Thomas Martin (bef. 1714 - bef. 1792)

Born before 6 Jan 1714 in Parish St Peters St Paul, King William County, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (Moorman) Martin — married before Aug 1741 in Louisa County, Virginia

Descendants

Died before 25 Jul 1792 at about age 78 in Locust Grove Plantation, Albemarle, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Thomas Martin is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A074574.

Thomas Martin (1714-1792) lived in Albemarle Co. on S. fork of Hardware River in 1764. "His home was called Locust Grove and the property had been deeded from his father to son from Thomas to present time". (Wood's History of Albemarle Co. VA) Thomas Martin was married three times. First in 1740 to Ann Moorman (daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Reynolds) Moorman -- see Reynolds and Moorman data--by whom he had 12 children. Second marriage to Miss Glover. No children. Third marriage to Mary Suddarth of Virginia, by whom he had one son, Abram. Thomas and Ann, his wife were mentioned in first Court Order Book Albemarle Co. VA 1745. Thomas Martin and his wife Ann (Moorman) Martin witness to the will of Capt. Christopher Clark ( dated Aug. 14, 1741, died May 28, 1754 Louisa Co. VA) whose grandson, Micajah Clark, Jr. married daughter Mildred Martin. John Martin's wife was Letitia, according to Mrs. Jane Martin, who copied from Family Bibles, Dr. Samuel Martin's Family History. "John Martin Gentleman" was born in VA in 1683; died in Caroline Co. VA, March 25, 1756. (Colonial Records of Virginia) "First of the family born in Virginia" (Mrs. Jane Martin) Represented King William and Caroline Counties (owning land in both counties) in General Assembly from March 1752 to March 1756. (Virginia Magazine Hist. and Bio. October 1905)

Thomas Martin, Sr. furnished supplies in support of the American Revolutionary War ^[1] Thomas is honored for his Patriotic Service by the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution as DAR Ancestor #A074574. DAR records indicate that Thomas died before December, 1792, in St Anne's Parish, Albemarle county, Virginia. Applications for membership in the Society of the DAR have been made by the descendants of his sons, Pleasant Martin, who married Rebecca Jopling, George Martin, who married Barbara Woods; Charles Martin, who married Patsy Moon; John Martin, who married Elizabeth Lewis; and Abram Martin, who married Jane O. Tribble; and of his daughters, Mildred Martin, who married Micajah Clark; Judith Martin, who married Richard Moore; and Letty Martin, who married Benjamin Moore. ^[2]

Thomas Martin, Sr. wrote his will on 25 Jul 1792 at Locust Grove Plantation, Albemarle, Virginia and died there sometime before it was probated in December of the same year.^[3] He is buried at his homestead, called 'Locust Grove Plantation' in Albemarle County, Virginia ^[4]

Will of Thomas Martin, Sr.

From Thomas's will (in part): Item, I give and Bequeath unto my Son Thomas Martin £70 Specie to be paid to him by my Exors in Twelve months after my Decease

Item, I give and bequeath unto my gran Daughter Milley Moor one feather Bed & furniture to her & her heirs forever.

Item my further will is that all the Rest of my Estate Real and personal or of whatsoever nature it may be shall be sold by my Exors & Equally divided amongst the following Children Charles Martin, John Martin, Thomas Martin, Pleasant Martin, George Martin, Letty Moor, Milley Oglesby, Nancy M. Blane, Molley Dawson Martin Moor.

