When Isobel Martine was born about 1626, in Glasgow Green, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Alexander Martein, was 38 and her mother, Jane Smith, was 38. She married John Wingate, Jr. on 4 May 1648, in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 1 May 1685, in Ireland, at the age of 60.
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Great Catholic-Gaelic rebellion for return of lands, later joined by Old English Catholics in Ireland. Under leadership of Irish chieftain, Rory O'More, conspiracy was formed to seize Dublin and expel the English. English settlers were driven out of Ulster. Catholics hold 59% of land in Ireland.
The Protestant Lord Protector of England, Oliver Cromwell, landed at Dublin. His troops killed 2,000 men. A great part of lands in Munster, Leinster and Ulster (Drogheda and Wexford) was confiscated and divided among the English soldiers.
Over 6,000 Irish boys and women sold as slaves since England gained control of Jamaica.
French: from the feminine form of the personal name Martin 1.
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