia/births/birth1853.txt Births - Monongalia County WV Transcribed from microfilm 464964, volume 1 Registry of Births
(1)MARTIN Thomas Sep 1, 1672 (2)Thomas/(3)Elizabeth Day (4)MARTIN John 1707 (1)Thomas/(5)Anne Thomas
Posted to Wikitree profiles Martin-28726, Martin-20794, Day-1098, Martin-21441, Thomas-8197
I was able to look at a transcript of The Minute Books of the Dorset Standing Committee, 23rd Sept., 1646, to 8th May, 1650 (Parliamentarian records) I need to look further; Thomas has several entries and the transcript does not cover the whole period (but the original records which are in the archives do) Thomas did have children who are not mentioned by name but his children are mentioned as living with him in 1648
The Tolpuddle registers don't exist from that date . The few pieces of information I have been able to find for Thomas b 1604 are on his profile. As you can see, he was a recusant as were many members of his extended family which is why I asked if he was likely to be Catholic. (there are an awful lot of trees with muddled dates from this family on the internet)
Serious question was this man likely to be Catholic?