Robert Martin (1310 - 1380)

Born 1310 in Athelhampton, Dorset, England

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret Basset — married 1339 in Athelhampton, Dorset, England

Descendants

Died 1380 at about age 70 in Staffordshire, England

Biography

Robert was born in 1310. Robert Martin ... He passed away in 1380. ^[1]

From Martin of Tours to George Martin

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. ^[2]

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Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Katherine Wall, Sunday, September 22, 2013.
2. ↑ 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

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