John Martin, of Old Rappahannock County

Not a grandson of Ka Okee "Jane".
He was "a Dutchman or Dayne by birth".

Biography

John Martin, of Old Rappahannock County was born Johannes Jåcobsson Mårten in 1631 in Scherpenisse, Tholen, Zeeland, Netherlands and was baptized on February 22, 1631 in Scherpenisse. See https://www.wiewaswie.nl/nl/detail/96331221
His parents were Jacob Måttsson Mårten and Jans Mårten. He was a Dutch East India Trading Company employee.

John married Ann Johnson before 1655. Together they had the following children:

• Catherine Martin;
• Capt. Henry Martin, Sr.;
• John Martin, Il.

He was an employee and crew member of the Dutch India Trading Company, he may have died in the Netherlands while traveling or since an employee his death and burial recorded. He did own land in the Virginia Colony.

He settled in Rappahannock County, Virginia, Colonial America just after arriving September 12, 1661 with his step-mother Aeltje Goosens Mårten ; she was listed on the ship manifest as traveling with him.

He died in 1667 in Old Rappahannock County, Virginia, Colonial America and Records in Netherlands have records recording date as death and burial on April 28, 1667 in Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland.

Netherlands, Dutch East India Company Crew Index, 1633-1795
Record details
Name Johannes Martens
Departure Date 7 feb 1661
Departure Place Amsterdam
Arrival Date 12 sep 1661
Relative Aeltje Anne Goossens his step-mother
https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I1363...

Children of John Martin and Ann ? are:

• 1. John Martin, b.Abt 1663 Sittingbourne Parish, Rappahannock County, Virginia died 22 Feb 1716 St. Anne's Parish, Essex County, Virginia - bond. Married Mary. [OLD input: Mar 15, 1673/74, Old Rappahannock,Essex Co., VA, d. Jul 1747. Married Mary Johnson.]
• 2. Henry Martin, b. Bef 1665, Sittingbourne Parish, Rappahannock County, Virginia d. 1 Aug 1749, St. George's Parish, Spotsylvania County, Virginia - Probate (Age > 84 years) [natural]
• 3. Catherine Martin, b. Aft 1663, Sittingbourne Parish, Rappahannock County, Virginia d. Aft 1668, Sittingbourne Parish, Rappahannock County, Virginia (Age > 5 years)

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Notes

• 1663-1668 Old Rappahannock County, Virginia Deed Book 3; [Antient Press]; Page 463-464
• KNOW ALL MEN by these presents that I ANN MARTYN Widdow Doe by these presents make and Ordeyne DR. RICHARDSON my true & lawfull Attorney for the Recording of six head of catle in manner and forme following Vizt, two heifers with Calfe the one Cole Black and the other Browne and a Browne yearling cropt on both Eares and underkeeled on the right eare to be recorded for the use of JOHN MARTYN the Sone of JOHN MARTYN Deced MOREOVER one Red pyed Heifer & one pyed black heifer and one cole black heifer yearling marked as abovesd only one under-keele in the left eare more then aforesd to be recorded for KATH: MARTYN Daughter of the aforesd John Martyn deced WITTNESSETH my hand this 30th of June 1668.
• Test JOHN DEANE. Ann Martyn
• WILLIAM PRICE
• Recognit in Cur Com Rappa prima Die July Ano Dom 1668

The Virginia Genealogist Volume 19, 1975 [John Frederick Dorman] Page 116
INQUISITIONS ON ESCHEATED LAND
1665 -1676

• Old Rappahannock Co., Va. 4 Nov. 1668. John Weire, deputy escheator, for the County of Rappahannock.
• Writ 25 7ber [Sept.] 1668. Jury find that Jno. Martyn was at the tyme of his death seized of 268 acres in Rappa. County by patt. 26 June 1667, also that Jno. Martyn was an alien, a Dutchman or Dayne by birth, and therefore find the land escheat.
• Tho: Pattison Danl. Gaynes
• Tho: Freshwater Jno. Payne
• David (Da) Mausell Jno. Prosser
• Jno. Gregory Tho: Wright
• A. Williams Rich..(R) West
• Rich, Bredgar Robt. (R) Fristoe
• Granted to John Martyn

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• https://www.wiewaswie.nl/nl/detail/96331221
• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/a/l/Bart--angela-Baldw...
• https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I1363...
• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Apr 13 2023, 4:39:15 UTC
• http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/NCBERTIE/1998-03/0889269546
• https://www.britannica.com/topic/Dutch-East-India-Company

Not a grandson of Ka Okee "Jane".
He was "a Dutchman or Dayne by birth".

