The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23

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Nowathat our senatorial contest is on,
Sitanlays be Sinterestlng to give the gene
Illogical record of our candidates., Sena-i
tor Martin and Governor Montague, both
of AHllOm can trace to an honorable and
noble Speeragc, which the descendants
and admirers of both can show, with just
pride, lnutssonly for their an Gent record
of thesold world but, far better, forth
services Through the colonial Speriod of
\ the sneW,seven to 5the@present day. Isl 4. II
HE Fflanle HMurtin,5 Marten and Martyr
lis evidently of Norman gin, being fro
9qucntly found among the rolls OF the
kt1velft til and $thirteenth centuries. $ItEis5
supposed to have been applied at5first as
a nickname for swallow or raven; but
as 8early$a as athc time OF st. Martin the
apostle ito the Gauls, who died 1897, tho
name became universal, md was applied
to sall Objects connected with the Saint
such as est. Martins bird, St Martins
cloak rings, jewelry, lace, tree, and
\ .sLete de s4St. NIarton," as Shakespeare
says Hirlf Henry VI.
y EXpect5St. Martins summer, halcyon}
days, ~ and fas st. Martins day was 18th
of November our voters can celebrate 1T
AS propi tioustto the success of the sena-s
tor. "a
Turning atoi the establishment of the
family insaEngland, Sir Bernard Burke
gives the following:
The family of Martin is descended
from Samuel Martin, Esq, OF. Green
Castle s(who was descendcdQfrom Joseph
Martin, County Dublln), who married
Lydia, daughter and co-heir Of George
Thomas, aof Antigua, and had
list, Samuel; 3D. JOSIAH Of Long Island, j
in United Estates Of America, who mar II
:ried Mary * calnans, Of Anti qua, &wf 4had:g
list Samuel; I'd, Charles Y,ea1nans, VINO
died s1ithout issue; Sd, William. f1llza- y
do, frht
slinsrnan, ~ Josiah Martin. Governor Oh
North Carolina; Alice and Rachel, who
mi rrled aEGr. Ba mister, OF Long y sland. 5 G
Thus I'VE 1 hear the family brought IN
clear touch with the American colonies
their ID escendants being easily traced, IN
the States Sof New Jersey, DE e. Vir-s
,Einda, N orth~and South Carolina. From
early records as kept by the family, ms
shande dow1ltin a papcr writer by one
jams Martini who was l{sonl of the emil
grant. j. lit gives the.kname9 + s'IIugh Mar
atm, - who first came to America at the
age or twenty one md tled in Sl.llnt
don county,sN Il, ST1 was born in County
tof Tyron; ireland, near the town ( Of
TusEilling Il abou LOO. N Fl YVES the ED
est son Of "a SECOND marriage OF Alex
anders Marti1l,s$to Martha COCHRAN, or,
Coughran, who tcame over about 1723 with 1
his family, landing at New Castle on the
Delaware His family consisted of Hugh,
who had arrived two years plevions;$
tThonas Robert. and Henry; Agnes and
Easter Cor Esthel); Agnes married q
Quaker named Dawson, and lived near
,Conel's INcrry,eon the Delaware, in Penn
.sylHania, while Easter married Frances
Mason, Il farmer,9who lived IN the forks 4
or tho Delaware. where he raised three or
four as large athletic sons as could De
found in the country. Alexander Martin,
the father did not live long; after his
death his widow, Martha Martin. lived
with her daughter, Mason, until her
ideath5iat Seventy years or more. William
Martin. half S9brother Of these Children.
moved to SouthIC Carolina TO q place call
ed Powpow, {onI the FI0disto River, and
died there. leaving only daughter James
Martin, brother3ofS ALI xandcrE(?) ca me TO
America and married Ann Drulnmond,3
of Governor r Drummond, Of New
Jersey They had two sons. James and
William, with several daughters. The
father of James and Alexander was VIII
;liam; his fathcrsWas John Martin, both
lof whom had cmigrated from Scotland,
more than a century before (and as this
flames, husband Of Ann Drummond, told
his 5namesako and nephew, writer Of this
record) that trading their ancestry, they
in course ofsEtime had descended from
Isaxony, in Germany, and still further
back the lina8of SiMal'tln was traced to
the time of tho acrusndes to one Martini,
an old ancestor}1Who lis said to have been
a very populart1llAr, and had engaged IN |
tho above expedition against the Turks, 4
bearing a very oo1spi nuous position In the
command of aIarge number of troops. Be-
ing ordered on ~ alnost dangerous and /
iperilous attark, almost llkeSn iforlorn |
hope, his brother ftcers doubted if he
would return saliYe Z but at seemed as8lf /
by miracle, 1ilsefa hand out of 4 cloud,
that he with fhis troops fescaped, iand TO-
turned victorious. Iii Ills standard aor coat
-of-arms, after that bore tho crest of&a
hand extending out of n cloud holding
a dagger, which his descendants pride
enselvcs3upon to this day.
Alexander Martin. who obtained 1t from