Edward Martin was probably from Bicton, Devon, England where he was married or from nearby Ottery St. Mary where his only known child was born. There were many Martin families at Bicton, Ottery St. Mary, Clyst Honiton, and other nearby towns. His exact date of birth, place of birth and parents are not known. He was certainly closely related to the New England immigrants Abraham, Robert and Richard Martin who all originated from Ottery St. Mary. He married Judith Upham, while her sister Joan married Robert Martin.
He married Judith (Upham) Martin in Bicton in 1632. "Their only known son" was John, born in Ottery-St. Mary in 1634. No other children are recorded.[1]
John emigrated to America but Edward and Judith did not.[2]
Marriage
:Married: Judith Upham on 14 June 1632 at Bicton, Devon, England.[3]
Children: of Edward Martin and Judith Upham:
They had only 1 confirmed child.
John Martin. Baptized on 22 Feb 1634 in Ottery St Mary, Devon, England. He married Joanna Esten on 26 April 1671 at Swansea, Massachusetts.
Edward was married on 14 JUN 1632 at Bicton, Devon, , England[4][5][6]
Research Notes
Incorrect parents:Edward Martin is sometimes made to be a brother of the New England immigrants Andrew, Robert and Richard Martin. This is incorrect. There are numerous connections between the two families and they certainly closely related however, Edward is not a brother of Andrew, Robert and Richard or his son john would have been named in their wills.[7]
These parents Edward Martin and Judith Upham) Martin seems to have unlikely. children attached. Links have been left in research notes to enable them to be reconnected if sources are found. Anne Martin has been removed as she was not Ottery St. Mary born.
Sources
↑ Harriet Woodbury Hodge, "Martins of Swansea and the Martins of Rehoboth", Mayflower Quarterly, (1983), 49:173, AmericanAncestors.org.
↑ Nora Emma Snow, Snow-Estes Ancestry (Hillburn, NY: privately printed, 1939), v. 2, p. 268, HathiTrust.org.
↑ Family Data Collection, Ancestry.com Birth year: 1621; Birth city: Rehoboth; Birth state: MA. Note: Ancestry Record genepool #4864780 Data: Birth date: 1621Birth place: Rehoboth, Bristol, MA Death date: 1663Death place: Marriage date: 14 June 1632 Marriage place: Ottery, St Mary
↑ The Mayflower Quarterly, vol. 49 no. 4 (Nov 1983): pages 170-179, see 175. "The Martins of Swansea and the Martins of Rehoboth," by Hodge, Harriet Woodbury. AmericanAncestors.org link
WikiTree profile Martyn-47 created through the import of Tom.ged on Jun 1, 2011 by Tom Elliott. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Tom and others.
This unsourced profile is a duplicate of Martin-5268 and should be merged into that profile, in order to resolve the marriage to Judith (Upham) Martin.
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Martin-5268 and Martyn-47 appear to represent the same person because: Martyn-47 appears to be the same person as Martin-5268. It is an unsourced profile with no profile manager.
Is there any evidence that Edward came to America? The only source I can find that addresses it, Nora Emma Snow, Snow-Estes Ancestry (HathiTrust.org), says that he did not. There appears to be no record of him in Swansea or Rehoboth.
Also there seems to be no real sourcing for his parentage, or any of the children, except John. Hodge (AmericanAncestors.org) says he was their only known son.
Profiles for his wives have been set in an unmerged match, but they're completely different people and should not be in any kind of match.
Edward's son John, b 1633, however, has two profiles - one son of Suzan & one son of Judith. Suzan's profile has her b 1580 & d 1606, which rules her out as father of John b. 1633 & makes it very unlikely that she was married to Edward b 1600.
Does anyone have a source for his marriage to Suzan?
Also there seems to be no real sourcing for his parentage, or any of the children, except John. Hodge (AmericanAncestors.org) says he was their only known son.
edited by John Miller Jr.
Edward's son John, b 1633, however, has two profiles - one son of Suzan & one son of Judith. Suzan's profile has her b 1580 & d 1606, which rules her out as father of John b. 1633 & makes it very unlikely that she was married to Edward b 1600.
Does anyone have a source for his marriage to Suzan?