Isaac Martin
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Isaac Martin (1772 - 1840)

Isaac Martin
Born in Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshiremap
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Husband of — married about 1799 in South Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont, United Statesmap
Husband of — married 29 Sep 1829 in South Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 67 in South Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont, United Statesmap
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Isaac Martin served in the War of 1812
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Biography

Isaac was born in 1772. He passed away in 1840. [1]

The following comes from the Clinton County Historical Association Facebook page:

A POUCH WITH A STORY - In 1952, seven years after the founding of the Clinton County Historical Association, Alberta Martin (1881-1958) donated this leather bullet pouch which was carried by her great grandfather Ensign Isaac Martin (1772-1840) in the Battle of Plattsburgh during the War of 1812. After the battle, Isaac went back to his home on the southern tip of South Hero, VT.

In a story in the Plattsburgh Sentinel of September 16, 1887, Levi Martin of Peru (1800-1891), Alberta’s grandfather, who was 87 years old, wanted to correct some discrepancies made in a recent newspaper story about the burning of the sidewheel paddle steamer, the Phoenix, off Colchester in Lake Champlain.

Levi said it was not true that the unfortunate passengers were taken from Providence Island by Capt. King, of the sloop Eagle, but that they were rescued by his father and himself. His father, Isaac Martin, then lived on the south end of South Hero, and he, then a young man of about 18 years, lived with him. On Sunday morning they heard shouting on Providence Island and saw signals of distress and a large number of people on the shore. They at once took a skiff that would carry about twenty and went to their relief, bringing them over to the island in two loads. From there they proceeded to their homes in various ways and in different directions. Mr. Martin took one wagon load to what is now Gordon's Landing, where they probably crossed in the ferry boat to Cumberland Head. Mr. Martin was, perhaps, the only man living who took part in that important event.

Gordon’s Landing is where the ferry still docks on the Vermont side today. The wreckage of the Phoenix was discovered on September 4, 1978. She lies on the sloping bottom of the lake, between 60 and 110 feet deep. The wreck is about 40% complete, because of post-fire salvage, further salvage work, and the effects of almost 200 years of submersion. Two charred paddlewheel structures were discovered north of the steamers hull by diver Gary Lefebvre on August 28, 2020, in about 180 and 190 feet of water. The wreck site is a Vermont State Historic Site, which may be visited by registered and qualified divers. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

Sources

  1. Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI). Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Provo, UT:1999.




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