Brief Life History of John
When John Martin was born on 17 March 1662, in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States, his father, Anthony Martin, was 26 and his mother, Mary Hall, was 17. He married Elizabeth Howe on 15 March 1684, in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. He died about 1710, in Middletown, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 49.
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- John Martin in entry for Daniel Martin, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- John Martin in entry for Elizabeth Martin, "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955"
- US, New England Marriages Prior to 1700
Spouse and Children
1662–1710 Male
1666–1718 Female
Children (12)
1685–1725 Male
1687–1688 Male
1687– Male
1687– Male
1689–1725 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1637–1673 Male
1646–1691 Female
Siblings (5)
1661–1661 Female
1662–1710 Male
1666–1710 Female
1668–1671 Female
1671–1673 Female
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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