Research Notes

Land Records

• 12 Sep 1764, Thomas Martin of St Anne in Albemarle for & in consideration of the Love Good Will & Affection which I have & do bare towards my beloved Son Charles Martin... 250 acres Beginning at the North side of Hardware River at an Old Dead Poplar Thence a straight line to Jeremiah Whites Spring Branch, thence down the Branch to Whites line Thence on Whites line to my old line then on my old line to the River Joyning Lawrence Suddeths lines & thence up the River to the first Station & if the s'd Bounds should not Contain 250 acres of land I am to make it up to the said Charles Martin on the South Side of the River Joyning Suddeths lines...; no witnesses.^[5]
  • 17 Feb 1783, Charles Martin & ux Patty of Albemarle to William Irvin of same for £450, two tracts in Albemarle on the waters of Hardware, The one (namely that he had of his Father Containing 250 acres, Lying on both sides of Hardware & its branches, and bounded as follows Viz Beginning at Pointers on the N. side said Creek, Then a new line N.24°.W.112 poles Crossing the Garden Road, to Pointers on Jeremiah Whites Spring Branch, Then down the same to the fork thereof, then up another Branch as it meanders to Pointers, on Thomas Martain's line, then on said Martains line N.85°.E.170 poles to Pointers on James Suddarth's Corner on Tho's Martains Line, Then on Said Martains line S.40°.E.276 po. crossing South Hardware & Rapshin, to a Red Oak, on S'd Sudderths line, Then a New line N.42°.W.130 po, crossing Rapshin & South Hardware, to a white Oak, Then up South Hardware as it meanders to the first Station. The Other namely that Tract that said Martain had of Jeremiah White, Containing 150 acres more or less, bounded on the North by Neele Thid[?] - on the West by Ben: Norwell- on the South by Cap't T. Martin, & on the South & South East vy the Lands that Said Martain had of his father, being all the Lands that Said Martain has in that neighbourhood...; witnesses: John Martin, Rob't Lewers[?], Pleasant Martin & George Martin.^[6]
    • 17 Nov 1777, Reuben White & ux Mary and Mary White Sen'r mother of Reuben of Albemarle to Charles Martin of same for £80, 140 acres more or less whereon I now live Joining Thomas Martin, Ch's Martin Cha's Hudson and Webb Kidd...; witnesses: Pleas't Martin, Webb Kidd, Daniel White & John Tuggle.^[7]

• 11 Aug 1768, Samuel Jordan of Buckingham to Thomas Martin of Albemarle for £86, 200 acres in Albemarle on the branches of the south fork of Hardware River adjoining the said Thomas Martin it being Part of a Tract of 391 acres of Land granted to Charles Bleney 13 Jun 1743 & by him conveyed to the said Samuel Jordan in the County Court of Goochland...; no witnesses.^[8]
  • 9 Apr 1778, Thomas Martin of Albemarle for and in Consideration Of the love and affection I bear to my son pleasant martin... 196 acres in the County aforesaid On the branches of the south fork of Hardware River... Joining Geo: Murrill Tho's Aplin Geo: Douglass James Suddarth Rich'd Wood and John Martins lines it being a tract of land I formerly purchased of Jordan...; witnesses: Rich'd Woods, W'm Wood & T. Staples.^[9]
    • 10 Jun 1787, Pleasant Martin of Amherst to Thomas Martin of Albemarle for £237.10, two tracts in Albemarle, one containing 196 acres on the waters of Rapshin also another Tract adjoining containing 50 acres more or less Beginning at a Chesnut Corner on James Sudderths line Running on Tandy Key's line to Bezaleel Maxwell's line thence running on Bezaleel Maxwells line to John Wilkersons line to James Sudderth's line then along James Sudderths line to the first station...; no witnesses.^[10]

• 9 Apr 1778, Thomas Martin of Albemarle for and in Consideration of the love and affection I bear to my son John Martin... 288 acres Joining George Murreles Pleasant Martins and Richard Woods Line it being the same tract whereon the said John Martin no lives...; witnesses: Rich'd Woods, W'm Woods & T. Staples.^[11]
  • 21 May 1785, John Martin of Fyattee County & Thomas Martin of Albemarle to Tandy Key of Fluvanna for £500, 288 acres being a part of the above mentioned Tho's Martins Tract Laid of for s'd John Martin lying on a south Branch of hardware River Caled Rapshin Joining the Lands of the s'd Tho's Martin George Murrell Pleas't Martin & Matthew Harriss...; witnesses: Samuel Murrell, Geo: Martin, Benjamin Harris & Francis Taliaferro.^[12]

• 21 Mar 1778, Jacob Cleaveland of Albemarle to Thomas Martin of same for £70, 184 acres on the head branches of the south fork of Hardware river and bounded by letters patend to Henry Carter One patent for 114 acres 16 Aug 1756 the Other patent granted to the said Carter for 70 acres 10 Sep 1760, and conveyed to said Cleaveland by Albemarle deed; witnesses: John Martin, Walter Carr, Geo: Martin & George Murrel.^[13]
  • 9 Jan 1792, Thomas Martin to John Graves & William Turner for 8,000 lbs tobacco, 280 acres in Albemarle part of which being a tract of land granted to Henry Carter 16 Aug 1756 the balance of 96 acres granted to the said Thomas Martin by patent 15 Jun 1784 The whole grant contained 280 acres by survey...; witnesses: Sam'l Murrell, G Martin, Benj'a Moore, Sam'l Hamner, Richard Moor & Pleas't martin.^[14]

