David Martin (abt. 1742 - 1824)

Descendants

Biography

David Martin was born in 1742.

He married Hannah.

David Martin passed away in 1824. ^[1]

Notes

Note NI2643DEED: This Indenture made the seventeenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven between David Martin and Hannah his wife of the one part and Welcom Martin of the other part both of Washington County and State of Virginia, Witnesseth that the said David Martin for and in consideration of the sum of four hundred pounds current money of Virginia to the said David Martin in hand the __ whereof is hereby acknowledged the said David Martin and Hannah his wife both presents bargain and sold and by these presents doth grand bargain and sell unto the said Welcom Martin and his heirs one certain tract or parcel of Land containing one hundred and twenty acres be the same more or less being part of the larger tract containing three hundred and twenty acres, lying and being in Washington County on the South side of the middle fork of the Holstain River bounded as follows to wit, Beginning at a sugar tree on the bank of the river and up the meander of the same North nine degrees East one hundred and fore Poles thence N 73 E fifty four Poles to a popular and white oak thence leaving the river S 63 E 230 Poles to a sage white oak and a __ corner to John Kellys land and with a line thereof S 5 W 53 p to a large white oak and hickory S 31 W 146 Poles to two white oak and a __ S 10 E 110 Poles t a large black oak and white ash thence leaving Kelleys line S 72 W 44 to a large white oak Spanish oak and a __ corner to James Robinson __ __ __ and with a line thereof N 23 W 72 Poles to a popular and Creek S 75 E 17 Poles to two __ in a valley N 31 E 88 Poles to a double popular and a buckeye N 34 W 31 Poles to two small white oaks in a pasture N 75 W 111 Poles to a small __ __ and a stake by the side of a field S 24 degrees W 37 Poles to a stake by the corner of said field N 64 W 59 Poles to the Beginning with its appurtenances To Have And To Hold the said tract or parcel of land with its appurtenances unto the said Welcom Martin and his heirs forever. And the said David Martin and Hannah his wife and their do covenant with the said Welcom Martin that they the David Martin and Hannah his wife and their heirs the said tract or parcel of land with its appurtenances unto the said Welcom Martin and his heirs against the claims of all persons will forever warrant and defend. In Witness whereof the said David Martin and Hannah his wife hath subscribed their names and affixed their seals this day and year above written

David Martin LS

At a Court held for Washington County the 17th day of January 1797 This Indenture of bargan and sale was acknowledged in Court by the above named David Martin and ordered to be recorded. Teste Andw Russell D.C. - Source - Washington County, Virginia Deed Book, 1. Page, 499.

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DEED: This Indenture made the 18th day of April 1811 between David Martin John Martin and his wife Sidney of the one part and Thomas Thomas of the other part all of Washington County. Witnesseth that the said David Martin John Martin and his wife Sidney for and in consideration of the sum of Dollars & Cents to them in hand paid hath Bargained & sold unto the said Thomas Thomas & his heirs one certain tract or parcel of land containing fifty acres it being part of the tract the said David Martin now lives on lying in Washington County on the South side of the South fork of Holston river and it bounded as follows to wit Beginning at a poplar on the side of a hill running thence N 54 E 26 Poles to a Spanish oak & dogwood in a hollow N 27 E 23 to a white oak Aleginness corner N 30 E 84 Poles to two white oaks on the river bank thence down the meanders of the same N 50 Poles thence N 30 W 15 Poles to a sugar tree on the river bank S 41 W 71 Poles to a white oak by a rode S 25 W 32 poles to a line of first survey on the side of a knob S 80 E 34 Poles to the Beginning Together with all its appurtenances To Have and To Hold the said tract or parcel of land with all its appurtenances to the only use & behoof of him the said Thomas Thomas and his heirs forever and the said David Martin John Martin and his wife Sidney for themselves and their heirs both covenant with the said Thomas Thomas and his heirs that they the said David Martin John Martin & his wife Sidney the said tract of land with all its appurtenances unto the said Thomas Thomas and his heirs shall warrant and forever defend from the claims of any other person or persons whatever. In Witness whereof the said David Martin John Martin & Sidney his wife hat subscribed their names & affixed their seals the day & year above written.

David Martin {seal}

John Martin {seal}

Sidney Martin {seal}

This Indenture of bargain and sale between David Martin & John Martin & Sidney his wife of the one part & Thomas Thomas of the other part was acknowledged in Court by the said David, John & Sidney she having been first privily examined as the Law directs & ordered to be recorded Teste D. Campbell D.C. - Source - Washington County, Virginia Deed Book Number, 4. Page, 442.

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The father of Welcome, is David Martin. David Martin and his family turn up in Washington County Virginia ca 1792. Never dreaming that he was not a Virginian I chased every David Martin I could find around that state. Had a few candidates to be him but I could never get him from point A to point B so to speak. I knew that my Welcome Martin had a daughter by the name of Freelove, so the Cole family who had a daughter Freelove caught my eye. After reading about that family and others of the Baptist Church group that had settled in the Washington County Virginia area out of New England via New York, the idea was beginning to take shape that maybe Old David Martin was not from Virginia. Finally made contact with a descendant of David Martins through his son Benjamin and found out Benjamin lived to make the 1850 census, and said he was born in New York, and the chase was on. The 1790 Ulster County, New York Census offered the best candidate to be David Martin. One day I was snooping around on the net and discovered that a Nehemiah Ludlum Smith had married a Lydia Martin and they lived and died in Ulster County New York. We know from David Martin's will he had a daughter Lydia Smith and no record of her ever turns up in Virginia with the others. So I sent out a call for help to my two Martin searching buddies. Within the last month we have got a copy of Lydia Smith's will and she is David Martin's daughter. She was kind enough to name some of her brothers and sisters in her will. - Source - Mary Ellen Baker - e-mail - vbaker@htc.net

Sources

1. ↑ Personal recollection of events witnessed by Frank Bernosky Jr. as remembered 26 Dec 2017