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Facts and Events
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References
- The Pickens Family Archive Martin and Harrison Family.
http://www.ruhamah.com/MartinAndHarrison.htm
The families of Peter Martin and his wife, Mary Rapine Martin were French Protestants called Huguenots. A massacre of these French Protestants began in Paris early in the morning of the feast day of Saint Bartholomew, August 24, 1572. This massacre was the result of many years of strife between the Roman Catholic and Huguenot (Protestant) parties in France.
The Peter Martin or Martain Family – First Martin Immigrants to America
In the Book "Our Heritage" Mrs. Margaret Walker Freel wrote:
"Peter Martin was the first of the family to come to America. He came from Germany and built a home in the Chickahominy Swamp in Virginia."
A copy of a newspaper article (date unknown) by Miss Ruth Linney, a Martin family historian, now deceased, states that Peter Martin came from France and settled in Virginia at Chickahominy Swamp or river. James Martin wrote that he came from Germany, but Julius Martin discovered by research that he was Piere Martin of France. These writers agree that Henry Martin was the son of Peter Martin. Peter Martin had several children, though there is record of only three: James, John and Henry."
According to Mrs. Freel, Benjamin Martin - who married Diana Harrison and migrated to Wilkes Co. N.C. in 1782 - is said to be a descendant of Peter Martin. Miss Ruth Linney reported that Peter Martin married Mary Anthony Rapine of Goochland Co., Va., that their son Henry married Sarah - a daughter of John Bryan - and that Benjamin, son of Henry and Sarah Bryan Martin, married Diana Harrison. The Martin / Martain and Rapine families were French Huguenot refugees who settled around 1700 in Mannachin Town, King William Parish, Virginia, on the James River.
The children of Henry and Sarah Bryan Martin were: Randolph, John, William, Jesseh, Henry, Benjamin (b. 4/8/1746 d. 10/31/1821), Diane, Elizabeth, Sarah, and Mary.
- Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).
- Wiki Trees Peter Martin.
- A Martin [Huguenot] Family Tree, Part II.
http://webspace.webring.com/people/pm/manakin/martin.html
These genealogical materials have been compiled by Ann Woodlief.
Pierre (Peter) Martin (-1742/3 Goochland Co) & Mary Anne Rapine (before 1714-1747)
In 1738, Pierre Martin of Virginia, son of Jean Martain, made a claim on the property in France (he was a nephew?) of a doctor Pierre D'Aulnis of Caillard (d. 1711), the son of Louis D'Aulnis of Caillaud in Saintonge. The coat of arms for this family is given in Huguenot Pedigrees, Charles E. Lart, 1973, V. II.
Mary Anne remarried after his death Thomas Smith (see below). Her grandchildren from her two marriages, James Martin and Esther Smith, would marry in 1785.
Children:
Antoine (Anthony), 11/7/1737[DR]-31/6/1805)
Jean, bap 7/11/1740 [DR]-
Peter [mentioned in will of grandmother, 1755]
Will of Pierre Martin
Will of Peter Marton of Goochland Co. "sick & weak"
To son Anthony, 1 negro Will and negro girl Jenny, plantation where I live, plus items
To son John, plantation my father John Martin left me by will adjoining the plantation of William Randolph at Tuckahoe.
Also 1 negro Betty, 1 negro Matt, livestock and items.
To son Peter, 200 acres joining his uncle Daniel Pero's plantation, 2 negroes Kate & Hannah, also L 60, also livestock and items.
My wife's mother to take one of my children to bring up and have one of the rooms in the new house for life and to be supported out my estate for life. If my wife remarries then her mother toe enjoy my house, solely, for life.
To my three sons, my part of my father John Martin's personal estate after my mother's death.
To my wife, 3 negroes Peter, Daniel and Dick for life, and she to be executrix
Dated 6 March 1742
Wit: Richard Deane, Daniel (P) Pero, John Ford
Signed: Pet. Martin
Recorded 17 May 1743
- Huguenot Society of the Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia. The Huguenot. (Independence, Missouri: Huguenot Society Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia).
http://huguenot-manakin.org/manakin/martin.php
· Peter (Pierre) Martin (before 1714-1742/3 Goochland Co), m. Mary Anne Rapine (--1747) who later m. Thomas Smith: Jean
Will of John Martin of St. James Parish, Goochland Co., 2 March 1736
To my son Peter, my tract adjoining Mr. Randolph, Jr. with land I live on and houses after his mother's death, with negro Daniel, mulatto Farmer and items.
To my wife Margaret, my plantation next to William Randolph, Jr. as long as she lives, with all belonging to it, and then to my son Peter.
- S t r a y L e a v e s A JAMES FAMILY IN AMERICA SINCE 1650.
http://www.ericjames.org/html/fam/fam46654.htm
Name: Peter MARTIN
Born: ABT 1712 at:
Married: at:
Died: ABT 1744 at: Goochland Co., Va.
Spouses: Marianne RAPINE
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