• 13 Sep 1784, Thomas Martin Sen'r of Albemarle to Schuyler Harriss of Amherst for £225.05.07, 202 acres Beginning at pointers on the west side of the cove road corner betweeen Tandy Key and Thomas Martin, then on the said Thomas Martin line... John Wharton... James Sudderth... William Irving... Thomas Martin Sen'r...; no witnesses.^[15]

DNA Research

Sammy Anderson's great x4 grandmother is Rebecca (Martin) Stringfellow (abt.1740-aft.1820). Sammy has DNA matches with descendants of Mildred (5), Susan (1), Charles (8), John (2), Thomas (7), Nancy (3), Pleasant (1), Tabitha (3), Mary (3), and Abraham (1). The amount of matching DNA as well as birth years, relationships, and such is strong evidence that Rebecca is their sibling, and that Thomas and Anne are Rebecca's parents.

Other Notes

Interesting post in the Genealogical column of the Richmond Times-Dispatch from 1905: ^[16]

Martin.

Editor of the Gelealogical Column:

Dear Sir,--The living descendants of Thomas Martin, Sr., of Albemarle, now in Nelson county, are children and grandchildren of Garrett and Thomas Martin, Esq. Their father was Samuel Martin, the only son of Thomas Martin's son, George. The Rev. Edgar Woods in his History of Albemarle is mistaken as to the home of Thomas Martin's sons, Pleasant and Charles; they did not remain in Virginia. The former went to Tennessee, and the latter to South Carolina. The Martin genealogy compiled by Dr. Samuel Davies Martin, of Kentucky in 1857, distinctly states this fact, and mentions in 1845, having spent a year in the family of his uncle, Charles, thirty years previous to that time in South Carolina. The other Martins, of Nelson County, are descendants of Lieutenant Hudson Martin, a Revolutionary Officer. These two families are not related, though connected by marriage during the nineteenth century.

FROM A DESCENDANT OF THOMAS MARTIN, SR.

Thomas Martin, Sr. was too old to serve in the military, at the time of the American Revolution. Another Thomas Martin (perhaps his son?) born circa 1750, married Susannah Walker. ^[17]

• 1777 Revolutionary War Rolls: "A Muster Roll of Captain Thomas Bowyer's Company of the 8th Virginia Regiment Commanded by Colonel James Wood In the Service of the United States for the Month of June 1779" Listed is Private Thomas Martin, who enlisted on January 10, 1777. ^[18]
• 1777 Revolutionary War Rolls: "A Pay Roll of Captain Jonathan Langdon's Company of the 12th Virginia Regiment Commanded by Colonel James Wood, for the month of November, 1777" Listed is SergeantThomas Martin, Time of service, 1 month & 15 days; Pay per month, 8 Shillings. Amount paid £2.8.0. ^[19]

Quote from John Martin Forum Answering a query about Martha Burwell in this tree (She's wife to COL. John Martin, of Caroline County who died in Ireland of the "silver cup" legend in the colonies)^[20]

The first to be born on "American" soil of this Martin family. Argument For The Service As Burgess Of John Martin, Gent. (1683-1756) written by Page Williams, Genealogist for the VA Society of the Colonial Dames of America: Abram Martin (b. 1642) appears in the Va records as early as 1680. He was the father of John Martin, Gent. who was born in VA in 1683, and died in King William Co. VA in 1756. John Martin was a member of the House of Burgesse for King William Co., 1752-1756, dying during the session of 1756, when Francis West was elected in his place. (Standard's Colonial VA Register, pp. 110-135).

John Martin, Gent. (1683-1756) of King William Co. was a large land owner, having acquired land in several different counties in VA. The Albemarle Co. records show that on Feb. 24, 1749, he acquired a tract of land in the Hardware River, and the county Surveyor of John Martin (Styled "Gent." in the index of the surveyor's book of Albemarle) listed 240 acres lying on both sides of the Hardware River, the 20th of December 1754; John Smith, Jr. having been the surveyor. On Aug. 29, 1751, Francis Jerdone, (who married Sarah Macon of Kent Co.) writes to Capt. Hugh O. Crawford of Mr. Seaton "who bought Harry Gain's plantation, which adjoins Jack Martin's in King William Co." (William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. II, p. 160).

