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]
Thomas Smith (29/12/1719-25/9/1786 Powhatan Co) & Mary Anne [Rapine] Martin (see above)
Thomas was the son of George "Burnt-Face" Smith (c. 1680-1740) and Ann Bailey (1694-1798; daughter of William Henry Bailey). Their children, besides Thomas, were William (1720-1790) , Ann, James and George (m. Carolina Trabue).
Mary Anne and Thomas had a daughter, Mary Ann, and one son, George Rapene "Millpond" (15/3/1747-9/8/1820) Smith who married Judith Guerrant and moved to Kentucky in 1804 (having been pastor of the Separate Baptist church meeting in Dupuy's Meetinghouse in Powhatan Co. Va.) who advocated emancipation.
Thomas later married Mary Frances Stovall (1733-1752): George Stovall "Stokes", m. Frances Sandifer 7/1773 and Elizabeth [Gatch]. George S. Smith was also a Separate Baptist preacher who migrated to Kentucky, advocated emancipation, and helped write Kentucky's first constitution. He was a minister of Gilberts Creek Church, founded by the Craigs in Dec. 1781.
He married 15/10/1756 Magdalene Trabue Guerrant (widow of Pierre): James Trabue (1757-1800) and Martha (1759-) {m. Peter Sublett} in VA. They lived on 200 acres on both sides of Lower Manakin (Bernard's) Creek and east of Michaux Creek, adjacent to the French land, in Powhatan (#738). Rev. James Trabue Smith wrote a journal of his three journeys to the Northwest Territory [of Ohio]. He died in Newton, Ohio, leaving a wife and 9 children who settled Waynesville, Ohio. [the original is in the Historical Society of Hamilton Co, OH)
