Oliver Martin (1344 - 1420)

Born 1344 in Athelhampton House, Dorset, England

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Descendants

Died 1420 at about age 76 in Dorset, England

Biography

Oliver was born in 1344. Oliver Martin ... He passed away in 1420. ^[1]

Oliver was born about 1344. Oliver Martin ... ^[2]

The Martyns of Athelhampton, Dorset, came to England from near Bayeux in Normandy. The lands at Athelhampton came into the possession of the Martyn family in 1350 through the marriage of Sir Richard Martyn of Waterston, and a little over a century later, about the time of the Battle of Bosworth, Sir William Martyn built the beautiful manor at Athelhampton which still stands today. The last of the male line at Athelhampton was Sir Nicholas Martyn, who died in 1595, leaving his four daughters as his heiresses. The novelist Thomas Hardy wrote two poems about Athelhampton, and used it as the setting for one of his short stories (Athelhampton). ^[3]

From Martin of Tours to Sir Oliver

MARTIN, of Tours, was a general in the army of William the Conqueror ; and, in 1077, conquered the Cantred of Camoys and Dirlington, in Pembroke shire, and of which he was afterwards given the barony. Robert Fitz-Martin, founded the abbey of St. Dogmael, Within the barony of Kemoys, temp. Hen. I. William, Owen, and Martin of Seaford, are his descendants. William Fitz-Martin married Joan, daughter of Rees ap Griffith, Prince of Wales, by whom he had William Martin, father of, Nicholas Martin, who married Maud, heiress of Brien, whose mother was heiress of Tracy, Earl of Barnstaple, by whom he had three sons; 1, Sir Nicholas; 2, Colinatus (father of Sir Nicholas, father of Sir William, father of Sir William) ; and 6, Robert Martin, the third son, who was father of 7, Robert Martin, father of 8, Oliver Martin, whose son, 9, Sir Robert Martin, of Athelhampton, in Dorsetshire, Knt. was father of 10, Richard Martin, whose son, 11, Thomas Martin, was father of 12, Sir William Martin, who had two sons, Christopher, and , 13 Josiah Martin, who, in the reign of Elizabeth, went to Ireland in a military capacity with Viscount Chichester, from whom he received many favours. His son, 14, Josiah Martin, was elected free burgess of Belfast, and settled at White House, near that place ; and his son 15, George Martin, being a loyalist, assisted those who were going to join King Charles's army in England ; and in June 1649, was elected Sovereign of Belfast. Oliver Cromwell's party burned Belfast Castle: and afterwards, upon George Martin's refusing to billet some of the republican troops, they pillaged his house, seized his goods and estates in the neighbourhood, and lie and his family escaped with 'difficulty from his country-seat, White House*: he had eight sons. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Katherine Wall, Sunday, September 22, 2013.
2. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by RIchard Johnson, Wednesday, September 17, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
3. ↑ EDWARD DE VERE NEWSLETTER NO. 28, Published by De Vere Press, 1340 Flemish Street, Kelowna, B.C. V1Y 3R7 Canada
4. ↑ The Baronetage of England, Or the History of the English Baronets, and Such Baronets of Scotland, as are of English Families: With Genealogical Tables, and Engravings of Their Armorial Bearings, Volume 4, William Betham, January 1, 1804

See also:

• The Baronetage of England, Or the History of the English Baronets, and Such Baronets of Scotland, as are of English Families: With Genealogical Tables, and Engravings of Their Armorial Bearings, Volume 4. William Betham January 1, 1804

• Geni user generated page for Sir Oliver Martin of Athelhampton

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File - CD-Rom" ((Salt Lake City, UT: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 2001)), Compact Disc #13 Pin #492663.

• Sir Oliver Martin

• THE MARTIN GENEALOGY, by J. Montgomery Seaver, 1965

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Katherine Wall for creating Martin-14147 on 22 Sep 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Katherine and others.