The following is from "Plea Book, or First Order Book, Halifax Co. VA 1752-1756, page 495; "Jan.16, 1753, On motion of James Terry, Gent.; "in behalf of John Martin of the County William, Gent., it is ordered that Richard Parsons, John Hix, and John Berryman, do View and value the improvements in the tract of land belonging to the said John Martin, on the North side of Banister River, and make report thereof here to the Third Tuesday in next month". Virginia Gazette, August 27, 1756: "For sale a tract of land in Halifax Co. containing 1616 acres, plats, household furniture, some European goods, household goods, just imported a four wheel chaise, a pole chaise, some good old Madeira wine, and many other things of value. To be sold at the late dwelling house of Col. John Martin in King William Co. Credit will given till the first of June next, the Purchasers giving Bond, and Security to the Executors. "N.B. All persons that are indebted to the said Estate, or have any demands against, are desired to bring in their Accounts in Order to have them adjusted. For that End, Attendance Friday, and Saturday before the day of sale."

From Anne Porcher: Thomas Martin, in his will dated 1792, and recorded in the Clerk's office, Charlottesville, Albemarle Co. VA, Book 3, p. 144, names wife Mary Martin, to whom he gives a plantation in said county, containing 246 acres, and which at her death was to go to their son Abram Martin. All of his other children (by his first wife) are mentioned in his will, except James and Elizabeth who died young. His daughter, Mildred, is mentioned as Mildred Oglesby. There is recorded in the Land Grant Office at Richmond, VA and in Albemarle Co. VA a deed signed "John Martin Gentleman" giving his son, Thomas, Martin lands on Hardware River, Albemarle Co. VA, which land descended from Thomas to his son George, to his son Samuel Woods, to his son John Abram, to his son Henry Shepard Martin whose family still owns the place (1930s I would guess?) The house was burned during the Civil War but was rebuilt and continued in possession of descendents as above stated. (Albemarle Co. Will Book III, p. 174)

Sources

1. ↑ ABERCROMBIE & SLATTEN, VA REV PUB CLAIMS, VOL 1, PP 13,17
2. ↑ https://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A074574
3. ↑ Albemarle, Virginia, Will Book 3, pp. 174-176.
4. ↑ https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I132175&tree=Tree1
5. ↑ Albemarle, Virginia, Deed Book 4, p. 6.
6. ↑ Albemarle, Virginia, Deed Book 8, p. 74.
7. ↑ Albemarle, Virginia, Deed Book 7, pp. 209-211.
8. ↑ Albemarle, Virginia, Deed Book 4, pp. 539-540.
9. ↑ Albemarle, Virginia, Deed Book 7, pp. 175.
10. ↑ Albemarle, Virginia, Deed Book 9, pp. 323-324.
11. ↑ Albemarle, Virginia, Deed Book 7, p. 74.
12. ↑ Albemarle, Virginia, Deed Book 9, pp. 224-226.
13. ↑ Albemarle, Virginia, Deed Book 7, pp. 175-177.
14. ↑ Albemarle, Virginia, Deed Book 10, pp. 408-409.
15. ↑ Albemarle, Virginia, Deed Book 9, pp. 17-18.
16. ↑ Newspapers.com: Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Virginia, Sun, May 28, 1905, Page 33.
17. ↑ https://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A074572
18. ↑ "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L944-3NR6?cc=2068326&wc=M61K-XP8%3A355080401 : 21 December 2016), 106-Virginia (jacket 207-224) > image 674 of 813; citing NARA microfilm publication M246 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1980).
19. ↑ "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99WB-8DZ3?cc=2068326&wc=M61K-GZ9%3A355092901 : 24 January 2018), 111-Virginia (jacket 302-315) > image 56 of 768; citing NARA microfilm publication M246 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1980).
20. ↑ genealogy.com/forum

• Porcher, Anne Carrington (Martin). Martin Family, 1680-1934. Brooklyn, 1935. Internet Archive Books. Accessed 14 AUG 2021.
• McNaught, Virginia Eliza Hodge, compiler. James Clark, Mansfield, Christopher Clark and Allied Families. 1934. Reprint Salem, MA: Higginson Book Company, 1997, p. 223ff.
• We Relate.org lists the twelve children. (There was only one Elizabeth).
• Colonial Families of the Southern States of America: A History and Genealogy, by Stella Pickett Hardy.
• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Link : accessed 2015-01-05), entry for Thomas Martin, submitted by lpulley2742163.

See also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #113712803