Solomon Martin (1619 - 1658)

Born 1619 in England [uncertain]

Husband of Mary (Pinder) Martin — married 21 Mar 1642 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Alice (Unknown) Martin — married 18 Jun 1648 (to 1658) in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 1658 at about age 39 in Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Solomon Martin migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 5, p. 60) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

Salomon Martin embarked on the "James" 13 July 1635, in London, bound for New England. He was listed as age 16,^[1] making his birth approximately 1619.

He lived in Glocester, Massachusetts and then by 1652 he lived in Andover, Massachusetts,^[2] where he became a freeman 26 May 1652.^[2]

He appeared on a list of early recipients of land grants in Andover but the list was apparently undated. The book cited here cited an 1888 edition of the "Andover Townsman" newspaper as a source.^[3]

Solloman Marten, ship carpenter, married Marie Pindor, daughter of Henrie, 21. 1m (March) 1643, in Gloucester, Massachusetts.^[4] Marie Marten, wife of Solloman, died Jan. 9, 1648,^[5] in childbirth.

Children:^[6]

1. Samuel Martin. Samuell Marten, son of Solloman and Marie was born 16 April 1645 in Gloucester, Massachusetts.^[6]
2. Mary Martin Marie Marten, daughter of Solloman and Marie was born 9 Jan. 1648, in Gloucester.^[6]

Solloman Martin, ship carpenter, and Ales Varnam (Alice Farnham), wid., of Ipswich, were married 18 June 1648, in Gloucester, Massachusetts.^[4]

He and Alice sold several parcels of land in Gloucester and Ipswich during 1652. No more is heard of Solomon directly.^[2]

25 March 1662: Solomon Martin, "late of Andover," and "gone out of the country six or seven years," had a house and lands that were going to ruin, Alice, for 12 pounds resigns the house and lands to Nathan Parker for the use of Samuel Martin (son of Solomon), but reserves the right to live in the house and use the proceeds of 1/3 of the orchard, during her life. This says nothing of the circumstances of his going, only that he left and is now presumed to be dead.^[2]

Russell Farnham in his "New England Descendants..." book on this family states that in 1662 Alice put young Samuel under the guardianship of Nathaniel Parker, an "original proprietor and learned man". Apparently Samuel was "running at large and enjoying himself without parental restraint".^[7] Along with more interesting details about the future of Samuel Martin, Farnham notes that the house and land inherited by Alice and managed by Parker was sold in 1673 leading to speculation that Alice died at that time.

He also notes that a land grant was made to Solomon Martin in 1680 and property sold to him in 1684 by Robert Russell, refuting the notion that Solomon was dead or permanently returned to England. Was this the same Solomon Martin? Anderson apparently did not see these last two records as he asserted that there was no trace of Solomon Martin in New England after 1662. Supporting this view of Solomon's return to New England is his apparent appearance as a proprietor of Andover at a town vote taken in 1681 and reviewed in 1702.^[8] These 1680 and 1684 transactions do not appear in the Essex County deeds search for 1640-1799 also available through familysearch.org. Nor do they appear in the book "Ipswich in the Massachusetts Bay Colony" although earlier land transactions by Solomon Martin are listed. This book asserts that Martin was in Andover by 1652.^[9]

Death:

• between 1652 and 1662, perhaps about 1655 (seven years before 1662) in an unknown place.^[2]
• 1658, Suluwessi Tenga, Indonesia ^{[citation needed]}

Research Notes

Charlotte Helen Abbott (1844-1921) of the Andover Historical Society wrote a variety of unpublished genealogies including one on the Martin Family. While she spells Farnham as "Varnum" and "Farnum", she speculates that perhaps Alice had an "uncertain disposition" and that her first husband Ralph also lived apart from her, so perhaps Solomon did as well.

Sources

1. ↑ Hotten, John Camden (editor). The Original Lists of Persons of Quality: Emigrants, Religious Exiles, Political Rebels, Serving Men Sold for a Term of Years, Apprentices, Children Stolen, Maidens Pressed, and Others, who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700. London: John Camden Hotten, 1874. (p 107)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume V, M-P 5:60-62 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007); images of pp. 60-62 by subscription AmericanAncestors.org.
3. ↑ Descendants of George Abbott, of Rowley, Mass., of his joint descendants with George Abbott, sr., of Andoer, Mass.; of the descendants of Daniel Abbott, of Providence, R. I.; of some of the descendants of Capt. Thomas Abbott, of Andover, Mass.; of George Abbott, of Norwalk Ct.; of Robert Abbott, of Branford Ct.; with brief notes of many others of the name, original settlers in the United States. By Major Lemuel Abijah Abbott ..by Abbott, Lemuel Abijah, 1842-1911 Publication date 1906 Intro p. LXXIX
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Vital Records of Gloucester Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Volume II.--Marriages. Salem, Mass. The Essex Institute, 1923. (pp 367, 557)
5. ↑ Vital Records of Gloucester Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Volume III - Deaths. Salem, Mass: The Essex Institute, 1924. (p.210)
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Vital Records of Gloucester Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Volume I -- Births. Topsfield, Mass. The Topsfield Historical Society, 1917. (p 465)
7. ↑ The New England descendants of the immigrant Ralph Farnum of Rochester, Kent County, England, and Ipswich, Massachusetts : with many Andover, Massachusetts, and New York and Pennsylvania descendants : 13 generations by Farnham, Russell C. (Russell Clare), 1931- Publication date 1999 p. 14
8. ↑ History of Andover, from its settlement to 1829 by Abbot, Abiel, 1765-1859 Publication date 1829 p. 201
9. ↑ Ipswich in the Massachusetts Bay Colony ..by Waters, Thomas Franklin, 1851-1919; Ipswich Historical Society; Goodhue, Sarah, 1641-1681; Wise, John, 1652-1725 Publication date 1905 p. 21 and others

See Also:

• "The Martin Family of Andover" unpublished brief genealogy by Charlotte Helen Abbott https://mhl.org/sites/default/files/files/Abbott/Martin%20Family.pdf
• Abbott Genealogies. Early Records and Notes of the Farnum Family of Andover PDF. Researched and written by Charlotte Helen Abbott (1844-1921).
• "Andover Historical Series." FARNHAM BOYS. Article # 50 printed in the Andover Townsman January 8, 1897. wayback machine. Accessed 25 Mar. 2024. Researched and written by Charlotte Helen Abbott (1844-1921).
• The Andover Towsman, Andover, Mass., January 8, 1897. Andover Historical Series. FARNHAM BOYS. Article # 50 printed in the Andover Townsman, January 8, 1897. PDF. Accessed 25 Mar. 2024. Researched and written by Charlotte Helen Abbott (1844-1921).

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Matthew Schneider. Doug Stewart John Putnam Michelle Bairfield. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Matthew and others.