Jonathan Choate Martin (1686 - 1768)

Born 12 Jan 1686 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Dunham) Martin — married 21 Aug 1704 (to 21 Aug 1713) in Piscataway, New Jersey

Husband of Martha (Runyon) Martin — married 1713 (to 1722) in Piscataway Township, Middlesex, New Jersey

Husband of Dinah (Piatt) Martin — married 1722 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 4 May 1768 at age 82 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey

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Biography

Born in Piscataway Middlesex, New Jersey, on 12 January 1687 to Benjamin Martin and Margaret Reynolds.

• Jonathan married Elizabeth Dunham in 1904 and had 7 children.
• Jonathan married Martha Runyon in 1713 and had 8 children.
• Jonathan married Dinah Pyatt in 1722 and had 8 children.

He passed away on 1768 in Piscataway Middlesex, New Jersey, USA. He was buried at Washington Monumental Cemetery - South River, Middlesex Co NJ.^[1]

Transcribed Will

1768, May 4. Martin, Jonathan, of Piscataway, Middlesex Co., yeoman; will of. Of the personal estate I give1/3 to my wife, and 1/3 to my granddaughter, Lydia Shotwell, and 1/3 for support of my son, William. My land in Windsor Twsp. to be sold (it was bought of Samuel Dunn, 29 of Dec, 1763), and the money to be put to interest, for support of son, William; and, if he die, it is to be divided between my daughter, Catharine, my grandaughter, Elizabeth Hayden (the daughter of John Sutton), my grandaughter, Prudence (the daughter of Joseph Howard). The lands I claim of the Elizabeth Town purchase, I give to my daughters, Martha, Anne, Elizabeth, Rachel, Cathrine, and Sarah. Of my lands at Rockciticus, which I purchased of Jonathan Scott and John Scott,1/3 I give to my son-in-law, Daniel Dunham, 1/3 to my son, Peter, and 1/3 to my grandsons, John Martin and Jonathan Martin. Executors—son-in-law, Daniel Dunham and friend, Samuel Dunham. Witnesses—Jacob Martin, Jr., James Martin, Jr., Elias V. Court. Proved Aug. 17, 1768. Lib. I, p. 313.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #17936635
2. ↑ https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE106619

• Edward Fuller of the Mayflower, General Society of Mayflower Descendants Silver Book, Profile 147, Page 132
• Documents relating to the colonial history of the state of New Jersey, vol. 33 on ExLibris Rosetta. Pg 274.
• https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE106619
• http://records.ancestry.ca/jonathan_martin_records.ashx?pid=36253276
• “FamilySearch Catalog: A Branch of the Piscataway Dunn Family : A Few Members of the Dunn Family Whose Branches Spread from Pisctaqua, New Hampshire, to Piscataway, New Jersey, to Southwestern Pennsylvania, to Harrison County, Kentucky, and to Points West — FamilySearch.Org,” Familysearch.org, 2015, https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/742859?availability=Family%20History%20Library.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Lisa Hill for creating Martin-14629 on 20 Oct 13.