References

Netherlands, Dutch East India Company Crew Index, 1633-1795
View record
Record details
Name Johannes Martens
Departure Date 7 feb 1661
Departure Place Amsterdam
Arrival Date 12 sep 1661
Relative Aeltje Anne Goossens his step-mother
https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I1363...

Children of John Martin and Ann ? are:

• 1. John Martin, b.Abt 1663 Sittingbourne Parish, Rappahannock County, Virginia died 22 Feb 1716 St. Anne's Parish, Essex County, Virginia - bond. Married Mary. [OLD input: Mar 15, 1673/74, Old Rappahannock,Essex Co., VA, d. Jul 1747. Married Mary Johnson.]
• 2. Henry Martin, b. Bef 1665, Sittingbourne Parish, Rappahannock County, Virginia d. 1 Aug 1749, St. George's Parish, Spotsylvania County, Virginia - Probate (Age > 84 years) [natural]
• 3. Catherine Martin, b. Aft 1663, Sittingbourne Parish, Rappahannock County, Virginia d. Aft 1668, Sittingbourne Parish, Rappahannock County, Virginia (Age > 5 years)

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Notes

http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/NCBERTIE/1998-03/0889269546

• 1663-1668 Old Rappahannock County, Virginia Deed Book 3; [Antient Press]; Page 463-464
• KNOW ALL MEN by these presents that I ANN MARTYN Widdow Doe by these presents make and Ordeyne DR. RICHARDSON my true & lawfull Attorney for the Recording of six head of catle in manner and forme following Vizt, two heifers with Calfe the one Cole Black and the other Browne and a Browne yearling cropt on both Eares and underkeeled on the right eare to be recorded for the use of JOHN MARTYN the Sone of JOHN MARTYN Deced MOREOVER one Red pyed Heifer & one pyed black heifer and one cole black heifer yearling marked as abovesd only one under-keele in the left eare more then aforesd to be recorded for KATH: MARTYN Daughter of the aforesd John Martyn deced WITTNESSETH my hand this 30th of June 1668.
• Test JOHN DEANE. Ann Martyn
• WILLIAM PRICE
• Recognit in Cur Com Rappa prima Die July Ano Dom 1668

The Virginia Genealogist Volume 19, 1975 [John Frederick Dorman] Page 116
INQUISITIONS ON ESCHEATED LAND
1665 -1676

• Old Rappahannock Co., Va. 4 Nov. 1668. John Weire, deputy escheator, for the County of Rappahannock.
• Writ 25 7ber [Sept.] 1668. Jury find that Jno. Martyn was at the tyme of his death seized of 268 acres in Rappa. County by patt. 26 June 1667, also that Jno. Martyn was an alien, a Dutchman or Dayne by birth, and therefore find the land escheat.
• Tho: Pattison Danl. Gaynes
• Tho: Freshwater Jno. Payne
• David (Da) Mausell Jno. Prosser
• Jno. Gregory Tho: Wright
• A. Williams Rich..(R) West
• Rich, Bredgar Robt. (R) Fristoe
• Granted to John Martyn

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• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/a/l/Bart--angela-Baldw...
• https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I1363...

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Biography

Johannes Jåcobsson Mårten was born in 1631 in Scherpenisse, Tholen, Zeeland, Netherlands and was baptized on February 22, 1631 in Scherpenisse. His parents were Jacob Måttsson Mårten and Jans Mårten.

He died in 1667 in Old Rappahannock County, Virginia, Colonial America and Records in Netherlands have records recording date as death and burial on April 28, 1667 in Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland.

• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Apr 13 2023, 4:39:15 UTC