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Generation No. 3

JOHN³ MARTIN (JOHN² MARTYN/MARTIN, EDWARD¹ MARTYN)¹ was born March 15, 1674 in Swansea, MA², and died November 3, 1757 in Swansea, MA^3,4. He married (1) MERCY HAYWARD 1701 in Rehoboth, MA⁵. He married (2) MERCY THURBER April 4, 1713 in Rehoboth, MA^6,7.

Notes for JOHN MARTIN:

	Vital records state date of death at 1759.
	He was of Rock River when he married Marcy Thurber and is not the John Martin of Rehoboth who married Mercy Billington.
	He resided in in Rehoboth, MA after his marriage where he resided until 1728 at which time he removed to Swansea where he died.

There is a Martin House in Rehoboth that is a museum. It was built in 1728 by our John Martin's son, John. This plot of land had been the site of a previous house of our John Martyn /Martin that was burned by the Native Americans at the beginning of King Phillip's War. Our John passed it to his son John. The farm originally included 100 acres of land. The Martin House is now closed due to lack of funds to keep it open. In this house is John Martyn/Martin's Bible and a staff he brought over from England.

In one genealogical piece about the staff it states:: "He supposedly designated that it was to go from 1st son to 1st son. However, when his first son Malatiah died and Malatiah's first son, Daniel, was very ill, Hannah, Malatiah's wife changed the tradition."

In the Snow-Estes Ancestry: The "staff which he willed to his son John, was also owned by Mr. Delancey Martin, but is now in The Martin House; it is a malacca stick, with an ivory head and silver band, on which is engraved the following monogram and date, "MM. 1728"." So this is open to wondering if it did indeed go to Malatiah and he put the date and initials on it. As John was dead before 1728. Further research should be done on this.

Children of JOHN MARTIN and MERCY HAYWARD:

1. SARAH MARTIN, m. CALEB BOOMEN.

3. HANNAH MARTIN, m. THOMAS LEWIS.

4. JOANNA MARTIN.

4. 1. JOHN⁴ MARTIN, b. June 26, 1709; m. MARY.

5. MARCY MARTIN, m. SQUIRE EBENEZER BULLOCK, November 12, 1730.

Children of JOHN MARTIN and MERCY THURBER :

6. BARBARA⁴ MARTIN, b. March 13, 1714.

7. MARY MARTIN, b. March 17, 1715.

8. LT. HEZEKIAH MARTIN, b. September 7, 1719; d. November 11, 1789; m. (1) HANNAH ANDROS, March 28, 1741, Rehoboth, MA; m. (2) HULDAH LUTHER, September 10, 1766, Rehoboth, MA.

9. ELIZABETH MARTIN, b. October 1, 1722; m. (1) WHEELER PIERCE; m. (2) ICHABOD BOSWORTH.

10. ANNE MARTIN, b. March 22, 1725.

11. BENJAMIN MARTIN, b. June 5, 1734, MA; d. June 23, 1814, MA; m. SARAH KINGSLEY, 1750.

Benjamin Martin (1734-1814) served as private in Capt. Smith's company, Colonel Simons' regiment, Massachusetts troops. He was born and died in Swansea, Mass. Service: PVT

in Rev. War from MA

12. JEMINA MARTIN, m. VALENTINE BOWEN.

Endnotes

1. All John's children verified thru vital records.

2. Swansea Vital Records.

3. Will of John Martin.

4. Swansea Vital Records.

5. Rehoboth Vital Records.

6. Family History Library, Film #0562559.

7. Rehoboth Vital Records.

06/18/2001