Joseph Martin Sr

Brief Life History of Joseph

When Joseph Martin Sr was born on 24 September 1800, in West Bradford Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Abraham Martin, was 34 and his mother, Lydia Woodward, was 31. He married Julia Ann Barney on 5 December 1825, in Norfolk County, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died on 7 January 1863, in Marshallton, West Bradford Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Bradford, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Martin Sr
1800–1863
Julia Ann Barney
1804–
Marriage: 5 December 1825
Sally Bulford Martin
1827–
Joseph Martin Jr
1828–
Virginia Danforth Martin
1829–

Sources (4)

  • Joseph Martin, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
  • Joseph Martin, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
  • Joseph Martin, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"

World Events (8)

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital

Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. 

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

Name Meaning

English, Scottish, Irish, French, Walloon, Breton, Dutch, Flemish, German, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Italian (Veneto); Spanish (Martín): from a personal name derived from Latin Martinus, itself a derivative of Mars, genitive Martis, the Roman god of fertility and war, whose name may derive ultimately from a root mar ‘gleam’. This was borne by a famous 4th-century Christian saint, Martin of Tours, and consequently became extremely popular throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. In North America, the surname Martin has absorbed cognates and derivatives from other languages, e.g. Slovak and Rusyn (from Slovakia) Marcin , Albanian Martini , Polish surnames beginning with Marcin-, and Slovenian patronymics like Martinčič (see Martincic ). Martin is the most frequent surname in France and one of the most frequent surnames in Wallonia.

English: variant of Marton .

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Mártain, ‘descendant of Martin’ (compare 1 above). Otherwise, a shortened form of Gilmartin or McMartin ; sometimes also spelled Martyn.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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